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| Red Dwarf | |
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Red Dwarf logo (1992–99)
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| Genre | Sitcom, Science fiction |
| Created by |
Grant Naylor (Rob Grant and Doug Naylor) |
| Based on |
Dave Hollins: Space Cadet by Rob Grant Doug Naylor |
| Directed by |
Ed Bye (1988–91, 1997–99) Juliet May (1992) Grant Naylor (1992) Andy de Emmony (1993) Doug Naylor (2009, 2012-) |
| Starring |
Chris Barrie Craig Charles Danny John-Jules Robert Llewellyn Chloë Annett Norman Lovett Hattie Hayridge |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of series | 12 |
| No. of episodes | 73 (list of episodes) |
| Production | |
| Executive producer(s) |
Paul Jackson (1988–90) Doug Naylor Rob Grant Henry Normal (2016-) |
| Producer(s) | Ed Bye (1988–91, 1997–99) Hilary Bevan-Jones (1992) Justin Judd (1993) Jo Howard and Helen Norman (2009) Richard Naylor (2012-) Kerry Waddell (2016-) |
| Camera setup | Tape (1988-93, 1997-99); Digital (2009, 2012-) Multi-camera (Series 1-6, 8, 10-), Single-camera (Series 7, Back to Earth) |
| Running time | 28 - 30 minutes (Series 1-8, 10-) 25 minutes (per part) (Back to Earth) |
| Production company(s) | Grant Naylor Baby Cow Productions (2016-) |
| Release | |
| Original network |
BBC Two (1988-93, 1997-99) Dave (2009, 2012-) Dave HD (2012-) |
| Picture format | 576i (4:3 SDTV) (1988-93, 1997-99) 576i (16:9 SDTV) (2009, 2012-) 1080i (16:9 HDTV) (2009, 2012-) |
| Original release |
Original run: 15 February 1988 - 5 April 1999 Revival special: April 2009 Current run: 4 October 2012 – present |
| External links | |
| Official website | www |
Red Dwarf is a British science fiction comedy franchise which primarily comprises a television sitcom that aired on BBC Two between 1988 and 1999, and on Dave since 2009, gaining a cult following. To date, ten full series of the show plus one "special" miniseries have aired, with the latest series, dubbed Red Dwarf XII, set to air between October and November 2017.
The series was created by Rob Grant and Doug Naylor. In addition to the television episodes, there are four novels, a radio version adapted from the audiobooks, two pilot episodes for an American version of the show, tie-in books, magazines and other merchandise.
Despite the pastiche of science fiction used as a backdrop, Red Dwarf is primarily a character-driven comedy, with science fiction elements used as complementary plot devices. In the early episodes, a recurring source of comedy was the Odd Couple-style relationship between the two central characters of the show, who have an intense dislike for each other yet are trapped together deep in space. The main characters are Dave Lister, the last known human alive, and Arnold Rimmer, a hologram of Lister's dead bunkmate. The other regular characters are Cat, a lifeform which evolved from the descendants of Lister's pregnant pet cat Frankenstein; Holly, Red Dwarf's computer (Series I-V,VIII); Kryten, a service mechanoid (Series II-present); and Kristine Kochanski, an alternative-reality version of Lister's long-lost love (Series VII-VIII).
One of the series' highest accolades came in 1994, when an episode from the sixth series, "Gunmen of the Apocalypse", won an International Emmy Award in the Popular Arts category, and in the same year the series was also awarded "Best BBC Comedy Series" at the British Comedy Awards. The series attracted its highest ratings, of more than eight million viewers, during the eighth series in 1999.
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