Garth Marenghi's Darkplace: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

Garth Marenghi's Darkplace is the brainchild of celebrated horror writer and self-styled "fabulist" Garth Marenghi, author of such genre classics as Afterbirth (a mutated placenta attacks Bristol) and Crab! ("One of the three best horror books about crabs I've ever read" - Hard Gore Magazine). Back in the 1980s, he branched out into television production, writing and starring in a series so radical, so scary and so downright crazy that when the bosses of Channel 4 saw what they had on their hands, they ran away screaming, like little girls. Only now, twenty years on and amid the worst programming drought in television history, have the station finally allowed the show on the air. Intercut with new interviews with Marenghi himself and his co-stars Dean Learner and Todd Rivers, Garth Marenghi's Darkplace is perhaps the most disturbing vision of hospital life ever broadcast.

Series details

• Title: Garth Marenghi's Darkplace
• Format: Scripted
• Language: English
• Genres: Comedy, Horror, Science-Fiction
• Premiere date: 2004-01-29
• Final broadcast date listed: 2004-03-04
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Network listed by TVmaze: Channel 4
• Network country: United Kingdom
• Typical episode runtime: 25 minutes
• TVmaze community rating: 7.9/10
• TVMaze ID: 1949

Cast and credited roles

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

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 2004-01-29; final listed air date 2004-03-04.

Source and licence

Adapted from Garth Marenghi's Darkplace on TVmaze. The synopsis is reproduced as plain text; catalogue facts, cast and season records are selected and reformatted. This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0, following the TVmaze API licence. Network and web-channel credits identify the service listed in this source; they do not establish current streaming availability.