Episodes List

Ep.1 Unaired US Pilot 1

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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.

Ep.2 Unaired US Pilot 2

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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.

Ep.3 Smeg Ups

Air Date: 1994-11-07

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"!

Ep.4 Smeg Outs

Air Date: 1995-01-01

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.

Ep.5 Can't Smeg, Won't Smeg

Air Date: 1998-02-14

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.

Ep.6 The Smeg Ups

Air Date: 1998-02-14

Part 2 of the celebration of the 10th Anniversary of Red Dwarf. Host by Patrick Stewart.

Ep.7 Universe Challenge

Air Date: 1998-02-14

The cast of Red Dwarf compete with the fans in a quiz about the show, based on the format of "University Challenge".

Ep.8 Tongue Tied - The Uncut Version

Air Date: 2020-08-27

Ep.9 Red Dwarf A-Z

Air Date: 1998-02-14

An alphabet-based compilation of clips from "Red Dwarf" (1988) with celebrities discussing their favorite characters and moments.

Ep.10 Children in Need sketch

Air Date: 1998-11-13

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!

Ep.11 Building a Better Universe - A Tribute to Mel Bibby

Air Date: 2003-11-03

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.

Ep.12 Hattie's DJ Diary

Air Date: 2003-11-03

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.

Ep.13 Comedy Connections

Air Date: 2004-08-30

Comedy Connections focusing on Red Dwarf

Ep.14 Back from the Dead

Air Date: 2005-11-07

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.

Ep.15 Identity Within

Air Date: 2005-11-07

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.

Ep.16 Bodysnatcher

Air Date: 2007-11-12

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.

Ep.17 The Making of Back to Earth

Air Date: 2009-04-12

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.

Ep.18 Back to Earth: The Director's Cut

Air Date: 2009-04-12

The Director's Cut of Back to Earth is not an extended version with new scenes, but rather a re-edited, condensed feature that improves pacing by removing filler and structural elements designed for television. It adds no new scenes or dialogue but rather removes what is considered inconsequential material to create a tighter narrative. A key cut is Rimmer's line complaining that the story is a "three-parter," despite other references to such remaining in. The only addition is at the very end: after the extended credits, the words "The End" are typed on a typewriter, reinforcing the meta-fictional theme.

Ep.19 Series I Deleted and Extended Scenes

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Ep.20 Launching Red Dwarf

Air Date: 1998-02-14

Ep.21 The Doug Naylor Interview

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Ep.22 Series II Smeg Ups

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Ep.23 Series II Deleted and Extended Scenes

Air Date: 2020-04-11

Ep.24 Fan Films

Air Date: 2020-04-11

Ep.25 The Beginning (Series I Feature)

Air Date: 2019-01-14

Documentary looking back at Series I of Red Dwarf

Ep.26 It's Cold Outside (Series II Feature)

Air Date: 2019-01-14

Documentary looking back at Series II of Red Dwarf

Ep.27 Re-Dwarf

Air Date: 2007-11-12

Following the creation and reception of the remastered shows.

Ep.28 Red Dwarf: The First Three Million Years - Part 1 - The Boys From The Dwarf

Air Date: 2020-08-15

A look at the challenging logistics of the most celebrated and successful sci-fi comedy ever.

Ep.29 Red Dwarf: The First Three Million Years - Part 2 - In Studio Space No One Can Hear You Scream

Air Date: 2020-08-15

A look at the challenging logistics of the most celebrated and successful sci-fi comedy ever.

Ep.30 Red Dwarf: The First Three Million Years - Part 3 - Playing Pool With Planets

Air Date: 2020-08-15

A look at the challenging logistics of the most celebrated and successful sci-fi comedy ever.

Ep.31 Series III Smeg Ups

Air Date: 2020-08-16

Ep.32 Backwards - Forwards

Air Date: 2020-08-17

Episode 1 of series 3, 'Backwards', forwards (backwards)

Ep.33 All Change - Series III

Air Date: 2020-08-20

The Making of Series III

Ep.34 Series III Deleted and Extended Scenes

Air Date: 2020-08-22

Ep.35 Bodyswap - Extended Workout

Air Date: 2020-04-11

Ep.36 Behind The Scenes - Special Effects

Air Date: 2020-04-11

Ep.37 Animated Discussion - Polymorph

Air Date: 2020-04-13

A short animated discussion between Rob Grant, Doug Naylor and Ed Bye about the Red Dwarf series 3 episode "Polymorph".

Ep.38 Dad - Episode Reconstruction

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"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.

Ep.39 The End: The Original Assembly

Air Date: 2020-04-13

Ep.40 Series IV Smeg Ups

Air Date: 2020-08-23

Ep.41 Series IV Deleted and Extended Scenes

Air Date: 2020-08-24

Ep.42 Built To Last - Series IV

Air Date: 2020-04-11

Ep.49 Series I Smeg Ups

Air Date: 2020-04-13

Ep.50 Series V Smeg Ups

Air Date: 2020-04-11

Ep.51 Heavy Science - Series V

Air Date: 2020-04-11

Ep.52 Series V Deleted and Extended Scenes

Air Date: 2020-04-11

Ep.53 The SFX of Series V

Air Date: 2020-04-11

Ep.54 Dwarfing USA

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Ep.60 Series VI Smeg Ups

Air Date: 2020-04-11

Ep.61 The Starbuggers Series VI

Air Date: 2020-04-11

Ep.62 Series VI Deleted and Extended Scenes

Air Date: 2020-04-11

Ep.63 Danny's Video Diary

Air Date: 2020-04-11

Behind the scenes video diary filmed by Danny John-Jules

Ep.64 Return to Laredo

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Ep.65 Howard Goodall - Settling The Score

Air Date: 2020-04-11

Ep.70 Series VII Deleted Scenes

Air Date: 2020-04-11

Ep.71 Series VII Smeg Ups

Air Date: 2020-04-11

Ep.72 Robert Llewellyn's Video Diary

Air Date: 2020-04-11

Robert's Series 7 Video Diary

Ep.73 Easter Egg - Chloë Annett's Audition

Air Date: 2020-04-11

Ep.80 Series VIII Smeg Ups

Air Date: 2006-03-27

Ep.81 Series VIII Deleted Scenes

Air Date: 2006-03-27

Ep.82 The Tank

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Series VIII Special Feature - The Tank

Ep.90 Series IX Featurette - Carbug

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Ep.91 Series IX Featurette - Lister on the Street

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Ep.92 Series IX Featurette - Cat Always Lands on his Feet

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Ep.93 Series IX Featurette - Robot on a Wire

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Ep.94 Series IX Smeg Ups

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Ep.95 The SFX of Back to Earth

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Ep.96 Back to Earth Premiere

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Ep.97 Series IX Deleted Scenes

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Ep.100 Red Dwarf: The Promised Land Part 1

Air Date: 2020-04-09

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.

Ep.101 Red Dwarf: The Promised Land Part 2

Air Date: 2020-04-09

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.

Ep.102 The Promised Doc

Air Date: 2020-04-09

Go behind the scenes of Red Dwarf: The Promised Land with this UKTV Play exclusive

Ep.103 Red Dwarf The Promised Land: Deleted Scenes

Air Date: 2020-04-09

Deleted scenes from the special episode : The Promised Land

Ep.104 Red Dwarf The Promised Land: Smeg Ups

Air Date: 2020-04-09

Bloopers from the special episode : The Promised Land

Ep.105 Through an Audience's Eyes

Air Date: 2020-04-11

Ep.106 Series X Deleted Scenes

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Ep.107 Series X Smeg Ups

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Ep.108 Series X Featurette - We're Smegged

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Ep.110 Series XI Smeg Ups

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Ep.111 Series XI Deleted Scenes

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Ep.112 Series XI Featurette - Behind The Scenes

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Ep.120 Series XII Smeg Ups

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Ep.121 Series XII Deleted Scenes

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Ep.122 Series XII Featurette - Behind the scenes

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Ep.123 The Speed of Dark - Lighting Red Dwarf

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Ep.124 Lighting Red Dwarf - Then and Now

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Ep.125 A New Model Army

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Ep.126 Xtended: Tikka to Ride

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Reinstated deleted scenes and newly filmed material, including enhanced visual effects, and the omission of the audience laugh track for a more continuous, cinematic flow, it is 8 minutes and 32 seconds longer, with the most notable addition being an alternate ending. Set three weeks after the crew's return, Lister uses the Time Drive to retrieve curry supplies, so Rimmer, resenting Lister's gluttony, rigs the ship to detach its rear section, stranding Lister adrift with his hoard of curries.

Ep.127 Xtended: Ouroboros

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Although applying film effect consistently, the reinstated opening titles sequence (omitted from the regular broadcast due to time constraints) is in an untreated, video-look format. The alternate dimensions interactions contain additional dialogue and character moments, deepening the contrast between the two crews, and a longer scene when requesting a sperm donation. The flashback of Lister and Kochanski includes more nuanced exchanges, such as Kochanski’s line “I’m serious” with a different take.

Ep.128 Xtended: Duct Soup

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Includes significant additional material not seen in original broadcast, primarily due to time constraints. Laugh track removed. Reinstated opening titles, though they retain distinct video look rather than film-like treatment used in other episodes. Major addition in the ducts, where Lister recounts a childhood memory of a classmate named Squeaky Gibson whose bed squeaked uncontrollably, leading to a chaotic shoe-throwing incident that accidentally saved him from an epileptic fit. Also additional backstory of Kochanski's upbringing in cyber-school.

Ep.129 Xtended: Back in the Red

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The combining of all three broadcast parts into a single, feature-length episode. Features minor technical differences in the opening sequence. Includes additional scenes cut from the original airing due to time constraints, such as Holly's humorous monologue about squashing deaths during Starbug’s vent traversal, and additional banter after Starbug crashes, including Kryten’s sandwich joke and Lister’s inappropriate "kiss of life" remark to Kochanski. Omitted from the feature-length episode are the two video reports by Captain Hollister, which include his confession about being Dennis the doughnut boy!

Ep.130 Feature-Length: Pete

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A single, feature-length episode includes no additional scenes but features reordered scenes for better flow and removal of title cards between parts.