8.1/10613 votes#1 - Once Upon A Beginning
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 1/29/2004
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
Writer: Richard Ayoade, Matthew Holness
8.2/10513 votes#2 - Hell Hath Fury
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 2/5/2004
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
Writer: Richard Ayoade, Matthew Holness
7.7/10479 votes#3 - Skipper the Eye Child
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 2/12/2004
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
Writer: Richard Ayoade, Matthew Holness
8.1/10457 votes#4 - The Apes of Wrath
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 2/19/2004
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
Writer: Richard Ayoade, Matthew Holness
8.0/10464 votes#5 - Scotch Mist
Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 2/26/2004
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
Writer: Richard Ayoade, Matthew Holness
8.2/10439 votes#6 - The Creeping Moss from the Shores of Shuggoth
Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 3/4/2004
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
Writer: Richard Ayoade, Matthew Holness
The Best Episodes of Garth Marenghi's Darkplace Season 1
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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...
Genres:ComedyMysteryAction & AdventureSci-Fi & Fantasy
Network:Channel 4
Season 1 Ratings Summary
"Once Upon A Beginning" is the best rated episode of "Garth Marenghi's Darkplace" season 1. It scored 8.1/10 based on 613 votes. Directed by Richard Ayoade and written by Richard Ayoade, Matthew Holness, it aired on 1/29/2004. This episode is rated 0.1 points higher than the second-best, "Hell Hath Fury".