Way back in 2004 there used to be funny stuff on terrestrial television—sounds bizarre right? But it was true, and proof of that is this ace sitcom which starred Matthew Holness, Richard Ayoade and Matt Berry. The show was set in a hospital in Essex, UK which is built over the Gates of Hell, and is written by a fictional horror writer called Garth Marenghi, played by Holness who also stars in his televisual magnus opus.

The sitcom was a parody of 80s b-movie horror movies and incorporated such tropes as poor production values, cheesy dialogue and OTT violence. This video is an extra from the DVD where members of the cast and the publisher are interviewed about working with Marenghi.

One of the best scenes from the show (billed on Youtube as ‘The Greatest Scene in Televisual History’ – It doesn’t get much better than that)

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