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The adventures of the last human alive and his friends, stranded three million years into deep space on the mining ship Red Dwarf.
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Checked Jul 22, 2026
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The adventures of the last human alive and his friends, stranded three million years into deep space on the mining ship Red Dwarf.
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Episode 1
The Dwarfers find themselves in an alternative version of America where modern technology is prohibited, making Rimmer and Kryten illegal. The Dwarfers infiltrate the tech-savvy underground and try to bring down the authoritarian regime.
Directed by Doug NaylorWritten by Doug NaylorGuest stars Lucie Pohl, David Sterne, Rebecca Blackstone, David Menkin, Suanne Braun, Sam Douglas, Kevin Eldon, Alexis Dubus
Episode 2
When the Dwarfers investigate a crashed ship at the bottom of an ocean moon, Lister and Cat become trapped together and Lister's nightmare begins. Meantime Rimmer and Kryten discover the ship is controlled by a dark force.
Directed by Doug NaylorWritten by Doug NaylorGuest stars Eddie Bagayawa, Dan Tetsell, Maggie Service
Episode 3
After an altercation with a deranged droid, Lister has his kidneys organ-napped. The only solution is to ask Cat, the most self-absorbed creature in the universe, to donate one of his.
Directed by Doug NaylorWritten by Doug NaylorGuest stars Mark Quartley, Tobias Wilson, Oliver Mason, Jami Reid-Quarrell, Daniel Barker
Episode 4
After a scandalous piece of good fortune, Rimmer saves the life of a bio-printed captain and is promoted, fulfilling his life-long dream of becoming an officer. He immediately opens an officers' club, which is out of bounds to the lower orders, and uses the bio-printer to fill it with versions of himself.
Directed by Doug NaylorWritten by Doug NaylorGuest stars Stephen Critchlow, Daniel Barker, Penelope Freeman
Episode 5
Kryten has a mid-life crisis and changes his body cover from mech grey to Ferrari red. The posse try to show him how much he's achieved in life by taking him to visit a mechanoid from his old fleet.
Directed by Doug NaylorWritten by Doug NaylorGuest stars Dominic Coleman, Robert Strange, Daniel Barker
Episode 6
Cat takes time off from being in love with himself to fall head-over-heels in love with a female cat with a big secret.
Directed by Doug NaylorWritten by Doug NaylorGuest stars Dominique Moore, Bentley Kalu, Maria Yarjah, Shanice Stewart-Jones, Daniel Barker
Episode information updated Jul 23, 2026
Craig CharlesDave Lister
Danny John-JulesCat
Robert LlewellynKryten
Norman LovettHolly
Chloë AnnettKochanski
Chris BarrieArnold Rimmer
Hattie HayridgeHolly
Kika MiryleesDoc Newton
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