Miniseries

Garth Marenghi's DarkplaceMiniseries

2004
6 Episodes

Episodes

Once Upon a Beginning
S01E01
8.8

Once Upon a Beginning

New 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.

29 Jan 200424m
Hell Hath Fury
S01E02
8.6

Hell Hath Fury

The 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.

05 Feb 200424m
Skipper the Eyechild
S01E03
8.3

Skipper the Eyechild

The 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.

12 Feb 200424m
The Apes of Wrath
S01E04
8.0

The Apes of Wrath

Monkey 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.

19 Feb 200424m
Scotch Mist
S01E05
7.8

Scotch Mist

A 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.

26 Feb 200424m
The Creeping Moss from the Shores of Shuggoth
S01E06
8.0

The Creeping Moss from the Shores of Shuggoth

Dr. 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.)

04 Mar 200423m