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Garth Marenghi's Darkplace

Season 1
Cult comedy written by and starring Matthew Holness and Richard Ayoade. Presented as a 1980's lost classic, Darkplace revolves around fictional horror author Garth Marenghi and his publisher Dean Learner. A maverick doctor battles with the evil forces lurking beneath a hospital in Romford, engaged in a desperate struggle against poor production values, awful dialogue and unrealistic violence...
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  1. S1 E1 - Once upon a Beginning

    January 28, 2004
    24min
    18+
    Garth Marenghi, the world-famous horror author, introduces his long-lost television project: a haunting medial drama set in Romford. New doctor Liz Asher is tipped off by a psychic cat that there's darkness in Darkplace. So, when a patient mysteriously dies, Dr. Rick Dagless M.D. must scalpel-up and fight The Forces of Evil
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  2. S1 E2 - Hell Hath Fury

    February 4, 2004
    24min
    18+
    When the hospital chef is savagely attacked by a ladle all eyes point to an unknown attacker at loose in the wards. But why are objects flying about of their own accord, attacking innocent civilians and disrupting hospital procedure? Dr. Rick Dagless M.D., played by Garth Marenghi himself, bravely investigates.
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  3. S1 E3 - Skipper the Eyechild

    February 11, 2004
    24min
    13+
    The past is stirring in the halls of Darkplace, and for Dr. Rick Dagless M.D., that means Trouble. Something long dead has been reborn on 'B' Wing. Is it a macabre sign, a terrible warning, or a sacred gift from the gods?
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  4. S1 E4 - The Apes of Wrath

    February 18, 2004
    24min
    18+
    Monkey business most macabre... A terrible sickness is spreading from ward to ward as humans regress to a primal state. Dr. Rick Dagless M.D. must find out what's releasing the beast within us, and fast, i.e. before it's too late. A cautionary fable from Romford's Chaplain o'chill.
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  5. S1 E5 - Scotch Mist

    February 25, 2004
    24min
    13+
    A strange killer mist surrounds Darkplace, tartanning the hides of unwary travellers while phantom bagpipes play on, regardless. Dr. Rick Dagless M.D. must face more than the music as he unravels the secret behind its sudden appearance. The answer, when it comes, lies a little too close to home, even though Romford would seem a safe enough distance from Glenrothes.
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  6. S1 E6 - The Creeping Moss from the Shores of Shuggoth

    March 3, 2004
    23min
    13+
    Garth Marenghi, Romford's Crown Prince of Darkness, introduces the last episode in his hospital based horror series. Dr. Sanchez falls in love with a patient infected with cosmic broccoli, but when it threatens to spread Dr. Rick Dagless M.D. is forced to intervene. Trouble is, love is blind, and the only eye Sanchez has open is at the end of a trouser snake.
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Content advisory

Violencealcohol usesmokingfoul languagesexual content

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Directors

Richard Ayoade

Producers

Jon ThodayRichard Allen-Turner

Cast

Richard AyoadeMatthew HolnessMatt BerryAlice Lowe

Studio

Avalon Television Ltd
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