On 14 February 1998, the night before the tenth anniversary of the pilot episode of Red Dwarf's first broadcast, BBC2 devoted an evening of special programming to the series, under the banner of "Red Dwarf Night". The evening consisted of a mixture of new, specially-recorded content and existing material and was introduced and linked by famed actor and fan Patrick Stewart. Finally, the night ended with a showing of the Emmy award-winning episode from 1993, "Gunmen of the Apocalypse".