The Best Episodes Written By Richard Ayoade

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1. #1 Fan Favorite
   

   8.8/10(5 votes)

   #1 - 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.

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   8.6/10(5 votes)

   #2 - 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.

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   8.3/10(3 votes)

   #3 - Dubrovnik

   S9:E110/21/2019

   Richard Ayoade does Dubrovnik with comedian Stephen Merchant, including a Game of Thrones tour, a buggy safari, and a ferry to the cursed island of Lokrum.

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   8.3/10(4 votes)

   #4 - 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.

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   8.0/10(5 votes)

   #5 - 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.

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   8.0/10(4 votes)

   #6 - 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.)

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   8.0/10(3 votes)

   #7 - Bergen

   S9:E210/28/2019

   Richard is joined by Lou Sanders for a blast round Bergen. They go on a gastronomic adventure, view odd architecture, ride a cable car to the top of Mt. Ulriken and fly down the fastest zip-line in Norway.

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   7.8/10(4 votes)

   #8 - 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.

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   6.0/10(2 votes)

   #9 - The Chokes

   S3:E612/20/2007

   Howard takes acting lessons to overcome stage fright and get work with director Jurgen Haabemaaster.

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