Garth Marenghi's Darkplace

~ FROM THE BEST-SELLING MASTER OF DARKNESS ~

Overview:

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?

Created by:

Richard Ayoade & Matthew Holness & Billy Brown

Status:

Ended

Language:

English

First air date:

1/29/2004

Last air date:

3/4/2004

Key words:

parody
dark comedy
hospital
spoof
horror spoof
1980s
horror

Seasons

Specials

13 Episodes

Miniseries

6 Episodes

Cast

Matthew Holness

~ as ~

Garth Marenghi / Dr. Rick Dagless M.D.

Matt Berry

~ as ~

Todd Rivers / Dr. Lucien Sanchez

Richard Ayoade

~ as ~

Dean Learner / Thornton Reed

Alice Lowe

~ as ~

Madeleine Wool / Liz Asher

Kim Noble

~ as ~

Jim

Julian Barratt

~ as ~

Padre

Stephen Merchant

~ as ~

The Chef

Matt Green

~ as ~

Chef's Assistant and 1 more

Graham Linehan

~ as ~

Security Guard

Sarah Kants

~ as ~

Larry's Mother

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Reviews (1)

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InvisibleTimmy
Written 4 year(s) ago
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”.