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 4 repeated Monday at 1am on U&Dave
Streaming rank this week: 153
Episode menu
Series III, Episode 4 - Bodyswap
Further details
When a deranged scutter badly re-wires Red Dwarf's circuitry the ship looks as if it's about to explode, and the only people who can override the auto-destruction mechanism are the dead captain and his officers.
Kryten has an idea to transfer the holographic brain information of one of them into Lister so that he can stop the ship exploding. The plan fails, but luckily the re-wiring has also taken out the auto-destruct detonation - not, Holly reveals, that there was a bomb connected to it anyway!
Still, the whole experience gets the crew thinking. Lister's been getting increasingly out-of-shape of late, and Rimmer's more than willing to put in the exercise and effort required to improve his diet and quit smoking. If they could just swap their minds for a couple of weeks...
Broadcast details
- Date
- Tuesday 5th December 1989
- Time
- 9pm
- Channel
- BBC Two
- Length
- 30 minutes
Cast & crew
| Chris Barrie | Rimmer |
| Craig Charles | Lister |
| Danny John-Jules | Cat |
| Robert Llewellyn | Kryten |
| Hattie Hayridge | Holly |
| Doug Naylor | Writer |
| Rob Grant | Writer |
| Ed Bye | Director |
| Ed Bye | Producer |
| Doug Naylor | Producer |
| Rob Grant | Producer |
| Paul Jackson | Executive Producer |
| Ed Wooden | Editor |
| Mel Bibby | Production Designer |
| Howard Goodall | Composer |