Product Details

• Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Original recording reissued, Original recording remastered, NTSC
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Number of tapes: 1
• Studio: BBC Warner
• VHS Release Date: July 19, 2000
• Run Time: 90 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (16 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B00004WG9R
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #236,270 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Boyz From The Dwarf - The Beginning, August 9, 2000

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Ian Richards - See all my reviews

This review is from: Red Dwarf - Series 1, Byte 1: The End [VHS] (VHS Tape)

The three episodes on this tape set the scene for the greatest sci-fi comedy ever. Dave Lister, (all-round slob) Arnold Rimmer (hologram and boring git) and the fashion-obsessed Cat make their first appearance on screen. 'The End' explains the premise of the series, the destruction of the ship's regular crew, and the survivors' attempt to get home. The following episode, 'Future Echoes', is one of the funniest thirty minutes of television ever. The gang start seeing visions of their own future, which leads to Lister discovering he has mere hours to live. 'Balance Of Power' concerns Lister's attempt to become an officer, (and thus outrank Rimmer) which worries Rimmer greatly. ("Lister, the man who changed the bog-rolls outranked us.") Buy this video - it's smegging brilliant.

12 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Smeg! It begins!, August 31, 2000

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Elizabeth (Washington, DC United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Red Dwarf - Series 1, Byte 1: The End [VHS] (VHS Tape)

Here it is, the beginning of the Red Dwarf universe (aptly titled "The End"), the beginning of some truly wild times. The first season was a little clumsy, new to the actors, and certainly underbudgeted, but it was the start of something wonderful, and contained glimpses of that wonder as well.

The End is really good, particularly for a pilot episode. The premise of the show is complete. Dave Lister emerges from stasis 3 million years into the future. He is alone in deep space with the computer Holly, the hologram Arnold Rimmer, and The Cat, a humanoid evolved from domestic household cats. This episode is a necessity for anyone trying to grasp the full picture of Red Dwarf.

Future Echoes is the finest of the first season. When the crew travels faster than light speed they catch glimpses of actions they have yet to do. Lister decides not to return to stasis and Rimmer whines a fair amount about being dead.

Balance of Power has always irritated me as it is inconsistent with Red Dwarf episodes to come. Lister complains about never having asked Kochanski for a date, but by the fourth season she is referred to as his ex-girlfriend. I suppose I shouldn't blame this episode itself, which contains a great scene in which Rimmer is saddled with Olaf Peterson's arm, but I can't help it...

If a crazy, whacked-out British Sci-fi comedy that specializes in the rampant use of the word "Smeg" sounds right up your alley, than check out Red Dwarf! It's brilliant!

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Listen here, Smeghead!, November 9, 2001

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Michael A. Elizondo "The Gr8 1 SLASH" (San Antonio, TX) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Red Dwarf - Series 1, Byte 1: The End [VHS] (VHS Tape)

When I first got this tape, I didn't think I'd like what I was about to see. After seeing the first episode though, I was hooked. I'm already half-way into the series and have heard a movie will be released in 2002, so life is just getting better.

The premise of the first season involves Lister, a slob who won't get rid of his cat and Rimmer, a self righteous coward, who serve onboard The Red Dwarf. After Lister is told he'd have to get rid of the cat or face punishment, he take his punishment and is banished into a cryo-chamber. He awakens to find out the crew died from a radiation explosion 3 million years ago and finds his only companions include a holographic version of Rimmer, an evolved humanoid version of his cat and the ship's computer. With a crew like this, who needs enemies. In any case, the series starts here.