One of the series' highest accolades came in 1994 when an episode from the sixth series, ' Gunmen of the Apocalypse', won an International Emmy Award in the Popular Arts category.
The magazine The Red Dwarf Smegazine was published from 1992 to 1994. Two pilot episodes of an American version of the show were produced but never aired. Four novels were published from 1989 to 1996. To date, twelve series of the show have aired, in addition to The Promised Land.
The premise of the series follows the low-ranking technician Dave Lister, who awakens after being in suspended animation for three million years to find he is the last living human, with no crew on board the mining spacecraft Red Dwarf other than Arnold Rimmer, a hologram of Lister's deceased bunkmate, and Cat, a life form which evolved from Lister's pregnant cat.Īs of 2020, the cast includes 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. Red Dwarf is a British science fiction comedy franchise created by Rob Grant and Doug Naylor which primarily consists of a television sitcom that aired on BBC Two between 19, and on Dave since 2009, gaining a cult following. NICAM stereo (1991–1999) (remastered as Dolby 5.1 for DVD release) Mono (1988–1989) (remastered as Dolby Stereo for DVD) Multi-camera (Series 1–6, 8, 10–present),
