Craig Charles

In 1994, Craig and a friend were arrested and remanded in custody for several months on a rape charge, after his ex-girlfriend accused them of gang rape and indecent assault. At their trial the following year, the prosecution suggested that Craig had taken cocaine prior to the alleged rape; Craig denied this accusation. Both Craig and his friend were exonerated at the trial in February 1995, and the alleged rape victim later withdrew her claim. Craig's imprisonment delayed the production of the seventh season of Red Dwarf.

Craig's younger brother, Emile once appeared on Red Dwarf, playing a younger version of Lister in the episode titled Timeslides.

In 1997, Craig co-write and starred in thirteen episodes of the late night chat show The Funky Bunker.