Awoken | Red Dwarf | BBC Comedy Greats

[@richardplatt9427]

That is what's really scary about the afterlife. Not heaven, not Hell, but Timothy Spall giving you an in-detail analysis about how you have screwed up.

[@jmcusack]

f'ing nightmare.

[@RyanKeane9]

Hahaaaa amazing! I’m playing my life like a total twonk! I’m on 3%🤷‍♂️

[@wrightcarl1181]

Excellent comment, 😂

[@LuxAeterna22878]

The Despair Squid was one heck of a great antagonist.

[@Infernal460]

Il be lucky if I score 2%.

[@j3193music]

Not only comedy, the storyline on this one's genius.

[@flexiblebirdchannel]

But the laughter is terrible.

[@britsfabrication]

@@flexiblebirdchannel it wouldn't be the same without the live audience it's part of dwarf

[@whitleypedia]

pure masterpiece

[@flexiblebirdchannel]

@@britsfabrication Live audience ? That's terrible laughter from tape. Of course it would not be the same without it. It would be much better.

[@lindaophoenix5148]

Help.

[@mst7806]

Timothy Spall - one of the greatest actors of all time. And thanks to this episode, the word Twonk has been in my personal lexicon for over two decades. It's a blatant clue innit?

[@monteceitomoocher]

My father used the term in the seventies.

[@whitleypedia]

I was sad when they didn't throw a reference to this in Harry Potter

[@charlesballard5251]

@@whitleypedia There was a character name "Tonk". I think that was it. Married what's his name the werewolf and they both died in the final movie.

[@RobMacKendrick]

Right Brummie git that'n.

[@BegoneJonah]

Yeah, Tim Spall - wonderful actor. Did you see him as that hangman?

[@denisdennehy4549]

Timothy Spall owns the whole scene with such a brilliant performance. Despite been a from London he does a better Brummie accent than me a born and bred Brummie.

[@thursoberwick1948]

And Chris Barrie does an excellent English accent for an Ulsterman.

[@SDRockman]

@@thursoberwick1948 Never knew that until now, because I never worshipped this show, but it's easy for people from Northern Ireland to do an English accent.

[@asterozoan]

It's Black Country isn't it? That's why it sounds more Brummie than Brummie :P

[@wisteela]

And I'm from Brum, and I agree. I was in the Rednal area though, so pretty far out.

[@EditorOfSL]

@@thursoberwick1948 He’s credited as being British and just spending some of his childhood in Ireland. Plus he was actually born in Germany to British parents, so he’d have got his accent from them. If you listen to any of the Smeg Ups his real accent is English.

[@dbg32]

I love when Rimmer calls him a Brummie git! 😂

[@robvegas9354]

Chris barries delivery of the line 'jumpstarts this second big bang' is gold. What an amazing scene from an awesome show!!!

[@jackfitzpatrick8173]

One of Red Dwarf's greatest scenes!

[@lynxfirenze4994]

Honestly I loved this episode so much. They really sold the despair squid hallucinations well.

[@Tiresias55]

1:56 "What really? You mean you found the captain's message right away?" "What captain's message." "The one that's hidden in the microdot that's in the i in Rimmer's swimming certificate." If I were Rimmer, Despair squid ink induced hallucination or not, I'd be checking my swimming certificate really carefully when I woke up. Also, love the word Twonk!

[@MIK23458]

There were some epic storylines in Red Dwarf! Real grade A, top quality writing. The one where the four horsemen of the Apocalypse appear in computer program, the one where there’s a guy called Legion (I am Legion for we are many-a classic piece of dialogue). Or the one where the Gelf feeds on their emotions. So many great episodes, we were indeed truly spoilt.

[@richardhockey8442]

'tongue tied' and the 'Arnold Rimmer Experience'

[@theozlander4629]

Legion is my favourite episode of the franchise lol it was so gawdarn funny lol 'alright donut. Bucks fizz. Let's talk about how to get outta this HELL-HOLE ' lmfao The only reason Epideme isn't top is it was from the Kochanski arc but MAN did the voice actor for E NAIL it.

[@DwainDwight]

one of my all time favourite scenes from all of Red Dwarf. Spall a legend.

[@birkinsmith88]

This episode had a plot greatly worthy of being in a serious sci-fi show and managed to pull it off with a lot of decent quality laughs. They spoiled us back in those days, lol

[@Zerobob26]

This scene was brought to you by the word "twonk". Truly brilliant scene.

[@andrewhayes7055]

I think twat would be used if it was made today😆

[@jonwelderbeast.438]

We met Rimmer at the Bovington Tank Museum, and what a great guy and Gentleman. My mate called him over, we took a few photos and had a real crack with the man. A real pleasure to meet.

[@mattwho81]

What a Guy

[@parklloyd6690]

This was the first episode of Red Dwarf I ever saw. I had seen it listed on the local PBS channel, but hadn't ever watched it. I started with this one by accident, and my first thought was "This is really good. Too bad it's ending." I was pretty pleased with how it turned out, and went on to watch all the rest of the first six seasons. Thanks for uploading this (8+ years ago).

[@coombscharlie]

Same here!

[@eirekraut9423]

Mine was Psirens, this was second lol

[@jayboy8080]

Timothy spall is so good in this and auf pet that it was years before I realised he is not actually a brummie. What a twonk I am.

[@mikef8580]

Yoooooou twonk ;-) Credit to TS for making us all think it for so long!!

[@colinp2238]

Yow am a ya.

[@davidmarchant9386]

He plays it so well

[@TheHideChild]

He's not a brummie ??!!!...

[@davidmarchant9386]

@@TheHideChild i know all the characters he's played it's the brummie west bromich or black country accent

[@christopherdrennan3511]

first appearance of The Cat's alter ego Dwayne Dibbley.

[@iamalongusername]

DWAYNE DIBBLEY!?!

[@colinp2238]

@@iamalongusername Oh no!

[@QuasiELVIS]

This is the Dibbly party?

[@williammiller3277]

You mean Steve urkel?

[@Dalroi1]

I'm not normally a fan of guest stars in shows like Red Dwarf, but Timothy Spall's performance was superb. Also loved Charles Augins in the episode "Queeg".

[@ArchangelSteve]

Counterpoint: Pete Tranter's sister.

[@charlesballard5251]

We are talking April, May, June, July AND August fools... I am Queeg.... Queeg is me.

[@Acrowat40]

That was the best episode of the entire series - totally got me to the end

[@robertboyle2573]

@@Acrowat40 Agreed.

[@MrRevertis]

I've lost me pea...

[@treehugger3971]

The best scene in the whole series. Timothy Spall brilliant!

[@rajendrakumarvarsani4184]

He was always good. In everything he did.

[@CelticSaint]

@@rajendrakumarvarsani4184 That man need a statue.

[@clarestubbs9303]

Amazing that Timothy Spall isn't from Brummy/Black Country he has the accent spot on! 😂👍

[@mrdainase]

@@clarestubbs9303 From memory he married a girl from Cannock.

[@Batalia122]

Nothing out there like Red Dwarf. The backwards planet is pure gold.

[@patricklall4433]

Best bit in the entire Red Dwarf series.

[@FellowHuman137]

Utterly terrifying

[@PvblivsAelivs]

Nah, I like "it's a garbage pod."

[@hannahmcgahan8920]

I love Timothy Spall "you twonk"

[@MechanicCompetence]

As a child this episode actually REALLY caught me out when they woke up, I genuinely believed it had been all part of a game and thought the series was about to take a fantastic twist into a whole new reality.

[@thursoberwick1948]

Matrix Dwarf

[@bentp4891]

I actually thought this would have made a good ending for the entire series when it finished

[@thursoberwick1948]

@@bentp4891 They did that in the American version of "Life on Mars". I think they were people on a Mars mission in suspended animation.

[@thursoberwick1948]

@Skipper8472 😂 Like everything else. Good grief you've got to label videos "(parody)" for their benefit.

[@swan-oq8qk]

I think this is one of the reasons that people thought Timothy Spall was Brummy, he does it so well, infact he does every part he plays so well.

[@johneyton5452]

Boring Barry was the best.

[@tachikomakusanagi3744]

I'd argue thats because he played a Brummy in Auf Wiedersehen Pet several year earlier. This is pretty much a encore of that performance, and most Dwarf fans viewing at the time would have been aware of it - i certainly was.

[@tynchytemper9618]

The best episode of the entire series

[@iniquity123]

And "White Hole."

[@rebmcr]

@@iniquity123 So what is it?

[@iniquity123]

@@rebmcr "Someone punch 'im out !"

[@danielwilliamson6180]

0:10 "And what the hell has happened to my teeth!?!" LOL hahahahahahahahahahahaha

[@mashpolson1]

"You know that bit where Lister jumps starts the second big bang with the jump lead from starburg? Jump starts the second big bang?"

[@hotdog1214]

I always love how Chris says that part! 😁😁

[@derrickg4687]

Magic bloody funny

[@neilgerace355]

Blatant!

[@vdotkog7126]

Basically a Doctor Who storyline.

[@GIBBO4182]

One of the best episodes! Dwayne Dibley had me in tears

[@newcastlehypnotherapy]

This is my favourite Red Dwarf episode. It's very clever and funny.

[@PsyMongazoid]

_"DWAYNE DIBBLY!!!"_ 😂 My favourite episode.

[@SirGriefALot]

This is one of the best episodes of any TV show.

[@sneakyalien101]

I love the Brummie accent. When he says 'that's a classic that is, that's a classic' with that accent and the hand movements is brilliant. Timothy Spall is brilliant - he owned the entire scene.

[@austinseven4720]

He did. And it was all the more impressive because he'd apparently really struggled in rehearsals.

[@RuddsReels]

This is how I feel when after I have completed a game, then finding out I have missed the true ending, because I didn't speak to the 10 specific characters in the right order, before buying 13 potions from a specific store, before killing a specific enemy, before reaching a specific hill and while at the top of the hill, spinning around to the right 569° and jumping twice, before jumping into a puddle at the foot of the hill, before killing the final boss to finish the game!

[@SightForMemories]

well atleast you tried..

[@brianm2881]

It's Streets of Rage 3 and Silent Hill 2 all over again.

[@theknightsofawesomeness2701]

Red Dwarf was ahead of its time

[@XX-sp3tt]

It does feel like the only way you'll ever get the true ending is by buying a game guide.

[@theevilascotcompany9255]

You twonk!

[@brendannahor1460]

In my honest opinion; one of the BBC's two Best Comedies of all-time (the other being "Blackadder the Third")! 🤣

[@loganshooter5331]

Black adder goes forth for me..red dwarf numbe1..better then life was also a great episode.. Love red dwarf

[@richardgadberry8398]

"Jumpstarts the Second Big Bang?!"

[@vindolanda6974]

So great how Red Dwarf included so much gaming and RPG culture, all 30 or more years ago.

[@davep7176]

Everyone remembers the first time they met Dwayne Dibley!

[@CelticSaint]

About 24 years ago laying on the floor of my dealers front room off my head. Clean 12 years now!

[@cernolgluestick5561]

nice background, where you find it?

[@davep7176]

@@cernolgluestick5561 I think it was a free preview image from one of those Wallpaper Engine type things on Steam. I wrote something like neon modern 80s or something

[@cernolgluestick5561]

@@davep7176 of course. well thanks anyway

[@notlikely4468]

And one triple thick condom..... My son and I still go through the list when he visits

[@geoffprince2258]

I remember going straight to the TV guide when I was watching this episode. I thought it was the final lol.

[@robertwilson7532]

Absolute classic. One of the many best episodes ever. Of RD and any sitcom

[@loganshooter5331]

This and better than life episode...✌👍🇬🇧😁

[@julesgosnell9791]

One of my favourite moments from RD - it all just hangs together beautifully and Timothy Spall steals the show - wonderful stuff :-) - I still use the word "Twonk" affectionately to this day :-)

[@grast5150]

Best episode ever!!! As an american, I learned the word wonky from this episode and use it all the time for the last 20 years. Later.

[@RuddsReels]

Americans don't use the word wonky?

[@grast5150]

@@RuddsReels I do... All the time....Learned in 1995 from Red Dwarf and never stopped....:]

[@scorinth]

@@RuddsReels It's unusual, but not unheard-of. I think it's more common among people who have the means and desire to consume media from outside the US, and that's a lot more common now with wide use of the internet. Even Mythbusters brought some Commonwealth language into the US because the American hosts picked up slang from the Australian production company.

[@RuddsReels]

@@scorinth Interesting!....

[@RyanKeane9]

Alright Chris? How you feelin, bit wonkaaayy?? 👍🏻

[@radbot1]

Can we just appreciate the difficult job Timothy Spall has here?! He has to memorise and rattle off all this exposition in a clear but comedic way, while making us believe he's talking about a popular simulation game, while putting on an Brummie accent that's nothing like how he really talks, and he does all three flawlessly. Bravo!

[@loganshooter5331]

One of the best episodes and the one with the better than life game..watched red dwarf from day one..thanx to Mi dad asking us to tape it..good old days.👍🇬🇧😁

[@bluenetmarketing]

One of the best shows ever.

[@mywargoneby]

One of my favourite episodes, to think I watched these as a schoolboy in my early teens! Still brilliant series. I'm fifty now!

[@johnkeith8072]

Possibly my favorite scene, of my favorite show...

[@ETH5626]

I heard that Timothy Spall was so terrified of performing before a studio audience that he had to reshoot his scene as the maintenance technician, because he had delivered such a garbled performance.

[@borgduck]

+Shadowhawk28 He still rocks here, though!

[@TheGodParticle]

Do like Barry Taylor

[@ETH5626]

mylittlechannel Maybe he wasn't used to live studio audience then live theater.

[@mushroomhead3619]

No he was terrified because the director was Voldemort!

[@optimisticwhovian1726]

He kept screwing up and giving away the punchlines to the jokes here that was the problem because he'd been given all this revelatory dialogue and didn't realise if you do it infront of an audience the idea is to hold back the lines if you know youre going to fuck it up so you dont ruin the spontaneity like the other actors would know to do so he just plowed through it and gave away all this stuff then had to redo it so the audience reaction wasn't as good cos theyd already heard it ofcourse but yes he was doing that cos he wasn't used to a live audience. The series 5 Red Dwarf documentary shows him cocking it up its on that DVD.

[@EditorOfSL]

I’ve heard people asked before “Who is your favourite cameo actor/guest star in Red Dwarf?” And they say things like “Charles Augins” or “Geraldine McEwan.” And I’m going “Yeah, but...Timothy Spall! Hello?”

[@KillaBitz]

One of my favourite episodes.

[@gerry5134]

Cat. "What the hell happened to my teeth!!"

Open my beer!

[@the10thleper]

I remember this show, loved it! Very good writing.

[@FatNorthernBigot]

Remember when the BBC did comedy? Happy times.

[@omp199]

"Ghosts" is good.

[@johnhawthorne4716]

Red dwarf The best scifi comedy ever made! Accept season 7 , 8 and 9 🤠

[@danielc7773]

We will never accept series 7, 8 and 9.

[@loganshooter5331]

Don't want to agree but as a true dwarfer I really have too.😁😁🇬🇧👍

[@arlo0011]

Still my favorite Red Dwarf episode.

[@fordprefect80]

I just looked up Brummie. Means someone with a Birmingham accent. First time I ever saw Spall in anything was this episode, the man's a great actor.

[@toomanyaccounts]

Ozzy Osborne is a Brummie. He is only comprehensible when he is singing

[@Ryusuta]

I still like the Despair Squid callback in Back to Earth, and the way they twisted it at the end. Great stuff.

[@aussiesam01]

Probably my favourite episode of Red Dwarf.

[@fichebates2251]

My absolute favorite episode

[@beehive5835]

One of the best series!

[@thehellyousay]

Oh, look, Peter Pettigrew

[@aidanmagill6769]

My all time favourite episode.

[@cortlandcort4283]

In case anyone is looking this clip is from: Back to Reality Season 5, Episode 6 Show number 30 in the whole series

[@rogerbranton1752]

Damn....funny as hell and so bloody genius!

[@DodderingOldMan]

Hilarious show, but also some genuinely brilliant sci fi moments in there.

[@cloudstrife1983]

How you feeling... bit wonkayy?

[@alanmountain5804]

Fantastic writing by Grant and Naylor

[@ewantaylor483]

Who would have thought Timothy Spall would go on to be ( by far ) the most successful actor from A. Pet !?

[@thursoberwick1948]

Not as bizarre as Jimmy Nail's musical success.

[@kmat3802]

THE RE-COU-PERATION LOUNGE😂

[@karenwhitehead2260]

Who remembers the antimatic chopsticks in the episode legion 😂😂 cat... "Swallow it"... Rimmer.. "I can't your pulling my teeth out!!! Class😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@JeffBourke]

This is all time epic!!!

[@Bushmansmeg]

Perfection

[@mungreluk5810]

Ahh this is where Dwayne Dibley was created. 😊 This episode was so well written and played out. And Im sure they could have made it a two parter, like they did in future series episodes. 👍

[@richardhockey8442]

I think Dwayne made an appearance in an episode where the crew ran into a parasite which feeds on emotions, which took Cat's style and pride in his appearance (and turned Rimmer into a geography teacher)

[@ColonelStraker]

In a word, BRILLIANT

[@Fummy007]

Everyone agrees this is the best episode right? Back to Reality.

[@SugarfreeYT]

Absolutely not. It's alright.

[@DCSMedia]

For me it’s gunmen of the apocalypse

[@carolynrjackson]

Yes, it is pure genius.

[@SubTroppo]

This reminds me of my confusion when starting at a new school as a six year-old. In the first minutes, the teacher announced a lot of stuff I had absolutely no idea about. The only thing I can distinctly remember is the word 'corridor'. That word has haunted me on and off for nearly sixty years on every occasion when I am confused about something new.

[@Matt7895]

Christ, that's actually Tim Spall? I always wondered where I recognised him from. Glad I watched this on KZbin instead of on my DVD!

[@strings2864]

I feel like this scene allowed the writers to play out all their weirdest discarded storylines

[@jimtaylor294]

... and quite a few viewer theories of the period too XD

[@gammaphonic]

This scene convinced me Tim Spall is a brummie. For decades I had absolutely no idea he was from London.

[@Shauma_llama]

I haven't seen this show in so many years, but i never forgot Dwayne Dibley and the Despair squid.

[@87654321j]

How were we suppose to know that you Brummie git 🤣 Rinmer is hilarious

[@McRocket]

My fav episode. ☮

[@MrHateneds]

Best sci fi show

[@thawk-hu8jv]

Timothy spall is fantastic 😂

[@CallMeCrazyCallMePoor]

Knowing the twist, I finally noticed that they are immediately given reasons to despair when they wake up. Lister regretted losing Kris but held out up for a reunion. Rimmer felt like he was a failure but reasoned he never had a chance to begin with. We got this whole rant so that they would feel like failures.

[@sams9744]

Can't believe he's used the Brummie accent again. Must love the sound of it! Genius :)

[@mrbreaker101]

He came over so convincing. The accent was not at all wonky.

[@dreads9536]

3:38 The Doctor! Plot twist Dr Who only actually happened inside this computer game, it's a pay to play and each new series is new DLC

[@EditorOfSL]

What do you mean the the Doctor? No DW actors were in that scene!

[@dreads9536]

@@EditorOfSL 3:38 Christopher Eccleston.

[@davep7176]

My favourite scene in my favourite programme

[@therenumerator9198]

Well, that explains a hell of a lot. Never got to see the entire series.

[@thelefttechcat]

uh this didn't actually happen. They're experiencing a delusional episode because of the chemicals given off by the despair squid.

[@ghostofreagan3181]

Rimmer in a Gingham Dress. That's Master Class!

[@richardhockey8442]

the infamous Mister Flibble

[@knaziringram4589]

Hilarious scene!

[@-M0LE]

Early matrix

[@robertsnyder1890]

i have seen the entire episode, fantastic.

[@rajendrakumarvarsani4184]

I watched it the once on airing !

[@grast5150]

Best scene ever!!!!!!

[@neilsanghvi5229]

When this first aired, I was disappointed they had simply hired a Brummie actor to play himself whilst the regular cast were doing such a good job readjusting to the new identities foisted onto them by the despair squid. I now realise what a brilliant performance this is from Timothy Spall.

[@thursoberwick1948]

You'd never know Chris Barrie was Northern Irish either

[@sarcasmo57]

Such a good show.

[@johnpatterson8697]

"I'm an American, I understand English" * watches video * ....oh

[@stewartcohen-jones2949]

Timothy Spall is one of the few living actors who hasn’t done anything sh”t in his career.

[@sammosel3300]

True. "Shooting the Past" is magnificent.

[@thursoberwick1948]

"Mr. Turner" was pretty bad. He kept grunting in it which I found odd. So yes, he has.

[@stewartcohen-jones2949]

Thurso Berwick Riddle me this Rotten tomatoes 97% approval rating . 8.4/10 critic rating If you don’t like something it’s probably an indication that’s it’s quite good.

[@thursoberwick1948]

@@stewartcohen-jones2949 The film "Lady Bird" has a 99% approval rating on there. I've never met anyone who thinks it is a decent film, in fact I don't even think it's even Saoirse Ronan's best film! The vile "Cuties"/"Mignons" has an 86% rating, even though it managed to wipe millions off Netflix's share, and has rave reviews off critics. Anyone who goes and watches that is in for a nasty surprise. There are numerous other examples. So no, I don't give a damn about Rotten Tomatoes, or most film critics who have little original to say for themselves.

[@Chewligan1]

We could all be playing this game and one day wake up !!!!

[@muskerp]

spall - legend

[@rajendrakumarvarsani4184]

This is still brilliant 😊❤️

[@FellowHuman137]

This is still incredible writing, unequalled

[@THESLICKNESSEDM]

never seen this episode is any stream platform showing the series wanna binge it now