British Comedy Guide
British Comedy Guide
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 IV, Episode 4 repeated Monday at 1am on U&Dave
  • JustWatch Streaming rank this week: 153

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Red Dwarf. Copyright: BBC Radio

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The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy. Arthur Dent (Simon Jones) TV

The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy

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BBC One. Copyright: BBC TV

Galloping Galaxies!

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Happy Families. Copyright: BBC TV

Happy Families

Edith Fuddle has nine months to live - her dying wish is to see her family together for one last time.

Married. Robin Lightfoot (Hugh Bonneville). Copyright: BBC Radio

Married

Sci-fi sitcom about Robin Lightfoot, a confirmed bachelor who wakes up one day in a parallel universe where he is married with two children.

Space Hacks. Copyright: BBC Radio

Space Hacks

Sci-fi sitcom about Charlie Palmer and Moog Johnson, reporters for intergalatic news corporation IGN.

Clone. Image shows from L to R: Dr. Victor Blenkinsop (Jonathan Pryce), Clone (Stuart McLoughlin). Copyright: Roughcut Television TV

Clone

A team-written sitcom about the first human clone - the clone is intended to be a super soldier, but the prototype is lacking in so many ways.

London Radio

Undone

Sci-fi comedy based on the concept of parallel universes, in particular the weird version of mundane London - Undone. Created by Ben Moor.

Radio 4 Radio

The Genuine Particle

Chaos ensues for a British boffin when the world's major governments learn that CERN's Large Hadron Collider may lead to time travel.

My First Planet. Image shows from L to R: Richard (John Dorney), Carol (Cariad Lloyd), Brian (Nicholas Lyndhurst), Lillian (Vicki Pepperdine), Mason (Tom Goodman-Hill), Archer (Phil Whelans). Copyright: Pozzitive Productions Radio

My First Planet

Sci-fi sitcom set on a hopeless new space colony. Nicholas Lyndhurst and Vicki Pepperdine star.

Dark Ages. Image shows from L to R: Agnes (Pauline McLynn), Arland (Jason Byrne), Matilda (Sheridan Smith), Gudrun (Phill Jupitus). Copyright: Granada Productions TV

Dark Ages

It's AD 999, the turn of a new Millennium, and the villagers of Sludgwicke are living in filth. The life of Thane Redwald is really no better.

Come Back Mrs. Noah. Mrs Gertrude Noah (Mollie Sugden). Copyright: BBC TV

Come Back Mrs. Noah

It's 2050 and prize-winning housewife Mrs Noah is accidentally launched into orbit while being shown Britain's new space exploration vehicle.

Sky One logo. Copyright: Sky TV

The Strangerers

Sci-fi comedy from Rob Grant, following a pair of inept aliens stranded on Earth, attempting to carry out a secret mission.

Son Of Cliché Radio

Son Of Cliché

Sketch comedy show by Red Dwarf writers Rob Grant and Doug Naylor. Stars Chris Barrie, Nick Maloney and Nick Wilton.

Nebulous. Image shows from L to R: Paula Breeze (Rosie Cavaliero), Rory Lawson (Graham Duff), Professor Nebulous (Mark Gatiss). Copyright: BBC / Baby Cow Productions Radio

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A post-apocalyptic sci-fi radio sitcom set on an environmentally ruined Earth in 2099.

Hyperdrive. Image shows from L to R: Diplomatic Officer Teal (Miranda Hart), Commander Henderson (Nick Frost), First Officer York (Kevin Eldon). Copyright: BBC TV

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The Spaceship. Captain Gordon Taylor (James Fleet). Copyright: BBC Radio

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The cast of the radio series. Copyright: BBC / Above The Title Productions Radio

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The Cloud. Image shows from L to R: Adam Buxton, Graham Linehan TV

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Red Dwarf: The First Three Million Years. Copyright: North One Television TV

Red Dwarf: The First Three Million Years

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