The Red Dwarf BBC Broadcasts Guide

What follows is a (hopefully) comprehensive listing of every time the BBC broadcast (unless otherwise noted, on BBC Two) the original 52 episodes of the first eight series of Red Dwarf. I’ve not included any information on Dave or other UKTV channels (either their repeats of the BBC series or the four new series they’ve produced), mostly because it would have been impossible to do so whilst also keeping the tables readable and would’ve had to be constantly updated, but rest assured that had I been able to, I would have.

All information about the broadcast times and dates was taken from BBC Genome. Some corrections and information on censorship were taken from articles on Ganymede & Titan which I should stress were nothing to do with me whatsoever. If you know of any corrections to make to these listings at all, please get in touch - you can use the comments or tweet me.

Last updated 18/11/23 -- added 2023 broadcast of "Parallel Universe"

Series I

Episode	Premiere	Second airing	Third airing	Fourth airing	Fifth airing	Sixth airing	Seventh airing
#1.1 “The End”	15/02/88, 9pm	07/01/94, 9pm	Remastered version: 13/02/98, 10.05pm	Remastered version: 07/09/98, 9.30pm	30/01/03, 11.20pm	25/12/07, 12.40am	25/08/23, 10pm
#1.2 “Future Echoes”	22/02/88, 9pm	14/01/94, 9pm	Remastered version: 14/09/98, 9.30pm	13/02/03, 11pm	27/12/07, 12.25am	01/09/23, 10pm	N/A
#1.3 “Balance of Power”	29/02/88, 9pm	21/01/94, 9pm	Remastered version: 21/09/98, 9.30pm	20/02/03, 11.20pm	28/12/07, 12.20am	08/09/23, 10pm	N/A
#1.4 “Waiting for God”	07/03/88, 9pm	28/01/94, 9pm	Remastered version: 28/09/98, 9.30pm	27/02/03, 11.20pm	29/12/07, 12.50am	22/09/23, 10pm	N/A
#1.5 “Confidence and Paranoia”	14/03/88, 9pm	04/02/94, 9pm	Remastered version: 05/10/98, 9.30pm	06/03/03, 11.20pm	30/12/07, 12.30am	29/09/23, 10pm	N/A
#1.6 “Me2”	21/03/88, 9pm	11/02/94, 9pm	Remastered version: 12/10/98, 9.30pm	13/03/03, 11.20pm	31/12/07, 12.10am	06/10/23, 10pm	N/A

Note: The February '98 broadcast of the Remastered version of "The End" was a lead-in to Red Dwarf Night the next evening, and was preceded by a 2-minute promo for the Remastered episodes.

Series II

Episode	Premiere	Second airing	Third airing	Fourth airing	Fifth airing	Sixth airing
#2.1 “Kryten”	06/09/88, 9pm	29/08/89, 8.30pm	18/02/94, 9pm	Remastered version: 11/01/99, 9pm	26/06/03, 11.50pm	13/10/23, 10pm
#2.2 “Better than Life”	13/09/88, 9pm	05/09/89, 8.30pm	04/03/94, 9pm	Remastered version: 18/01/99, 9pm	04/07/03, 12am	20/10/23, 10pm
#2.3 “Thanks for the Memory”	20/09/88, 9pm	12/09/89, 8.30pm	11/03/94, 9pm	Remastered version: 25/01/99, 9pm	10/07/03, 11.50pm	27/10/23, 10pm
#2.4 “Stasis Leak”	27/09/88, 9pm	19/09/89, 8.30pm	18/03/94, 9pm	Remastered version: 01/02/99, 9pm	03/11/23, 10pm	N/A
#2.5 “Queeg”	04/10/88, 9pm	26/09/89, 8.30pm	25/03/94, 9pm	Remastered version: 08/02/99, 9pm	07/08/03, 11.50pm	10/11/23, 10pm
#2.6 “Parallel Universe”	11/10/88, 9pm	03/10/89, 8.30pm	01/04/94, 9pm	Remastered version: 15/02/99, 9pm	14/08/03, 11.50pm	17/11/23, 10pm

Note: The 2003 airing of “Queeg” was originally scheduled for 31/07, but postponed. The run also omitted “Stasis Leak” for reasons unknown.

Series III

Episode	Premiere	Second airing	Third airing	Fourth airing	Fifth airing	Sixth airing
#3.1 “Backwards”	14/11/89, 9pm	04/10/90, 8pm	08/04/94, 9pm	Remastered version: 12/05/99, 9pm	21/08/03, 11.50pm	N/A
#3.2 “Marooned”	21/11/89, 9pm	11/10/90, 8pm	15/04/94, 9pm	Remastered version: 26/05/99, 9pm	28/08/03, 11.50pm	14/06/14, 9.55pm
#3.3 “Polymorph”	28/11/89, 9pm	18/10/90, 8pm	06/05/94, 9pm	Remastered version: 02/06/99, 9pm	05/09/03, 12am	26/10/03, 11pm
#3.4 “Bodyswap”	05/12/89, 9pm	25/10/90, 8pm	13/05/94, 9pm	Remastered version: 09/06/99, 9pm	02/11/03, 11pm	N/A
#3.5 “Timeslides”	12/12/89, 9pm	01/11/90, 8pm	20/05/94, 9pm	Remastered version: 16/06/99, 9pm	N/A	N/A
#3.6 “The Last Day”	19/12/89, 9pm	08/11/90, 8pm	27/05/94, 9pm	Remastered version: 23/06/99, 9pm	16/11/03, 11.20pm	N/A

Note 1: The 26/05/99 broadcast of "Marooned Remastered" was not seen on BBC Two Wales due to a regional opt-out; it was aired on BBC One Wales later in the night instead - here's the continuity announcement. I don't know what time the BBC One Wales broadcast was, but the BBC Genome listing for the normal schedule that day suggests it might have been 11.55pm. (Thanks to thomasaevans on the Ganymede & Titan forums for alerting me to this.)
Note 2: BBC Genome lists "Timeslides" as being repeated 09/11/03, 11.20pm. However, according to Ganymede & Titan, the repeat was pulled (as it was Remembrance Sunday and the episode features a 'guest appearance' from one Adolf Hitler). The Genome doesn't indicate that the episode was rescheduled later on.
Note 3: No, I don’t know why the 2003 run went off for weeks and then showed “Polymorph” again when it came back either, but that’s what the Genome says happened.

Note 4: The 2014 airing of “Marooned” was part of BBC Two’s 50^th Anniversary celebrations.

Series IV

Episode	Premiere	Second airing	Third airing	Fourth airing	Fifth airing	Sixth airing
#4.1 “Camille”	14/02/91, 9pm	26/05/92, 8.30pm	01/07/94, 9pm	15/09/00, 9pm	30/11/03, 11.30pm	N/A
#4.2 “DNA”	21/02/91, 9pm	09/06/92, 8.30pm	22/07/94, 9pm	22/09/00, 10pm	07/12/03, 10.30pm	N/A
#4.3 “Justice”	28/02/91, 9pm	19/05/92, 8.30pm	10/06/94, 9pm	29/09/00, 10pm	14/12/03, 11.20pm	N/A
#4.4 “White Hole”	07/03/91, 9pm	02/06/92, 8.30pm	08/07/94, 9pm	06/10/00, 10pm	21/12/03, 12.35am	N/A
#4.5 “Dimension Jump”	14/03/91, 9pm	12/05/92, 8.30pm	03/06/94, 9pm	22/03/96, 9pm	13/10/00, 10pm	22/12/03, 12.50am
#4.6 “Meltdown”	21/03/91, 9pm	16/06/92, 8.30pm	29/07/94, 9pm	22/10/00, 11.30pm	23/12/03, 1.10am	N/A

Note 1: The repeat orders for 1992 and 1994 are different to the first run as it more accurately reflects what would have happened were it not for the Gulf War. See this article at Ganymede & Titan for more information.

Note 2: See the Series VI section for why “Dimension Jump” was repeated in March 1996.

Note 3: The 2003 repeat run was postponed by a week.

Series V

Episode	Premiere	Second airing	Third airing	Fourth airing	Fifth airing
#5.1 “Holoship”	20/02/92, 9pm	26/03/93, 9pm	02/09/94, 9pm	24/12/03, 1.05am	N/A
#5.2 “The Inquisitor”	27/02/92, 9pm	05/03/93, 9pm	12/08/94, 9pm	25/12/03, 12.40am	N/A
#5.3 “Terrorform”	05/03/92, 9pm	19/03/93, 9pm	26/08/94, 9pm	26/12/03, 12.20am	N/A
#5.4 “Quarantine”	12/03/92, 9pm	09/04/93, 9.10pm	23/09/94, 9pm	27/12/03, 12.30am	BBC Four: 23/10/22, 10.40pm
#5.5 “Demons and Angels”	19/03/92, 9pm	02/04/93, 9pm	16/09/94, 9pm	28/12/03, 1.20am	N/A
#5.6 “Back to Reality”	26/03/92, 9pm	26/02/93, 9pm	05/08/94, 9pm	22/12/95, 9pm	29/12/03, 12.40am

Note 1: The original broadcast of "Terrorform" uses a copy of James Last's version of Copacabana. All repeat versions - on the BBC and all other channels, plus the DVD - substitute a soundalike as clearance costs only covered the premiere.

Note 2: Your guess is as good as mine as to why the 1993 and 1994 repeat orders were so different to the original run, but I suspect it has something to do with the positive reception to "Back to Reality", and the less good (at the time) reception of "Holoship".
Note 3: The 1994 repeat of “Demons and Angels” was censored after Craig Charles was arrested on suspicion of rape on the 8^th June of that year (a charge of which he was subsequently completely exonerated.) Check here to see what was cut.

Note 4: The 22/12/95 showing of “Back to Reality” was for “The Best Red Dwarf Ever!”, a public vote to determine the most popular episode, and was preceded by a specially filmed introduction from Craig Charles as Lister.

Note 5: The 2022 airing of "Quarantine" on BBC Four was part of a season of classic comedy repeats for the BBC's centenary celebrations.

Series VI

Episode	Premiere	Second airing	Third airing	Fourth airing	Fifth airing	Sixth airing	Seventh airing
#6.1 “Psirens”	07/10/93, 9pm	16/02/96, 9.30pm	15/11/96, 9.30pm	30/12/03, 1.10am	N/A	N/A	N/A
#6.2 “Legion”	14/10/93, 9pm	30/09/94, 9pm	23/02/96, 9.30pm	22/11/96, 9.30pm	31/12/03, 12.55am	N/A	N/A
#6.3 “Gunmen of the Apocalypse”	21/10/93, 9pm	07/10/94, 9pm	01/03/96, 9.30pm	29/11/96, 9.30pm	14/02/98, 11pm	06/01/99, 9pm	01/01/04, 1.35am
#6.4 “Emohawk: Polymorph II”	28/10/93, 9pm	14/10/94, 9pm	08/03/96, 9.30pm	06/12/96, 9.30pm	02/01/04, 1.10am	N/A	N/A
#6.5 “Rimmerworld”	04/11/93, 9pm	21/10/94, 9pm	19/04/96, 9pm	13/12/96, 9.30pm	03/01/04, 12.30am	N/A	N/A
#6.6 “Out of Time”	11/11/93, 9pm	28/10/94, 9pm	15/03/96, 9.30pm	20/12/96, 9.30pm	03/01/04, 11pm	N/A	N/A

Note 1: “Psirens” was omitted from the first repeat run due to Craig Charles’ legal situation at the time. The repeat of “Gunmen of the Apocalypse” was also censored as a result; check here to see what was cut.

Note 2: “Rimmerworld” was due to be repeated on 15/03/96, but was pulled due to the Dunblane Massacre (it was eventually repeated a few weeks later). “Out of Time” thus aired a week earlier than originally scheduled, and “Dimension Jump” plugged the gap, despite what it says on BBC Genome (which is taken from Radio Times listings printed before the schedules had to be changed.)

Note 3: The 1998 airing of “Gunmen of the Apocalypse” was part of Red Dwarf Night.

Series VII

Episode	Premiere	Second airing	Third airing	Fourth airing
#7.1 “Tikka to Ride”	17/01/97, 9pm	19/01/97, 9.20pm	19/09/97, 9pm	11/01/04, 11.30pm
#7.2 “Stoke Me a Clipper”	24/01/97, 9pm	26/01/97, 9.20pm	26/09/97, 9pm	30/06/04, 11.20pm
#7.3 “Ouroboros”	31/01/97, 9pm	02/02/97, 9.20pm	03/10/97, 9pm	30/06/04, 11.50pm
#7.4 “Duct Soup”	07/02/97, 9pm	09/02/97, 10.30pm	17/10/97, 9pm	07/07/04, 11.20pm
#7.5 “Blue”	14/02/97, 9pm	16/02/97, 9.30pm	10/10/97, 9pm	07/07/04, 11.50pm
#7.6 “Beyond a Joke”	21/02/97, 9pm	23/02/97, 9pm	24/10/97, 9pm	14/07/04, 11.20pm
#7.7 “Epideme”	28/02/97, 9pm	02/03/97, 9pm	31/10/97, 9pm	21/07/04, 11.20pm
#7.8 “Nanarchy”	07/03/97, 9pm	09/03/97, 9.30pm	07/11/97, 9pm	28/07/04, 11.20pm

Note 1: The Sunday repeat airings were often on the same day as sports coverage; I’ve gone with the times listed on BBC Genome, but some of them might have aired a little later due to overrun. This continuity announcement for the second airing of "Blue" (erroneously described as being taken from the premiere) describes it as airing 'a little later than planned', so that one at least went out later than scheduled.
Note 2: The Genome states that when VII was rerun in October 1997, "Duct Soup" and "Blue" were indeed switched in the running order. I don't know why this would be, but I will presume it is what happened unless someone who happened to see that repeat run can confirm otherwise.

Series VIII

Episode	Premiere	Second airing	Third airing	Fourth airing	Fifth airing
#8.1 “Back in the Red (Part One)”	18/02/99, 9pm	21/02/99, 9pm	09/09/99, 9pm	04/08/04, 11.20pm	N/A
#8.2 “Back in the Red (Part Two)”	25/02/99, 9pm	28/02/99, 9pm	16/09/99, 9pm	11/08/04, 11.20pm	N/A
#8.3 “Back in the Red (Part Three)”	04/03/99, 9pm	07/03/99, 9.30pm	23/09/99, 9pm	18/08/04, 11.20pm	N/A
#8.4 “Cassandra”	11/03/99, 9pm	14/03/99, 9pm	30/09/99, 9pm	25/08/04, 11.20pm	N/A
#8.5 “Krytie TV”	18/03/99, 9pm	21/03/99, 8.50pm	07/10/99, 9pm	01/09/04, 11.20pm	N/A
#8.6 “Pete (Part One)”	25/03/99, 9pm	28/03/99, 9pm	14/10/99, 9pm	08/09/04, 11.20pm	N/A
#8.7 “Pete (Part Two)”	01/04/99, 9pm	04/04/99, 9pm	29/10/99, 9.30pm	18/09/04, 11.10pm	N/A
#8.8 “Only the Good…”	05/04/99, 9pm	16/04/99, 9.30pm	21/04/99, 9pm	05/11/99, 9.30pm	23/09/04, 11.20pm

Note 1: A Children in Need sketch was also filmed as part of Series VIII, and broadcast as part of the telethon on 22/11/98 circa 10.30pm.

Note 2: “Only the Good…” was bumped out of the usual Thursday slot for premieres due to golf coverage, which also meant the usual Sunday repeat was moved too.

Note 3: The "Comedy Connections" episode covering the show premiered during the August 2004 repeat run, specifically on 30/08/04 at 10.55pm.

Appendix: Red Dwarf Night

The full schedule for 14 February 1998's Red Dwarf Night, as given in the Radio Times, was as follows:

9pm: A Menu with Patrick Stewart

9.05pm: Can't Smeg, Won't Smeg

9.35pm: The Smeg Ups

10pm: Universe Challenge

10.30pm: Red Dwarf A-Z (Note: This was repeated on 07/09/98, 10pm)

11pm: "Gunmen of the Apocalypse"