The Best Episodes of Garth Marenghi's Darkplace

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#1 - Hell Hath Fury
S1:E22/5/2004
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.
Director:Richard Ayoade
Writers:Richard Ayoade, Matthew Holness
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Director:Richard Ayoade
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8.2/10(521 votes)
#2 - The Creeping Moss from the Shores of Shuggoth
S1:E63/4/2004
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.)
Director:Richard Ayoade
Writers:Richard Ayoade, Matthew Holness
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Director:Richard Ayoade
Writers:Richard Ayoade, Matthew Holness
8.1/10(744 votes)
#3 - Once Upon a Beginning
S1:E11/29/2004
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.
Director:Richard Ayoade
Writers:Richard Ayoade, Matthew Holness
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Director:Richard Ayoade
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8.1/10(552 votes)
#4 - The Apes of Wrath
S1:E42/19/2004
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.
Director:Richard Ayoade
Writers:Richard Ayoade, Matthew Holness
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Director:Richard Ayoade
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8.0/10(545 votes)
#5 - Scotch Mist
S1:E52/26/2004
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.
Director:Richard Ayoade
Writers:Richard Ayoade, Matthew Holness
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7.6/10(576 votes)
#6 - Skipper the Eyechild
S1:E32/12/2004
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.
Director:Richard Ayoade
Writers:Richard Ayoade, Matthew Holness
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