《红矮星号》是一部太空歌剧类型的英国喜剧，故事主要发生在一艘名为「红矮星号」的太空采矿船上。后来随着故事的变化，有几季故事发生在穿梭机「星虫号」上。在该剧中，Dave Lister（Craig Charles）成了银河系中最后一个人类。三百万年后，Lister被飞船的计算机系统Holly唤醒。在已经死去的室友Rimmer的全息影像、从一只猫转化为人形的Cat及机器人Kryten的帮助下，Lister踏上了寻找地球的道路。当主人公的飞船在未知的深空继续探索之时，遇到了一艘神秘的废船——SS Trojan。当他们调查这艘船时，Rimmer收到了一个老对手的求救信号，这可能给他带来危险
编剧: Rob Grant
播出日期: 1988-09-06
运行时间: 28 min
概述: A distress signal draws the ship's crew to the site of a space shuttle crash.
编剧: Rob Grant
播出日期: 1988-09-13
运行时间: 29 min
概述: Rimmer learns that his father has passed away but isn't sure which is sadder: his father's death or that he is now encumbered with an £8,500 tax bill.
编剧: Rob Grant
播出日期: 1988-09-20
运行时间: 28 min
概述: When Lister awakens after a night of revelry, he's at a loss to explain how he and Cat broke their legs.
编剧: Rob Grant
播出日期: 1988-09-27
运行时间: 30 min
概述: A wrinkle in time takes the crew 3 million years into the past, before the radiation leak killed everyone aboard except Lister.
编剧: Rob Grant
播出日期: 1988-10-04
运行时间: 30 min
概述: With Holly on the fritz, the ship's backup computer, Queeg 500, steps in to command the Red Dwarf and its crew of misfits.
编剧: Rob Grant
播出日期: 1988-10-11
运行时间: 28 min
概述: After testing Holly's latest invention, the crew ends up in a parallel universe where they encounter opposite versions of themselves.
