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 I, Episode 3 repeated Monday at Midnight on U&Dave
Streaming rank this week: 154
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Series I, Episode 2 - Future Echoes
Further details
The Dwarfers are starting their journey back to Earth: even at the speed of light, it'll be another 3 million years before they arrive. Understandably, Lister plans to go back into suspended animation for the duration of the journey.
As they accelerate toward the speed of light, time dilates and the crew end up seeing pockets of their future in their own time. After some spooky but comical initial confusion, things turn darker when Rimmer believes he sees Lister being blown up in the drive room. In fact, it is actually Lister's son being killed far in the future!
Broadcast details
- Date
- Monday 22nd February 1988
- Time
- 9pm
- Channel
- BBC Two
- Length
- 30 minutes
Cast & crew
| Chris Barrie | Rimmer |
| Craig Charles | Lister |
| Danny John-Jules | Cat |
| Norman Lovett | Holly |
| John Lenahan | Toaster (Voice) |
| Tony Hawks | Dispensing Machine (Voice) |
| 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 |
Press
Immediately following this was the comforting Red Dwarf (BBC2), a space fantasy in which the spaceship's computer is not only visibly human but in a steady state of gloom, terror and self-doubt: "I can't do it. I can't cope. Me bottle's gone. I fort I could navigate at the light speed but I just can't wrap me 'ead around it. Gordon Bennett, that was a close one."
Nancy Banks-Smith, The Guardian, 23rd February 1988