JOHNNY Vegas is set to tick one off his bucket list - by starring in Red Dwarf.

The sci-fi fan, who stars in Benidorm and Still Open All Hours, will appear in one episode of the new series, which returns to Dave in October. He will play a policeman – in a society where criticism is illegal.

“It’s a critique of free speech and political correctness and all those things where you can’t say this, or you shouldn’t be saying that... and people getting offended at the tiniest little thing,” said actor Robert Llewellyn who plays Kryten.

Written and directed by Doug Naylor, the series follows last year’s successful eleventh run which welcomed back the original cast of Chris Barrie (Rimmer), Craig Charles (Lister), Danny John-Jules (Cat) and Llewellyn as droid Kryten.