For the first time ever, starting TODAY, you can get all eight seasons of Red Dwarf on iTunes.

Not familiar with the show? Here’s how the BBC describes it:

Red Dwarf tells the saga of chicken soup machine repairman, Dave Lister, the show’s anti-hero. Lister is put into stasis for smuggling his pet cat Frankenstein aboard ship. After three million years, he emerges to find that he is the last human being in the universe. But he is not alone…

Over the three million years Lister was in stasis, Frankenstein has evolved into a James Brown-esque human Cat, and Holly, the ship’s A.I. central computer, has resurrected Lister’s anal-retentive, fastidious bunkmate, Arnold Rimmer, to keep him company. From the outset, the show’s writers took hold of the staples of science fiction and gave them a good shake. Other sci-fi series may have rogue robots, body swapping and quantum leaping, but never before have the heroes been so un-heroic. Or, as Lister so memorably put it, “Don’t give me the Star Trek crap. It’s too early in the morning.” The first season cast includes Craig Charles, Chris Barrie, Danny John Jules and Norman Lovett.

Think Futurama meets Monty Python and you’ll be getting close to this cult classic series. Try one episode, or buy them all – head over to iTunes and you could be watching Red Dwarf five minutes from now.

Photo: BBC America

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Stargate SG-1: Children of the Gods

Re-cut and re-imagined version of the pilot film of the Stargate series that started it all.
Release: July 21, 2009
Extras:

• New Edit with Never-Viewed Scenes
• New and Enhanced Visual Effects
• Revoiced Performance by Christopher Judge
• Original Score by Joel Goldsmith
• Special Features includes: Commentary by Co-Creator Brad Wright and Actor Richard Dean Anderson and Back to the Beginning Featurette

Red Dwarf: Back to Earth
Release: October 6, 2009
Extras: commentary, documentary, outtakes, deleted scenes

The boys are back, and while they may be older, they’re still none the wiser. The crew discover a dimension-hopping leviathan, but Rimmer is threatened with replacement by the new, improved holograph Katrina. She is determined to guide Lister to his home planet, but no one is prepared for Earth 2009, where the hapless crew face death unless they can track down their creators.

Knight Rider: Season One
Release: July 28, 2009
Extras: I’m not seeing any. . .

This is the much slammed remake of the old series with Justin Bruening as the reinvented Michael Knight. I liked this show but apparently I’m alone in that.

Box Art: Amazon

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