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Red Dwarf. Image shows from L to R: Cat (Danny John-Jules), Rimmer (Chris Barrie), Lister (Craig Charles), Kryten (Robert Llewellyn). Copyright: UKTV
Red Dwarf

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 VI, Episode 4 repeated Monday at Midnight on U&Dave
  • JustWatch Streaming rank this week: 150

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The danger of constantly celebrating the past

Nostalgia. Easy promotability. A blend of old and new. Low risk. Lots of press. And a brand new half hour to be written by Clement and Frenais, writers of the near-perfect Porridge. What's not to like? As a consumer of comedy, I'm fine with all of the above obviously. As a writer of comedy, my feelings are slightly more mixed.

James Cary, Sitcom Geek, 14th March 2016

Red Dwarf XI - everything you need to know

Spin our nipple nuts and send us to Alaska - the waiting is almost over as as Rimmer, Lister, Kryten and Cat will be back in 2016 for a brand new run.

Tom Eames, Digital Spy, 6th February 2016

Red Dwarf 12 starts filming before we've seen Series 11

Ah, smug mode. Shooting has commenced for Red Dwarf​​ XII​, and we haven't even seen XI​ yet. How spoilt are we?

Tom Eames, Digital Spy, 21st January 2016

Red Dwarf box set: 'The jokes zing by like meteorites'

In space, everyone can hear you squabble: scouse astronaut Lister wakes up 3 million years hence with a neurotic, underpants-ironing hologram for company...

George Bass, The Guardian, 19th November 2015

Filming underway on Red Dwarf XI

Friday 13th November 2015 is as good a date as you can get. Because it's the day on which Series XI is filmed in front of a live audience for the first time.

Red Dwarf Website, 13th November 2015

Danny John-Jules: Red Dwarf is going old school

Danny John-Jules has promised Red Dwarf fans that Series XI will go back to its early series roots.

Tom Eames, Digital Spy, 21st October 2015

Red Dwarf Series 11 - everything you need to know

Smegging brilliant, the boys from the Dwarf are back in 2016.

Tom Eames, Digital Spy, 20th October 2015

All 10 series of Red Dwarf ranked

Twenty seven years, umpteen light years, several different realities and a curry monster later, and Red Dwarf is now officially the second longest running sci-fi series of all time (it'd be first if it weren't for that pesky Doctor).

Emma Dibdin and Tom Eames, Digital Spy, 3rd October 2015

Red Dwarf XI has entered pre-production

The pre-production period officially started on Monday 28th September, an occasion that was marked by producer Richard Naylor tweeting the following image of a certain, rather familiar, piece of rubber.

Red Dwarf Website, 2nd October 2015

Red Dwarf, and the movie that never was

A Red Dwarf movie was announced in 2000, and news on it would follow for years afterwards. So: what happened?

Craig Thomas, Den Of Geek, 2nd October 2015

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