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Urban Myths

7.4(25)
First Aired:January 19, 2017
Seasons:4 seasons
Episodes:25
Status:Ended

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...

Seasons

Bob Dylan: Knockin' on Dave's Door

E1Bob Dylan: Knockin' on Dave's Door

23m8.2

Jan 19, 2017

Music 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 dutifully being served tea by his girlfriend. But is he really in the right place? You decide.

Samuel Beckett and Andre the Giant

E2Samuel Beckett and Andre the Giant

23m8.5

Jan 26, 2017

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

Hitler the Artist

E3Hitler the Artist

23m7.0

Feb 2, 2017

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

Cary Grant and Timothy Leary

E4Cary Grant and Timothy Leary

23m6.5

Feb 9, 2017

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

The Greatest of All Time

E5The Greatest of All Time

23m8.5

Feb 16, 2017

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

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

E1Marilyn Monroe and Billy Wilder: 'It's Me, Sugar'

23m

Apr 12, 2018

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

13.7.85: Backstage at Live Aid

E213.7.85: Backstage at Live Aid

23m

Apr 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

Johnny Cash and the Ostrich

E3Johnny Cash and the Ostrich

23m

Apr 26, 2018

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

The Dali and The Cooper

E4The Dali and The Cooper

23m6.0

May 3, 2018

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

When Bowie Met Bolan

E5When Bowie Met Bolan

23m

May 10, 2018

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

The Mysterious Case of Agatha Christie

E6The Mysterious Case of Agatha Christie

23m

May 17, 2018

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and Dorothy L Sayers join the manhunt when fellow crime writer Agatha Christie mysteriously disappears without trace

Public Enemy (Feat. Kev Wells)

E7Public Enemy (Feat. Kev Wells)

23m

May 24, 2018

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

Sex Pistols Vs Bill Grundy

E8Sex Pistols Vs Bill Grundy

23m

May 31, 2018

The punk band unleash hell on live TV in 1976

Princess Diana, Freddie Mercury and Kenny Everett

E1Princess Diana, Freddie Mercury and Kenny Everett

23m

Apr 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 at a club which results in an encounter with Gareth, a drag artist with a painful secret.

Andy & The Donald

E2Andy & The Donald

23m

Apr 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 cheerleader auditions in the basement of Trump Tower with a panel of celebrity judges, including Andy Warhol.

Bleak House Guest

E3Bleak House Guest

23m

Apr 24, 2019

The true-ish story of when Dickens superfan Hans Christian Andersen turned up unexpectedly on Charles and Catherine Dickens' doorstep quickly proving to be the most impossible (and unshakeable) house-guest imaginable.

The Trial of Joan Collins

E4The Trial of Joan Collins

44m

May 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 novel, only to claim that her submitted manuscript was "unreadable".

Grace Under Pressure

E5Grace Under Pressure

23m

May 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 chose to break into Grace and Jean-Paul’s home, he ended up with more than he bargained, having to deal with these two flamboyant, volatile lovers.

Madonna and Basquiat

E6Madonna and Basquiat

23m5.0

May 15, 2019

Before she was famous, Madonna had a short but passionate and influential relationship with Jean Michel Basquiat, a pioneer and darling of the 1980s New York art scene. This myth takes place across one night on the New York subway, just before Madonna infamously door-stepped music producer Seymour Stein at his hospital bedside where he signed her on the spot.

Paul McCartney's Scrambled Eggs

E7Paul McCartney's Scrambled Eggs

23m6.0

May 22, 2019

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

Mick Jagger and Princess Margaret

E8Mick Jagger and Princess Margaret

23m

May 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 Queen’s Honours’ List annually, from 1997 to 2002. However, every year the Queen turned him down. This comic tale travels from London to the Caribbean and dives head-first into the worlds of rock and royalty to ponder exactly why that was.

Les Dawson's Parisienne Adventure

E1Les Dawson's Parisienne Adventure

23m

Oct 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 order to pursue his dream of becoming a serious novelist. Unfortunately, things didn't quite work out as he planned, and he ended up becoming a pianist in a brothel.

When Joan Kissed Barbra

E2When Joan Kissed Barbra

23m5.0

Oct 14, 2020

As 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 returning to more artistic pursuits, Rivers demanded she be cast in the production without even reading the script. The result: the role she was given called for a love scene between herself and Streisand.

Hendrix & Handel

E3Hendrix & Handel

23m

Oct 21, 2020

Housemates separated by time, Jimi Hendrix and George Frideric Handel grapple with the stresses of the music business in this funny and intimate portrait of two eccentric musical geniuses and the events leading up to a transformative moment when Jimi saw Handel's ghost.

Orson Welles in Norwich

E4Orson Welles in Norwich

23m

Oct 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 last masterpiece.

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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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