Rob Grant
Director
Red Dwarf (1988)
Specials
The adventures of the last human alive and his friends, stranded three million years into deep space on the mining ship Red Dwarf.
Released Feb. 15, 1988
Episode 28 min
10+
Genres: Comedy, Sci-Fi, Science Fiction
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Production Companies: Paul Jackson Productions, Baby Cow Productions, Grant Naylor Productions, BBC
Network: BBC Two
Country: United Kingdom
Languages:
English
S0E1 - Unaired US Pilot 1
This was a failed attempt in 1992 to make an "Americanized" version of the hit British sci-fi comedy. Two pilots were filmed after the producers replaced the actors playing Rimmer and Cat, but the series was never picked up, even with the involvement of the original creators, Rob Grant and Doug Naylor. The story was an amalgam of several episodes but pretty much followed the original British pilot episode The End, except that Kryten is aboard the Red Dwarf from the start and the Cat is now a woman.
The Official Red Dwarf Site (www.reddwarf.co.uk) has a complete article about the fate of Red Dwarf USA in their 'DownTime' section; and a documentary on the entire American experience is included on the Series V DVD.
S0E2 - Unaired US Pilot 2
The second and shorter attempt at a US pilot of Red Dwarf comes across as more of a promotional video than a pilot episode due to it's clips from the British version of the show. Features Terry Farrell as the Cat and script concept from Backwards, Terrorform and Parallel Universe.
S0E3 - Smeg Ups
Kryten, the 4,000 series sanitation mechanoid takes you on a journey into a dimension of fluffs, bloopers, hitches and smeg ups that lead to one inevitable response: "cut"!
Nov. 7, 1994, midnight
S0E4 - Smeg Outs
The hilarious sequel to Smeg Ups.
In Space No-One Can Hear You Scream "Cut"!
Join Kryten and Lister as they take you on a journey into a plane of reality no humanoid has previously been allowed to see, a dimension of cosmic cock-ups and ballistic blunders where no-one can remember their lines and nothing goes right - ever.
Jan. 1, 1995, midnight
S0E5 - Can't Smeg, Won't Smeg
The crew of Starbug are transported to the Can't Cook, Won't Cook studio to see who can cook a better vindaloo. It's Lister and Kryten vs Rimmer and the Cat. Well it should have been the Cat, but he was worried he would mess up his suit (really he just didn't want to work with Rimmer), so Duane Dibbley took his place.
This left Kochanski as the taster (God help her). It's not her fault, she lost the "ippy-dippy"!
The show was total, hillarious chaos. Ainsley Harriott (now known as AH – which has a completley different meaning) was run all over the place. He was totaly pissed off.
Feb. 14, 1998, midnight
S0E6 - The Smeg Ups
Part 2 of the celebration of the 10th Anniversary of Red Dwarf. Host by Patrick Stewart.
Feb. 14, 1998, midnight
S0E7 - Universe Challenge
The cast of Red Dwarf compete with the fans in a quiz about the show, based on the format of "University Challenge".
Feb. 14, 1998, midnight
S0E8 - Tongue Tied - The Uncut Version
Aug. 27, 2020, midnight
S0E9 - Red Dwarf A-Z
An alphabet-based compilation of clips from "Red Dwarf" (1988) with celebrities discussing their favorite characters and moments.
Feb. 14, 1998, midnight
S0E10 - Children in Need Sketch
The crew of Blue Midget pick up a transmission from 1998's Children in Need, with Terry Wogan encouraging people to make donations. After some talk over what to do, Rimmer decides he will help humanity by breaking Lister's guitar!
Nov. 13, 1998, midnight
S0E11 - Building a Better Universe - A Tribute to Mel Bibby
A tribute to the late Mel Bibby and his contributions to Red Dwarf as production designer.
This is a touching and well-deserved tribute to the man who managed to completely revolutionise the look of the show, despite not having a great deal more money than his predecessor.
After six or seven minutes of lovely tributes from interviewees, we get a real gem. According to the caption, it's the only known footage of Mel talking about his work on the series. It's hard to tell where it came from, or when it was recorded, but he talks about the moody, industrial sets contrasting with the cleaner, more conventional sci-fi sets.
Nov. 3, 2003, midnight
S0E12 - Hattie's DJ Diary
Hattie Hayridge records her experiences at the tenth annual Red Dwarf convention, Dimension Jump.
This features some great footage of Robert, Chloe and Danny messing about, as well as some good links performed by Hattie. There's also some fancy dress stuff, and footage of Chairman Jane's excellent tattoo.
Nov. 3, 2003, midnight
S0E13 - Comedy Connections
Comedy Connections focusing on Red Dwarf
Aug. 30, 2004, midnight
S0E14 - Back from the Dead
A documentary about the seventh series. The contributors are refreshingly frank and fair about the various problems the production faced. They treat subjects like Rob's departure, Chris's departure, the introduction of Kochanski, the various visual effects crises, the guest writers and the lack of audience with honesty and clarity, and all sides of the story are represented.
Nov. 7, 2005, midnight
S0E15 - Identity Within
The "lost" episode of "Red Dwarf" (1988), presented in storyboard form. The Cat is dying, and is forced to have sex in order to stay alive.
This script was originally written as an episode of the seventh series of "Red Dwarf" (1988), but was dropped because the budget wouldn't stretch to the story; it was later replaced with the significantly less expensive "Red Dwarf: Duct Soup" (1997).
For the DVD release of the seventh series, it was included as an extra feature in order to show what might have been. The first draft of the script, considered the best, was performed by Chris Barrie (Rimmer), then edited by Jem Whippey and set to a series of images drawn by Neil Maguire, in order to get as close to the original concept as possible.
Nov. 7, 2005, midnight
S0E16 - Bodysnatcher
Bodysnatcher was a partly finished script that was written but unused for the first series of the BBC sci-fi sitcom Red Dwarf.
To headline the release of Red Dwarf Remastered on DVD in Autumn 2007, the same audio story board process used in recreating the lost episode of Series VII, Identity Within, has been used to create the Bodysnatcher episode. When the script was retrieved from the vaults of Grant Naylor offices, it was found to be without an ending. The writers Rob Grant and Doug Naylor, who went their separate ways during pre-production on the ITV series The 10%ers in 1996, collaborated on bringing the script into line with the series' continuity and giving it an end.
Nov. 12, 2007, midnight
S0E17 - The Making of Back to Earth
An exclusive behind-the-scenes look at the making of new three-part series Back to Earth, which reunited the cult sci-fi comedy's original cast.
April 12, 2009, midnight
6.0
S0E18 - Back to Earth: The Director's Cut
The Director's Cut of Back to Earth combines all three of the Back to Earth episodes in a single feature-length programme.
Back to Earth takes place after series X. Kochanski is dead and the crew are hurled through a portal and discover they are just characters from a TV series.
Knowing that they will die in the final episode the Dwarfers, in best Blade Runner traditions, decide to track down their creators to discover how long they have left to live.
First the crew attempt to track down the actors who play them in the series and their metaphysical odyssey begins...
April 12, 2009, midnight
S0E19 - Series I Deleted and Extended Scenes
S0E20 - Launching Red Dwarf
Feb. 14, 1998, midnight
S0E21 - The Doug Naylor Interview
S0E22 - Series II Smeg Ups
S0E23 - Series II Deleted and Extended Scenes
April 11, 2020, midnight
S0E24 - Fan Films
April 11, 2020, midnight
S0E28 - Red Dwarf: The First Three Million Years - Part 1 - The Boys From The Dwarf
A look at the challenging logistics of the most celebrated and successful sci-fi comedy ever.
Aug. 15, 2020, midnight
S0E29 - Red Dwarf: The First Three Million Years - Part 2 - In Studio Space No One Can Hear You Scream
A look at the challenging logistics of the most celebrated and successful sci-fi comedy ever.
Aug. 15, 2020, midnight
S0E30 - Red Dwarf: The First Three Million Years - Part 3 - Playing Pool With Planets
A look at the challenging logistics of the most celebrated and successful sci-fi comedy ever.
Aug. 15, 2020, midnight
S0E31 - Series III Smeg Ups
Aug. 16, 2020, midnight
S0E32 - Backwards - Forwards
Episode 1 of series 3, 'Backwards', forwards (backwards)
Aug. 17, 2020, midnight
S0E33 - All Change - Series III
The Making of Series III
Aug. 20, 2020, midnight
S0E34 - Series III Deleted and Extended Scenes
Aug. 22, 2020, midnight
S0E35 - Bodyswap - Extended Workout
April 11, 2020, midnight
S0E36 - Behind The Scenes - Special Effects
April 11, 2020, midnight
S0E40 - Series IV Smeg Ups
Aug. 23, 2020, midnight
S0E41 - Series IV Deleted and Extended Scenes
Aug. 24, 2020, midnight
S0E42 - Built To Last - Series IV
April 11, 2020, midnight
S0E50 - Series V Smeg Ups
April 11, 2020, midnight
S0E51 - Heavy Science - Series V
April 11, 2020, midnight
S0E52 - Series V Deleted and Extended Scenes
April 11, 2020, midnight
S0E53 - The SFX of Series V
April 11, 2020, midnight
S0E60 - Series VI Smeg Ups
April 11, 2020, midnight
S0E61 - The Starbuggers Series VI
April 11, 2020, midnight
S0E62 - Series VI Deleted and Extended Scenes
April 11, 2020, midnight
S0E63 - Danny's Video Diary
Behind the scenes video diary filmed by Danny John-Jules
April 11, 2020, midnight
S0E64 - Return to Laredo
S0E65 - Howard Goodall - Settling The Score
April 11, 2020, midnight
S0E70 - Series VII Deleted Scenes
April 11, 2020, midnight
S0E71 - Series VII Smeg Ups
April 11, 2020, midnight
S0E72 - Robert Llewellyn's Video Diary
Robert's Series 7 Video Diary
April 11, 2020, midnight
S0E73 - Easter Egg - Chloë Annett's Audition
April 11, 2020, midnight
S0E90 - Series IX Featurette - Carbug
S0E91 - Series IX Featurette - Lister on the Street
S0E92 - Series IX Featurette - Cat Always Lands on his Feet
S0E93 - Series IX Featurette - Robot on a Wire
S0E100 - Red Dwarf: The Promised Land Part 1
In part one of this special, the posse meet three cat clerics who worship Lister. Lister vows to help them as they are being hunted by a feral cat leader known as Rodon.
April 9, 2020, midnight
S0E101 - Red Dwarf: The Promised Land Part 2
In the second part of this special, the crew are on the run from Rodon, a feral cat leader who wants to wipe out cats who worship anyone but him.
April 9, 2020, midnight
S0E102 - The Promised Doc
Go behind the scenes of Red Dwarf: The Promised Land with this UKTV Play exclusive
April 9, 2020, midnight
S0E103 - Red Dwarf The Promised Land: Deleted Scenes
Deleted scenes from the special episode : The Promised Land
April 9, 2020, midnight
S0E104 - Red Dwarf The Promised Land: Smeg Ups
Bloopers from the special episode : The Promised Land
April 9, 2020, midnight
S0E105 - Through an Audience's Eyes
April 11, 2020, midnight
S0E25 - The Beginning (Series I Feature)
Documentary looking back at Series I of Red Dwarf
Jan. 14, 2019, midnight
S0E26 - It's Cold Outside (Series II Feature)
Documentary looking back at Series II of Red Dwarf
Jan. 14, 2019, midnight
S0E27 - Re-Dwarf
Following the creation and reception of the remastered shows.
Nov. 12, 2007, midnight
S0E37 - Animated Discussion - Polymorph
A short animated discussion between Rob Grant, Doug Naylor and Ed Bye about the Red Dwarf series 3 episode "Polymorph".
April 13, 2020, midnight
S0E38 - Dad - Episode Reconstruction
"Dad" was intended to bridge the last episode of Series II and the first episode of Series III, expanding on the events happening in-between that were only otherwise briefly mentioned in the show, and detailed in a very fast, Star Wars-like opening scrawl at the beginning of the first episode of Series III.
S0E39 - The End: The Original Assembly
April 13, 2020, midnight
S0E49 - Series I Smeg Ups
April 13, 2020, midnight
S0E54 - Dwarfing USA
S0E80 - Series VIII Smeg Ups
March 27, 2006, midnight
S0E81 - Series VIII Deleted Scenes
March 27, 2006, midnight
S0E106 - Series X Deleted Scenes
S0E107 - Series X Smeg Ups
S0E108 - Series X Featurette - We're Smegged
S0E110 - Series XI Smeg Ups
S0E111 - Series XI Deleted Scenes
S0E112 - Series XI Featurette - Behind The Scenes
S0E120 - Series XII Smeg Ups
S0E121 - Series XII Deleted Scenes
S0E82 - The Tank
Series VIII Special Feature - The Tank
S0E94 - Series IX Smeg Ups
S0E95 - The SFX of Back to Earth
S0E96 - Back to Earth Premiere
S0E97 - Series IX Deleted Scenes
S0E122 - Series XII Featurette - Behind the scenes
S0E123 - The Speed of Dark - Lighting Red Dwarf
S0E124 - Lighting Red Dwarf - Then and Now
S0E125 - A New Model Army
Network: BBC Two
Episode Runtime: 28 min.
Season Runtime: 2071 min.
Released: Feb. 15, 1988
Last Air Date: Nov. 16, 2017, midnight
Status: Ended
Certification: TV-PG / 10+
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