Top 10 Red Dwarf Episodes 

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There are really too many classic episodes to restrict it to a list of ten.

Polymorph for me, the sight of Kryten trying to remove Listers rapidly shrinking boxers while still wearing the vacuum cleaner groinal attachment had me in tears.

The first one that came to my head was "Justice". Such a brilliant episode and concept.

The "defense" of Rimmer in Justice is surely worth a mention

But..but..where is Me²? Rimmer vs rimmer! The gazpacho soup monologue alone should have made this list! It wasn't just a great episode...it was SOUPER!

"Drop dead Rimmer." "Already have done." "Encore."

"Backwards" was the first episode I have ever seen and it got me hooked on the show at the age of 8. Aaaah, I love it. I got so emotional with the flashbacks in season 12! The old sleeping quarters, Holly, the jokes ("NOBODY IS DEAD, ARNOLD!")... I grew up on Red Dwarf and it willl always have a special place in my heart. Damn it, I am getting emotional here!

A good list but I would of included Meltdown, I think that episode is so underrated. It has some great jokes, i.e Lister seeing Winnie the Pooh being executed, and it manages to get a message across about the futility of war.

I always loved the episode where they meet kryton. that scene with the dead female crew is just some of the best comedy writing.

Quarantine was always my favorite.

'Thanks for the Memory', from series 2 has always been my favourite. Perfect balance of comedy and SF.

I'd love a Red Dwarf video game made in the style of Telltale Games.

You'll bonk anything, won't you Lister? Cracks me up every time.

I always swap between Quarantine and Back to Reality everytime I watch them. They're both brilliant

Rimmer world!? Anyone?

for some reason I always remember the "Camilla" episode - an alien organism who's sole purpose was to please and pleasure it's master... which included changing it's shape into the perfect form that it's 'master' wanted it to be. So Lister got Kristina Konchowski (sp), Kryten got a femmebot and Cat got a mirror image of himself ("somebody fetch me a brandy!")

Smoke me a Kipper, I'll be back for breakfast.

My all time favourtie comedy show! Fan-smegging-tastic!

I thought the JFK episode would be on here

Quarantine is always going to be number one.

Back to Reality was the first Red Dwarf I ever saw. I was high and it really freaked me out. I fell in love with the show!!!

Rimmerworld should be on this list. It has so many unbelievably good lines to be excluded. Cat: "All in all 100% successful trip." Kryten: "But sir we lost Mr. Rimmer!" Cat: "All in all 100% successful trip!"

Cannot believe you overlooked "Psirens," "Demons and Angels," "Stoke me a Clipper," etc. etc, and not to even mention anything from the last season, which was brilliant. Maybe a part two is in order for this one?

Good to see these are all series 1-6, the only ones that count!

I suggest we hit this list with a major leaflet campaign

I loved every single episode featured. But for my money I'd also add Series 1's "Me Squared" and Series 2's "Parallel Universe" to the honourable mentions as well. Seeing Rimmer tee off with Rimmer in both of those episodes was a lot of fun

Marooned is my favourite episode. Just shows that just good writing and acting can make an amazing episode. It's not all about action and visual effects.

Top series and a good list. My favourite is Pete where they turn a budgie into a T-Rex on board Red Dwarf. Proper funny.

My top 10 (an American who has watched from the first season) 1. Better than life2. Dimension jump3. The End4. Confidence and paranoia5. Kryten6. Thanks for the memory (egg sandwich is killer......)7. Stoke me a kipper8. Waiting for god9. Timeslides10. Epederm Keep em coming!!!!

“Body Swap” is my personal favorite in part b/c it allows the actor who plays Rimmer to show off his acting skills.

1. Future Echoes 2. Queeg 3. Balance of Power 4. Holoship 5. Justice 6. The End 7. Camille 8. Better than Life 9. Emohawk 10. Legion. Holoship's criminally underrated. It has so many LOL moments.

My favourite has always been "Future Echoes".

Surprised 'Legion' was only an honourable mention. It might be my favourite episode.

"QUARENTINE" is my favorite episode. So good. My favorite Rimmer moments are in this episode.

Seen these so many times !brilliant rewatchable genius of a show !

Talkie Toaster was on an episode before White Hole, that’s why he had to be rebuilt

I live in the US and I got lucky enough to stumble onto this show. It's a damn masterpiece.

Loved Back To Reality from the moment I saw it. In fact, series five is a brilliant mix of humour and dark moments.

How could ‘dimension jump’ not make this list, our introduction to ace rimmer come on its one of the best

“Backwards” or “Gunmen of the Apocalypse” have to be the best for me

Nice list and good to see it stuck to the classics. Anything after series 6 is a bit shit. Basically when it stopped being co written by Grant Naylor.

My favourite episode has to be blue where lister has a dream where he kisses rimmer wakes up then goes bonkers that cracked me up xD

Loved it! Good job!I Now I need to get them off the shelf and binge watch!

One of my favourite episodes is DNA. In this episode, the crew discover a mysterious uninhabited pod with what turns out to be a machine to modify the DNA of anything (it turns Lister into a chicken, then a hamster before turning him back into a human, then it turns Kryten into a human as well). The moment that leaves me in stitches is where the human Kryten hands Lister a pair of Polaroid pictures: "Take a look at this...and this," Lister's face goes from confused to shocked. "Now how do you suppose that happened?" "W-what were you thinking of at the time??" "Nothing in particular, I was just looking at an electrical appliance catalogue. One moment I was looking at vacuum cleaners and suddenly my underpants elastic was catapulted across the medical bay!" 😂😂😂 Later, Holly inadvertently turned Lister's Mutton Vindaloo into a Vindaloo smelling, virtually indestructible monster...or is it? After turning Lister into a half robocop, half human midget, he discovered that lager can kill it

Top #1 for me? Probably White hole, it has just about everything. Classic gags like Rimmer and Kryten arguing using directives (Hologram must sacrifice himself in order to make it passible for the living crew members X no chance you metal bastard), Lister and Cat trying to fry an egg using bicycle and ofc the legendary time loop. Everything finishes with Lister playing pool with planets and Kryten being 100% honest with Rimmer at the end is just priceless :D

My Top 10 Episodes Would Honestly Be 10 Back In The Red (All Parts) 9 Queeg 8 Psirens 7 Rimmer World 6 Backwards 5 Kryten 4 Camille 3 Krytie TV 2 Meltdown - Can't believe so many fans dislike this episode the whole idea of the historical people at war is brilliant. The elvis marching scene has me in tears every time !! 1 Terrorform - The whole opening scenes with Kryten in the wreckage and the taranshula (tarantula) was just too hilarious !! Also want to mention in series 8, "Have a Fantastic Period" is an unforgettable moment, comedy gold !! I Personally found Back To Reality one of my least favourite episodes but just my opinion I'm now gonna go stare at a cracked floor tile !!

I’d say pretty much nailed it as far as a subjective list goes. These episodes were funny but also clever and good quality throughout, not just funny. Most are all my favs but definitely many others of the same calibre that missed out! Many mentioned in the comments :) What a show....

Red Dwarf is easily my favorite British TV show .

Red Dwarf is one of my favourite shows

The books are even funnier, especially the first two.

I think 'Legion' solely for the banquet scene!

"Tikka To Ride" should've at least got Honorable Mention! The conversation between Lister and JFK is great. Craig Charles was the guest of honor at the first Anglicon (Seattle) that I went to. Poor guy had the US version of Monteczuma's revenge. He was a real trooper during a panel, but immediately had to excuse himself to go back to his room. Dude was white as a sheet, poor guy. Quite the gentleman, too.

Good list, glad better than life, back to reality, legion and gunmen of the apocalypse we're mentioned. Some other great episodes off the top of my head are meltdown, polymorph, rimmerworld, holoship and dimension jump.

I'd have gone for 'Holoship' as it really gives more depth to Rimmer also the more recent 'The Beginning' that also humanises Captain Alphabet Head somewhat. I also really liked 'Twentica' but would have liked to have seen more of that world. "Confidence and Paranoia' is a great early one, plus Craig Fergusson acting.

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Good list..could easily add another 10 to the list 💫

One of my biggest flexes is that I've met many people, but none were as cool as when I met Chris Barrie

Unlike the Office, you can't make a US version of this. This is just UK brilliance.

I love this show. It will never not be loved by me.

Trojan with the Moose gag was one of my absolute favourite, but Lemons (where the crew find Jesus) will always take the top spot in my heart. Series 10 was strong!

Marooned the guitar absolutely brilliant acting couldn't stop laughing when I first watched it 😀👍

Thank goodness you chose all the ones from series 1 to 6!!! However, Inquisitor is better than No 8, and Dimension Jump should have been in there, but doesn't even get an honourable mention.

I think you have it right for the number one spot, that’s a great episode. I like white hole and all the time travel ones actually. I really liked tikka to ride too, i felt that was a clever episode. Timeslides was awesome too

My favourite episodes include Polymorph, Quarantine (always makes me laugh 😂), Confidence & Paranoia, Queeg, DNA... So many funny lines in each one.

the alphabetti spaghetti line cracks me up

Loved the list so hard to choose a top ten as so many good episodes. I would have tikka to ride and any episode with kill crazy! LET'S GO KILL SOMETHING, YEAAAAAAA!!!!

Im honestly surprised not to see "tikka To Ride" on this list! Lister: "what are all those people doing gathered around that giant pizza?" Kryten: "That is NOT a giant pizza!" Lister" it's 8 foot across man, thats giant ! " Cat: I" think we just pulled the gunman out the window!"

Stoke me a clipper, I'll be back for Christmas.

My personal favourite quick scene is from Quarantine when they find the viral warning signs. " There is no need for alarm, sir. If there were any dangerous viral strains in the atmosphere, the Psi-scan would have picked them up by now... _(Looks at the device, waits, hits it on the side and then shakes it)_ It's never done that before... Stupid cheap damn stupid Martian power packs." "Ah. Now here are the results. Yep. And we're going to... ...live."

Marooned is number 1 for me. When they focus on bleakness and relationships, the writing is as good as in any sitcom. Rimmer used to be a terrific character. Now all he does is pull stupid faces.

To be honest, I can imagine almost any episode being on here

“Wax World” always cracked me up. I loved watching Rimmer berate wax Ghandi.

These lists are always hugely subjective but this is a good list and no arguments over #1.

You certainly got #1 correct. Nice work.

Enjoying watching the reruns on Netflix the only show the bbc did that really stand's out, well done.

This list is so crypto fascist

Psirens is probably my favourite episode, absolutely hilarious start to finish

series three will always be a my favourite and polymorph will always be my favourite episode

i knew quarantine would be on here :D

The guy narrating here even sounds a little bit like RImmer, but with a touch of Lister's accent.

Absolutely love this program

My fav episode is angels and demons, surprised it wasn’t even an honourable mention! Also Polymorph for me is #2, the shrinking boxers always cracks me up

'Abandon shop Abandon shop this is not a daffodil this is not a daffodil'- holly the hologram

I feel like Psirens belonged as at least an honourable mention

I want to go a wanderiiiing along the mountain traaack", magnificent comedy

My first episode and the one that I love the most:Gunman of the apocalypse. I remember watching that and every time it would go off, I would put it back on. Blue was next as well.

Well done for not including anything past season 6, was ready for rioting if you did.

I can quote back to reality word for word 😂

Back to earth in thumb nail .... don’t you dare.... oh you didn’t phew

VR and different realities are a theme that turns up on more than one occasion on Red Dwarf.The concept of VR was barely known or understood and as the show progressed VR tech was in its infancy.When it first came out the concept was well ahead of the tech .Now VR has the potential to be the next big thing but then again they had a couple of goes at 3D and that never really took off.I guess how well it does depends on how good it gets over the next few years .It has to be cheaper with lots of content but time will tell.

Meltdown is my favourite episode My favourite quotes: “Can’t you see no ones listening, shut the smeg up” “My god that was disgusting” “They’re bringing someone out.... it’s Winnie the Pooh“ ‘Do you think I’m stupid Cat: should we take a quick vote

I do think there's a lot of episodes from all the series that could make this list, but, I cannot choose.

I love in series one when lister finds out he is the god of cats

Back to Reality is my Favourite too! Psirens is a good one as well.

Going by the intro I thought this would be all series 7 and 8. Phew! Although an honourable mention for Krytie TV? You gotta be kidding??!! Not bad list apart from that. Me... 1. Better than Life 2. Me² 3. Back to Reality 4. Parallel Universe 5. Stasis Leak 6. Quarantine 7. Rimmerworld 8. Future Echoes 9. Marooned 10. Skipper Yeh!!

Wow. I actually totally agree with a top 10 list on YT.

Decent choices, well done, you'll get back in my good books yet watchmojo...

I think Queeg has to be my all time favorite. Just really sums up the jist of the show, at least at the time.

I love this show so much!!!!