Red Dwarf

1988–2017 · Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Comedy · 12 seasons · ★ 8.1

Ended

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Synopsis of Red Dwarf

The mining ship Red Dwarf, nearly ten kilometers long and operated by Jupiter Mining Corporation, sails through space at the end of the 22nd century. A cadmium II leak on board wipes out nearly the entire crew. Only Dave Lister, a low-ranking technician who was in temporary stasis, and his pregnant cat survive. When he wakes up, Lister discovers that three million years have passed and that he is the last living human being. His only company is Arnold Rimmer, the hologram of a former bunkmate, and Cat, a life form that evolved from the cat. Lister wants to return to Earth, but the journey is enormous, and his relationship with Rimmer, whom he can't stand, doesn't help. Created by Rob Grant and Doug Naylor, the series airs on BBC Two, and Craig Charles plays Lister.

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12seasons

73episodes

30 minper episode

8.1audience scoreTMDB · 467 votes

8.4IMDb rating39,674 votes

Seasons of Red Dwarf

Season 11988 · 6 ep. · ★ 7.4

Season 21988 · 6 ep. · ★ 8.0

Season 31989 · 6 ep. · ★ 8.0

Season 41991 · 6 ep. · ★ 7.9

Season 51992 · 6 ep. · ★ 7.7

Season 61993 · 6 ep. · ★ 7.5

Season 71997 · 8 ep. · ★ 7.3

Season 81999 · 8 ep. · ★ 6.8

Season 92009 · 3 ep. · ★ 6.2

Season 102012 · 6 ep. · ★ 7.7

Season 112016 · 6 ep. · ★ 7.1

Season 122017 · 6 ep. · ★ 6.8

Cast by Red Dwarf

Craig CharlesDave Lister73 episodes

Danny John-JulesCat73 episodes

Chris BarrieArnold Rimmer68 episodes

Robert LlewellynKryten61 episodes

Norman LovettHolly22 episodes

Hattie HayridgeHolly19 episodes

Chloë AnnettKochanski15 episodes

Mac McDonaldCaptain Hollister11 episodes

Tony HawksThe Guide8 episodes

Graham McTavishAckerman5 episodes

Daniel BarkerAlien Natural History Presenter (voice)5 episodes

Clare GroganKochanski4 episodes

Jake WoodKill Crazy4 episodes

Rupert BatesDispensing Machine (voice)4 episodes

Paul BradleyChen3 episodes

Tony SlatteryBrooke (androids) (voice)3 episodes

David RossTalkie Toaster (voice)3 episodes

Mark WilliamsOlaf Petersen3 episodes

David GillespieSelby3 episodes

Simon GaffneyYoung Rimmer3 episodes

Karl Glenn StimpsonMP Thornton3 episodes

Ricky GroverBaxter3 episodes

Kika MiryleesDoc Newton2 episodes

Sophie WinklemanKaterina2 episodes

John LenahanToaster (voice)2 episodes

Richard RidingsCrazed Astro2 episodes

Kalli GreenwoodRimmer's Mum2 episodes

Elizabeth HicklingSimulant Lieutenant2 episodes

Andy TaylorDr. Lucas McClaren2 episodes

Richard HainsworthBodyguard2 episodes

Rebecca BlackstonePree2 episodes

Penelope FreemanDispensing Machine 403 (voice)2 episodes

ShendWarden Knot2 episodes

Steven WickhamGelf Bride2 episodes

Ian MastersBirdman2 episodes

Richard O'CallaghanHogey the Roguey2 episodes

Oliver MaltmanDispensing Machines (voice)2 episodes

Don HendersonRogue SimulantEpisode 1

Adrienne PostaFlight Announcer (voice)Episode 1

Ken MorleyCaptain VoorheseEpisode 1

Technical Details

Created by: Doug Naylor, Rob Grant
Address: Ed Bye, Doug Naylor, Andy De Emmony, Juliet May, Rob Grant
Writing: Doug Naylor, Rob Grant, Paul Alexander, Robert Llewellyn, James Hendrie
Music: Howard Goodall
Photography: Peter Morgan, Ed Moore, Andy Martin
Production: Ed Bye, Doug Naylor, Rob Grant, Kerry Waddell, Richard Naylor
Executive Producer: Doug Naylor, Paul Jackson, Rob Grant, Henry Normal
Production companies: Paul Jackson Productions, Baby Cow Productions, Grant Naylor Productions, BBC
Network or Platform: BBC Two, U&Dave
Country: United Kingdom
Original Language: English
Premiere: February 15, 1988
Last Episode: November 16, 2017 (12x06)
Status: Ended
Type: Fiction
Awards: 6 awards and 6 nominations in total.
Links: IMDb · TMDB · Official Website

Trivia about Red Dwarf

An electricians' strike in early 1987 halted all production during rehearsals, and the series had to be rebuilt.

The premiere of season eight, in 1999, drew more than eight million viewers, the series' biggest audience ever.

Doug Naylor explained that the BBC and the British Film Council turned down the Red Dwarf movie.

In 2007, readers of Radio Times magazine voted it the greatest science fiction series of all time, even though it had not aired any new episodes this century.

Hugh Laurie, Alfred Molina and Alan Rickman were considered for the lead roles; Molina was almost cast, but left the project because of production delays.

Norman Lovett initially auditioned for the role of Rimmer, while Chris Barrie read for Lister and Craig Charles was first proposed for the role of Cat.

The episode "Gunmen of the Apocalypse" won an International Emmy, one of the series' best-documented awards.

The BBC commissioned a second series after ratings for the first, which aired between February and March 1988, were still not particularly high.

Sources: Wikipedia (English)