Urban Myths

1. S01E01Bob Dylan: Knockin' on Dave's DoorJanuary 19, 2017 8.2Music legend Bob Dylan decides to fly to the U.K. one day to visit his mate Dave Stewart. Soon he finds himself waiting for Dave in his flat
2. S01E02Season's bestSamuel Beckett and Andre the GiantJanuary 26, 2017 8.5Inspired by true events, this comedy charts the unlikely friendship between Samuel Beckett and a young Andre the Giant.
3. S01E03Hitler the ArtistFebruary 2, 2017 7.0With the help of his friend Gustl, a young Adolf Hitler attempts to get in to the prestigious Vienna Academy of Fine Arts.
4. S01E04Cary Grant and Timothy LearyFebruary 9, 2017 6.5Comedy following Cary Grant and Timothy Leary on a psychedelic trip while on the set of Alfred Hitchcock's thriller North by Northwest.
5. S01E05The Greatest of All TimeFebruary 16, 2017 8.5Comedy based on the time Muhammad Ali talked a suicidal man down from a ninth floor balcony.

Season 1 ranked & reviewed

1. S02E01Marilyn Monroe and Billy Wilder: 'It's Me, Sugar'April 12, 2018—Comedy about Marilyn Monroe's bust-up with Billy Wilder.
2. S02E0213.7.85: Backstage at Live AidApril 19, 2018—Behind the scenes at Love Aid, as Bob Geldof, Midge Ure, Elton John, Sade, Freddie Mercury, Status Quo and many more cross paths
3. S02E03Johnny Cash and the OstrichApril 26, 2018—The tale of Johnny Cash's dramatic run-in with a killer ostrich in a Nottingham hotel
4. S02E04The Dali and The CooperMay 3, 2018 6.0Alice Cooper and Salvador Dali spend a weird weekend in 1970s New York City
5. S02E05When Bowie Met BolanMay 10, 2018—In the 1960s, the young rock superstars spend an afternoon decorating their manager's Soho office.
6. S02E06The Mysterious Case of Agatha ChristieMay 17, 2018—Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and Dorothy L Sayers join the manhunt when fellow crime writer Agatha Christie mysteriously disappears without trace
7. S02E07Public Enemy (Feat. Kev Wells)May 24, 2018—When the rap icons find themselves late for a gig and without transport, a kindly local fan offers them a lift
8. S02E08Sex Pistols Vs Bill GrundyMay 31, 2018—The punk band unleash hell on live TV in 1976

Season 2 ranked & reviewed

1. S03E01Princess Diana, Freddie Mercury and Kenny EverettApril 10, 2019—Freddie Mercury and Kenny Everett put a disguise on their good friend, Princess Diana, and take her out for a night on the town, ending up a
2. S03E02Andy & The DonaldApril 17, 2019—In 1984, property magnate and entrepreneur Donald Trump bought an American football team. In an attempt to stir up some publicity, he held c
3. S03E03Bleak House GuestApril 24, 2019—The true-ish story of when Dickens superfan Hans Christian Andersen turned up unexpectedly on Charles and Catherine Dickens' doorstep quickl
4. S03E04The Trial of Joan CollinsMay 1, 2019—The film will cover Collins' extraordinary real-life 1996 court case with publishers Random House, who had paid her a whopping advance for a
5. S03E05Grace Under PressureMay 8, 2019—A burglar stumbled into Grace Jones and artist Jean-Paul Goude’s New York apartment, armed with a very small gun. When he inadvertently chos
6. S03E06Madonna and BasquiatMay 15, 2019 5.0Before she was famous, Madonna had a short but passionate and influential relationship with Jean Michel Basquiat, a pioneer and darling of t
7. S03E07Paul McCartney's Scrambled EggsMay 22, 2019 6.0Paul McCartney dreams a tune, and become obsessed with finding out what it is. The story of how the song "Yesterday" was made.
8. S03E08Mick Jagger and Princess MargaretMay 29, 2019—Examining the decades-long friendship between Mick Jagger and Princess Margaret, we find out that Tony Blair submitted Jagger’s name for the

Season 3 ranked & reviewed

1. S04E01Les Dawson's Parisienne AdventureOctober 7, 2020—Inspired by his heroes, the writers Jean-Paul Sartre and Albert Camus, a young Les Dawson leaving his home in Manchester to live in Paris in
2. S04E02When Joan Kissed BarbraOctober 14, 2020 5.0As Joan Rivers told it, before she and Barbra Streisand were famous, they were in an off-Broadway play together. Failing as a club comic and
3. S04E03Hendrix & HandelOctober 21, 2020—Housemates separated by time, Jimi Hendrix and George Frideric Handel grapple with the stresses of the music business in this funny and inti
4. S04E04Orson Welles in NorwichOctober 28, 2020—A story of how the great star briefly went missing in Norwich in 1972 whilst working on F for Fake, a faux documentary now regarded as his l

Season 4 ranked & reviewed