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Garth Marenghi's Darkplace
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Garth Marenghi's Darkplace

Thu, Jan 29, 2004
  • Comedy
  • Mystery
  • Action & Adventure
  • Sci-Fi & Fantasy
Series · Synopsis

Synopsis

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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Cast

Top of the call sheet

  • Matthew Holness
    Matthew Holness
    as Garth Marenghi / Dr. Rick Dagless M.D.
  • Matt Berry
    Matt Berry
    as Todd Rivers / Dr. Lucien Sanchez
  • Richard Ayoade
    Richard Ayoade
    as Dean Learner / Thornton Reed
  • Alice Lowe
    Alice Lowe
    as Madeleine Wool / Liz Asher
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Episodes

1 season · 6 episodes

Ended · 6 aired
Season 1
6 episodes · 6 aired
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  • E1
    Once Upon A Beginning
    Aired · Thu, Jan 29, 2004 · 25m

    New doctor Liz Asher arrives at Darkplace Hospital, where a mysterious cat portends disaster. Dr. Rick Dagless, M.D., must act in time to prevent unspeakable evil from leaking out from a portal to Hellmouth under Darkplace Hospital.

  • E2
    Hell Hath Fury
    Aired · Thu, Feb 5, 2004 · 25m

    At Darkplace Hospital lunch is delayed and objects begin flying around. At first suspicion falls on the hospital's temporary clerical assistant, but Dagless is determined to find out the truth.

  • E3
    Skipper the Eyechild
    Aired · Thu, Feb 12, 2004 · 25m

    Somewhere on the wards of Darkplace Hospital, a man gives birth to a giant eyeball which brings out paternal instincts in Dagless, still grieving for the loss of his half-human, half-grasshopper son. However, the eyeball could be a potential killer.

  • E4
    The Apes of Wrath
    Aired · Thu, Feb 19, 2004 · 25m

    A mysterious illness spreads like a particularly virulent disease through the wards of Darkplace, causing doctors and patients to revert to an earlier genetic state. Dagless must stop it before he becomes a primate.

  • E5
    Scotch Mist
    Aired · Thu, Feb 26, 2004 · 25m

    A Scottish mist descends on Darkplace and Dagless has to act fast to prevent all the English people in the hospital from grave danger.

  • E6
    The Creeping Moss from the Shores of Shuggoth
    Aired · Thu, Mar 4, 2004 · 25m

    Dr Sanchez's life is in danger from a patient with a fairly bad cosmic broccoli infection. It's down to Dr Rick Dagless, MD to save his buddy - and the world. Or if all else fails, come up with a delicious way of using excess broccoli. It won't come to that, though.