Red Dwarf. Image shows from L to R: Cat (Danny John-Jules), Rimmer (Chris Barrie), Lister (Craig Charles), Kryten (Robert Llewellyn). Copyright: UKTV
Red Dwarf

Red Dwarf

  • TV sitcom
  • Dave / BBC Two
  • 1988 - 2020
  • 74 episodes (12 series)

Science fiction sitcom based in space. The crew aboard the damaged mining spaceship Red Dwarf are doomed to drift in space for the rest of eternity. Stars Chris Barrie, Craig Charles, Danny John-Jules, Robert Llewellyn, Norman Lovett and more.

Episode menu

Series I, Episode 4 - Waiting For God

Whilst Rimmer preoccupies himself with an unidentified object that Holly has tracked and brought aboard the ship, Lister is in equal measure distraught and amazed to discover that owing to a few horrible misunderstandings all those millennia ago, he is the cat god Cloister.

Further details

Red Dwarf

Rimmer's stressed and excited in equal amounts when Holly tracks and brings an unidentified object aboard Red Dwarf. Whilst he panics about quarantine and imagines that the alien beings who originated the strange object may be able to restore his body, Lister immediately identifies it - as one of Red Dwarf's own jettisoned garbage pods.

Meanwhile, Cat has shared with Lister a number of books, including the sacred feline Holy Book. But what starts out as a fascinating voyage of discovery into another culture soon sends Lister into spiraling despair as he realises that he is the cat god - 'Cloister' - and that wars have been fought, and many, many cat lives lost in his name. And all because of a misunderstanding over the colour of a hat.

How will Lister cope with the guilt and daunting responsibility of being the sacred deity of an entire race? It remains to be seen whether he or Rimmer, still obsessing over the 'unidentified' alien object, will snap first. But as Holly says, "It's a laugh, isn't it?"

Broadcast details

Date
Monday 7th March 1988
Time
9pm
Channel
BBC Two
Length
30 minutes

Repeats

Show past repeats

Date Time Channel
Friday 13th January 2012 6:40pm Dave
Saturday 14th January 2012 12:40pm Dave
Friday 20th April 2012 9:40pm Dave
Wednesday 6th June 2012 6:00pm Dave
Wednesday 6th June 2012 11:00pm Dave
Sunday 30th September 2012 1:00pm Dave
Saturday 5th January 2013 12:00pm Dave
Friday 29th March 2013 3:00pm Dave
Saturday 30th March 2013 11:00am Dave
Saturday 14th September 2013 11:40pm Dave
Sunday 15th September 2013 2:40pm Dave
Sunday 12th January 2014 11:40am Dave
Sunday 12th January 2014 6:40pm Dave
Friday 18th April 2014 3:25am Dave
Friday 18th April 2014 1:00pm Dave
Saturday 15th November 2014 5:00pm Dave
Friday 17th April 2015 12:20am Dave
Sunday 3rd May 2015 1:00am Dave
Friday 10th July 2015 1:00pm Gold
Friday 10th July 2015 10:20pm Gold
Sunday 18th October 2015 1:00am Dave
Sunday 13th March 2016 4:00pm Dave
Tuesday 21st June 2016 11:40pm Gold
Wednesday 22nd June 2016 2:05am Gold
Thursday 1st September 2016 2:55am Dave
Friday 16th June 2017 2:40am Dave
Monday 16th January 2023 12:00am Dave
Saturday 25th February 2023 2:40pm Dave
Monday 26th June 2023 12:40am Dave
Friday 22nd September 2023 10:00pm BBC2

Cast & crew

Cast
Chris Barrie Rimmer
Craig Charles Lister
Danny John-Jules Cat
Norman Lovett Holly
Guest cast
Noel Coleman Cat Priest
John Lenahan Toaster (Voice)
Tony Hawks Dispensing Machine (Voice)
Writing team
Doug Naylor Writer
Rob Grant Writer
Production team
Ed Bye Director
Ed Bye Producer
Paul Jackson Executive Producer
Ed Wooden Editor
Paul Montague Production Designer
Howard Goodall Composer

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