Red Dwarf was premiered on the 15th of February 1988 and lasted on the 5th of April 1999. The series had eight (8) seasons and fifty-two (52) episodes. It tackles the misadventures of the crew of the deep-mining ship known as the Red Dwarf.

Three million years ago, a massive radiation leak killed the crew of the Red Dwarf. The only survivor was Dave Lister who was sentenced to 6-months suspended animation as he smuggled his pet cat named Frankenstine on board. In the year 2077 Lister awoke only to find out the crew has been wiped out and that the ship was lost in the middle of deep space. Dave Lister was the only human being alive on-board Red Dwarf. He is not alone, accompanying him are Holly, the ship's computer that intelligence is rapidly decreasing, a hologram of his bunkmate Arnold Rimmer, a cat that is a humanoid which evolved from Lister's cat Frankenstine and Kryten, a robot rescued from the American space cruised known as the Nova 5.