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The Worst Episodes of Red Dwarf

Every episode of Red Dwarf ranked from worst to best. Explore the Worst Episodes of Red Dwarf!

The adventures of the last human alive and his friends, stranded three million years into deep space on the mining ship Red Dwarf.
Genres:ComedySci-Fi & Fantasy
Networks:BBC TwoU&Dave

Worst Episodes Summary

"Back to Earth (1)" is the worst rated episode of "Red Dwarf". It scored 6.3/10 based on 1681 votes. Directed by Doug Naylor and written by Doug Naylor, it aired on 4/10/2009. This episode scored 0.0 points lower than the second lowest rated, "Back to Earth (2)".

  • Back to Earth (1)
    6.3/101,681 votes
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    #1 - Back to Earth (1)

    Season 9 Episode 1 - Aired 4/10/2009

    Nine years later the Red Dwarf crew are older but still none the wiser. Lister's busy day of annoying Rimmer is interrupted by the discovery of a dimension-hopping leviathan in the ship's mile-deep water tank.

    Director: Doug Naylor

    Writer: Doug Naylor

  • Back to Earth (2)
    6.3/10938 votes
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    #2 - Back to Earth (2)

    Season 9 Episode 2 - Aired 4/11/2009

    Rimmer's replacement, Katerina, is determined to guide Lister back to his home planet. But Earth in 2009 is not everything the boys had expected, and Rimmer has no intention of being replaced.

    Director: Doug Naylor

    Writer: Doug Naylor

  • Timewave
    6.3/10456 votes
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    #3 - Timewave

    Season 12 Episode 3 - Aired 10/26/2017

    The boys from the Dwarf discover a ship where all forms of criticism are illegal.

    Director: Doug Naylor

    Writer: Doug Naylor

  • Back to Earth (3)
    6.5/10938 votes
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    #4 - Back to Earth (3)

    Season 9 Episode 3 - Aired 4/12/2009

    When Lister's busy day of annoying Rimmer was interrupted by the discovery of a dimension-hopping leviathan in the ship's mile-deep water tank, transporting the crew back to Earth, all Lister's dreams appear to be coming true.

    Director: Doug Naylor

    Writer: Doug Naylor

  • Duct Soup
    6.9/10833 votes
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    #5 - Duct Soup

    Season 7 Episode 4 - Aired 2/7/1997

    Fearing he'll someday be replaced by Kristine Kochanski, a jealous Kryten "accidentally" shuts down the Starbug's engine.

    Director: Ed Bye

    Writer: Doug Naylor

  • Pete (2)
    6.9/10768 votes
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    #6 - Pete (2)

    Season 8 Episode 7 - Aired 4/1/1999

    In an attempt to bring Pete the sparrow back to life, the Red Dwarfers inadvertently cause him to devolve into a tyrannosaur that stalks the ship.

    Director: Ed Bye

    Writer: Doug Naylor, Paul Alexander

  • Beyond a Joke
    7.0/10805 votes
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    #7 - Beyond a Joke

    Season 7 Episode 6 - Aired 2/21/1997

    The crew reluctantly explores the works of Jane Austen when Kristine Kochanski takes them on a virtual reality tour of Pride and Prejudice World.

    Director: Ed Bye

    Writer: Doug Naylor, Robert Llewellyn

  • Pete (1)
    7.0/10767 votes
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    #8 - Pete (1)

    Season 8 Episode 6 - Aired 3/25/1999

    After infecting the prison guards' basketball team with a sexual-enhancement virus, Lister and Rimmer are sent to the hole.

    Director: Ed Bye

    Writer: Doug Naylor, Paul Alexander

  • Siliconia
    7.1/10466 votes
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    #9 - Siliconia

    Season 12 Episode 2 - Aired 10/19/2017

    A ship full of rogue androids who broke their programming want to help Kryten do the same. The M.I.L.F can only spell trouble for the remainder of the crew.

    Director: Doug Naylor

    Writer: Doug Naylor

  • Back in the Red (3)
    7.2/10775 votes
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    #10 - Back in the Red (3)

    Season 8 Episode 3 - Aired 3/4/1999

    After being slapped with a two-year prison sentence for committing crimes against the Space Corps, the Red Dwarfers are desperate to escape.

    Director: Ed Bye

    Writer: Doug Naylor

  • Only the Good...
    7.2/10783 votes
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    #11 - Only the Good...

    Season 8 Episode 8 - Aired 4/5/1999

    The series concludes as a mysterious life form invades the Red Dwarf courtesy of an escape pod and starts eating away at the ship.

    Director: Ed Bye

    Writer: Doug Naylor

  • Ouroboros
    7.3/10844 votes
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    #12 - Ouroboros

    Season 7 Episode 3 - Aired 1/31/1997

    The Red Dwarfers pick up a new crew member -- Lister's old flame, Kristine Kochanski -- when they encounter a wormhole.

    Director: Ed Bye

    Writer: Doug Naylor

  • Epideme
    7.3/10794 votes
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    #13 - Epideme

    Season 7 Episode 7 - Aired 2/28/1997

    After being seduced by a 3-million-year-old corpse, Lister discovers he's contracted a deadly STD.

    Director: Ed Bye

    Writer: Doug Naylor, Paul Alexander

  • Nanarchy
    7.3/10783 votes
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    #14 - Nanarchy

    Season 7 Episode 8 - Aired 3/7/1997

    After losing his arm in a battle with the Epideme virus, Lister enlists the help of nanobots to reconstruct his mangled body.

    Director: Ed Bye

    Writer: Doug Naylor, Paul Alexander, James Hendrie

  • Krytie TV
    7.3/10845 votes
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    #15 - Krytie TV

    Season 8 Episode 5 - Aired 3/18/1999

    After being cornered and reprogrammed by restless, sex-starved prisoners, Kryten launches his own television station called Krytie TV.

    Director: Ed Bye

    Writer: Doug Naylor, Paul Alexander

  • Entangled
    7.4/10720 votes
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    #16 - Entangled

    Season 10 Episode 4 - Aired 10/25/2012

    Kryten and Cat become quantum entangled forcing them to do everything in unison.

    Director: Doug Naylor

    Writer: Doug Naylor

  • Twentica
    7.4/10595 votes
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    #17 - Twentica

    Season 11 Episode 1 - Aired 9/22/2016

    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.

    Director: Doug Naylor

    Writer: Doug Naylor

  • Cured
    7.4/10536 votes
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    #18 - Cured

    Season 12 Episode 1 - Aired 10/12/2017

    The crew stumble on a science centre where vile historical figures have been 'cured' of evil.

    Director: Doug Naylor

    Writer: Doug Naylor

  • Mechocracy
    7.4/10426 votes
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    #19 - Mechocracy

    Season 12 Episode 4 - Aired 11/2/2017

    The machines of Red Dwarf go on strike. Kryten and Rimmer campaign against each other for their votes in an election to represent them.

    Director: Doug Naylor

    Writer: Doug Naylor

  • Waiting for God
    7.5/101,090 votes
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    #20 - Waiting for God

    Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 3/7/1988

    When Holly, the ship's computer, reports a mysterious pod floating in space, Rimmer insists on capturing the capsule.

    Director: Ed Bye

    Writer: Doug Naylor, Rob Grant

  • Back in the Red (1)
    7.5/10798 votes
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    #21 - Back in the Red (1)

    Season 8 Episode 1 - Aired 2/18/1999

    Thanks to the nanobots, the Red Dwarf is back in business with its original crew on board, which means Rimmer is alive and well.

    Director: Ed Bye

    Writer: Doug Naylor

  • Back in the Red (2)
    7.5/10779 votes
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    #22 - Back in the Red (2)

    Season 8 Episode 2 - Aired 2/25/1999

    Armed with a stash of confidential files, Rimmer proceeds to brown-nose Capt. Hollister in hopes of receiving officer status.

    Director: Ed Bye

    Writer: Doug Naylor

  • Dear Dave
    7.5/10706 votes
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    #23 - Dear Dave

    Season 10 Episode 5 - Aired 11/1/2012

    Lister gets involved in a love triangle with snack dispensers 23 and 34.

    Director: Doug Naylor

    Writer: Doug Naylor

  • Krysis
    7.5/10470 votes
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    #24 - Krysis

    Season 11 Episode 5 - Aired 10/20/2016

    Kryten has a mid-life crisis and changes his body cover from Mech grey to Ferrari red. The posse try and show him how much he's achieved in life by taking him to visit a mechanoid from his old fleet.

    Director: Doug Naylor

    Writer: Doug Naylor

  • M-Corp
    7.5/10421 votes
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    #25 - M-Corp

    Season 12 Episode 5 - Aired 11/9/2017

    A long overdue software update spells trouble for the crew when they discover that the Jupiter Mining Corp has been sold!

    Director: Doug Naylor

    Writer: Doug Naylor