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Episode 1: Twentica

Summary

An alternative USA where technology is banned spells trouble for Rimmer and Kryten, and the Dwarfers infiltrate the tech-savvy underground to try to bring down the regime. Sci-fi comedy, starring Craig Charles, Chris Barrie and Robert Llewellyn

Review

Routinely ignored by the BBC in favour of recycled puns about Mrs Slocombe’s pussy, Red Dwarf is once again revived by Dave with an inventive series 11 opener that doesn’t stint on the laughs. OK, so the premise is kind of influenced by Star Trek: First Contact, in that a Borg-like race travels to the past with the aim of influencing the future.

But the twist comes when Lister and co arrive in a skewed 1920s to find that technology and science – rather than booze – are under prohibition. Cue lots of jokes about speakeasies filled with Erlenmeyer flasks rather than bottles of illicit liquor and urban myths about Albert Einstein being a dejected wino carrying a ball of string around in a trolley.

It’s smart comedy that still finds room for a terrific nipple gag involving Kryten and jumper cables.

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Released on
2016-09-22
Languages
English
Formats
Colour

Credits

Cast

rolename
RimmerChris Barrie
ListerCraig Charles
CatDanny John-Jules
KrytenRobert Llewellyn
4 of 27Kevin Eldon
HarmonyLucie Pohl
Einstein BobDavid Sterne
BouncerSam Douglas
Big Bang BerylRebecca Blackstone
Cpt. Dorothy McCutcheonSuanne Braun

Crew

rolename
DirectorDoug Naylor
WriterRob Grant
ProducerRichard Naylor
ProducerKerry Waddell
ComposerHoward Goodall
EditorPeter Oliver
Production designerJulian Fullalove

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  • Summary

    An alternative USA where technology is banned spells trouble for Rimmer and Kryten, and the Dwarfers infiltrate the tech-savvy underground to try to bring down the regime. Sci-fi comedy, starring Craig Charles, Chris Barrie and Robert Llewellyn

    Review

    Routinely ignored by the BBC in favour of recycled puns about Mrs Slocombe’s pussy, Red Dwarf is once again revived by Dave with an inventive series 11 opener that doesn’t stint on the laughs. OK, so the premise is kind of influenced by Star Trek: First Contact, in that a Borg-like race travels to the past with the aim of influencing the future.

    But the twist comes when Lister and co arrive in a skewed 1920s to find that technology and science – rather than booze – are under prohibition. Cue lots of jokes about speakeasies filled with Erlenmeyer flasks rather than bottles of illicit liquor and urban myths about Albert Einstein being a dejected wino carrying a ball of string around in a trolley.

    It’s smart comedy that still finds room for a terrific nipple gag involving Kryten and jumper cables.

    How to watch

    Next showing

    There are no live broadcasts scheduled for this show. But it is available via the streaming provider below.

    Streaming

    Details

    Released on
    2016-09-22
    Languages
    English
    Formats
    Colour

    Credits

    Cast

    rolename
    RimmerChris Barrie
    ListerCraig Charles
    CatDanny John-Jules
    KrytenRobert Llewellyn
    4 of 27Kevin Eldon
    HarmonyLucie Pohl
    Einstein BobDavid Sterne
    BouncerSam Douglas
    Big Bang BerylRebecca Blackstone
    Cpt. Dorothy McCutcheonSuanne Braun

    Crew

    rolename
    DirectorDoug Naylor
    WriterRob Grant
    ProducerRichard Naylor
    ProducerKerry Waddell
    ComposerHoward Goodall
    EditorPeter Oliver
    Production designerJulian Fullalove
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