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Dark Ages

TV·1999–1999·1 season, 5 episodes·ITV1·Comedy·24m·Created by Merle Nygate

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In the year A.D. 999, a village of medieval Englanders fear the coming millennium.

Cast

Phill JupitusPhill JupitusGudrunPauline McLynnPauline McLynnAgnesAlistair McGowanAlistair McGowanRedwald
Dave Lamb
Dave LambBadsmithSheridan SmithSheridan SmithMatilda
Laurence Howarth
Laurence HowarthCedricPaul PutnerPaul PutnerBigwart

Episodes by season

Season015Episodes1999Aired—Season avg
  1. S01E01Vile Vole PieDecember 20, 1999—In Vile Vole Pie, the pilot episode of Dark Ages, we meet the series' main characters. Gudrun the stonemason of Sludgebrook; his nagging and
  2. S01E02VikingsDecember 20, 1999—
  3. S01E03WarDecember 24, 1999—
  4. S01E04WitchDecember 27, 1999—
  5. S01E05The End of the WorldDecember 27, 1999—

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