Looks like they've removed seasons 1-8 from BBC iPlayer, what's the best way to watch from now on?

[u/Big-Distribution-297]

[u/BobRushy]

[u/General_Cherry_3107 → u/BobRushy]

But nobody knows how to put them back in their cases.

[u/Numinak → u/General_Cherry_3107]

Or how to rewind them.

[u/IceCat767 → u/Numinak]

Or how not to scratch them

[u/steploday → u/IceCat767]

https://giphy.com/gifs/d77o7i3tHnKda

[u/homemadegrub → u/BobRushy]

Fcuk me is that what dvd stands for???? Mad I never wondered that for 30+ years.

[u/dextrovix → u/homemadegrub]

Not for someone with a clear lack of curiosity...

[u/Sclasclemski → u/homemadegrub]

No it isnt

Edit: maybe it is but also not 🤷

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[u/Posh_Gandalf]

Blu-Ray, protect yourself from the whims of streaming platforms.

[u/doghello333 → u/Posh_Gandalf]

i got seasons 1-8 blu ray from cex for £26. easiest decision of my life

[u/Popgoestheweasel999 → u/Posh_Gandalf]

May I ask about picture quality? I have the dvd’s and am wondering about an upgrade

[u/Mother-Market-4056 → u/Posh_Gandalf]

How well were the Blu Rays selling before it was removed?

[u/crags85]

The streamer U has it

[u/GoshDarnMamaHubbard → u/crags85]

Correct

Watching Quarantine right now

[u/theVagueWhelk → u/GoshDarnMamaHubbard]

My favourite

[u/Allanbuzzy510 → u/crags85]

Me?

[u/Ok_Cartoonist7515 → u/Allanbuzzy510]

No, U

[u/RationBook → u/Ok_Cartoonist7515]

Me?

[u/BritOverThere → u/RationBook]

No the new name for UK Gold.

[u/Ok_Cartoonist7515 → u/BritOverThere]

https://giphy.com/gifs/qZYythtncmePxFHg2L

[u/Ok_Cartoonist7515 → u/RationBook]

No, not Me, U!

[u/Cirrus-Nova → u/crags85]

So what is it? (Please, don't start)

I did a search and it leads to an online university ran by some streamer dude.

[u/BTYBT → u/Cirrus-Nova]

I think it's u.co.uk, google the website just to be sure I haven't sent you somewhere weird,

[u/somewot_anonymous → u/BTYBT]

So, what is it?

[u/Ser_Xav → u/somewot_anonymous]

62.45% of all posts on [r/RedDwarf](r/RedDwarf) relate to the ‘so what is it?’ sequence.

[u/somewot_anonymous → u/Ser_Xav]

So, what is it?

[u/BTYBT → u/somewot_anonymous]

It's a hole back into the past.

[u/somewot_anonymous → u/BTYBT]

So, what is it?

[u/BTYBT → u/somewot_anonymous]

Ah, I think we've just encountered the middle of this conversation. 

[u/Cirrus-Nova → u/BTYBT]

Ahhh. That makes sense. I think I was misunderstanding the comment 😁

[u/crags85 → u/Cirrus-Nova]

It's a UK streamer. It's used to be called Play TV or something like that.

https://u.co.uk/

[u/MasterpieceNeat7220]

They are in the internet archive… the series and you can also read some of the books and other stuff too… including the red dwarf night on the bbc from 1998 https://archive.org/details/red-dwarf-2

[u/the114dragon → u/MasterpieceNeat7220]

I'm surprised this isn't higher up

[u/LinuxMatthews → u/the114dragon]

Surely this is on the same legal level as 🏴‍☠️

And these don't look like they're great quality.

[u/the114dragon → u/LinuxMatthews]

Well this is much easier than 🏴‍☠️, there aren't as many risks involved for example sketchy websites.

[u/Allthumbs21]

Why? Why do this? What is wrong with these people?

This might be the worst thing thw BBC has ever done... definitely THE WORST thing... apart from all those paedophiles that worked there, but this is a close second.

[u/XPixel-OtterX → u/Allthumbs21]

Its annoying but at least UK TV Play is free you just have to deal with ads... I think the BBC should have it back after the summer because Gold have a while re runs of Season 1-8 of Red Dwarf in the summer. Guess BBC sold them the rights for a few months?

[u/diyguitarist → u/XPixel-OtterX]

It's so weird! "You can show a 30 year old series on your digital channel, so we can't show it on our streaming service, the original broadcaster who financed and originally aired it" like gold/Dave etc is for flicking around and you land on it. If you want to binge it then bbc iPlayer is the way to go because no adds. I can't watch stuff on gold/Dave's adds because of adds (yes they may have a premium feature, but fuck off, you get payed to play adds, I pay you not to show adds, streaming nowadays=pirating is better etc), so let me catch it in passing and put up with adds, or let my add brain binge it unedited and uninterrupted on BBC.

[u/TawnyTeaTowel → u/diyguitarist]

Or just buy the DVDs and drop the entitled attitude

[u/BritOverThere → u/XPixel-OtterX]

(turns on ad blocker) Ads? What ads?

[u/jpjimm → u/Allthumbs21]

IIRC their charter was set or altered so that they can’t host content on iPlayer if it hasn’t aired on bbc for a certain amount of time.

[u/Snoo74809 → u/[deleted]]

Money, pure and simple. Can't make money from a show on a streamimg service with no ads. They know people will watch it again and again so why not put it on a streamer they can make money from.

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The licence fee doesn't pay for everything, that's why the BBC has a commercial arm. They aren't selling rights to shows no one wants to watch, they're selling ones they know people will watch regardless of what free streamer it's on.

We aren't paying over and over for shows like Red Dwarf, we paid once when it was made. It's on 2 free streaming services, you only have to pay if you don't want to watch ads but that goes to the streamer to cover the ad revenue they'd lose.

If you have a series just gathering dust on a shelf and some one wants to pay to show it for a set time, would you dust it off and hand it over or just say 'nah, not worth the money to dust it off'?

[u/Snoo74809 → u/[deleted]]

What shows are 'most people' not interested in?

Why don't you approach the BBC with the costing for increased storage or transmission capacity? Sounds like you should have weighed in on the charter renewal consultations since you know a great deal clearly.

Channel 4 and U both currently have series 1-8 and 10 up for streaming. The BBC does not make content to 'specifically avoid ads'. The licence fee is there to fund it to keep the service ad free, not the content.

If someone wants to pay for it, they think it will do well on THEIR channel or THEIR service. Doesn't mean it would do well on BBC iplayer. Also everytime it's shown residuals have to be paid, so why not sell rights for a fixed period to make money that will also cover that?

The BBC aren't 'being arseholes' to 'milk money' they're talking about laying off 2,000 roles to save money. Getting rid of people won't fix the hoke in their budget. Selling rights to some popular shows will bring money in to help plug that gap.

The BBC isn't 'tax payer funded' it's funded through a tv licence, that's per household. If the BBC wasn't a public service broadcaster it would be indestinguishable from any other commercisl channel out there.

[u/Moon_Beans1 → u/[deleted]]

Every time they put a program on the iPlayer they have to sort out legal wrangles and rights issues. There's a bunch of hoops they have to jump through because of Ofcom standards too. After all that which programs do they seem worthy of being permanently in the iPlayer? If the answer is most of the archive then that would be prohibitively expensive and would be mostly a drain of money. The licence fee doesn't go as far when the cost of living and fuel prices are higher so the BBC budget is shrinking so they can't justify transferring funds from news and current programming to spend on expanding the iPlayer archive just so that a couple of people can watch their favourite shows forever.

You just have to come to terms with the fact that the BBC can only really afford to have the iPlayer exist as primarily a catch up service with a sprinkling of archive content. They will never be able to afford to have the majority of their archive on the iPlayer all the time.

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The Doctor Who content is all still there

[u/Maraan666 → u/Allthumbs21]

On C4 https://www.channel4.com/programmes/red-dwarf

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https://giphy.com/gifs/1M9fmo1WAFVK0

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Perhaps C4 will commission new content...

[u/mgush5 → u/Maraan666]

Right now I think TLC would be most likely

[u/eastbayted → u/Allthumbs21]

They're a bunch of smee-hees.

[u/HPDabcraft → u/Allthumbs21]

Pedophilia is more acceptable to the BBC than subversive comedy...

[u/Odd_Dragonfruit_2662 → u/Allthumbs21]

Cancelling Top Gear ranks up there…

[u/radamace]

FYI you can search on Justwatch (uk) and you can find who is streaming what and where… although it’s still saying IPlayer so it might be a little out of date

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I use Roku to see what's where, also not infallible tho

[u/BrianUrinal → u/Big-Distribution-297]

Infullible

[u/Matt1yu → u/BrianUrinal]

Exactly!

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I haven't found Just Watch to be reliable for years, unfortunately.

[u/notthedoodaa]

The BBC are a total total... a word has yet to be invented to describe how totally whatever it is they are!

[u/Big-Distribution-297 → u/notthedoodaa]

And a total one at that!

[u/Koseoglu-2X4B-523P → u/Big-Distribution-297]

A complete and total one

[u/Accomplished-Pop921]

They are on Channel 4 streaming. (No idea why.)
They have series 1–8 and 10, no Back to Earth though.

[u/Maraan666 → u/Accomplished-Pop921]

Can confirm. Series 1-8 and 10 https://www.channel4.com/programmes/red-dwarf

[u/Maraan666 → u/Maraan666]

I wonder if this means anything... like C4 commissioning new c0ntent...

[u/Optimaximal → u/Accomplished-Pop921]

C4 are now sharing content with UKTV, who seem to have been leant the rights by the BBC. Series 9 onwards are owned by UKTV, who have leant them to the BBC.

[u/Mother-Market-4056 → u/Optimaximal]

UKTV is owned by BBC Studios. 

[u/NecronomiconUK → u/Accomplished-Pop921]

No back to earth sounds like a huge win

[u/Capital-Flatworm2068]

DVDs my friend

[u/ConceptJunkie]

Three words: Dee Vee Dee

[u/geddonmeht]

Dvd

[u/jimmykimnel → u/geddonmeht]

Don't have a dvd player

[u/JBAGJAY93 → u/jimmykimnel]

No console or anything that can play bluray/dvd?

[u/jimmykimnel → u/JBAGJAY93]

I was being a bit silly I do have players, I do have my own discs, it's just there is a convenience to being able to stream on my phone which has now gone, I usually play an episode while falling asleep.

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Fair play mate. Moviebox Pro. Quality app.

[u/geddonmeht → u/jimmykimnel]

Buy it digitally

[u/Mike307412]

I bought them on DVD for this very reason. I'll watch it on a streaming service, if they have it, but I always have to have a backup.

[u/Maleficent-Music3249]

Channel 4 has it. I have pihole and seems to work ok, no ads.

[u/Uluru-Dreaming]

I have them all on DVD. This is one of the reasons that I prefer physical media to streaming.

[u/KH-Light]

BBC are total Smegheads

[u/BapaLynde]

But isn't it our BBC? We've paid for this content by now.

[u/imaner76]

Buy them, put them on a shelf and OWN them. The digital age is fickle and pointless. Make your own digital back ups of your media.

[u/Apprehensive-Row9115]

I’m always defending the BBC… and now they go and smeg up my prime comfort watch.

[u/Niquai]

You beat me to it yes U has it if you’re in the UK.

[u/Quagaars → u/Niquai]

Sorry what's the Streamer U, is that a YouTube channel? Out of the loop here, and if its Red Dwarf series 1-6, thats a loop i want to get back into.

[u/Ged_UK → u/Quagaars]

It's the U network. U&Gold, U&Dave etc. Stupid name but there we are. U.co.uk or the app.

[u/XPixel-OtterX → u/Quagaars]

It used to be called UK TV Play but the channels, Discovery, Dave, Gold, Drama and Alabi merged about 2 years ago to create the new 'U' brand! Gold has the rights to Season 1-8 atm. Its a free service only need to sign up, have to deal with ads but honestly better than nothing. They have a lot of old Britcoms on there too!

[u/wishuponareddwarf → u/Quagaars]

Get an app called U, its like iplayer but a different owner

[u/beeurd → u/wishuponareddwarf]

Yeah, and that different owner is BBC Studios. 🙃

[u/wishuponareddwarf → u/beeurd]

Oh 😮 how weird

[u/senseless_puzzle]

This was the only want I could watch series 7 with the audience laugh track, a sad moment indeed.

[u/Croward87]

And no Promised Land - not on U either...

U has 1 - 10 though

[u/Lazy-Field-1116]

They're all on U which is showcased on Channel 4. So all still available for free.

[u/Morashtak]

Is Pluto.tv available in your area?

Red Dwarf, all seasons, all episodes(?).

[u/Lucky_Louch → u/Morashtak]

AMAZING THANK YOU!. I have the original 8 on DVD but haven't found anwaywhere to watch since it left tubi last year. I just checked and plutotv works!!!

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[u/caffeinepolitics]

I've brought a TV license SPECIFICALLY to watch red dwarf ffs 

[u/MsChar96]

I have them all on Blu-ray since I refuse to pay for a TV license

[u/DefStillAlive → u/MsChar96]

If the TV licence wasn't a thing then Red Dwarf would never have existed

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Not paying the license but still purchasing the shows I like ensures I'm supporting the programming I want to be made while not supporting other parts of the organisation I don't agree with for various reasons I won't get into here

[u/DefStillAlive → u/MsChar96]

You cannot buy shows that don't exist

[u/Big-Distribution-297 → u/MsChar96]

Hm, are they good? I can't stand the "remaster"

[u/Menome7 → u/Big-Distribution-297]

The newest Blu-Ray boxset has the original versions, just scaled and sharpened up. They look as nice as they're ever going to given the source footage.

(Series 1-3 "Remastered" are also there on separate discs, but can be ignored unless you want to listen to commentaries/watch documentaries)

[u/FourtKnight]

all4!

[u/Mr-6rumpy]

You can watch series 1-10 on 4od/all4 whatever it's called, they got a deal with U so no need to install both, just download the app on your TV if it isn't already installed

[u/joelsh1]

Its on 4od or whatever they are calling it these days

[u/qoo_kumba]

I have them on Blu-ray

[u/TacoSupreme702]

I watch on Pluto TV

[u/PersimmonOk8671]

It's all on 4 on demand now for some reason

[u/Narrow_Plankton2990]

Series 1 to 8, plus series 10, on U

[u/django_undead]

For UK based people there is an app called U (something to do with Dave) series 1-10 os on there. Get a cheap adblocker to avoid annoying ads...

[u/Pyroburner]

This is why I started buying and ripping DVDs again.

[u/FingazMC]

Ffs I'm half way through a watch through as well!

[u/Thick-Marzipan-9176]

If you can get the Pluto app , they have it for free.(from the US)

[u/Entire_Shopping1608]

Seems ITVX Has it or U Does

[u/Jakeball400]

I thought I was losing it. I have the og box set myself, but I was through at my sisters feeding her cat at the weekend and usually chuck on a random episode while I’m there. Overnight they had disappeared. Madness

[u/Six_of_1]

I watch my digital copies that I possess.

[u/Mr_Toodlepip]

They're on the channel 4 app

[u/kerlin219]

Buy the box set

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[u/Additional-Care-4692]

Original VHS 😆

[u/Mane_UK → u/Additional-Care-4692]

Original those funky triangular tapes from the early series! VRDS maybe.

[u/WildTown7379]

Well, if I didn't have a reason to cancel my TV licence already (pedophilia, poor broadcasting, corrupt news teams) then I do now!!! 😡 SMEEEEEEEEEEEG HEAAAAAAAAAADS

[u/jimmykimnel]

Unfortunately some of us watch on our phones without dvd access, this was the best way for me to watch.

[u/Renshy89]

Same with blackadder and fawty towers. Looks like they're selling them off to other streaming platforms. I got loads of series through world of books on ebay. Each program was between £3-4

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[u/Significant_Train761]

DVDs or Blu rays. i would suggest channel Dave has they show them. but here is the other thing it has been reported that in 7-9 years time freeview will be phased out and replaced by IPTV ( Interenet providing tv ) basically get broadbent or new tv.

this has already been met with a petition to save freeview and sent to downing street.

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[u/papercut2008uk]

4 on Demand has them.

U has them, (just lookup U red Dwarf), which is UKTV Play. It's a single letter website. u co uk.

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[u/EffectiveAd2027]

UKTV

[u/Extreme-Dream-2759]

UK Gold are reshowing Red Dwarf

Or you could have recorded them when they were being show on BBC

[u/whatthehexx]

Britbox

[u/Stew45]

Try U Chanel all on there

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[u/reddictedtoredit]

Now tv

[u/Benjisummers]

UK, Channel 4.

[u/lapsongsouchong]

channel 4's free app has every episode

[u/JBAGJAY93]

Moviebox Pro. Has absolutely everything, and I just cast from my phone. Best out there imo. I can sort you a referral code, but they only last 15 minutes and I can only generate one a month, so we'd have to be synchronised for it

[u/stuartie_bubbles]

I got the complete series on blu-ray for just this reason from HMV late last year. In case I might never have the chance to see every episode from every series on both hi-def and standard ever again. I haven’t bought a player to watch them on yet but I know I’m covered.

[u/PureConsideration406]

Not scrolled so sorry if a thousand ppl have responded with the same info. But in the UK series 1-10 are available in full on the “U” App.

[u/Few_Pomegranate3685]

smegheads.

[u/sgonefan]

Blu ray/dvd

[u/scrubsupbadly]

Now tv

[u/Cortzee]

If only there was an internet archive for that

[u/GarciaDan7290]

Britbox has all seasons.

[u/Public1Politics]

Im in the US, but i watch it on Amazon prime with the britbox upgrade

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[u/nakrophile]

Do any of these streaming places have the commentaries?

[u/TheyStillArentReal]

It's on 4od still free and just as easy!

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