Meltdown (Red Dwarf)

"**Meltdown**"
"Meltdown"
Red Dwarf episode
Episode no.	Series 4; Episode 6
Directed by	Ed Bye
Written by	Rob Grant & Doug Naylor
Original air date	21 March 1991
Guest appearances
	Clayton Mark as Elvis Presley; Kenneth Hadley as Adolf Hitler; Martin Friend as Albert Einstein; Stephen Tiller as Pythagoras; Jack Klaff as Abraham Lincoln; Tony Hawks as Caligula; Michael Burrell as Pope Gregory; Forbes Masson as Stan Laurel; Roger Blake as Noël Coward; Pauline Bailey as Marilyn Monroe;
Episode chronology
← Previous; "Dimension Jump"	Next →; "Holoship"
	List of episodes

"Meltdown" is the sixth, and final, episode of science fiction sitcom Red Dwarf Series IV^[1] and the twenty-fourth episode in the series run.^[2] It was first broadcast on the British television channel BBC2 on 21 March 1991. Written by Rob Grant and Doug Naylor, and directed by Ed Bye,^[3] the episode, featuring Wax-Droids of famous historical figures involved in a war of good versus evil, was originally supposed to open the series but was postponed due to the Gulf War conflict.

^ "British Sitcom Guide – Red Dwarf – Series 4". sitcom.co.uk. Archived from the original on 22 November 2008. Retrieved 28 January 2008.
^ "TV.com – Meltdownsummary". tv.com. Archived from the original on 22 April 2008. Retrieved 25 January 2008.
^ "Meltdown cast and crew". IMDb. Retrieved 28 January 2008.

[British_Sitcom_Guide_–_Red_Dwarf_–_Series_4-1] "British Sitcom Guide – Red Dwarf – Series 4". sitcom.co.uk. Archived from the original on 22 November 2008. Retrieved 28 January 2008.

[TV.com_–_Meltdown_summary-2] "TV.com – Meltdownsummary". tv.com. Archived from the original on 22 April 2008. Retrieved 25 January 2008.

[Meltdown_cast_and_crew-3] "Meltdown cast and crew". IMDb. Retrieved 28 January 2008.

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