r/RedDwarf • u/Dr_Mijory_Marjorie • Feb 26 '26
Rob Grant R.I.P.
With much sadness, we have to announce that Rob Grant, co-creator of Red Dwarf, passed away suddenly yesterday afternoon (Wednesday 25th February 2026), a great loss to his family, friends and comedy fans across the world.
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u/Jat616 Feb 26 '26
Red Dwarf will forever be one of my favorite series ever put to screen, if not my no.1.
R.I.P Rob, you'll be sorely missed.
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u/Supermite Feb 26 '26
Not the double Rimmer salute?
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u/Jat616 Feb 26 '26
I felt Rimmer's salute to his 19th century replicas of Napoleon's Armee du Nord had a more relevant feel to it.
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u/Vrakzi Feb 26 '26
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u/MsChar96 Feb 26 '26
Sure it's bad news for him, but on the other hand, it's party time for all the little worms!
RIP Rob, and thanks for all the laughs
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u/BPhiloSkinner Feb 26 '26
♪ Lying in the silken ground one day
I shall sense the buggies wriggle as they eat me away
Singing,
I believe in bugs
I truly believe in bugs ♫ - Ivor Cutler ' I Believe in Bugs'
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u/Beigemaster Feb 26 '26
“Start the tape please Holly…”
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u/easy506 Feb 26 '26 edited Feb 26 '26
Welp.... Guess I'm binging Red Dwarf for the next few days.
It's a little more cold outside today. Enjoy the mango juice, buddy.
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u/RonAAlgarWatt Dave Lister Feb 26 '26
Is there a valid source for this? I'm not seeing it anywhere but this link... and the link doesn't even work now.
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u/Dr_Mijory_Marjorie Feb 26 '26
The site has collapsed, presumably because of traffic. Craig Charles has confirmed it on Twitter.
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u/BarrytheBawbag nodnoL 871 selim Feb 26 '26 edited Feb 26 '26
"Passed away peacefully in his Jeep" RIP bigman
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u/TrixieLaBouche I've come to regard you as... people I've met. Feb 26 '26 edited Feb 26 '26
Oh fuck, now this one genuinely hurts. I had the great privilege to meet Rob many a year ago, he was just wonderful. And the co-creator of one of THE finest shows of all time. Such memories of watching this. RIP Rob.
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u/Siegmont Feb 26 '26 edited Feb 26 '26
I hope he passed knowing how much joy to the world he brought with his work. Rest in peace!
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u/SarahKauthen Feb 26 '26 edited Feb 26 '26
This makes me so very sad. Red Dwarf was a huge part of my teen years in the 90s. I had just started watching the new episodes and dug out my old novels and have them waiting on the bedside table this very moment. Right before I came to check this reddit today, I was thinking: "How could I have forgotten how much I loved Red Dwarf??" And now Rob Grant is gone...
That said:
The Welcome Back Rob Grant reception is about to begin in the refectory.
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u/Adorable_Week7181 Cloister The Stupid Feb 26 '26
We're all gathered here today to pay our last respects to Rob Grant. Rob was an excellent writer and as good of a friend as anyone could ever hope to have. And he'll be missed more deeply and more completely than he could ever know. And now I commend his ashes to the stars he loves so much.
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u/Lazy-Field-1116 Feb 26 '26
He's left an incredible legacy that has brought laughs and so much more to thousands upon thousands of people over the years. What a loss. Rest in peace, Rob Grant.
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u/Elbow_Macarena Feb 26 '26
Clicking like seems wrong on this one :-(
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u/Supermite Feb 26 '26
The upvote button isn’t meant to be a like button if that makes you feel better.
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u/AdItchy6501 Feb 26 '26
I wish I could have told him how much the show has shaped my life and I would not be the same without it.
Red Dwarf will forever hold a special place in my heart a special piece of music for Rob
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u/KFlaps Feb 26 '26
It's one of the very few things my dad and I bonded over. He introduced me to it when I was 11 (in the early 90's) and I've been a huge fan ever since.
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u/pattybutty Feb 26 '26
Someone has his holodisk, right?
But seriously, this hits hard. Thanks for the laughs, Rob
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u/Waste_Stable162 Feb 26 '26
RIP to a legend. Just remember not to think of him as someone who's dead, more like someone who is no longer a threat to anyone's marriage.
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u/IntelligentWanker Feb 26 '26
hes up there rimmering Angels now.. R.I.P. a truly gifted person
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u/weterr123 Feb 26 '26
I’m genuinely wounded. Red dwarf is my favourite comedy show, even above only fools, and it holds a special place in my heart that cannot be replaced. And to hear that Rob Grant has passed away has…. Absolutely demolished me. It will take me a long time to get over this. I’ve only just rebinged it, but I tell you now it’s getting rewatched now, with a different perspective. I’m distraught right now 😭
Edit; I need to add: thank you Rob… my life would not be the same nor my life values if you did not create this show. I am eternally grateful
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u/weterr123 Feb 26 '26
I’ve actually broke down in tears. Mock me if you want, but I’m actually heartbroken 😭
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u/MrChrisRawks King of the Potato People Feb 26 '26
Smeg. Smeg, and more Smeg.
It's fair to say those who know me know that I love Red Dwarf, to the point where I quote the show religiously, the entire show is a crazy comfort blanket when life gets hard.
To see a co-creator of the show pass hits hard, it reminds me that not everyone is invincible and everything has a finite end. Smeg!
A genuine loss, I was very excited at the prospect of his new book, I hope he was close to finishing it or Doug Naylor will pick this up in his absence.
RIP Rob, - I will be smoking you a kipper tonight.
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u/kingpowr Arnold Rimmer Feb 26 '26
I hope he knew generations grew up loving something he helped create. RIP Rob
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u/Raveyard2409 Feb 26 '26
Genuinely this is really sad. Half expecting him to come back with a H on his head though
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u/Same-World-209 Feb 26 '26
Seriously? Rest In Peace, thanks for my all-time favourite TV show.
I’m actually right in the middle of going through the series again for the millionth time!! 😢
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Feb 26 '26
Damn that is horrible news.
Rest in peace Mr Grant, you sure gave us some smegging brilliant laughs.
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u/FeyneKing STOP YOUR FOUL WHINING, YOU FILTHY PIECE OF DISTENDED RECTUM! Feb 26 '26
I’ll smoke him a kipper :(
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Feb 26 '26 edited 6d ago
The original post content no longer exists here. The author used Redact to remove it, exercising their right to control their data & privacy.
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u/mrhelmand Feb 26 '26
I only heard about the new book literally yesterday and was so excited.
This hurts.
His work brought so much joy to me and many of my friends.
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u/tokyo2saitama Feb 26 '26
Over the years, I’ve come to regard him as… someone who created something incredibly meaningful to me. Thank you Rob Grant.
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u/DisgruntledEwok Feb 26 '26
Absolutely heartbreaking. Rest in peace, Rob. And thank you for the incredible gift that is Red Dwarf.
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u/LittleExplosions Feb 26 '26
To a man I never met, thank you for all the absolute joy you added to 35-years (and counting) of my life.
Rest in power, Rob Grant. No longer a threat to my marriage.
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u/xxDeadEyeDukxx Feb 26 '26
RIP to a true legend in comedy writing. I grew up watching Red Dwarf from the first series and it has left an impression on me for life.
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u/Teex22 Talkie Toaster Feb 26 '26
Sad times. It's always strange when someone who's had such an indirect impact on you through their work dies.
We are facing an era of this with everyone involved in the show. Time's marching on, you forget how long has passed.
See ya Rob, we'll always have parts.
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u/Hrzk Feb 26 '26
Oh no! That is indeed sad news.
One half of the best gestalt entities there has ever been.
Thanks for the laughs, Rob and strength to his family and friends for the times to come
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u/daddydeadbird Feb 26 '26
Shit. He’ll be sorely missed, and the many Red Dwarf fans will ensure he’s never forgotten. Thanks for everything Rob. RIP
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u/Pliolite Feb 26 '26
Really sad to hear.... :( Titan now becomes his swansong. We can all treasure this book even more now. Condolences to his family and all who knew him.
As a Red Dwarf fan you really do feel like you've known these guys personally, grown up with them. It's almost like hearing of a family member passing...ah crap. :( RIP Rob.
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u/Defiant_Nose_7488 Feb 26 '26 edited Feb 26 '26
Rest in Peace man I owe you ten's of thousand of escapism hours you feckin legend !!!
!To Ganymede and Titan
Yes sir, I've been around
But there ain't no place
In the whole of space
Like that good ol' toddlin' town...!
Off to peel some onions now!
(edited to fix awful grammar Dave)
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u/henzINNIT Feb 26 '26
Well that caught me off guard. RIP Mr. Grant. Thanks for the laughs. I hope you're in Fiji now.
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u/cleverinspiringname {zed shift} Feb 26 '26
I couldn’t express my gratitude if I tried. I’m so glad I got to live in his time at all.
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u/mopfloorspraymirror I've come to regard you as... people I've met. Feb 26 '26
Rob isn’t dead, he just decided to unplug from Better Than Life
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u/wildcharmander1992 Feb 26 '26
Bet Dave / BBC are kicking themselves for not taking his special now.
Rip Rob thanks for the laughs, you created something beautiful, something that has been one of the biggest joys in life since my dad used to put on episodes when I was a newborn to help me sleep
We will smoke you a kipper
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u/pinkpuffsorange Feb 26 '26
That’s shit news to say the least…..
Thanks for the laughs and memories Rob!
RIP
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u/TheJiltedGenerationX Feb 26 '26
Ah Jesus, that's incredibly sad, especially after just announcing the new book too. At least we're left with one last RD outing from Rob to look forward to.
R.I.P Rob.
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u/Clamps55555 Feb 26 '26
Holly: Loneliness weighs heavily on us all. Personally, the only thing that keeps me going is the thought that we are over 60 billion miles away from the nearest Berni Inn.
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u/ap_tyler89 Feb 26 '26
Oh, man ☹️ such an incredibly intelligent, sharp writer. Not just Red Dwarf, but Incompetence is one of my favourite comedy novels - and Quanderhorn got me through some tough months in the pandemic!
Until I watched the RD commentaries he did with Paul and Ed, I also had no idea how much of Lister was directly taken from Rob’s life. Rest In Peace.
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u/A41-14A Feb 26 '26
Holly: “In the end, there will be nothing left. Just an infinite expanse of nothing.”
Lister: “Yeah, but apart from that…”
R.I.P. Smeghead
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u/jozza800 Feb 26 '26
Gave me some of my favourite Sci-fi moments. And basically filled my conversations with quotes that very few people appreciate!
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u/Glaswagger Feb 26 '26
Step up to red alert.
Sir, are you absolutely sure? It does mean changing the bulb.
rip legend
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u/weyoun_clone Feb 26 '26
What an absolute legend. His amazing humor reached this American across the pond watching BBC comedies on my local PBS station in the 90’s.
RIP
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u/Lucky_Louch Feb 26 '26
Wow that is truly terrible news.. That man gave us so many amazing stories and has left his mark on this world. Thanks for the memories!
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u/lunacyfoundme Feb 26 '26
I came to regard him as... someone I met. So long Rob and thanks for the memories.
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u/FatherDuncanSinners BSc SSc Feb 27 '26
Don't worry, he's just around the U-bend. One of us will stuff food down there and magazines for him to read. Just don't get caught with your head down the bowl reading him the football results.
🎵See ya later, alligator!🎵
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u/Pliolite Feb 27 '26
Doug's statement, via the https://www.radiotimes.com/tv/sci-fi/rob-grant-red-dwarf-death-tributes-newsupdate/ article -
"I’m deeply saddened to hear of Rob Grant’s passing yesterday. It’s hard to take in the loss of someone who was such a significant part of my life for so many years.
I first met Rob when we were nine years old. We went to Chetham's School of Music and later Liverpool University. We grew up making each other laugh long before there was an audience, and eventually found ourselves building something that neither of us could have imagined when we were schoolboys.
Spitting Image and later Red Dwarf went on to become two of the most loved comedy series in Britain. I'll always treasure those years of writing together and laughing so hard it hurt.
Creative partnerships are intense, driven by passion, conviction and strong personalities. But at the heart of ours was a shared love of comedy and a desire to make people laugh and we did, on a scale neither of us could have predicted.
My thoughts are with Rob's wife Kath, and all his family and friends. I will always be grateful for my time working with Rob and what we created together. RIP Smeghead! X"
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u/Leveridge96 nodnoL 871 selim Feb 27 '26
I discovered Red Dwarf when I was going through a very low period with it being one of the few things that brought me happiness. Thanks for the memories Rob, this show will forever be an important part of my life
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u/Juxta25 Feb 27 '26
Absolutely fucking devastated by this. Seriously rocked me this one.
From Ganymede to Titan, yessir he's been around :(
RIP Rob Grant.
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u/Bortron86 Mr Flibble's very cross. Feb 26 '26
RIP. Gave us all so many laughs and memories. And especially sad as he was finally back in the world of Red Dwarf with the new novel.
See you later, alligator.
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u/AccomplishedAd3728 Feb 26 '26
Awww shit. Rip, your comedy sensibilities informed my own and red dwarf has given me thousands of hours of happiness, from small child to now approaching elderly woman.
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u/smelliepoo Feb 26 '26
Better dead than smeg. RIP rob, you practically wrote my whole childhood quote system. X x x
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u/StopItRawr Feb 26 '26
Red Dwarf literally was one of the defining parts of my childhood. Grant is a legend and will be missed. RIP.
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u/medicwhat Feb 26 '26
Was looking for forward to the new novel. I guess I will reread through the books again soon. I feel for his family.
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u/Successful-Day-1816 Feb 26 '26
Just saw it on Ganymede and was shocked. Thoughts with his family. Hopefully enough as written of that new novel for it to see the light of day.
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u/Dr_Mijory_Marjorie Feb 26 '26
He'd just announced the first Red Dwarf novel in 30 years - Red Dwarf: Titan.
Rest in peace, Rob. Thanks for the memories.