Red Dwarf Series XII, Episode 6 - Skipper - British Comedy Guide (original) (raw)

Red Dwarf. Holly (Norman Lovett)

Rimmer gets hold of a Quantum skipper and skips his way across the multi-verse looking for a dimension where he's not such a giant loser.

Preview clips

Notes

This episode was accidentally named in 2016 as Star Knot.

Broadcast details

Date

Thursday 16th November 2017

Time

9pm

Channel

U&Dave

Length

40 minutes

Cast & crew

Cast

Chris Barrie Rimmer
Craig Charles Lister
Danny John-Jules Cat
Robert Llewellyn Kryten
Norman Lovett Holly
Mac McDonald Captain Hollister

Guest cast

Richard Brimblecombe Bradley
Tina Harris Parkinson
Hayley-Marie Axe Calm Woman (Voice)

Writing team

Doug Naylor Writer
Andrew Ellard Script Editor

Production team

Doug Naylor Director
Richard Naylor Producer
Kerry Waddell Producer
Doug Naylor Executive Producer
Simon Lupton Executive Producer
Henry Normal Executive Producer
Peter Oliver (as Peter H Oliver) Editor
Keith Dunne Production Designer
Linda Glover Casting Director
Howard Burden Costume Designer
Ed Moore Director of Photography
Vanessa White Make-up Designer
Howard Goodall Composer

Videos

No need to panic

Lister and Cat have no need to panic.

Featuring: Craig Charles (Lister), Danny John-Jules (Cat) & Hayley-Marie Axe (Calm Woman).

Holly returns

Rimmer finds Holly when he skips between dimensions.

Featuring: Chris Barrie (Rimmer) & Norman Lovett (Holly).

Press

Last in the series of the revived sitcom. Although it's filmed before what sounds like the most easily amused audience ever assembled for a TV programme, there's some clever business tonight enabling us to see one or two old faces. There are shades of Bedazzled as Rimmer has managed to acquire a machine enabling him to make quantum leaps into alternative universes and alternative lives he could have lived. However, there are snags ...

David Stubbs, The Guardian, 16th November 2017

Red Dwarf XII - Skipper review

Some very familiar faces make a welcome return in the final episode in the current series.

Ian Wolf, On The Box, 16th November 2017