Red Dwarf

Red Dwarf is an adult-orientated British science fiction franchise, whose most notable form consists of eight series of a television sitcom that ran on BBC2 between 1988 and 1999, which has achieved a global cult following. It was created and originally written by Grant Naylor (a so-called 'gestalt entity', in reality a collective pseudonym for the writing duo Rob Grant and Doug Naylor). The show had its origins in a recurring sketch, Dave Hollins: Space Cadet, in the mid-1980s BBC Radio 4 comedy show Son Of Cliché, also scripted by Grant and Naylor. In addition to the Red Dwarf television series, there have also been four bestselling novels, a pilot episode for an American version of the show, and a significant number of tie-in books, magazines and other merchandise.

Despite the pastiche of science fiction used as a backdrop, Red Dwarf is primarily a character driven comedy, with many off-the-wall science fiction elements used as complementary plot devices. For example, in the early series, a recurring source of comedy was the "odd couple" relationship between Dave Lister and Arnold Rimmer, the two central characters of the show, who have an intense dislike for each other but are trapped together in an isolated deep space scenario.

Red Dwarf's highest accolade came in 1994, when an episode from the sixth series (Gunmen of the Apocalypse) won an International Emmy Award in the Popular Arts category. The show also won Best BBC Comedy Series at the British Comedy Awards during the same year, and attracted its highest ratings - of over eight million viewers - by the eighth series in 1999.

The current status of the show remains uncertain, as Doug Naylor (now in sole control of the franchise following the departure of Rob Grant in 1995) is committed to writing and producing a feature film of the franchise. Naylor has also stated that he hopes one day to tie up the cliffhanger upon which the eighth series ended, perhaps with a one-off, feature-length television special.

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Red Dwarf Episodes

Red Dwarf Pilot

P- 1 Red Dwarf USA

Red Dwarf Season 1

1. 1- 1 1x1 15 Feb 88 The End
2. 1- 2 1x4 22 Feb 88 Future Echoes
3. 1- 3 1x2 29 Feb 88 Balance of Power
4. 1- 4 1x3 7 Mar 88 Waiting For God
5. 1- 5 1x5 14 Mar 88 Confidence and Paranoia
6. 1- 6 1x6 21 Mar 88 Me ²

Red Dwarf Season 2

7. 2- 1 2x4 6 Sep 88 Kryten
8. 2- 2 2x1 13 Sep 88 Better Than Life
9. 2- 3 2x2 20 Sep 88 Thanks For The Memory
10. 2- 4 2x3 27 Sep 88 Stasis Leak
11. 2- 5 2x6 4 Oct 88 Queeg
12. 2- 6 2x5 11 Oct 88 Parallel Universe

Red Dwarf Season 3

13. 3- 1 3x3 14 Nov 89 Backwards
14. 3- 2 3x1 21 Nov 89 Marooned
15. 3- 3 3x5 28 Nov 89 Polymorph
16. 3- 4 3x4 5 Dec 89 Bodyswap
17. 3- 5 3x2 12 Dec 89 Timeslides
18. 3- 6 3x6 19 Dec 89 The Last Day

Red Dwarf Season 4

19. 4- 1 4x4 14 Feb 91 Camille
20. 4- 2 4x6 21 Feb 91 D.N.A.
21. 4- 3 4x3 28 Feb 91 Justice
22. 4- 4 4x5 7 Mar 91 White Hole
23. 4- 5 4x2 14 Mar 91 Dimension Jump
24. 4- 6 4x1 21 Mar 91 Meltdown

Red Dwarf Season 5

25. 5- 1 5x3 20 Feb 92 Holoship
26. 5- 2 5x2 27 Feb 92 The Inquisitor
27. 5- 3 5x4 5 Mar 92 Terrorform
28. 5- 4 5x5 12 Mar 92 Quarantine
29. 5- 5 5x1 19 Mar 92 Demons & Angels
30. 5- 6 5x6 26 Mar 92 Back To Reality

Red Dwarf Season 6

31. 6- 1 6x1 7 Oct 93 Psirens
32. 6- 2 6x2 14 Oct 93 Legion
33. 6- 3 6x4 21 Oct 93 Gunmen of the Apocalypse
34. 6- 4 6x5 28 Oct 93 Emohawk - Polymorph II
35. 6- 5 6x3 4 Nov 93 Rimmerworld
36. 6- 6 6x6 11 Nov 93 Out Of Time

Red Dwarf Season 7

37. 7- 1 7x1 17 Jan 97 Tikka To Ride
38. 7- 2 7x2 24 Jan 97 Stoke Me A Clipper
39. 7- 3 7x3 31 Jan 97 Ouroboros
40. 7- 4 7x4 7 Feb 97 Duct Soup
41. 7- 5 7x5 14 Feb 97 Blue
42. 7- 6 7x6 21 Feb 97 Beyond a Joke
43. 7- 7 7x7 28 Feb 97 Epideme
44. 7- 8 7x8 7 Mar 97 Nanarchy

Red Dwarf Special

S- 9 15 Feb 98 Red Dwarf Night
S-10 13 Nov 98 Children In Need

Red Dwarf Season 8

45. 8- 1 8x1 18 Feb 99 Back in the Red (1)
46. 8- 2 8x2 25 Feb 99 Back in the Red (2)
47. 8- 3 8x8 4 Mar 99 Back in the Red (3)
48. 8- 4 8x3 11 Mar 99 Cassandra
49. 8- 5 8x6 18 Mar 99 Krytie TV
50. 8- 6 8x4 25 Mar 99 Pete
51. 8- 7 8x7 1 Apr 99 Pete II
52. 8- 8 8x5 5 Apr 99 Only The Good...

Red Dwarf Feature Movie

52. F- 9 RD-M1 Red Dwarf: The Movie

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