Red Dwarf: Series I & II

A radiation leak wipes out the crew of the mining ship Red Dwarf leaving one survivor - chicken soup machine repairman Dave Lister. After three million years in suspended animation, Lister emerges to find he is the last human being in the universe. But he is not alone...

Includes all the episodes from Series One and Two.

Series 1
Red Dwarf is an enormous spaceship, mining around the moons of Saturn with a crew of 169 members. Before the end of the first episode, 168 of them are dead, wiped out by massive radiation leak. Revived after three millions years, once the radiation has reached a safe level, Dave Lister finds his only companions are a life-form evolved from his cat and Arnold J Rimmer, a hologram simulation of his dead bunk-mate.

Series 2
Series Two reveals that the crew of the Red Dwarf has found a way to go back in time three million years. Meanwhile Rimmer has donned his best uniform and Lister has put on his smelly orange moon boots; even Holly is wearing a toupee... After all, what self-respecting smeghead could possibly resist a cry for help from three damsels and an android in distress?

 

SERIES 1
THE END - A radiation leak wipes out the crew of the mining ship Red Dwarf, leaving only one survivor. After three million years in suspended animation, Lister emerges to find he is the last human being in the universe. But he is not alone.

FUTURE ECHOES - When Red Dwarf breaks the speed of light, time dilates, and the crew begin to experience visions from their own futures. Sadly for Lister his future appears to include being reduced to his component atoms by a rather large explosion.

BALANCE OF POWER - Rimmer encounters his most dangerous blood chilling challenge ever - Lister is taking the chef's exam. If Lister passes he will hold sufficient rank to have Rimmer replaced as the ship's hologram.

WAITING FOR GOD - Holly recovers a strange, unidentified pod floating in the frozen wastes of Deep Space. Rimmer is convinced it contains the remains of an alien warrior and begins a scientific investigation to decipher the pod's hieroglyphics.

CONFIDENCE AND PARANOIA - Lister contracts a mutated pneumonia virus. The hallucinations of his fevered brain materialize in solid form, and suddenly the ship is beset by herring rain and exploding sixteenth century mayors of Warsaw.

ME - Rimmer creates his perfect companion - an identical duplicate of himself. At first things are blissful, but soon Rimmer and his doppleganger find themselves locked in a conflict so fierce, only one of them can survive.

SERIES 2
KRYTEN - Rimmer's donned his best uniform. Lister's put on his smelly orange moon boots. Even Holly's wearing a toupee After all, what self respecting smeg head could possibly resist a cry for help from three damsels and an android in distress?

BETTER THAN LIFE - The mail finally arrives from Earth, three million years late. Rimmer learns that his father is Dad...er, dead. He passed away quietly in his jeep...er, sleep. Also enclosed is a Better Than Life virtual reality game.

THANKS FOR THE MEMORY - The crew aboard Red Dwarf awake to find that someone has erased their memory of the last several days. Lister and Cat have broken legs set in plaster casts. Rimmer puts it all down to aliens.

STASIS LEAK - The have found a way to go back in time three million years to the freaky fungus and the luscious Kochanski - the two loves of Lister's life. Rimmer might even find Rimmer before he dies and bring him back so he doesn't have to be dead anymore!

QUEEG - Holly's been deposed, and the backup computer Queeg 500 is in control of Red Dwarf. Will Lister and Cat lead a revolt after they've cleaned the corridor floors? Has Holly got something up his sleeves? Does he have sleeves?

PARALLEL UNIVERSE - Climb aboard Holly's new "hop drive" and journey into a parallel universe where everything exists exactly the same but opposite. Imagine the a world with of a female Rimmer and a pregnant Lister.

CAST
Dave Lister.................................................Craig Charles
Arnold Rimmer............................................Chris Barrie
Cat.............................................................Danny John-Jules
Holly; Series 1,2,7.....................................Norman Lovett
Holly; Series 3-5..........................................Hattie Hayridge
Kryten.........................................................Robert Llewellyn
Kochanski; Series 1-6.................................Claire Grogan
Kochanski; Series 7...................................Chloe Annett
PRODUCTION INFORMATION
Written by Rob Grant, Doug Naylor, Paul Alexander, Kim Fuller, Robert Llewellyn, J Hendrie
Directed by Ed Bye, Juliet May
Produced by Ed Bye, Rob Grant, Doug Naylor, Juliet May and Andy de Emmony

British Comedy Awards®
1994 – Best BBC Comedy Series
International Emmy Awards®
1994 – Popular Arts

“...the cult television series exerts a mysterious hold over half the student population of the Western hemisphere.” -_The Times
“...the BBC series which turned science fiction inside out and introduced the word ‘smeg’ to the everyday vocabulary of pre-teenagers.”- Independent
“...back to its very best... This eighth series has lived up to expectations, taking the familiar characters into new situations and proving as inventive as any of the past series. Excellent fun... and not just for smegheads.”- Morning Star
“The original concept owed everything to Douglas Adams, but the style is now its own, playing wantonly with the laws of astrophysics and mixing oneliners with parody, witty allusions, farce, slapstick and groansome puns. Non-stop fun for little boys from seven to 77.” -The Times
“Scripts take laughter-raising only so far.The character chemistry of Craig Charles, Robert Llewellyn, Danny John-Jules and (especially) Chris Barrie does the rest.”- Daily Mail
“...laugh-a-minute lunacy from outer space ... You can tell the quality of a sitcom by the calibre of its guests. Geraldine McEwan popped up...” -Mirror
“As quirky as ever.” -Sydney Morning Herald

 

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