Red Dwarf
- TV sitcom
- U&Dave / BBC Two
- 1988 - 2020
- 74 episodes (13 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.
- Due to return for Untitled three-part special
- Series V, Episode 6 repeated Monday at 1:05am on U&Dave
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Series VI, Episode 5 - Rimmerworld
When the Dwarfers discover the crashed Simulant ship that they destroyed, they decide to go on board and recover some of their food supplies.
Further details
Unfortunately, when they get there, a dying female simulant jumps out on them with a bazookoid gun. Rimmer has the chance to save the crew, but instead chooses to save his own life and takes the escape pod. He ends up stranded on a planet for 600 years and in that time recreates a whole population of Rimmers!
Broadcast details
- Date
- Thursday 4th November 1993
- Time
- 9pm
- Channel
- BBC Two
- Length
- 30 minutes
Cast & crew
| Chris Barrie | Rimmer |
| Craig Charles | Lister |
| Danny John-Jules | Cat |
| Robert Llewellyn | Kryten |
| Liz Hickling | Rogue Simulant |
| Doug Naylor | Writer |
| Rob Grant | Writer |
| Andy de Emmony | Director |
| Justin Judd | 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 |