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 III, Episode 1 repeated Monday at Midnight on U&Dave
Streaming rank this week: 231
Episode menu
Series VI, Episode 1 - Psirens
Further details
The crew want to find out what brought them down, so they watch a black box recording from one of the ships. They see a man being eaten alive by a creature called a 'Psiren.' When Red Dwarf crashes onto a planet and Lister has to unlodge the ship from rocks, the crew end up being subjected to a nightmare with the creatures!
Broadcast details
- Date
- Thursday 7th October 1993
- Time
- 9pm
- Channel
- BBC Two
- Length
- 30 minutes
Cast & crew
| Chris Barrie | Rimmer |
| Craig Charles | Lister |
| Danny John-Jules | Cat |
| Robert Llewellyn | Kryten |
| Clare Grogan (as C P Grogan) | Kochanski |
| Jenny Agutter | Professor Mamet |
| Samantha Robson | Pete Tranter's Sister |
| Anita Dobson | Captain Tau |
| Richard Ridings | Crazed Astro |
| Zoe Hilson | Temptress |
| Elizabeth Anson | Temptress |
| Phil Manzanera | Hands |
| Doug Naylor | Writer |
| Rob Grant | Writer |
| Andy de Emmony | Director |
| Justin Judd | 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 |
Press
Few sitcoms sustain their initial wit and sharpness beyond two or three series, but sci-fi comedy Red Dwarf - back on BBC2 for its sixth run - defies the ravages of time with the same non-chalance displayed last night by its chief slob-in-space Lister (Craig Charles).
Victor Lewis-Smith, Evening Standard, 8th October 1993