Red Dwarf

Info ----- Red dwarf was a program aired on BBC two for a whole 8 series during the years 1988-99. There was a special one new episode, aired on dave, in 2008 which showed the characters 10 years on. It is full of big name actors such as Danny John Jules, Craig Charles and David Llywellen. Plot ---- The story begins in series one with the characters on board the mining ship red dwarf. A space ship basically sent out into space. However, after a number of years, the crew are wiped out by a mistake caused by Arnold Rimmer. The only survivor of this is Dave (Craig Charles) who was put into isolation during the ...  Read the complete review

Red Dwarf is, in my opinion, on of the greatest sitcoms ever made. Featuring an extremely likable and talented cast, with some of the funniest, but intelligently written storylines, the show has left its mark on both sitcom and sci fi history. The story is basically about the last man in the universe, Dave Lister (Craig Charles). After being placed in stasis aboard the mining ship Red Dwarf, and accident happens on board that kills the entire crew, except Lister. He is awoken millions of years in the future by the ship's onboard Computer, Holly, who informs him of what happens, and tells him that his old work mate (who Lister has a love hate ...  Read the complete review

Ref Dwarf is a classic British TV Sit - Com. It ran for 8 seasons in it's original format although recently a 3 part special was made. More episodes may follow. The series tells the story of Dave Lister (Craig Charles). He is a vending machine repairman on a space vessel in the future. After breaking the ships rules by bringing aboard a cat not put through quaraintine, he is put into stasis. He is brought out of stasis millions of years later. This is due to a radiation leak that wiped out the entire crew. It was only safe to bring him once the radiation had dissapated. The ships computer creates a Holographic simulation of his crew mate Arnold Rimmer (Chris ...  Read the complete review

Background A British Sci-fi, space comedy, the series originated in 1988 and was written by Rob Grant and Doug Naylor. Grant left the series in 1995 leaving Naylor to co produce the last three series with various other writers including Paul Alexander and the actor who played Kryten (Robert Llewellyn). The series received many awards including the Royal Television Society Award, The British Science Fiction Award and an international emmy awarded for the episode in series five for the episode entitled "Gunmen of the Apocalypse". Setting The series is set in deep space on the mining ship red dwarf. In typical sci-fi ...  Read the complete review

Originally pitched to the BBC as 'Steptoe and Son in Space', Red Dwarf is a sci-fi sitcom based around Dave Lister (Craig Charles), the last human being alive, who has ended up countless light-years from home and 3 million years in the future after the vast-city-sized mining ship he was aboard (Red Dwarf) was rocked by a nuclear explosion that killed the entire crew, apart from Dave, who was locked away in stasis as punishment for brining a cat aboard the quarantined craft. Released after the radiation ceased to be harmful, David's only companions initially are Rimmer (Chris Barrie), a hologramatic reconstruction of his officious, smarmy and neurotic former room-mate ...  Read the complete review