Garth Marenghi's Darkplace
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Garth Marenghi's Darkplace
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| Episodes: | 6 |
| Year: | 2004 |
| Country: | United Kingdom |
| Seasons: | 1 |
| Seasons Breakdown: | (1) 6 |
| Category: | Horror |
| Colour: | Yes |
| Format: | Series |
| Company: | Avalon Television and Channel Four Television |
| Creator: | Matthew Holness and Richard Aoyade |
| Run Time (mins): | 30 |
| Language: | English |
| Type of Show: | Live Action |
| Status: | Ended |
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Summary
Garth Marenghi’s Darkplace is presented as the creation of acclaimed horror novelist and self‑described “fabulist” Garth Marenghi, author of such fictional genre titles as Afterbirth, in which a mutated placenta terrorises Bristol, and Crab!, hailed by Hard Gore Magazine as “one of the three best horror books about crabs ever written.” In the programme’s fictional backstory, Marenghi expanded into television production during the 1980s, writing and starring in a series purportedly so unconventional and alarming that Channel 4 executives refused to broadcast it at the time. According to this framing narrative, the network has only released the series decades later, during a supposed period of severe programming scarcity.
The broadcast version intercuts the original “lost” episodes with contemporary interviews featuring Marenghi and his collaborators, publisher‑producer Dean Learner and actor Todd Rivers. The resulting programme satirises low‑budget 1980s genre television and is framed as an unsettling depiction of hospital life, filtered through Marenghi’s exaggerated sense of artistic importance.
Cast
Dr. Rick Dagless M.D. MATTHEW HOLNESS, Dr. Lucien Sanchez MATT BERRY, Liz Asher ALICE LOWE, Dean Learner RICHARD AYOADE, Padre JULIAN BARRATT, Jim KIM NOBLE, Chef's Assistant MATT GREEN, Security Guard GRAHAM LINEHAN, The Chef STEPHEN MERCHANT, Dean Learner's Dead Half Brother ADRIAN STURGES.
Horror, United Kingdom, 2004, English
Sources: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garth_Marenghi%27s_Darkplace
Image Sources: https://sftvdb.com/images/9/93/Darkplace.jpg
