"Red Dwarf" (1988) TV series 1988-????

Creators:

Rob Grant
Doug Naylor

Seasons:

1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8

Release Date:

29 March 1989 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Sci-Fi

Plot:

The adventures of the last human being alive and his friends, stranded three million years into deep space on the mining ship Red Dwarf.

Plot Keywords:

Cat | Red Dwarf | Space | Mining Ship | Computer

Awards:

4 wins & 3 nominations

Cast

Craig Charles	...	Dave Lister / ... (52 episodes, 1988-1999)
Danny John-Jules	...	The Cat / ... (52 episodes, 1988-1999)
Chris Barrie	...	Arnold Rimmer / ... (48 episodes, 1988-1999)
Robert Llewellyn	...	Kryten / ... (40 episodes, 1989-1999)
Norman Lovett	...	Holly (21 episodes, 1988-1999)

Runtime:

30 min (52 episodes)

Country:

UK

Language:

English | Esperanto

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Certification:

UK:12 | Australia:M (some episodes) | Australia:PG (some episodes) | Netherlands:MG6 | Singapore:PG

Filming Locations:

London, England, UK

Company:

British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)

Trivia:

Chris Barrie initially decided only to appear in two of the eight episode in the seventh series, but was persuaded to double his commitment and appear in four, although in these two additional episodes he only appears in flashbacks and dream sequences. He returned for all of the eighth series.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "Just a Minute: (#3.8)" (1995)

Soundtrack:

theme

I am hopelessly addicted to this show.

Let's get one thing straight here: I don't watch much TV. A lot of the shows nowadays really get on my nerves. But RED DWARF is different. DWARF is shown on Saturday nights on my local PBS station, and the week just isn't the same if I can't see my favorite bunch of marooned space bums. The story is a bit of a long one: Dave Lister, a technician aboard the mining ship RED DWARF, is punished for having an unquarantined cat on the ship. His punishment involves going into stasis for 18 months, forfeiting all pay (which he wants to save up so he can move to Fiji with his cat and the love of his life, Kristine Kochanski). But while he is in stasis, his supremely anal-retentive superior officer and bunkmate Arnold Rimmer fails to fix a restraining plate properly on a warp drive, and the whole ship undergoes an internal nuclear explosion. When awakened by Holly, the ship's slightly loopy computer, Lister finds out he has been in stasis for over 3 million years. Rimmer, resurrected by Holly as a hologram, is back to keep Lister sane yet seems more probable to do the opposite. Lister's cat, who was pregnant, was safely sealed away in the cargo hold of the ship. There the cats have bred for 3 million years, and the last survivor of their race pops out of an air vent, a Felis Sapiens, or commonly known as just Cat. Together, they try to find a way back home to Earth...even if it takes 3 million years!

I would recommend this to anyone who likes a good laugh. :o)