Reception
The episode was originally broadcast on the British television channel BBC2 on 14 November 1989 in the 9:00pm evening time slot. As with all episodes in the third series, "Backwards" gained healthy viewing figures, increasing on Series II efforts.
Although Series III was received well as a whole, "Backwards" was picked out as a highlight, Sci-Fi Dimensions describing it as the best episode of the series, and said that "admittedly, this episode is inconsistent in its treatment of the backwards principles, but even the inconsistencies are part of the fun!" Sci-Fi.com agreed that the episode was "the season's best" and "has the season's best philosophical rant". The Red Dwarf Smegazine readers poll listed the episode at number four with 7.1% of the votes.
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