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Red Dwarf

Science-fiction comedy television programme

TV seriestelevision seriesQ5902

Started: February 15, 1988
Ended: 1999
Creator: Grant Naylor Productions
Network: BBC Two
Seasons: 12
Episodes: 73
Cast: Chris Barrie
, Craig Charles
, Danny John-Jules
, Robert Llewellyn
+3 more
Genre: science fiction television series
, comedy television series

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Red Dwarf is a British science fiction comedy programme created by Rob Grant and Doug Naylor that originally aired on BBC Two from 1988 to 1999, and was revived by Dave airing from 2009 to 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.

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Director: Ed Bye
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Website: reddwarf.co.uk language: English
List of episodes: list of Red Dwarf episodes
Production company: Baby Cow Productions(since 2016)
British Broadcasting Corporation
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Grant Naylor Productions
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Hashtag: RedDwarf
Title: Red Dwarf
Named after: Red Dwarf
Social media followers: 9,860(June 1, 2025) youtube channel id: UC6tGRC3gyCZcjTGqkhAQKpA
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1.Stated in YouTube APIRetrieved 2025-06-01
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69,934(February 7, 2023) x (twitter) numeric user id: 426577963
67,927(January 7, 2022) x (twitter) numeric user id: 426577963
67,308(January 1, 2021) x (twitter) numeric user id: 426577963
Has part(s) of the class: two-part episode
Set in environment: starship
Members / parts: Red Dwarf I
Red Dwarf II
Red Dwarf III
Red Dwarf IV
Red Dwarf V
Red Dwarf VI
Red Dwarf VII
Red Dwarf VIII
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Back to Earth
Red Dwarf X
Red Dwarf XI
Red Dwarf XII
Red Dwarf: The Promised Land

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