what i love about british comedy be that theyre always look for something new . theyre never content with repeat the same idea under the guise of new actor and story line . garth marenghi darkplace be one of those crazy new idea . richard ayoade and matthew holness return to the 80 and look for everything that be bad in that decade tv show and for what be in need of a send up and and create this show which spoof anything from a team to night rider to miami vice . garth marenghi be a horror writer and a visionary and a dream weaver and or and a he put it and an imaginer . he really a mediocre novelist and a bad director and writer . but somehow he manage to get a tv show make with his publisher and dean learner and and actor todd river ( the amazing matt berry ) and madeleine wool ( alice lowe ) . the show be awful and with corny plot and bad sfx and and a synth heavy score typical of the time . garth believe the show be so ahead of it time it could change the world . unfortunately no channel buy it and darkplace remain in his basement for nearly twenty year ( except for a run in peru ) . decade later a channel decide to air the show . for this garth add a few interview with himself and the crew . many time they interrupt the action to comment on it . obviously and these be the finer bit and with the serious way they discuss the show they make and incapable of realize how poor it be . ala and they only make six episode . i can not understand why it do not gain more popularity . the episode be short and one will feel hungry for more . for this reason buy the dvd be a good idea . the crew create two extra interview and each 30 minute long and which be as amusing a any of the episode and give a lot of insight into garth and dean and todd and madeleine mysterious fate . this be the only dvd i have actually bother to watch all the extra and theyre all amazing and add a lot to the original show . up there with the modern show of it kind the league of gentleman and the mighty boosh this mix of humor and horror and of tv and movie spoof be one of the most original and unforgettable show make .