Comedy actor/writer/musician Matt Berry and his band The Jonas 3 are performing at The Bloomsbury Theatre in London tonight. Matt will be instantly recognisable to anyone who has seen BBC's Snuff Box or Garth Marengi's Darkplace. Yes, it's Matt who plays suave Darkplace actor Todd Rivers who plays the legendary Dr Lucien 'Sanch' Sanchez! Confused? Good - get yourself the extremely funny Darkplace DVD. Here's the 'hit' song from that series... One Track Lover
Finally, on October 16th, the funniest television series ever made will be available on DVD. From the Press Release:
Garth Marenghi's "Darkplace" was originally filmed in the 1980s and has since earned a cult reputation as one of the most terrifying and radical television programmes ever made. Despite this, none of the episodes have ever been seen before now (although the show enjoyed a brief run in Peru).
Darkplace was scripted and directed by the best-selling horror writer Garth Marenghi, known to thousands as the author of such classic chillers as The Ooze (can water die?), Afterbirth (a mutated placenta attacks Bristol) and Black Fang (where rats learn to drive). In addition, Marenghi starred as the show's lead character, Dr Rick Dagless, a maverick doctor battling against the evil forces lurking beneath a hospital in Romford.
Even now, Garth warns that the show, an effort to "radicalise men's minds", may prove "too subversive, too dangerous, too damn scary." The wait for the most famous 'lost' project in horror goes on, but not for much longer...
Join the quest to get Dr Rick Dagless back on TV at the Save Darkplace website.
