Series synopsis
Urban Gothic is a British sci-fi & fantasy drama television series that premiered on 5 on May 17, 2000. It ended on December 28, 2001. It was created by Tom de Ville, Steve Matthews.
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 indepen ...
Premise
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.
Cast and characters
Guest cast
- Jemima Rooper as Nik
- Ashley Walters as Leo
- William Mannering as Milton
- Claire Harman as Kate
- Ian Burfield as Lynch
- Kevin Molloy as Straker
- Janette Foggo as Ms Withers
- Keith-Lee Castle as Rex
- Julienne Davis as Emmanuelle
- Emily Hamilton as Tyler
- Charles De'Ath as Giles
- Daniel Edwards as Ricardo
Episodes
This series spans 3 seasons with 23 episodes.
| Season | Episodes | First aired | Last aired |
|---|---|---|---|
| Season 0 | 1 | ||
| Season 1 | 13 | May 17, 2000 | August 16, 2000 |
| Season 2 | 9 | October 22, 2001 | December 28, 2001 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Blood and Zombies - Behind the Scenes |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Dead Meat After stealing super halluciagenic Angels Blood from Russia, disaffected exes Nik and Leo take refuge in an abandoned warehouse, where they stumble upon a corpse. The duo, along with Nik's friend Milton, decide to bring the corpse back to life, but they need 'pure blood' which just so happens to be Leo's new girlfriend, Kate. The group soon discover that some things are simply not supposed to be brought back... |
May 17, 2000 |
| 2 |
Vampirology A documentary crew follow a vampire named Rex around Soho. |
May 24, 2000 |
| 3 |
The One Where... Twentysomething Lauren begins dating a TV producer named Lucien, who turns out to be the Devil, bringing temptation to her and misery to her friends. |
May 31, 2000 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Sandman As a 'touch the car' endurance test enters its fourth night, the will to win for the remaining four contestants clouds their moral standing. |
October 22, 2001 |
| 2 |
Membrane A government department secretly works on a project to search the human genome for Creation itself. However, it has all gone terribly wrong, as a team of young scientists soon discovers. |
October 29, 2001 |
| 3 |
Necromance A 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 attempt to attract him to her. |
November 5, 2001 |
Production
Release
| Original network/platform | 5 |
|---|---|
| First aired | May 17, 2000 |
| Last aired | December 28, 2001 |
| Runtime | 30 minutes |
| Status | Ended |
| Schedule | Monday |