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 XII, Episode 6 - Skipper

Red Dwarf. Holly (Norman Lovett)
Rimmer gets hold of a Quantum skipper and skips his way across the multi-verse looking for a dimension where he's not such a giant loser.

Preview clips

Notes

This episode was accidentally named in 2016 as Star Knot.

Broadcast details

Date
Thursday 16th November 2017
Time
9pm
Channel
Dave
Length
40 minutes

Repeats

Show past repeats

Date Time Channel
Friday 17th November 2017 2:20am Dave
Monday 20th November 2017 10:00pm Dave
Friday 27th April 2018 10:20pm Dave
Saturday 28th April 2018 8:20pm Dave
Sunday 20th May 2018 5:20pm Dave
Thursday 4th October 2018 10:40pm Dave
Friday 5th October 2018 9:40pm Dave
Friday 19th July 2019 10:40pm Dave
Saturday 20th July 2019 7:20pm Dave
Friday 6th December 2019 2:55am Dave
Friday 6th December 2019 11:20pm Dave
Saturday 18th April 2020 2:30am Dave
Sunday 2nd August 2020 3:05am Dave
Thursday 20th August 2020 10:00pm Dave
Friday 21st August 2020 2:45am Dave
Friday 23rd April 2021 11:20pm Dave
Saturday 24th April 2021 7:20pm Dave
Monday 2nd May 2022 1:40am Dave
Sunday 21st May 2023 7:20pm Dave
Monday 19th June 2023 12:00am Dave
Saturday 7th October 2023 1:00pm Dave

Cast & crew

Cast
Chris Barrie Rimmer
Craig Charles Lister
Danny John-Jules Cat
Robert Llewellyn Kryten
Norman Lovett Holly
Mac McDonald Captain Hollister
Guest cast
Richard Brimblecombe Bradley
Tina Harris Parkinson
Hayley-Marie Axe Calm Woman (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
Keith Dunne Production Designer
Linda Glover Casting Director
Howard Burden Costume Designer
Ed Moore Director of Photography
Vanessa White Make-up Designer
Howard Goodall Composer

Videos

No need to panic

Lister and Cat have no need to panic.

Featuring: Craig Charles (Lister), Danny John-Jules (Cat) & Hayley-Marie Axe (Calm Woman).

Holly returns

Rimmer finds Holly when he skips between dimensions.

Featuring: Chris Barrie (Rimmer) & Norman Lovett (Holly).

Press

Last in the series of the revived sitcom. Although it's filmed before what sounds like the most easily amused audience ever assembled for a TV programme, there's some clever business tonight enabling us to see one or two old faces. There are shades of Bedazzled as Rimmer has managed to acquire a machine enabling him to make quantum leaps into alternative universes and alternative lives he could have lived. However, there are snags ...

David Stubbs, The Guardian, 16th November 2017

Red Dwarf XII - Skipper review

Some very familiar faces make a welcome return in the final episode in the current series.

Ian Wolf, On The Box, 16th November 2017

Review: Red Dwarf XII, Skipper, Dave/UKTV Play

Twelve series on and the greatest sci-fi sitcom of all time still clearly has legs.

Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 11th November 2017

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