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Better Than Life

episode of Red Dwarf
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Summary

Better Than Life is a television series episode[1]. It ranks in the top 6% of television series episode entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (116 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Director: Ed Bye[3]
  • Screenwriter: Rob Grant[4], Doug Naylor[5]
  • Follows: Kryten[6]
  • Followed by: Thanks for the Memory[7]
  • Part of the series: Red Dwarf[8]
  • Original language of film or TV show: English[9]
  • Original broadcaster: BBC Two[10]
  • Publication date: September 13, 1988[11]
  • Title: Better Than Life[12]
  • Season: Red Dwarf II[13]

Why It Matters

Better Than Life is known by 3 alternative names across languages and contexts.[14]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [14] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 5w ago · Quesotiotyo · 2026-09-06 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Tv maze episode id → 34266
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Tv maze episode id: 34266, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/271003|batch #271003]]"
  2. 13w ago · UndefinedRachel · 2026-07-13 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Title → Better Than Life
    Kinobox film id → 391592
    Follows → Kryten
    Freebase id → /m/0g2xjq
    + 15 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/41433|batch #41433]]: Red Dwarf S2 episodes - P4908"
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