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Garth Marenghi's Darkplace

Garth Marenghi's Darkplace

"FROM THE BEST-SELLING MASTER OF DARKNESS"

8.0(161 votes)
2004 - 2004
30m per episode
Ended1 Season6 Episodes
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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Show Details

Created by:
Richard Ayoade
Matthew Holness
Billy Brown
Network:
Channel 4
Country:GB

Languages

Original:en
Spoken:
English

Seasons

Miniseries

Miniseries

6 episodes
8.0

2004

Reviews

InvisibleTimmy

10/10

_Garth Marenghi’s Darkplace_ is one of the most groundbreaking television shows of the 1980s. Created by Marenghi, a bestselling author and self-proclaimed dreamweaver, with the assistance of his publisher Dean Learner, _Darkplace_ was originally shown only in Peru, because the show was made with no demand from a network. It was finally aired elsewhere in 2004, during the greatest artistic drought in TV history, with new interviews with cast and crew. _Darkplace_ concerns the exploits of(immensely intelligent, muscular, and compact (like corned beef)) Dr Rick Dagless MD (Marenghi) and his team (Learner, Todd Rivers, and the sadly deceased Madeline Wool) as they serve on the ward of Darkplace Hospital, which has a portal to Hell in the basement. It’s a masterful show by a virtuosic maestro of horror, and a must watch for anyone who has eyes to perceive television, and is notably the source of Rivers‘s hit single “One Track Lover”.

8/6/2020

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