Isn’t it odd to think that Red Dwarf Series 1 wasn’t generally available to the public for over five years since its first broadcast, until 5th July 1993? Just put that into perspective for a moment - it was released after Series V had been shown, when the Smegazine was up and running, when Dwarf fandom was at its height (the first wave of it, anyway) - and the only copies around were manky xth-generation off-airs from 1988?
That’s just weird. And easy to forget when you’re clutching your shiny Series 1 DVDs…