More Red Dwarf?

[Neil]

As long as it was better than the last attempt! It was OK, but not as good as it could and should have been!

http://www.aintitcool.com/node/48169

[krakenslayer]

I liked Back to Earth it had a good atmosphere and a compellingly postmodern yet old-school story, but I think the thing that really hurt it in the public's eyes was (and I never thought I'd say this about any show) the lack of canned laughter. The audience, and more importantly the actors, were so accustomed to it that it had become part of the landscape of the show. Without it, the show had a cold, empty, unfinished air, with the actors leaving awkward silent pauses after funny lines, as if they expected the laughter to be added later. It kind of fucked with the feel of it, you know?

[Neil]

I liked Back to Earth it had a good atmosphere and a compellingly postmodern yet old-school story, but I think the thing that really hurt it in the public's eyes was (and I never thought I'd say this about any show) the lack of canned laughter. The audience, and more importantly the actors, were so accustomed to it that it had become part of the landscape of the show. Without it, the show had a cold, empty, unfinished air, with the actors leaving awkward silent pauses after funny lines, as if they expected the laughter to be added later. It kind of fucked with the feel of it, you know?I thought the early series were shot infront of a live audience?

[krakenslayer]

In the early series yeah, but presumably in the later episodes when they did a lot more location shooting (as Back to Earth also mostly comprised of) they presumably shot the material then played it back to an audience at a later date.