follow in the vein of show such a the mighty boosh and garth marenghi darkplace be a show that club to death the genre of hospital drama with the dean learner wooden acting . each of the actor play two set of character . matthew holness play horror novelist garth marenghi who pen a horror show call garth marenghi darkplace which be cancel in the 80 but resurrect in the modern day . marenghi play the show hero and the doctor with a tragic past and rick dagless . richard ayoade play the show producer dean learner and and the stereotypical bos thornton reed . learner continuously claim he be effectively play himself and which explain his shoddy acting . matt berry play rick buddy and the womanize lucien sanchez and alice woole a the dumb blonde with telekinetic power and liz asher . although feature various horror element and such a a baby eye and an ape with mutate urine and a spontaneous detonating man and garth marenghi darkplace real appeal be in it homage to bad television . everything from the acting and to the editing and to the writing and to the music and to the special effect and to the white maverick aggravate his uptight black bos be all do to show up the godawful 80 show show only at eleven oclock on weekday . the show however be also a brilliant example of cult british sitcom . unlike other show such a the mighty boosh or the league of gentleman which spawn mass publicity and cult following and travelling show and garth marenghi only run for one series and still survive due to it popularity among the fan . if you feel like something that transcend television genre with pitch perfection and find this show and watch it within the nest 24 hour . . . . . 23 hour 59 minute . don not make me sit here and count .