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 V, Episode 6 - Back To Reality

The Dwarfers start to explore an abandoned space ship on the ocean bed, and slowly they start to realise that the bodies they are finding are all victims of suicide.

Further details

They were forced to suicide by a creature called a despair squid which emits a kind of ink and makes them hallucinate. Unfortunately, the same happens to the Dwarfers and before long, they believe they are in an artificial reality game where the Cat is a dork called Dwane Dibbley and Lister is a dangerous mass murderer working for the CGI!

Broadcast details

Date
Thursday 26th March 1992
Time
9pm
Channel
BBC Two
Length
30 minutes

Repeats

Show past repeats

Date Time Channel
Sunday 13th May 2012 7:20pm Dave
Sunday 16th September 2012 2:20pm Dave
Thursday 25th October 2012 11:00pm Dave
Sunday 9th December 2012 2:20pm Dave
Saturday 16th February 2013 8:20pm Dave
Sunday 17th February 2013 4:20pm Dave
Saturday 4th May 2013 2:55pm Dave
Sunday 5th May 2013 2:25am Dave
Saturday 13th December 2014 6:20pm Dave
Saturday 14th February 2015 6:20pm Dave
Friday 3rd April 2015 4:20pm Dave
Thursday 11th June 2015 11:20pm Dave
Thursday 20th August 2015 10:20pm Gold
Friday 21st August 2015 1:00pm Gold
Saturday 10th September 2016 4:20pm Dave
Thursday 22nd September 2016 9:40pm Dave
Friday 23rd September 2016 2:20am Dave
Monday 17th April 2017 2:40pm Dave
Tuesday 18th April 2017 2:25am Dave
Sunday 1st October 2017 3:20pm Dave
Thursday 26th October 2017 11:00pm Dave
Thursday 15th February 2018 9:40pm Dave
Friday 16th February 2018 3:30am Dave
Friday 15th March 2019 10:40pm Dave
Saturday 16th March 2019 8:20pm Dave
Saturday 15th February 2020 7:20pm Dave
Wednesday 8th April 2020 9:40pm Dave
Sunday 5th July 2020 2:45am Dave
Thursday 30th July 2020 1:40am Dave
Monday 31st August 2020 1:25am Dave
Monday 19th December 2022 2:15am Dave
Monday 13th March 2023 1:15am Dave
Monday 21st August 2023 1:20am Dave
Monday 4th March 2024 1:35am Dave

Cast & crew

Cast
Chris Barrie Rimmer
Craig Charles Lister
Danny John-Jules Cat
Robert Llewellyn Kryten
Hattie Hayridge Holly
Guest cast
Timothy Spall Andy
Lenny Von Dohlen Cop
Anastasia Hille New Kochanski
Marie McCarthy Nurse
John Sharian New Lister
Writing team
Doug Naylor Writer
Rob Grant Writer
Production team
Doug Naylor Director
Rob Grant Director
Hilary Bevan Jones Producer
Doug Naylor Executive Producer
Rob Grant Executive Producer
Graham Hutchings Editor
Peter Bates Editor
Mel Bibby Production Designer
Stephen Bradshaw Production Designer
Howard Goodall Composer

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