Garth Marenghi’s Darkplace
The latest two episodes of Dan Clark’s Screen Talk feature three guests with links to TVO. In his Fubar Radio podcast, Dan Clark chats to guests from the big and small screen, asking them about their work and ending each interview by getting them to name a guilty pleasure film or television
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October 17, 2017 // 0 Comments
Matt Holness has been nominated for FrightFest’s Screen International Genre Rising Star Award. The award was established last year to celebrate the work of emerging UK genre talent, and its first winner was none other than Alice Lowe for Prevenge! Matt has been shortlisted due to his
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August 9, 2017 // 0 Comments
Alice Lowe is the latest guest on Scroobius Pip’s Distraction Pieces podcast. In the new episode, Alice chats to Pip about everything from Prevenge and pregnancy to the nature of good vs evil. The conversation also covers her childhood in Kenilworth, love of Vic & Bob, and early work
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August 2, 2017 // 0 Comments
The lab coat worn by Matt Holness as Dr Richard Dagless in Garth Marenghi’s Darkplace is being auctioned off to raise money for residents affected by the Grenfell Tower fire. The item page specifies that “Garth (not Matt) will personally wipe/scrape the coat clean(ish) and send it
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June 20, 2017 // 0 Comments
Prevenge – the directorial feature debut from Alice Lowe – is available on dvd and blu-ray now. To celebrate, TVO cornered Alice once more to talk in depth about the Prevenge experience from conception to completion. With major spoilers (you have been warned), this is the
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June 5, 2017 // 0 Comments
Matthew Holness is to direct his first feature film, a psychological horror called Possum. Possum is based on Matt’s short story about a demonic puppet, originally written for the horror anthology book The New Uncanny: Tales of Unease, and now available as an e-book. The story is about
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January 29, 2017 // 0 Comments
Ghosts and ghouls are on the prowl this weekend, as Halloween approaches on Monday evening, and everyone gets to play ‘Count The Harley Quinn Costumes’ in their nightclub of choice. Yes, it’s time for some grisly fancy dress, far too many sweets, and some kick-arse horror movies
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October 28, 2016 // 0 Comments
Here’s what you can catch on the picturebox this week. Brian Pern: 45 Years of Prog and Roll Thursday, 10:00pm, BBC Four Simon Day returns as the legendary Thotch frontman Brian Pern in the third series of his mockumentary saga created with Rhys Thomas. Along for the ride once more are
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January 18, 2016 // 0 Comments
Here’s what you can catch on the picturebox this week. Brian Pern: 45 Years of Prog and Roll Thursday, 10:00pm, BBC Four Simon Day returns as the legendary Thotch frontman Brian Pern in the third series of his mockumentary saga created with Rhys Thomas. Along for the ride once more are
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January 11, 2016 // 0 Comments
A new book about British fantasy television is raising money for AIDS research, and TVO is a part of it. You And Who Else is a unique history of sixty years of British fantasy television, and a definitive record of its place in our lives – as told by the people who saw it: the viewers.
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November 30, 2015 // 0 Comments
Paul King, director of The Mighty Boosh, and more recently Paddington, spoke to The Guardian newspaper yesterday. We’ve always thought that Paul King is a bit of a hero – well, look at the wonders he has brought us over the years: Garth Marenghi’s Darkplace, the Boosh and Bunny
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March 24, 2015 // 0 Comments
Regular readers of TVO might remember Paper People – cut out and keep paper models of your favourite TVO folk. We’ve just revisited the site and there are many, many more characters for you to cut out and keep. How many do you recognise from the pictures below? If you can’t wait
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June 1, 2014 // 0 Comments
The lovely people over at Den of Geek have compiled a ‘where are they now’ about the cast of Darkplace to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the show. You can catch up here. Of course if you are a regular TVO reader, none of it will come as a surprise to you, as we give you regular
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April 4, 2014 // 0 Comments
For a wee while now we’ve been getting rather excited about an event that’s taking place this Saturday in celebration of the 10th Anniversary of Garth Marenghi’s Darkplace. And now we’ve heard some news that’s tipped us over into being dangerously overjoyed. As
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January 16, 2014 // 0 Comments
If you’re into funny telly shows and you enjoy sitting in the dark, then this will be right up your street! Totally Serialized is running an afternoon of cult comedy viewing at Ciné Lumière in London on Saturday, 18th January. Starting at 2pm, the Cult Comedy Marathon includes
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January 12, 2014 // 0 Comments
Your chance to own a piece of history is here – as the charity auction to win Garth Marenghi‘s white coat and name badge from Darkplace has begun. Garth’s clothing was made to wear in his seminal series Garth Marenghi’s Darkplace, which first aired on Channel 4 in
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September 27, 2013 // 0 Comments
Matthew Holness, the creator of Garth Marenghi, has announced on Twitter that there will be an auction of memorabilia from Garth Marenghi’s Darkplace – the spoof horror series he made with a plethora of TVO names including Richard Ayoade, Alice Lowe, Matt Berry, Julian Barratt, Kim
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August 26, 2013 // 2 Comments
Next month sees the launch of Kill The Wolf – the long awaited new album from Matt Berry. Ahead of it’s release, Matt will be touring with his band The Maypoles, with dates in Bristol, Reading, Liverpool, Manchester, Leeds and London between the 12th-18th May. We took all this
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May 10, 2013 // 6 Comments
This weekend sees Channel 4 countdown its top 30 comedy shows ever, as part of its Funny Fortnight. One show in the top 30 was somewhat unloved at the time, yet has since gone on to become widely regarded as a cult classic. Here’s Michael Glynn’s take on why Garth Marenghi’s
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August 25, 2012 // 1 Comment
Details have emerged of the exact transmission times for much of the programming in Channel 4’s Funny Fortnight – which features a number of TVO faces in new productions and old favourites. These include Julia Davis and Sharon Horgan in Bad Sugar, Matt Berry in Toast Of
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August 13, 2012 // 3 Comments
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