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.

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Series XI, Episode 4 - Officer Rimmer

Red Dwarf. Image shows from L to R: Rimmer (Chris Barrie), Kryten (Robert Llewellyn)
After a scandalous piece of good fortune Rimmer saves the life of a bio-printed Captain and is promoted, fulfilling his life-long dream of becoming an Officer. He immediately opens an Officer's club, which is out of bounds to the lower orders, and uses the bio-printer to fill it with versions of himself.

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Broadcast details

Date
Thursday 13th October 2016
Time
9pm
Channel
Dave
Length
30 minutes

Repeats

Show past repeats

Date Time Channel
Friday 14th October 2016 12:00am Dave
Friday 14th October 2016 11:00pm Dave
Saturday 15th October 2016 10:00pm Dave
Saturday 29th October 2016 3:00pm Dave
Monday 2nd January 2017 3:10pm Dave
Saturday 28th January 2017 7:00pm Dave
Saturday 13th May 2017 7:00pm Dave
Sunday 14th May 2017 1:20am Dave
Saturday 14th October 2017 5:00pm Dave
Saturday 24th February 2018 7:40pm Dave
Friday 25th May 2018 9:00pm Dave
Saturday 26th May 2018 7:00pm Dave
Saturday 18th August 2018 8:20pm Dave
Sunday 19th August 2018 3:40pm Dave
Thursday 18th October 2018 10:40pm Dave
Friday 19th October 2018 9:40pm Dave
Friday 28th June 2019 10:40pm Dave
Friday 22nd November 2019 1:40am Dave
Friday 22nd November 2019 10:00pm Dave
Thursday 9th April 2020 2:30am Dave
Saturday 25th July 2020 3:20am Dave
Friday 26th March 2021 10:00pm Dave
Saturday 27th March 2021 6:00pm Dave
Monday 29th May 2023 1:00am Dave
Saturday 9th September 2023 1:00pm Dave

Cast & crew

Cast
Chris Barrie Rimmer
Craig Charles Lister
Danny John-Jules Cat
Robert Llewellyn Kryten
Guest cast
Stephen Critchlow Captain Herring
Penelope Freeman Lifts (Voice)
Penelope Freeman Gosh Lady (Voice)
Daniel Barker Croquet Commentator (Voice)
Writing team
Doug Naylor Writer
Andrew Ellard Script Editor
Production team
Doug Naylor Director
Richard Naylor Producer
Kerry Waddell Producer
Doug Naylor Executive Producer
Simon Lupton Executive Producer
Henry Normal Executive Producer
Peter Oliver (as Peter H Oliver) Editor
Julian Fullalove Production Designer
Linda Glover Casting Director
Howard Burden Costume Designer
Ed Moore Director of Photography
Vanessa White Make-up Designer
Howard Goodall Composer

Videos

Rimmer's Dream

Rimmer's dream is nothing to do with sex. Nope. Nothing at all.

Featuring: Chris Barrie (Rimmer), Craig Charles (Lister), Danny John-Jules (Cat) & Robert Llewellyn (Kryten).

Bioprinting Captain Herring

Kryten finds a Deep Space Explorer ship in big trouble on the far side of an asteroid field. It's OK though, Protocol 17/8 is activated. What could go wrong?

Featuring: Chris Barrie (Rimmer), Craig Charles (Lister), Danny John-Jules (Cat) & Robert Llewellyn (Kryten).

Printer Jam

A printer jam causes some problems...

Featuring: Chris Barrie (Rimmer), Craig Charles (Lister), Danny John-Jules (Cat), Robert Llewellyn (Kryten) & Stephen Critchlow (Captain Herring).

Press

Red Dwarf XI Episode 4 review: Officer Rimmer

All in all, 'Officer Rimmer' is a fantastic character episode with some clever special effects, but its rather jarring ending means it isn't quite on the same level as last week's superlative 'Give and Take'.

Sophie Davies, Cult Box, 13th October 2016

Red Dwarf XI, episode 4 - Officer Rimmer review

The Red Dwarf crew has faced many horrors: emotion-sucking GELFs, rogue simulants, despair squids, evil versions of themselves, and have even witnessed Winnie-the-Pooh being shot by firing squad, but this time they face possibly the worst horror of all: Rimmer with power.

Ian Wolf, On The Box, 13th October 2016

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