Red Dwarf (1988)

Comedy · Sci-Fi

The adventures of the last human alive and his friends, stranded three million years into deep space on the mining ship Red Dwarf.

IMDb rating: 8.4 (39,670 votes)
Episode average: 7.8 -0.6 vs IMDb
Seasons: 12
Language: EN
Type: TV series

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Ratings refreshed Oct 3, 2026 · 12 seasons indexed

Cast

Seasons

Season 1 (1988)

7.77 avg 6 episodes 7.9 → 8.0 30 min avg

Season 1 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	The End	7.9	1,422
2	Future Echoes	8.0	1,228
3	Balance of Power	7.6	1,119
4	Waiting for God	7.5	1,084
5	Confidence and Paranoia	7.6	1,111
6	Me²	8.0	1,087

Season 2 (1988)

8.27 avg 6 episodes 8.0 → 8.1 29 min avg

Season 2 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Kryten	8.0	1,077
2	Better Than Life	8.4	1,093
3	Thanks for the Memory	8.3	1,024
4	Stasis Leak	8.1	991
5	Queeg	8.7	1,089
6	Parallel Universe	8.1	1,019

Season 3 (1989)

8.33 avg 6 episodes 8.5 → 8.1 28 min avg

Season 3 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Backwards	8.5	1,186
2	Marooned	8.4	1,054
3	Polymorph	8.8	1,108
4	Bodyswap	7.9	962
5	Timeslides	8.3	994
6	The Last Day	8.1	949

Season 4 (1991)

8.28 avg 6 episodes 7.8 → 8.1 28 min avg

Season 4 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Camille	7.8	972
2	D.N.A.	8.1	933
3	Justice	8.5	951
4	White Hole	8.5	942
5	Dimension Jump	8.7	969
6	Meltdown	8.1	932

Season 5 (1992)

8.47 avg 6 episodes 8.3 → 9.3 28 min avg

Big finale

Season 5 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Holoship	8.3	977
2	The Inquisitor	8.2	951
3	Terrorform	8.1	926
4	Quarantine	8.9	1,111
5	Demons & Angels	8.0	934
6	Back to Reality	9.3	1,257

Season 6 (1993)

8.35 avg 6 episodes 8.2 → 8.4 29 min avg

Season 6 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Psirens	8.2	929
2	Legion	8.7	987
3	Gunmen of the Apocalypse	8.6	1,059
4	Emohawk: Polymorph II	8.0	857
5	Rimmerworld	8.2	877
6	Out of Time	8.4	885

Season 7 (1997)

7.45 avg 8 episodes 7.9 → 7.3 29 min avg

Season 7 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Tikka to Ride	7.9	921
2	Stoke Me a Clipper	8.1	888
3	Ouroboros	7.3	819
4	Duct Soup	6.9	811
5	Blue	7.7	806
6	Beyond a Joke	7.0	777
7	Epideme	7.4	760
8	Nanarchy	7.3	751

Season 8 (1999)

7.36 avg 8 episodes 7.5 → 7.3 29 min avg

Season 8 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Back in the Red: Part 1	7.5	776
2	Back in the Red: Part 2	7.5	748
3	Back in the Red: Part 3	7.3	745
4	Cassandra	8.0	784
5	Krytie TV	7.4	818
6	Pete: Part 1	7.0	737
7	Pete: Part 2	6.9	736
8	Only the Good...	7.3	750

Season 9 (2009)

6.40 avg 3 episodes 6.3 → 6.6 27 min avg

Rising

Season 9 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Back to Earth (Part One)	6.3	1,678
2	Back to Earth (Part Two)	6.3	922
3	Back to Earth (Part Three)	6.6	921

Season 10 (2012)

7.85 avg 6 episodes 8.1 → 8.0 33 min avg

Season 10 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Trojan	8.1	1,055
2	Fathers & Suns	8.0	791
3	Lemons	8.0	791
4	Entangled	7.5	685
5	Dear Dave	7.5	675
6	The Beginning	8.0	703

Season 11 (2016)

7.62 avg 6 episodes 7.4 → 7.7 28 min avg

Season 11 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Twentica	7.4	660
2	Samsara	7.6	588
3	Give & Take	7.8	559
4	Officer Rimmer	7.7	550
5	Krysis	7.5	526
6	Can of Worms	7.7	490

Season 12 (2017)

7.38 avg 6 episodes 7.5 → 8.3 27 min avg

Season 12 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Cured	7.5	591
2	Siliconia	7.2	518
3	Timewave	6.4	519
4	Mechocracy	7.4	475
5	M-Corp	7.5	471
6	Skipper	8.3	513

Red Dwarf (1988)

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