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.
- Series VIII, Episode 1 repeated Monday at 1am on Dave
- Streaming rank this week: 178
Episode menu
Series IV, Episode 2 - D.N.A.
Further details
Tracking an unidentified craft that's floating nearby, the Dwarfers eventually dock with the strange ship and prepare to board. What they discover, however, is rather alarming: an apparent human - with three heads!
It soon becomes clear that this ship is packed with technology they've never come near before, notably a machine that literally rewrites the genetic makeup of any organic matter, with the potential not just to change characteristics such as the number of heads one possesses, but one's species entirely. It isn't long before Lister finds himself on the wrong end of the machine's transmogrification ray - and turned into a chicken!
However, there's worse to come for Kryten. With a little help from Cat (and none whatsoever from Holly), the small amount of organic matter that constitutes the core of his mechanoid brain means the machine is able to change him too, and he becomes human.
He's initially delighted by the change. After all, being human's what he's always wanted. But it soon becomes clear that being human is, in fact, not all that he thought it was cracked up to be...
Broadcast details
- Date
- Thursday 21st February 1991
- Time
- 9pm
- Channel
- BBC Two
- Length
- 30 minutes
Repeats
Show past repeats
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Saturday 22nd January 2011 | 9:35pm | Dave |
Sunday 20th March 2011 | 9:40pm | Dave |
Saturday 25th June 2011 | 9:40pm | Dave |
Saturday 27th August 2011 | 7:40pm | Dave |
Saturday 15th October 2011 | 7:00pm | Dave |
Thursday 22nd December 2011 | 10:00am | Dave |
Thursday 22nd December 2011 | 3:00pm | Dave |
Sunday 15th July 2012 | 11:20am | Dave |
Sunday 15th July 2012 | 6:00pm | Dave |
Saturday 22nd September 2012 | 11:40am | Dave |
Thursday 4th October 2012 | 10:20pm | Dave |
Sunday 18th November 2012 | 1:40pm | Dave |
Saturday 16th February 2013 | 1:40pm | Dave |
Sunday 17th February 2013 | 9:40am | Dave |
Sunday 4th August 2013 | 2:20pm | Dave |
Sunday 4th August 2013 | 6:40pm | Dave |
Saturday 6th December 2014 | 3:40pm | Dave |
Saturday 7th February 2015 | 3:40pm | Dave |
Thursday 4th June 2015 | 11:20pm | Dave |
Thursday 6th August 2015 | 10:20pm | Gold |
Friday 7th August 2015 | 1:00pm | Gold |
Thursday 28th July 2016 | 11:20pm | Gold |
Friday 29th July 2016 | 1:50am | Gold |
Saturday 3rd September 2016 | 1:40pm | Dave |
Sunday 8th October 2017 | 1:35pm | Dave |
Friday 4th May 2018 | 9:40pm | Dave |
Saturday 5th May 2018 | 7:40pm | Dave |
Friday 15th February 2019 | 10:00pm | Dave |
Saturday 16th February 2019 | 7:00pm | Dave |
Friday 26th July 2019 | 10:35pm | Dave |
Saturday 27th July 2019 | 7:20pm | Dave |
Monday 16th September 2019 | 12:00am | Dave |
Friday 27th March 2020 | 10:35pm | Dave |
Tuesday 21st July 2020 | 1:40am | Dave |
Saturday 8th August 2020 | 6:40pm | Dave |
Friday 5th February 2021 | 10:40pm | Dave |
Saturday 6th February 2021 | 3:30am | Dave |
Saturday 6th February 2021 | 6:20pm | Dave |
Friday 29th October 2021 | 11:40pm | Dave |
Sunday 26th December 2021 | 11:40pm | Dave |
Monday 27th December 2021 | 3:15am | Dave |
Sunday 23rd October 2022 | 10:40pm | Yesterday |
Monday 14th November 2022 | 1:15am | Dave |
Monday 20th February 2023 | 12:35am | Dave |
Friday 14th April 2023 | 8:20pm | Dave |
Saturday 6th May 2023 | 2:00pm | Dave |
Monday 31st July 2023 | 12:35am | Dave |
Cast & crew
Chris Barrie | Rimmer |
Craig Charles | Lister |
Danny John-Jules | Cat |
Robert Llewellyn | Kryten |
Hattie Hayridge | Holly |
Richard Ridings | D.N.A. Computer Voice (Voice) |
Doug Naylor | Writer |
Rob Grant | Writer |
Ed Bye | Director |
Ed Bye | Producer |
Doug Naylor | Producer |
Rob Grant | Producer |
Graham Hutchings | Editor |
Mel Bibby | Production Designer |
Howard Goodall | Composer |