Episode 1: The Boys from The Dwarf First aired: 6th August 2020 The ratings are in for the first episode of Red Dwarf: The First Three Million Years and it’s good news. The first episode was the number one rated programme on Dave for the week commencing 3rd August. The […]
Retrospective documentary series Red Dwarf: The First Three Million Years, has been a huge success delivering strong ratings for Dave, and overall it’s been a format that can clearly be enjoyed by both fans and casual viewers alike. As well as the mother show being the most viewed show on […]
What’s the final episode of Red Dwarf: The First Three Million Years all about? Well, nominally this episode is about the science of Red Dwarf and how it took its influence from real scientific theory. And the episode begins with sections on time travel and parallel universes and some of […]
Is that really the title of the episode? Yes. It’s a bit unwieldy but I’m sure you’ll agree, it also doesn’t work as a joke. Or actually relate in any way to what the episode’s about. But otherwise, totally worth it. What was the episode about? Well really it’s about […]
So what is it? It’s a new Dave documentary series about Red Dwarf produced by North One and narrated by David Tennant. This first episode chronicled the early years of the show from its casting, delays, early reviews, and growing confidence moving into Series III. Who’s in it? The usual […]
In 2009, Red Dwarf returned after ten years away for a three-part special on it’s new home on Dave. Three series and eleven years on, the show has returned for another (now feature length) special with The Promised Land.
Two weeks on from Red Dwarf’s first feature-length special and we now know the total final ratings for the 7 days following the broadcast. Across Dave and Dave Ja Vu, The Promised Land earned a mammoth 1,666,200 viewers. This is Red Dwarf’s highest consolidated rating since Series X’s Trojan (2.089m). […]
So what is it? I’ve never seen one before, no one has. But it’s a 90-minute Red Dwarf special. What about Back to Earth? No, that was definitely three episodes (plus they didn’t add up to 90 minutes). And it also found Red Dwarf in a rather odd place after […]
Red Dwarf: The Promised Land took the series’ production values to a new level in terms of the look, effects and, perhaps most significantly, the music. With the length of a movie to play with, Red Dwarf needed a cinematic score to accompany the action. Award-winning media composer Paul Farrer […]
The early ratings are in for Red Dwarf’s first feature-length special. The special attracted 923k viewers and peaked with over 1 million. It also received a share of over 5% of all viewers watching TV at the time. This is all before factoring in the ratings from Dave Ja Vu […]