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FROM THE BEST-SELLING MASTER OF DARKNESS - Garth Marenghi's Darkplace
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Title: Garth Marenghi's Darkplace

Release Date: 29 Jan 2004

Runtime: 30m

Genre: Comedy, Mystery, Action & Adventure, Sci-Fi & Fantasy

Director: Richard Ayoade,Billy Brown,Matthew Holness

Production Companies: Channel 4 Television, Avalon Television

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?

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Average Vote: 7.9 (148 votes)

Cast

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