The 38th episode of the science fiction comedy Red Dwarf airs on BBC 2. This marks Chris Barrie’s exit as a series regular, though he appears again later in the season and rejoins the show for its eighth season. 
The 38th episode of the science fiction comedy Red Dwarf airs on BBC 2. This marks Chris Barrie’s exit as a series regular, though he appears again later in the season and rejoins the show for its eighth season.
The 39th episode of the science fiction comedy Red Dwarf airs on BBC 2. This episode introduces new series regular Chloe Annett as an alternate-universe Kochanski who becomes stuck with the Red Dwarf crew, a character addition that proved controversial with fandom after the exit of Chris Barrie.
The 40th episode of the science fiction comedy Red Dwarf airs on BBC 2.
The 41st episode of the science fiction comedy Red Dwarf airs on BBC 2. Chris Barrie appears as Rimmer (sort of).
The 42nd episode of the science fiction comedy Red Dwarf airs on BBC 2. Don Henderson (Star Wars, Knights Of God) guest stars.
The 43rd episode of the science fiction comedy Red Dwarf airs on BBC 2.
The 44th episode of the science fiction comedy Red Dwarf airs on BBC 2. Norman Lovett makes his first appearance as Holly since season two. Also making its appearance for the first time since the fifth season – despite the fact that the show is named after it – is Red Dwarf itself. This ends the series’ seventh season.
The 45th episode of the science fiction comedy Red Dwarf airs on BBC 2. The first part of a three-part story opening the eighth season, this episode brings back Chris Barrie as Rimmer on a full-time basis, though in an attempt to reboot the show, neither Rimmer nor the rest of the Red Dwarf crew are holograms. Norman Lovett also rejoins the cast full-time as Holly.
The 46th episode of the science fiction comedy Red Dwarf airs on BBC 2.
The 47th episode of the science fiction comedy Red Dwarf airs on BBC 2. At the conclusion of this episode, the main characters are sentenced to time in “the tank,” where they remain for much of the rest of the season.
The 48th episode of the science fiction comedy Red Dwarf airs on BBC 2.
The 49th episode of the science fiction comedy Red Dwarf airs on BBC 2. The appeal!
The 50th episode of the science fiction comedy Red Dwarf airs on BBC 2.
The 51st episode of the science fiction comedy Red Dwarf airs on BBC 2.
The 52nd episode of the science fiction comedy Red Dwarf airs on BBC 2. This is the end of the series’ eighth season, and was intended to be the end of its television run, though a much-mooted movie version of Red Dwarf never materializes, despite the efforts of the show’s creators. This is the last Red Dwarf episode to air on the BBC; the series will resurface, rather surprisingly, on the UK cable comedy channel Dave over a decade later.
The Doctor Who parody sketch The Web of Caves airs as part of BBC2’s Doctor Who Night, starring Mark Gatiss as the Doctor.
The first episode of the science fiction sitcom Hyperdrive premieres on BBC2, starring Nick Frost, Miranda Hart and Kevin Eldon. 
The second episode of the science fiction sitcom Hyperdrive premieres on BBC2, starring Nick Frost, Miranda Hart and Kevin Eldon. Geoffrey McGivern (The Hitchhiker’s Guide To The Galaxy) and Montserrat Lombard (Ashes To Ashes) guest star.
The third episode of the science fiction sitcom Hyperdrive premieres on BBC2, starring Nick Frost, Miranda Hart and Kevin Eldon.
The fourth episode of the science fiction sitcom Hyperdrive premieres on BBC2, starring Nick Frost, Miranda Hart and Kevin Eldon. Colin McFarlane (Torchwood, Batman Begins, The Dark Knight) guest stars.
The fifth episode of the science fiction sitcom Hyperdrive premieres on BBC2, starring Nick Frost, Miranda Hart and Kevin Eldon. Sally Phillips (Bridget Jones’s Diary) guest stars.
The sixth episode of the science fiction sitcom Hyperdrive premieres on BBC2, starring Nick Frost, Miranda Hart and Kevin Eldon. This brings the first season to an end; a second season will follow in 2007.
The seventh episode of the science fiction sitcom Hyperdrive premieres on BBC2, starring Nick Frost, Miranda Hart and Kevin Eldon. Stephen Mangan (Dirk Gently) guest stars in the second season premiere.
The eighth episode of the science fiction sitcom Hyperdrive premieres on BBC2, starring Nick Frost, Miranda Hart and Kevin Eldon. Geoffrey McGivern (The Hitchhiker’s Guide To The Galaxy) and Montserrat Lombard (Ashes To Ashes) guest star.
The ninth episode of the science fiction sitcom Hyperdrive premieres on BBC2, starring Nick Frost, Miranda Hart and Kevin Eldon.
The tenth episode of the science fiction sitcom Hyperdrive premieres on BBC2, starring Nick Frost, Miranda Hart and Kevin Eldon.
The 11th episode of the science fiction sitcom Hyperdrive premieres on BBC2, starring Nick Frost, Miranda Hart and Kevin Eldon.
The 12th and final episode of the science fiction sitcom Hyperdrive premieres on BBC2, starring Nick Frost, Miranda Hart and Kevin Eldon. The BBC does not order a third season, despite the show’s creators having another batch of plotlines drawn up.
BBC2 airs the 14th episode of Russell T. Davies’ science fiction series Torchwood, a more adult-themed spinoff of Doctor Who. This episode kicks off the second season, and picks up the first season’s plot thread of Jack having gone missing (via TARDIS). James Marsters (Buffy The Vampire Slayer) guest stars.
BBC2 airs the 15th episode of Russell T. Davies’ science fiction series Torchwood, a more adult-themed spinoff of Doctor Who.