Urban Myths
Urban Myths

Urban Myths

2017 4 Seasons 25 Episodes ⭐ 7.4 Comedy Drama Documentary

Our Urban Myths are stories that have been passed down over time and have now become part of urban folklore. But are they true? We take a slightly tongue in cheek, mischievous – and deliberately ambiguous – look at what might have happened...

Our Urban Myths are stories that have been passed down over time and have now become part of urban folklore. But are they true? We take a slightly tongue in cheek, mischievous – and deliberately ambiguous – look at what might have happened...

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Seasons & Episodes

EP 1

Bob Dylan: Knockin' on Dave's Door

Music legend Bob Dylan decides to fly to the U.K. one day to visit his mate Dave Stewart. Soon he finds himself waiting

EP 2

Samuel Beckett and Andre the Giant

Inspired by true events, this comedy charts the unlikely friendship between Samuel Beckett and a young Andre the Giant.

EP 3

Hitler the Artist

With the help of his friend Gustl, a young Adolf Hitler attempts to get in to the prestigious Vienna Academy of Fine Art

EP 4

Cary Grant and Timothy Leary

Comedy following Cary Grant and Timothy Leary on a psychedelic trip while on the set of Alfred Hitchcock's thriller Nort

EP 5

The Greatest of All Time

Comedy based on the time Muhammad Ali talked a suicidal man down from a ninth floor balcony.

EP 1

Marilyn Monroe and Billy Wilder: 'It's Me, Sugar'

Comedy about Marilyn Monroe's bust-up with Billy Wilder.

EP 2

13.7.85: Backstage at Live Aid

Behind the scenes at Love Aid, as Bob Geldof, Midge Ure, Elton John, Sade, Freddie Mercury, Status Quo and many more cro

EP 3

Johnny Cash and the Ostrich

The tale of Johnny Cash's dramatic run-in with a killer ostrich in a Nottingham hotel

EP 4

The Dali and The Cooper

Alice Cooper and Salvador Dali spend a weird weekend in 1970s New York City

EP 5

When Bowie Met Bolan

In the 1960s, the young rock superstars spend an afternoon decorating their manager's Soho office.

EP 6

The Mysterious Case of Agatha Christie

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and Dorothy L Sayers join the manhunt when fellow crime writer Agatha Christie mysteriously disap

EP 7

Public Enemy (Feat. Kev Wells)

When the rap icons find themselves late for a gig and without transport, a kindly local fan offers them a lift

EP 8

Sex Pistols Vs Bill Grundy

The punk band unleash hell on live TV in 1976

EP 1

Princess Diana, Freddie Mercury and Kenny Everett

Freddie Mercury and Kenny Everett put a disguise on their good friend, Princess Diana, and take her out for a night on t

EP 2

Andy & The Donald

In 1984, property magnate and entrepreneur Donald Trump bought an American football team. In an attempt to stir up some

EP 3

Bleak House Guest

The true-ish story of when Dickens superfan Hans Christian Andersen turned up unexpectedly on Charles and Catherine Dick

EP 4

The Trial of Joan Collins

The film will cover Collins' extraordinary real-life 1996 court case with publishers Random House, who had paid her a wh

EP 5

Grace Under Pressure

A burglar stumbled into Grace Jones and artist Jean-Paul Goude’s New York apartment, armed with a very small gun. When

EP 6

Madonna and Basquiat

Before she was famous, Madonna had a short but passionate and influential relationship with Jean Michel Basquiat, a pion

EP 7

Paul McCartney's Scrambled Eggs

Paul McCartney dreams a tune, and become obsessed with finding out what it is. The story of how the song "Yesterday" was

EP 8

Mick Jagger and Princess Margaret

Examining the decades-long friendship between Mick Jagger and Princess Margaret, we find out that Tony Blair submitted J

EP 1

Les Dawson's Parisienne Adventure

Inspired by his heroes, the writers Jean-Paul Sartre and Albert Camus, a young Les Dawson leaving his home in Manchester

EP 2

When Joan Kissed Barbra

As Joan Rivers told it, before she and Barbra Streisand were famous, they were in an off-Broadway play together. Failing

EP 3

Hendrix & Handel

Housemates separated by time, Jimi Hendrix and George Frideric Handel grapple with the stresses of the music business in

EP 4

Orson Welles in Norwich

A story of how the great star briefly went missing in Norwich in 1972 whilst working on F for Fake, a faux documentary n

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