

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...

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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Rated Episodes
8.5
Best: S1E2
5.0
Worst: S4E2
Samuel Beckett and Andre the Giant
S1 E2
The Greatest of All Time
S1 E5
Bob Dylan: Knockin' on Dave's Door
S1 E1
When Joan Kissed Barbra
S4 E2
Paul McCartney's Scrambled Eggs
S3 E7
The Dali and The Cooper
S2 E4
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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 rea…
Inspired by true events, this comedy charts the unlikely friendship between Samuel Beckett and a young Andre the Giant.
With the help of his friend Gustl, a young Adolf Hitler attempts to get in to the prestigious Vienna Academy of Fine Arts.
Comedy following Cary Grant and Timothy Leary on a psychedelic trip while on the set of Alfred Hitchcock's thriller North by Northwest.
Comedy based on the time Muhammad Ali talked a suicidal man down from a ninth floor balcony.
E1 · Marilyn Monroe and Billy Wilder: 'It's Me, Sugar'
Comedy about Marilyn Monroe's bust-up with Billy Wilder.
E2 · 13.7.85: Backstage at Live Aid
Behind the scenes at Love Aid, as Bob Geldof, Midge Ure, Elton John, Sade, Freddie Mercury, Status Quo and many more cross paths
E3 · Johnny Cash and the Ostrich
The tale of Johnny Cash's dramatic run-in with a killer ostrich in a Nottingham hotel
Alice Cooper and Salvador Dali spend a weird weekend in 1970s New York City
E5 · When Bowie Met Bolan
In the 1960s, the young rock superstars spend an afternoon decorating their manager's Soho office.
E6 · The Mysterious Case of Agatha Christie
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and Dorothy L Sayers join the manhunt when fellow crime writer Agatha Christie mysteriously disappears without trace
E7 · Public Enemy (Feat. Kev Wells)
When the rap icons find themselves late for a gig and without transport, a kindly local fan offers them a lift
E8 · Sex Pistols Vs Bill Grundy
The punk band unleash hell on live TV in 1976
E1 · Princess Diana, Freddie Mercury and Kenny Everett
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 a…
E2 · Andy & The Donald
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 p…
E3 · Bleak House Guest
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-…
E4 · The Trial of Joan Collins
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 "unr…
E5 · Grace Under Pressure
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…
E6 · Madonna and Basquiat
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 on…
Paul McCartney dreams a tune, and become obsessed with finding out what it is. The story of how the song "Yesterday" was made.
E8 · Mick Jagger and Princess Margaret
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,…
E1 · Les Dawson's Parisienne Adventure
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. U…
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…
E3 · Hendrix & Handel
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 even…
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.