"Red Dwarf"

Red Dwarf is a British science fiction comedy programme created by Rob Grant and Doug Naylor that aired on BBC Two between 1988 and 1999, and on Dave between 2009 and 2020. The programme follows low-ranking technician Dave Lister, who awakens after being in suspended animation for three million years to find that he is the last living human, and that he is alone on the mining spacecraft Red Dwarf—except for a hologram of his deceased bunkmate Arnold Rimmer and "Cat", a life form which evolved from Lister's pregnant cat.

Red Dwarf
Logo (1992–99)
Genre	Sitcom Science fiction
Created by	Rob Grant 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 (1992, 2009–20)
Starring	Chris Barrie Craig Charles Danny John-Jules Norman Lovett Hattie Hayridge Robert Llewellyn Chloë Annett
Composers	Howard Goodall (1988–2017) Paul Farrer (2020)
Country of origin	United Kingdom
Original language	English
No. of series	12, and 1 TV film
No. of episodes	74 (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producers	Paul Jackson (1988–89) Rob Grant (1992–93) Doug Naylor (1992–2020) Charles Armitage (2009–12) Simon Lupton (2016–17) Henry Normal (2016–17) Simon L. Edwards (2017) Christine Langan (2020)
Producers	Ed Bye (1988–91, 1997–99) Rob Grant (1989–91) Doug Naylor (1989–91) Hilary Bevan-Jones (1992) Justin Judd (1993) Jo Howard and Helen Norman (2009) Richard Naylor (2012–20) Kerry Waddell (2016–17)
Camera setup	Multi-camera (Series 1–6, 8, 10–12) Single-camera (Series 7, Back to Earth)
Running time	28–30 minutes (Series 1–8, 10–12) 25 minutes (per part) (Back to Earth) 90 minutes (The Promised Land)
Production companies	Paul Jackson Productions (1988–89) Grant Naylor Productions (1991–2020) Baby Cow Productions (2016–20)
Budget	£250,000 per episode
Original release
Network	BBC Two
Release	15 February 1988 (1988-02-15) – 5 April 1999 (1999-04-05)
Network	Dave
Release	10 April 2009 (2009-04-10) – 9 April 2020 (2020-04-09)
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The cast included Chris Barrie as Rimmer, Craig Charles as Lister, Danny John-Jules as Cat, Robert Llewellyn as the sanitation droid Kryten, and Norman Lovett as the ship's computer, Holly.

Twelve series of the show have aired (including one miniseries), in addition to a feature-length special The Promised Land. Four novels were published from 1989 to 1996. Two pilot episodes of an American version of the show were produced but never aired. The magazine The Red Dwarf Smegazine was published from 1992 to 1994.

In 1994 an episode from the sixth series, "Gunmen of the Apocalypse", won an International Emmy Award in the Popular Arts category. 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.

The revived series on Dave had some of the highest ratings for non–Public Service Broadcasting commissions in the UK. Series XI was voted Best Returning TV Sitcom and Comedy of the Year for 2016 by readers for the British Comedy Guide. In a 2019 ranking by Empire, Red Dwarf came 80th on a list of the 100 best TV shows of all time.