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BBC comedy legend sparks concern as he cancels string of public appearances due to ‘medical situation'

BBC comedy legend sparks concern as he cancels string of public appearances due to ‘medical situation'

The Irish Sun2 days ago
A BBC comedy star sparked concern after cancelling a string of public appearances due to a 'medical situation'.
Red Dwarf aired on and off from 1988 to 2020, with stints on BBC Two and Dave.
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Red Dwarf aired on and off from 1988 to 2020
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Chris Barrie played Arnold Rimmer in the series
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The hit comedy's core cast members
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Chris Barrie, 65, who played the holographic Arnold Rimmer, has cancelled upcoming public appearances owing to a "medical situation".
Over the weekend, the actor had been set to appear at
London
Comic Con.
Chris would have joined co-stars Craig Charles,
Posting on his website, the star shared: "Hello everyone.
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"I'm going to be brief, but over the last week I have been dealing with a medical situation which I am only just beginning to get my head around.
'In the light of this I shall be attending no more events over the
summer
and into the
autumn
.
"Updates on all this will be issued as and when.'
Continuing, Chris confirmed he would be keeping one date in his calendar for the time being.
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Namely, his November 9 appearance at
Newcastle
comedy
event Scarborough Unleashed.
He explained: "In the meantime I shall leave Scarborough on the itinerary for now and will look forward to returning there in the early
winter
.
Red Dwarf's Craig Charles reveals there will be more specials of hit show
"Obviously I shall miss not being with the posse in
London
this Sunday but I'm afraid that is the way it is. Enjoy!'
Red Dwarf follows the adventures of a group of oddball characters who are stranded on a spaceship three million years in the
future
.
The show's main character Dave Lister wakes up after three million years in suspended animation to find out the rest of the crew on his spaceship were killed in an accident.
Red Dwarf cast members
Sci-fi comedy Red Dwarf first aired on BBC2
in 1988 and ran until 1999, before it moved to UKTV channel Dave ten years later.
Its cast members include:
Craig Charles as Dave Lister
Chris Barrie as Arnold Rimmer
Robert Llewellyn as Kryten
Norman Lovett/Hatty Hayridge as Holly
This would have left him alone in outer space - if not for the strange companions he met along the way.
This includes the hologram of his former bunkmate, the ship's computer, an
android
he rescues from a shipwreck, and the creature that evolved from what was his pet cat.
It first aired on BBC2
in 1988 and ran until 1999, before it moved to UKTV channel Dave ten years later.
Last year, it was announced the
Comic Con
Scotland
in
Edinburgh
.
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