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For those who do not know. The series was created and initially, exclusively written by Rob Grant and Doug Naylor.

This lasted until Series 6.

And each series - to me - just got better and better. To where 5 and 6 were just outstanding overall.

Then - after Series 6 - Rob Grant left the show.

And Doug Naylor brought other writers onboard to help him create further series.

And, sadly, the show dropped noticeably in quality.

It's heart was still in the right place. Even a bit 'nicer' and 'warmer' than the other series.

But the pacing and the humor went noticeably down.

The former made the show seem almost cartoonish.

The latter was just dumbed down a bit. And physical gags (though some were very funny) became the main source of humor. As opposed to verbal ones.

It just felt like the show had gone from originally written by seasoned, very-talented sci-fi writers/creators.

To - later - a series created by intelligent college students who were sci-fi fans.

So... Series 1-6 - some of the most outstanding, science fiction entertainment that I have ever seen.

Series 7+ - a very good series with only moments of brilliance.

I would have rated Red Dwarf 10/10, but unfortunately, when rating the show in its entirety, you must consider the final two seasons/series.

Series 1 - 6 will always be what I remember about the show. It was funny and original. You could relate to all characters (all the actors deserve the highest praise), and although there were plenty of plot holes, and continuity problems, there was a classic blend of good story lines, mixed with classic British-style humour.............it was unlike anything else before or since. Pure quality. Every episode was a classic, and I can watch them all again and again and laugh until I get a stitch.

Then after series 6 (one of the best series') Rob Grant left the show, the production budget increased, and series 7 was given that stupid 'film look'. Also Rimmer was replaced halfway through the series with Kochanski (Listers long lost love). Basically it seemed like someone had pressed the show's self destruct button, and its never been the same since. All the humour seemed forced, and the story lines got so deep, you actually forgot you were supposed to be watching a Sci-Fi comedy.

.......Then things got worse. Series 8 came out. The less said the better. I know there are hard core fans out there who say that series 8 isn't that bad. But try watching episodes from series 3, then watch series 8 and you'll realise how much the show went into freefall.

Its such a shame because in the early days of Dwarf, there simply wasn't anything better on TV.

One Britain's great science fiction comedies, "Red Dwarf" is one of the United Kingdom's finest television exports. This is due to the fact that alot of the comedy, through the characters, satirizes British stereotypes (slobs, snobs, neurotics) and makes its own commentary on the bleakness and absurdity that is human life.

The format, which has become considerably more flexible in recent years, started thus. Set in space, some two or hundred years or so in the future, on an enormous mining ship called Red Dwarf, working class slob Dave Lister (Craig Charles) finds himself placed "in stasis"(frozen in time) as punishment for illegally hoarding a cat on board the ship. Awakened by the ship's senile computer Holly (Norman Lovett), Lister is shocked to discover he's been in stasis for three million years and the rest of the crew have been killed by a freak accident.

Asides from the now-senile computer, Lister's only company is a vain, narcissistic lifeform who evolved from his cat (Danny John-Jules) and a hologram of Arnold Rimmer (Chris Barrie), his bossy and officious superior.

This was the set up for the first two series of Red Dwarf. The format changed in series three when Holly swapped sexes and became Hattie Hayridge, and the crew recruited Kryten (Robert Llewllyn), an eager-to-please mechanoid with an overactive guilt chip. In series six, Red Dwarf and its computer were abandoned, and the crew were forced to survive in modified shuttlecraft Starbug.

Chris Barrie left as Rimmer in series seven and was replaced, courtesy of an alternate universe storyline, by Kochanski (Chloe Annett), the love of Lister's life. The ship, complete with resurrected crew, returned for series eight and saw the adventurers, along with a back-from-the-dead Rimmer, thrown in the ship's brig for their adventures in the previous series.

In the first two series with a minimum main cast, the much-despised grey sets lent an appropriately barren, lonely backdrop to the very character based comedy. Most of this consisted of intimate comic banter between Lister and Rimmer, occasionally livened up by the Cat's hilariously self-obsessed prescence or an off-the-cuff joke from the laconic Holly.

Seasons three to five broadened the scope of the series, making it more experimental with different science fiction concepts. The added prescence of Kryten helped this, his 'groinal socket', susceptibility to the whims of a sometimes deranged Rimmer and increased attempts to break his restrictive programming brought new comic dimensions to the series.

Series six and seven reverse the comedy-science fiction ratio of the series in that the former now takes a back seat to the latter. In other words the comedy of the series accentuates the main science fiction based plots. The comedy emphasis was restored for series eight, although, much like series seven, this element was alot weaker than before.

The series benefitted from alot of strong characterisation. Craig Charles embodies carefree slob Lister, while Chris Barrie turns in a wonderfully uptight performance as the hopelessly neurotic Rimmer. Dancer Danny John Jules brings alot of colourful charm to the Cat, while Norman Lovett is wonderfully sardonic as Holly, whose almost apathetic stupidity allows for alot of comic misunderstandings. After being replaced by Hattie Hayridge for a few seasons, Lovett returned in series seven.

Robert Llewellyn, his entire head covered in a prosthetic mask, has some fine moments in a character that is very much a comic take on the android "Data" from "Star Trek:TNG". Chloe Annett is wonderfully superficial as Kochanski, but is attractive enough to make plausible Lister's attraction to her.

Series eight was helped considerably by the return of Mac MacDonald as Red Dwarf's hapless Captain. During the two-part episode "Pete" he is subjected to a series of increasingly hilarious indignations, prompting a wonderfully humiliated performance from MacDonald.

Time will tell whether or not the series will return, but the series remains one of the definitive comic staples of British television.

One of the very best British sitcoms ever, there's nothing quite like Red Dwarf, and never will there be again. Just a good-hearted, fun show, with great writing, a nod back to a wonderful era and the passing of my youth. Its strange to think these guys are now old. But Lister, Rimmer, Cat and Kochanski will be forever young!

I watch this with my son (such an annoying dad thing to do I know) and even though it must look dated now, he loves it, which truly warms my heart.

Fun fun fun... in the sun sun sun.

"A sci-fi comedy? nah...that'll never work." That's what many people originally thought about the comedy classic Red Dwarf when the idea was first brought up in the mid 80's. But little did they know it would be so unexpectedly successful that it would actually have a cult following from all over the world.

The brain child of Rob Grant and Doug Naylor, Red Dwarf is unlike any other comedy. It has a unique British humour, and its sprinkled with dry wit and hilarious one-liners, but any fans of this show will know that there's something more to Red Dwarf than any other comedy ever made.

The characters are the most mis-matched bunch of low lifes in the cosmos, but put them together and they work perfectly! Rimmer: the most misunderstood man in the universe? perhaps, but its more likely he's just a great big jerk. He has no redeeming qualities what so ever, and yet it's impossible not to love him.

Lister: 50% Space scum. 50% Barely human slob. 100% Absolutely hilarious. The last man alive and he can't even microwave his own socks? Cat: whose 3 main traits are vanity, stupidity and, well, vanity, cat cares only for himself and finds his crew mates disgusting.

Kryten: where would the crew be without the humanoid Kryten? I absolutely love this show and have seen all 8 seasons several times, and I plan to watch them many times more. Watching Red Dwarf not only makes the viewer laugh, but the characters are so likable that watching it gives a deeper form of entertainment because the characters almost become like friends. The characters and actors do make this show, who could imagine anyone as Rimmer other than Chris Barrie? Or a better Lister than Craig Charles? The writing is truly very clever and incredibly unique, with subtle jokes as well as obvious rip offs and hundreds of hilarious one-liners.

This is one amazing, fantastically unique show that will never be equalled.

The adventures of 'the boys from the dwarf', otherwise known as the surviving crew members of the Jupiter Mining Corporation ship Red Dwarf.

I love Red Dwarf for the sci-fi concepts, humour, themes and characters, but it is a show that I have experienced highs and lows watching over the past thirty-something years.

The plot follows Dave Lister, Arnold Rimmer, The Cat and eventually Kryten as they travel across space and time, play pool with planets and get up to all kind of mind bending sci-fi shenanigans on board Red Dwarf and its shuttle craft Starbug. Continuity has never been a strong point in the writing but it's not really meant to be taken seriously. Circumstances are often contrived to present cool sci-fi concepts, lampoon shows like Star Trek and put the characters into funny situations.

A number of great ideas have been used over the years. Some of it clearly spoofing other sci-fi movies and shows, whereas others feel quite original. Importantly the initial premise of what happens to Lister in the very first show, setting the scene for the next 3 million and 30+ years, is one of the most ingenious sit-com ideas of all time. Along with the sci-fi a number of interesting themes have been explored such as friendship, loneliness, psychology, humanity, religion, war, slavery, fate, elitism, capitalism and totalitarianism.

The humour is character driven, with The Rimmer v Lister, odd couple dynamic powering everything. Two polar opposite characters ironically stuck with each other for what seems like eternity. Add to the mix the excellent supporting characters and the freedom to put them in almost any situation. When its works it's superb and when it doesn't work and it's pretty poor.

All performances are brilliant with Craig Charles' distinct persona stamped upon Lister. His acting in the early days wasn't as strong as the later years but he got by on charisma alone back then. Danny-John Jules played a very one-dimensional character as The Cat, but he lives and breathes it with epic timing. Robert Llewelyn is an excellent character actor and plays Kryten in a number of different comic ways, the best of which being dry, excellently delivered one-liners. Norman Lovett the short-lived Red Dwarf computer Holly is pure gold. His deadpan persona is incredible and it's a shame he was so underused.

Saving the best till last. Chris Barrie brought to life a quite magnificent comedy creation in Arnold J Rimmer. For me he's up the with a number of classic comedy characters such as Basil Fawlty, David Brent, Richard Richard, Edina Monsoon, Harold Steptoe and Derek Trotter. He is one of the reasons it works so well.

Personally I find it's early years to be the most enjoyable (series 1 - 6) and it gets back into the swing of things later on (series 10-12). What came in between didn't work for me (7-9) and this is mainly down to the writing losing its way, possibly for the sake of syndication.

There are several great episodes such as 'Thanks For The Memory', 'White Hole', 'Marooned', 'Dimension Jump', 'Skipper' and my favourite 'Back To Reality'. The average episode always entertains for the majority as the characters are naturally funny whatever they are doing. Beware there are a number of weaker efforts in the middle years where the writers were experimenting with different styles and dynamics that didn't work.

(Updated - August 2023) - You can currently watch all episodes on BBC iPlayer.

Overall I feel the show is a 7.5/10 but I always round upwards.

For me Red Dwarf was an enigma. I saw some of the episodes aired on a public TV station and then nothing for years. NETFLIX membership allowed me to watch _all_ of them, from the start, and at my leisure. Wonderful ... until series 7 - it hit the fan and stayed there all gooey and smelly.

I had to do some research b/c I knew something went wrong on the creative side of the show. Rob Grant and Doug Naylor (thus the nom de plume: Grant Naylor) wrote the first 6 series and then split up. The show took an obvious turn which was not to my liking at all.

First of all we had 4 buds who, despite their incessant irritating and obvious issues, got along with each other. No matter what trouble they got in they were always there for each other - through thick and thin. It was a wonderful ride following these guys get in and out of trouble. The first 6 series are just such a wonderful pleasure that I felt I knew them. It was clearly a 10/10 performance.

After that the show was quirky in a bad way and annoying to watch. The thrill, adventure and pure fun was gone. Beyond that these series aren't worth mentioning.

So for me the Red Dwarf is stuck in Series 6, floating in space 3,000,000 years in the future and maybe, just maybe, one day, I might run into them.

A bientôt mon amis.

-LD

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my faith: http://www.angelfire.com/ny5/jbc33/

This long running sci-fi comedy series is set aboard the eponymous Red Dwarf, a Jupiter Mining Corporation spaceship, three million years after an accident killed all but one of the crew. It is centred on four main characters. Dave Lister is the sole survivor; a lazy Scouser who was in stasis because he smuggled a pregnant cat aboard the ship; Arnold Rimmer, Dave's annoying immediate senior who has been brought back to life as a hologram; Cat, a being that evolved from Dave's pet; and Kryten, an android they find in series two and becomes a regular in series three. There is also Holly, the ship's computer and, for a couple of series Dave's lost love Kristine Kochanski who is rescued from a parallel universe.

Over the course of the series the characters get into a number of scrapes; encountering Genetically Engineered Life Forms (Gelfs), rogue simulants and a creature genetically created from Dave's favourite curry to mention just a few... and Lister and Rimmer irritate each other almost constantly.

I first started watching Red Dwarf as the third series aired and have since watched the first eight BBC series several times as well as watching the later Dave era series and while some episodes are inevitably better than others I don't think there were any episodes I didn't enjoy. The sci-fi elements are a lot of fun but it is the characters that make the show as good as it is; in particular the dynamic between Lister and Rimmer. Craig Charles and Chris Barrie are great in these roles; I can't imagine anybody else in the parts. Danny John-Jules and Robert Llewellyn also impress as Cat and Kryten; two very different characters who add a lot to the series. I also really liked Chloë Annett's performance as Kochanski even though she is only in two series and one of those is the weaker than usual series eight. The special effects, especially early on may seem poor to modern viewers they are more than acceptable to those who grew up watching classic 'Doctor Who' and 'Blake's 7'. Overall I'd definitely recommend this to any sci-fi fan who also likes a good laugh... hopefully we won't have to wait too long for series thirteen.

Review of Series One:

RED DWARF was a show I REALLY loved as a kid. I started watching it during series five/six which many consider to be the highlight of the entire series, so of course I was hooked straight away. I do remember going back and enjoyable all of the episodes from the beginning when the BBC showed them some twenty or so years ago.

Recently I've had access to the show again and I decided to see how the episodes have held up over the years. The first series of RED DWARF is a good example of how a format and characters could become great over the years, as the seeds of greatness are more than apparent here. However, what is also apparent is the lack of budget and the constrained feel of the sets and situations, although the character jokes are still funny. The repartee between Lister and Rimmer is what makes this first series work, as the Cat is quite annoying at this stage and the lack of Kryten really hurts it for viewers familiar with his later presence. Still, onwards and upwards...

Review of Series Two:

Series 2 is a definite improvement over the first. The jokes feel slicker and faster here, and the writers feel more assured in the way they handle various sci-fi tropes on what is still a low budget. Thus we get episodes centred around time travel, parallel universes, virtual reality, and the like. It's still a little wobbly in places - the last episode, in which the roles of the sexes are reversed, is crude, while the first Kryten is a disappointment - but this was a real step in the right direction, and 'Better Than Life' is the funniest episode thus far.

Review of Series Three:

Series 3 is where RED DWARF started becoming the recognisable show known and loved by the fans. Kryten is a fine addition to the series, even if he doesn't get a chance to really shine yet - and Llewellyn's costume still looks a bit dodgy. However, I found this to be a mixed bag of a series, with some of the episodes being way too obvious; the opening one in which everything runs backwards is too forced, and the body swap episode is predictable. On the other hand, 'Polymorph' is a fine episode that makes the best of the show's premise.

Review of Series Four:

Series 4 of the show continues to build on the previous successes, with less missteps than before. The mutual hatred between Rimmer and the rest of the crew provides endless material for humour, and the cheesy special effects are better than ever. Highlights include the courtroom-based 'Justice' and the final story, 'Meltdown', which has some hilarious fun with various historical figures.

Review of Series Five:

Many fans of this show regard series five as being one of the true highlights of its run and it's hard to disagree. The production values are the best it's going to get for this show; the acting and comic timing is spot on, and the story lines are varied and consistently engaging. Although the opening romance episode is a bit cheesy, the follow ups, involving the Inquisitor and later Mr Flibble, are absolutely hilarious. Chris Barrie really shines this series in which the spotlight seems to be on Rimmer alone, and the final episode, 'Back to Reality' is the best yet, a quite wondrous half an hour of comedy sci fi TV.

Review of Series Six:

Like series five before it, everything about series six of the show screams fantastic. Every episode is a highlight, with a fast-paced script full of very funny character jokes (the long-running one about Rimmer getting the wrong directive number never gets old). The opening episode, Psirens, features Kryten on top form and bears more than a nod to The Thing, while Legion features a great set-piece involving Rimmer getting beaten up. It's no surprise that Gunmen of the Apocalypse, a mini-classic in itself, won an Emmy, while the final cliffhanger episode had me on the edge of my seat as a kid. Sadly, due to an extended hiatus and the departure of show co-creator Rob Grant, RED DWARF was never to be the same after this.

Review of Series Seven:

This is where it all started to go downhill. There are a few highlights like RIMMERWORLD but for a lot of the time, series seven is a mess. As much as I like Chloe Annett (in stuff like CRIME TRAVELLER) she's not a good fit here and I was cringing a bit during her scenes. Plus, all of the material with the weeping and emotional Kryten is really unfunny and an embarrassment for the fans. The new film look is off, the green screen effects are very dated, and aside from tying up a few mysteries, this doesn't have much going for it really.

Review of Series Eight:

Oh dear. Series 7 was below par, but Series 8 really takes the biscuit. Red Dwarf's old crew is back, but for what reason? The old camaraderie has gone, jettisoned in favour of one stupid joke after another: random stop motion models, dinosaurs, ridiculous heavy metal sex scenes. There's a scatological approach throughout, with the emphasis on excrement and penis jokes, and smutty schoolboy humour elsewhere. Without a doubt, this is the worst series yet. It's like they weren't even trying anymore.

Red Dwarf fuses the best of television comedy and high concept sci-fi storytelling; it's like John Cleese and Arthur C. Clarke collaborating on a story that consolidates the best of both worlds and playing to their strengths as writers of their given genres that defined their careers.

Red Dwarf was also a longtime favourite of Stephen Hawking and for good reason: it was easily the smartest television show he watched since Star Trek. The absurdity of the characters juxtaposed by their outer-space shenanigans (parallel universes, shape-shifters, accidental time-travel, and so on) is something that few shows have managed to do well with sci-fi comedy. Red Dwarf succeeds in being clever and chuckle-inducing all at once. Even the bad episodes still have something to say in its creative landscape because of the creativity fuelling the series.

If I had to name some of the show's VERY best episodes, they'd be 'Backwards', 'Marooned', 'Polymorph', 'Back to Reality', and 'Gunmen of the Apocalypse'. And that's just naming a few of the show's standout moments. There's LOTS of them! Truly.

Red Dwarf is bliss for BBC Comedy fans AND aficionados of space-operas; the best of these two worlds make this show a real treat. It's become a cult-favourite for good reason.

This series was just not working for me - Neither characters, cast, storyline, nor jokes did it for me. Sorry. I would like to stop here, but since IMDb requires 10 lines of text in every comment, here goes... The series bugged me, but maybe that's because I'm not too fond of series and fond of sci-fi movies. I think, in order to have anything work in a sci-fi setting, you have to make an extra effort to put in something new for the geeky outfits etc. to work. For me, Star Wars pulled it off most of the time (although my wife would probably argue), Star Trek never quite did it for me ["Captain, we've never seen anything like this life force before" -"Oh, well I have, last episode"] Red Dwarf doesn't pull it off, it's neither funny, nor new in its sci-fi ways, but it takes the price as the only blend of Space Balls, Eastenders, herbal tea, and James Brown. And since sci-fi comedy series has not been done a lot, I guess there is something new here after all - so I give it a 3. Cheers.

Let's get one thing straight here: I don't watch much TV. A lot of the shows nowadays really get on my nerves. But RED DWARF is different. DWARF is shown on Saturday nights on my local PBS station, and the week just isn't the same if I can't see my favorite bunch of marooned space bums. The story is a bit of a long one: Dave Lister, a technician aboard the mining ship RED DWARF, is punished for having an unquarantined cat on the ship. His punishment involves going into stasis for 18 months, forfeiting all pay (which he wants to save up so he can move to Fiji with his cat and the love of his life, Kristine Kochanski). But while he is in stasis, his supremely anal-retentive superior officer and bunkmate Arnold Rimmer fails to fix a restraining plate properly on a warp drive, and the whole ship undergoes an internal nuclear explosion. When awakened by Holly, the ship's slightly loopy computer, Lister finds out he has been in stasis for over 3 million years. Rimmer, resurrected by Holly as a hologram, is back to keep Lister sane yet seems more probable to do the opposite. Lister's cat, who was pregnant, was safely sealed away in the cargo hold of the ship. There the cats have bred for 3 million years, and the last survivor of their race pops out of an air vent, a Felis Sapiens, or commonly known as just Cat. Together, they try to find a way back home to Earth...even if it takes 3 million years!

I would recommend this to anyone who likes a good laugh. :o)

Still holds up 25+ years later. Seasons 7 to 9 start to lose the plot, with season 9 being one that can be skipped over, but there is enough quality episodes to make this one on the best science fiction comedies ever made.

I've grown up and watched red dwarf from day 1 and I never get tired of it.

The show never relied on massive budgets and fancy props and relied on great acting and scripts. Even now I laugh at the witty and dry humour even though I could recall every single episode off by heart.

It's definitely directed for a certain type of crowd as I find it a marmite tv series you either love it or hate it as my friends have divided opinion on this series.

But I do find this series is like only fools and horses and it's an era of tv I just honestly don't think you could bring back even if you tried.

Red Dwarf is and will forever be the funniest show ever ever!!!!! Believe me, Believe! Just watch and you too will see. Witty banter, Check. Slap stick, Uh Check. A Stellar Cast so big that the writers of the show had to empty an entire galaxy for these Phenomenal Stars!

Red Dwarf is a monolithic beast. It is the longest running show I have personally watched. At the time of my review, this fall the red dwarf crew is setting high sail for yet more comedic adventures! The 12th season is just around the corner.

Red dwarf forever ever.

This is the perfect comedy for fans of futuristic sci-fi. I am a huge fan of shows like all of the Star Trek series, Firefly, The Expanse, etc. Red Dwarf is more than a show to poke fun at sci-fi, though. The jokes are solid and well-timed, the science used on the show is based on actual theoretical physics and is technically sound, and the show has stayed fresh for over 30 years. I still laugh at jokes in season 1 (1988), and with season 13 set to come out sometime in the next year, I couldn't be more excited. The show is better than ever with way better special effects, bigger budget, awesome guest stars, etc. 10/10 easily

I could watch this program over and over (and i have). Everything about the show, the cast, writing, timing, etc is on point. Even though there have been a couple of off episodes they still dont bring down the show.

Series 1-6 was great. I loved the show.

It's a shame that series 7 and onwards was made, as it has pretty much hoovered crotch (clean way of saying what that means) since then. Maybe Rob Grant was the funny one of the Grant Naylor writing duo, as it hasn't been funny since series 6 ended.

If you're new to the show, watch the first 6 series (seasons for any Americans) and then stop watching. I wish I did.

I've loved and VHS recorded every single episode of this series. Funny, surrealistic...genius...

Re-watching series 1 - 8 again after many years has underlined much of what I felt upon initial viewing. First, Cat has never been remotely amusing apart from fortuitously decent lines such as, "I'd prefer chicken" when Lister reveals that Rimmer has received notification of Rimmer senior's death. Otherwise, it is staggering to me that such an utterly appalling character was deemed integral to the success of the show. Second, it is a pity that Norman Lovett left the show after requesting and subsequently being denied parity of pay with the show's main characters because his replacement, Hattie Harridge, was absolutely dire in series 3 to 5 before she was rightly dropped. Third, irrespective whether she had been played by Chloe Annett or Clare Grogan, Kochanski (featuring from series 7 onward) was a colossal mistake. She contributed less to the show than Kryten's excellent Spare Head 3 who was accorded but a few lines over eight series! Last, Kryten's consequent fawning interaction with Lister following Kochanski's arrival is embarrassingly overplayed.

Red Dwarf is a fine series but could have been so much better.

I cant remember if I watched 5 or 6 seasons,but I do remember that I thought the series was very funny for a while,but then it became a little more confusing and darker (I liked the first computer best),I don't know if its just me but I felt it was almost depressing watching the later seasons. maybe the whole series just got too absurd for me.. and c'mon people,is it really that funny every time someone says smeg head? is this a British thing maybe? I also feel the acting is poor,not really funny characters,well rimmer is a little funny, the cat too,but lister is terrible. but it had its moments I admit, the idea is really great and its cool that it looks so cheesy and low tech,but the crew should have consisted of other characters. Imagine David brent and Gareth (from the office)on a space ship, that would be funny!