This sci-fi sitcom follows the adventures of the crew of damaged mining spaceship Red Dwarf.

David Lister is the only human survivor after a explosion, and he must spend the rest of his life traveling with a hologram of his least favourite crew mate, Arnold Rimmer (a failed 'officer' who likes to enforce pointless rules); a hyper-evolved vain cat; Kryten, an android with no feelings; and the ship's sarcastic computer.

Our Review: Red Dwarf is BBC2's biggest comedy hit. The sitcom has a massive fan base and has been much-praised for managing to create laughs from the sci-fi genre (an area in which it is noticeably difficult to successfully operate within comically).

The show certainly benefited from the ability to suspend reality, allowing for funny situations to be created which are not normally possible in a sitcom (e.g. time travel, mad robots and morphing into other people are just a few of the storylines)

Red Dwarf does have its critics: the early series had woeful special effects; and, as the series progressed, the storylines did become more muddled and confusing. Series 8 is widely regarded, even by fans of the show, as being very poor.

Following the end of the show in 1999, there were attempts to make a Red Dwarf film - but this never materialised. However, much to everyone's shock, in 2009 digital channel Dave announced it was going to pay for some new episodes to be made.

The resultant three specials played out over the Easter weekend, and were a massive ratings success for the small channel. The general consensus was that these new episodes were beautifully filmed, but the comic material contained within them was lacking. As a result of the mixed feelings, it does remain to be seen whether the crew of Red Dwarf will be back again.