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Urban Gothic

TV·2000–2001·2 seasons, 22 episodes·5·Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Drama·30m·Created by Tom de Ville, Steve Matthews

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Urban Gothic was a horror based series of short stories shown on Channel 5 running for two series between May 2000 and December 2001. Filmed on a low budget and broadcast in a later time-slot, it nonetheless acquired a following. It has also since been repeated on the Horror Channel. Set around London there is an underlying story thread that only becomes clear in the last episodes of each series. Each episode was different in style from the others, running the gamut of documentary-style independent film to spoof, to slick dramas similar in style to The Outer Limits or The Twilight Zone.

Episodes by season

Season0113Episodes2000AiredSeason avg
  1. S01E01Dead MeatMay 17, 2000After stealing super halluciagenic Angels Blood from Russia, disaffected exes Nik and Leo take refuge in an abandoned warehouse, where they
  2. S01E02VampirologyMay 24, 2000A documentary crew follow a vampire named Rex around Soho.
  3. S01E03The One Where...May 31, 2000Twentysomething Lauren begins dating a TV producer named Lucien, who turns out to be the Devil, bringing temptation to her and misery to her
  4. S01E04Sum of the PartsJune 7, 2000Two detectives investigate a bizarre series of deaths, in which three victims — all killed on subsequent evenings — had vital organs removed
  5. S01E05Deptford VoodooJune 14, 2000Saul Darrow visits an elderly immigrant, setting off a chain of horrific events.
  6. S01E06Old NickJune 21, 2000Moving into a new housing estate with his mother, Jake befriends Sadie, who tells him the Devil himself lives on their block, when he questi
  7. S01E07LacunaJuly 5, 2000Youths Sidney and Spike break into a mental home, and a nurse under the impression they were residents trying to escape begins experimenting
  8. S01E08Cry WolfJuly 12, 2000After a case in which a policeman is killed by a 'wolf boy', police doctor Miranda Sharpe and animal behaviourist David Stillman are drawn i
  9. S01E09Be MovieJuly 19, 2000Five slackers are summoned to detention by the fearsome Mr Rogers. Left to work on a project, the five begin, but only moments later, they f
  10. S01E10Pineapple ChunksJuly 26, 2000A working-class family from the city leave for a new life in a small leafy town. Things seem to be going well until their daughter begins to
  11. S01E11The Boy's ClubAugust 2, 2000An aspiring crime lord wants to join the ranks of London's legendary criminals, but in order to be initiated into the exclusive Boy's Club,
  12. S01E12Turn OnAugust 9, 2000After a phantom pregnancy, and learning that another would be impossible, Jane begins to discover who her partner Peter really is.
  13. S01E13ThirteenAugust 16, 2000A journalist seeking a scoop to launch his career gets a tip that leads him to 'File 42'. However, he's informed that 'File 42' doesn't real

Season 1 ranked & reviewed

Season029Episodes2001AiredSeason avg
  1. S02E01SandmanOctober 22, 2001As a 'touch the car' endurance test enters its fourth night, the will to win for the remaining four contestants clouds their moral standing.
  2. S02E02MembraneOctober 29, 2001A government department secretly works on a project to search the human genome for Creation itself. However, it has all gone terribly wrong,
  3. S02E03NecromanceNovember 5, 2001A young girl has a crush on a Goth rebel in her school who is also into necrophilia. She kills herself, then comes back from the dead in an
  4. S02E04EaterNovember 12, 2001When a serial killer is put in cells for the night, the duty team learn that their charge is a shapeshifter who takes the form of any human
  5. S02E05Serotonin WildNovember 19, 2001A bright young psychiatrist sets out to cure a young woman suffering from a compulsive disorder. But after he has persuaded her that her rit
  6. S02E06The EndDecember 25, 2001A story within a story is interrupted by a strange pirate broadcast warning of disturbances on the street — but is it all an elaborate hoax?
  7. S02E07Ritual SlaughterNovember 26, 2001A sinister guidance counsellor tests teenagers to see if they could become serial killers — but are these tests reliable?.
  8. S02E08Dollhouse Burns (1)December 28, 2001An agent investigates the discovery of a teenager frozen in a genetic laboratory. Along the way, she unearths a secret society that has seri
  9. S02E09Dollhouse Burns (2)December 28, 2001Jude continues his quest against 'the heart' and must face his lost love and his arch-nemesis.

Season 2 ranked & reviewed

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