Red Dwarf VIII

Red Dwarf VIII
Starring	Chris Barrie Craig Charles Danny John-Jules Robert Llewellyn Chloë Annett Norman Lovett
No. of episodes	8
Release
Original network	BBC2
Original release	18 February (1999-02-18) – 5 April 1999 (1999-04-05)
Series chronology

Red Dwarf VIII is the eighth series of the British science fiction sitcom Red Dwarf. It consists of eight episodes and was broadcast on UK television channel BBC2 in February to April 1999. It was written by Doug Naylor (with two episodes co-written by Paul Alexander), and was directed by Ed Bye.

The series follows the return to the spaceship Red Dwarf of Dave Lister (Craig Charles), Cat (Danny John-Jules) and Kryten (Robert Llewellyn), and Kristine Kochanski (Chloë Annett) and their subsequent imprisonment by a resurrected crew that they are surprised exists.

The series features the return of Arnold Rimmer (Chris Barrie), Lister's former boss and now his cellmate, and Holly (Norman Lovett), the ship's computer, as regular characters, along with the reappearance of Mac McDonald as Captain Hollister.