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 VIII, Episode 2 repeated Monday at Midnight on U&Dave
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Series V, Episode 6 - Back To Reality
The Dwarfers start to explore an abandoned space ship on the ocean bed, and slowly they start to realise that the bodies they are finding are all victims of suicide.
Further details
They were forced to suicide by a creature called a despair squid which emits a kind of ink and makes them hallucinate. Unfortunately, the same happens to the Dwarfers and before long, they believe they are in an artificial reality game where the Cat is a dork called Dwane Dibbley and Lister is a dangerous mass murderer working for the CGI!
Broadcast details
- Date
- Thursday 26th March 1992
- 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 |
| Timothy Spall | Andy |
| Lenny Von Dohlen | Cop |
| Anastasia Hille | New Kochanski |
| Marie McCarthy | Nurse |
| John Sharian | New Lister |
| Doug Naylor | Writer |
| Rob Grant | Writer |
| Doug Naylor | Director |
| Rob Grant | Director |
| Hilary Bevan Jones | Producer |
| Doug Naylor | Executive Producer |
| Rob Grant | Executive Producer |
| Graham Hutchings | Editor |
| Peter Bates | Editor |
| Mel Bibby | Production Designer |
| Stephen Bradshaw | Production Designer |
| Howard Goodall | Composer |