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
Episode menu
Series XII, Episode 6 - Skipper
Notes
This episode was accidentally named in 2016 as Star Knot.
Broadcast details
- Date
- Thursday 16th November 2017
- Time
- 9pm
- Channel
- U&Dave
- Length
- 40 minutes
Cast & crew
| Chris Barrie | Rimmer |
| Craig Charles | Lister |
| Danny John-Jules | Cat |
| Robert Llewellyn | Kryten |
| Norman Lovett | Holly |
| Mac McDonald | Captain Hollister |
| Richard Brimblecombe | Bradley |
| Tina Harris | Parkinson |
| Hayley-Marie Axe | Calm Woman (Voice) |
| Doug Naylor | Writer |
| Andrew Ellard | Script Editor |
| Doug Naylor | Director |
| Richard Naylor | Producer |
| Kerry Waddell | Producer |
| Doug Naylor | Executive Producer |
| Simon Lupton | Executive Producer |
| Henry Normal | Executive Producer |
| Peter Oliver (as Peter H Oliver) | Editor |
| Keith Dunne | Production Designer |
| Linda Glover | Casting Director |
| Howard Burden | Costume Designer |
| Ed Moore | Director of Photography |
| Vanessa White | Make-up Designer |
| Howard Goodall | Composer |
Videos
No need to panic
Lister and Cat have no need to panic.
Featuring: Craig Charles (Lister), Danny John-Jules (Cat) & Hayley-Marie Axe (Calm Woman).
Holly returns
Rimmer finds Holly when he skips between dimensions.
Featuring: Chris Barrie (Rimmer) & Norman Lovett (Holly).
Press
Last in the series of the revived sitcom. Although it's filmed before what sounds like the most easily amused audience ever assembled for a TV programme, there's some clever business tonight enabling us to see one or two old faces. There are shades of Bedazzled as Rimmer has managed to acquire a machine enabling him to make quantum leaps into alternative universes and alternative lives he could have lived. However, there are snags ...
David Stubbs, The Guardian, 16th November 2017Red Dwarf XII - Skipper review
Some very familiar faces make a welcome return in the final episode in the current series.
Ian Wolf, On The Box, 16th November 2017Review: Red Dwarf XII, Skipper, Dave/UKTV Play
Twelve series on and the greatest sci-fi sitcom of all time still clearly has legs.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 11th November 2017