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
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Comedy.co.uk Awards 2017 shortlist
The shortlisted TV and radio shows for the Comedy.co.uk Awards 2017 have been announced. 60 programmes are in the running for the Comedy Of The Year title.
British Comedy Guide, 15th January 2018Red Dwarf: revisiting the sixth series
With Red Dwarf back on our screens recently for its twelfth series, I'm rewatching it all from the beginning. This week it's time to be "better dead than smeg" in Red Dwarf VI.
Sophie Davies, Cult Box, 24th November 2017Review: Red Dwarf XII
Was this the best batch of episodes since 1993?
Dan Owen, Dan's Media Digest, 17th November 2017Last in the series of the revived sitcom. Although it's filmed before what sounds like the most easily amused audience ever assembled for a TV programme, there's some clever business tonight enabling us to see one or two old faces. There are shades of Bedazzled as Rimmer has managed to acquire a machine enabling him to make quantum leaps into alternative universes and alternative lives he could have lived. However, there are snags ...
David Stubbs, The Guardian, 16th November 2017Red Dwarf XII - Skipper review
Some very familiar faces make a welcome return in the final episode in the current series.
Ian Wolf, On The Box, 16th November 2017Red Dwarf XII episode 6 review
This series finale full of nods to the past is sure to please the long-term fans, but overall it's more than simple fan service because there are plenty of new ideas in the mix too.
Sophie Davis, Cult Box, 16th November 2017Review: Red Dwarf XII, Skipper, Dave/UKTV Play
Twelve series on and the greatest sci-fi sitcom of all time still clearly has legs.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 11th November 2017Will there be a Red Dwarf XIII?
Doug Naylor told Express.co.uk in an exclusive interview: "We're on a bit of a roll at the moment which is great. The ratings are great, the boys had a really great time making it, want to do more." Although the show has not yet officially been recommissioned by the broadcaster, the 61-year-old went on to say of the next season: "Certainly, yes, I think everyone wants to do it including UKTV. Everyone had a blast doing the last 12."
The Daily Express, 10th November 2017Red Dwarf to become live stage show
Red Dwarf writer Doug Naylor has said that the team are provisionally planning a live show for the O2 Arena. He also revealed that planning work has begun on Series 13 of the sci-fi sitcom.
British Comedy Guide, 10th November 2017Red Dwarf XII - M-Corp review
This time we see the dangerous of monopolisation as the ship is taken over by a company that owns all of Earth.
Ian Wolf, On The Box, 9th November 2017