Series
Garth Marenghi's Darkplace
“FROM THE BEST-SELLING MASTER OF DARKNESS”
ComedyMysteryAction & AdventureSci-Fi & Fantasy
When the Hellmouth opens beneath Darkplace Hospital in downtown Romford, kiddy doctor, Vietnam veteran and ex-warlock Dr. Rick Dagless M.D. is the only man who can close it. Joined by best buddy Dr. Lucien Sanchez, fiery hospital boss Thornton Reed, and woman Liz Asher, Dagless must fight the forces of Darkness while dealing with the burden of day-to-day admin. From the chilling pen of best-selling horror writer Garth Marenghi comes this lost masterpiece of televisual terror. Dare you enter Garth's Darkplace?
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Seasons & episodes
1Once Upon a Beginning29 Jan 2004 · 24m · ★ 8.5New doctor Liz Asher is tipped off by a psychic cat that evil lurks in the cooridors of Darkplace. When a patient mysteriously dies, Dr. Rick Dagless M.D. must scalpel-up and close a standard-sized hell-mouth beneath Romford. Contains mild swearing and the naked top-half of a man.
2Hell Hath Fury5 Feb 2004 · 24m · ★ 8.6The hospital chef is savagely attacked by a ladle and then a fork. Who or what threw one or both of them? And why are objects flying about of their own accord, attacking innocent civillians and disrupting hospital procedure? Meanwhile Dagless has his own problems with a suspicious-looking temp with an attitude problem.
3Skipper the Eyechild12 Feb 2004 · 24m · ★ 8.2The past is stirring in the halls of Darkplace, and for Dr. Rick Dagless M.D., that means Trouble. With a capital T (the rest of the letters lowercase). A giant eye has been born on 'B' Wing. Winner of the Prix de L'Oeil International Opticians' Television Award for Best New Drama.
4The Apes of Wrath19 Feb 2004 · 24m · ★ 8.0Monkey 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 kill the beast within us, and fast. i.e. before it's too late.
5Scotch Mist26 Feb 2004 · 24m · ★ 7.8A lethal 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 truth, when it comes, lies as a little too close to home, even though Romford would seem a safe enough distance from Glenrothes.
6The Creeping Moss from the Shores of Shuggoth4 Mar 2004 · 23m · ★ 8.0Dr. 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. But love is blind, and the only eye Sanchez has open is at the end of a trouser snake. Can Dagless save his buddy and the world? (Yes, he can.)
Details
- Created by
- Richard Ayoade, Matthew Holness, Billy Brown
- First aired
- 29 Jan 2004
- Last aired
- 4 Mar 2004
- Status
- Ended
- Language
- English
- Network
- Channel 4
- Episodes
- 6
- Votes
- 197 on TMDB
Where to watch (US)
Cast
Matthew HolnessGarth Marenghi / Dr. Rick Dagless M.D.
Matt BerryTodd Rivers / Dr. Lucien Sanchez
Richard AyoadeDean Learner / Thornton Reed
Alice LoweMadeleine Wool / Liz Asher
