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 VII, Episode 1 repeated Monday at 12:55am on Dave
- Streaming rank this week: 211
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Series IV, Episode 3 - Justice
Further details
After recovering an emergency escape pod claiming to carry a cryogenically frozen female, Cat is desperate to open it - after all, what woman wouldn't want to date him? Lister and Rimmer however are less keen, particularly after viewing the pod's black box data.
It reveals that the pod has in fact come from a prison ship that suffered a violent mutiny: it could contain a female warden, or it could contain a near-indestructible criminal Simulant. Unable to deal with the pod aboard Red Dwarf, the crew head onto Starbug and aim for the penal space colony that the prison ship had been travelling to.
Venturing aboard the prison colony, the Dwarfers find themselves subjected to a mind reading probe as part of the complex's security measures. It determines that whilst Kryten, Lister and Cat may go freely, Rimmer should serve 8 years' for each of the 1,167 lives lost aboard Red Dwarf!
He is duly sent to the 'Justice Zone', a sector within the colony complex where it is impossible to commit any unjust act without the same, equal act being perpetrated against you.
However, Kryten saves the day when he proves to the ship's computer that the only 'guilt' weighing on Rimmer is firmly in his mind; a man so pitiful and weak had no real power, certainly responsibility or culpability for the drive plate leak!
The computer is, thankfully, convinced, and Rimmer duly released from the Justice Zone. Unfortunately the escape pod has now thawed out - and it is indeed a Simulant inside...
Broadcast details
- Date
- Thursday 28th February 1991
- Time
- 9pm
- Channel
- BBC Two
- Length
- 30 minutes
Repeats
Show past repeats
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Saturday 22nd January 2011 | 10:10pm | Dave |
Saturday 25th June 2011 | 10:20pm | Dave |
Saturday 17th September 2011 | 7:40pm | Dave |
Friday 23rd December 2011 | 10:00am | Dave |
Friday 23rd December 2011 | 3:00pm | Dave |
Friday 3rd February 2012 | 8:20pm | Dave |
Sunday 22nd July 2012 | 1:00pm | Dave |
Sunday 22nd July 2012 | 5:00pm | Dave |
Saturday 22nd September 2012 | 12:20pm | Dave |
Thursday 4th October 2012 | 11:00pm | Dave |
Sunday 18th November 2012 | 2:20pm | Dave |
Saturday 16th February 2013 | 2:20pm | Dave |
Sunday 17th February 2013 | 10:20am | Dave |
Sunday 11th August 2013 | 2:30pm | Dave |
Sunday 11th August 2013 | 6:00pm | Dave |
Saturday 30th November 2013 | 5:40pm | Dave |
Saturday 6th December 2014 | 4:20pm | Dave |
Saturday 7th February 2015 | 4:20pm | Dave |
Friday 5th June 2015 | 10:40pm | Dave |
Friday 7th August 2015 | 10:20pm | Gold |
Saturday 8th August 2015 | 1:00pm | Gold |
Monday 1st August 2016 | 11:25pm | Gold |
Tuesday 2nd August 2016 | 1:50am | Gold |
Saturday 3rd September 2016 | 2:20pm | Dave |
Sunday 8th October 2017 | 2:15pm | Dave |
Friday 4th May 2018 | 10:20pm | Dave |
Saturday 5th May 2018 | 8:20pm | Dave |
Friday 15th February 2019 | 10:40pm | Dave |
Saturday 16th February 2019 | 7:40pm | Dave |
Friday 2nd August 2019 | 9:00pm | Dave |
Saturday 3rd August 2019 | 6:40pm | Dave |
Sunday 22nd September 2019 | 11:40pm | Dave |
Friday 3rd April 2020 | 10:00pm | Dave |
Tuesday 21st July 2020 | 2:20am | Dave |
Saturday 8th August 2020 | 7:20pm | Dave |
Friday 5th February 2021 | 11:20pm | Dave |
Saturday 6th February 2021 | 7:00pm | Dave |
Saturday 30th October 2021 | 12:20am | Dave |
Monday 27th December 2021 | 11:00pm | Dave |
Sunday 23rd October 2022 | 11:20pm | Yesterday |
Monday 21st November 2022 | 12:40am | Dave |
Monday 20th February 2023 | 1:15am | Dave |
Friday 21st April 2023 | 8:20pm | Dave |
Saturday 13th May 2023 | 1:00pm | Dave |
Monday 31st July 2023 | 1:15am | Dave |
Cast & crew
Chris Barrie | Rimmer |
Craig Charles | Lister |
Danny John-Jules | Cat |
Robert Llewellyn | Kryten |
Hattie Hayridge | Holly |
Nicholas Ball | The Simulant |
James Smilie (as James Smillie) | Justice 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 |