Waiting for God (Red Dwarf)

"Waiting for God"
Red Dwarf episode
Episode no.Series 1
Episode 4
Directed byEd Bye
Written byRob Grant & Doug Naylor
Original air date7 March 1988 (1988-03-07)
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"Waiting For God" is the fourth episode from science fiction sitcom Red Dwarf series one.[1] It was first broadcast on the British television channel BBC2 on 7 March 1988.[2] The episode's theme is religion: atheist Rimmer succumbs to a passionate belief in a superrace of aliens with the technology to give him a new body, while Lister reflects on his role as god of the Cat people.

Written by Rob Grant and Doug Naylor, and directed by Ed Bye,[3] the episode was considered to be one of the weakest from the first series.[4] The episode was re-mastered, along with the rest of the first three series, in 1998, to bring the episodes up to a standard suitable for international broadcast.[5]

  1. ^ "British Sitcom Guide — Red Dwarf — Series 1". sitcom.co.uk. Retrieved 31 January 2008.
  2. ^ "BBC Programme Catalogue RED DWARF — WAITING FOR GOD". BBC. Retrieved 5 December 2007.
  3. ^ "Red Dwarf Waiting for God (1988) Full cast and crew". IMDb. Retrieved 22 January 2008.
  4. ^ Episode Survey Results, Red Dwarf Smegazine, p. 27, issue 10, December 1992, Fleetway Editions Ltd, ISSN 0965-5603
  5. ^ "Sci-Fi-London Film Festival — The Bodysnatcher Collection". sci-fi-london.com. Retrieved 30 January 2008.