Confidence and Paranoia

"Confidence and Paranoia"
Red Dwarf episode
Episode no.Series 1
Episode 5
Directed byEd Bye
Written byRob Grant & Doug Naylor
Original air date14 March 1988 (1988-03-14)
Guest appearances
Lee Cornes as Paranoia
Craig Ferguson as Confidence
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"Confidence and Paranoia" is the fifth episode from series one of the science fiction sitcom Red Dwarf.[1] It was first broadcast on the British television channel BBC2 on 14 March 1988.[2] The plot involves Lister's mutated pneumonia which manifests solid hallucinations.

Written by Rob Grant and Doug Naylor, and directed by Ed Bye,[3] the episode was originally going to be broadcast as the series cliffhanger but was moved down in the broadcast schedule with a new series finale taking its place.[4] Considered to be one of the weaker efforts from the first series,[5] the episode was re-mastered, along with the rest of the first three series, in 1998, to bring the episode up to a standard suitable for international broadcast.[6]

  1. ^ "British Sitcom Guide — Red Dwarf — Series 1". British Comedy Guide. Archived from the original on 22 November 2008. Retrieved 31 January 2008.
  2. ^ "BBC Programme Catalogue RED DWARF — CONFIDENCE AND PARANOIA". BBC. Retrieved 5 December 2007.[permanent dead link]
  3. ^ "Red Dwarf Confidence and Paranoia (1988) Full cast and crew". www.imdb.com. Retrieved 22 January 2008.
  4. ^ Episode Guide: series 1, episode 5: Confidence and Paranoia, Red Dwarf Smegazine, volume 2 issue 5, September 1993, Fleetway Editions Ltd, ISSN 0965-5603
  5. ^ Episode Survey Results, Red Dwarf Smegazine, issue 10, December 1992, Fleetway Editions Ltd, ISSN 0965-5603
  6. ^ "Sci-Fi-London Film Festival — The Bodysnatcher Collection". www.sci-fi-london.com. Archived from the original on 8 April 2008. Retrieved 30 January 2008.