Red Dwarf, Series One

 Curiously felt the need to start a massive rewatch here BEFORE the passing of co-creator Rob Grant.  He went just after I finished this series, which is a typical British first season effort -- patchy, promising, not great, rarely funny, but a certain something about it which keeps it in the game rather than give up in disgust.

Already at this point Cat is the best character by a mile -- fresh, funny, consistently brilliant.  Rimmer just annoying, none of the edges knocked off.  Lister a pain in the ass and not something you'd want in your corner.

Interesting seeing a very young Mark Williams (Father Brown) and Robert Bathurst in roles -- and interesting how these guys went on to interesting and bigger things yet a number of other actors also in this series went ... seemingly nowhere.