Red Dwarf
- TV sitcom
- U&Dave / BBC Two
- 1988 - 2020
- 74 episodes (13 series)
Science fiction sitcom based in space. The crew aboard the damaged mining spaceship Red Dwarf are doomed to drift in space for the rest of eternity. Stars Chris Barrie, Craig Charles, Danny John-Jules, Robert Llewellyn, Norman Lovett and more.
- Due to return for Untitled three-part special
- Series IV, Episode 1 repeated Monday at 1am on U&Dave
- Streaming rank this week: 131
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Series I, Episode 5 - Confidence & Paranoia
Further details
Having believed Rimmer's planned schedule of duties rather than his self-obsessed actions, Lister goes up to the Officer's Deck before it's de-contaminated and ends up contacting a mutated pneumonia virus.
It's not long before he's suffering with fevered hallucinations - only after a 3 million year evolution, this visions in this sickness appear in solid form!
After a bout of herring rain in the sleeping quarters, the Mayor of Warsaw spontaneously combusting in the hallway, Lister's amazed to find physical manifestations of his personality - specifically his confidence and his paranoia - sitting in the drive room!
Rimmer points out to Lister that Confidence and Paranoia are only side effects of the virus, but when Confidence smashes up the medical unit, trouble really begins to brew.
Broadcast details
- Date
- Monday 14th March 1988
- Time
- 9pm
- Channel
- BBC Two
- Length
- 30 minutes
Cast & crew
Chris Barrie | Rimmer |
Craig Charles | Lister |
Danny John-Jules | Cat |
Norman Lovett | Holly |
Lee Cornes | Paranoia |
Craig Ferguson | Confidence |
Doug Naylor | Writer |
Rob Grant | Writer |
Ed Bye | Director |
Ed Bye | Producer |
Paul Jackson | Executive Producer |
Ed Wooden | Editor |
Paul Montague | Production Designer |
Howard Goodall | Composer |