Greetings, pilgrim. I am Garth Marenghi, sculptor of nightmares. I hope you are sitting un-comfortably at your pc / laptop. Congrats: you have unearthed the official website of my imaginata. As many of my readership can attest, I invented the internet back in 1976 with my short story 'Mindgrid'. Many of my predictions, alas, have since borne sorry fruit, and I, too, have spent many troubled hours distracted by erotica.
Garth Marenghi is Romford's most famous literary son, and the plougher of a deep furrow in gore- horror fiction. Author of Slicer, Afterbirth (tag-line: After birth comes, Afterbirth) and the awsome Crab!! (Quote: "No way on God's green land can a crab be bigger than a Renault Estate! Can it!"), Marenghi is perhaps the only author of whom The Independant has said "Rats learn to drive in this book".
You may recognise Marenghi AKA Matthew Holness as Simon, the obstinate computer nerd in BBC's the Office.
View the carnage yourself here
Don't forget UK dwellers, Garth Marenghi's Darkplce begins thursday (today!) BBC2, or some other channel, i don't know. Look it up in the radio times if you're so bothered...
Posted by: thomas conolly | January 29, 2004 at 02:34 PM
Hi,
Where could I buy videos/DVD's of Garth Marenghi's ??
Thanks Wayne
Posted by: Wayne | April 26, 2004 at 01:50 PM
When can i buy the garth marenghi dvd?
Thanks
Mark
Posted by: Mark | October 07, 2004 at 07:59 PM
yes, goddamn it, when can I buy the garth marenghi dvd? hmm? well?
Posted by: mu-ra | November 08, 2004 at 03:36 PM
Where the hell is garth marenghi on dvd! nothing makes me laugh quie like it and miss dean and lucius so much!!
Posted by: Liam C | December 03, 2004 at 11:40 PM
yes, i have to agree!!!
the darkplace dvd needs to be in my possesion - it was soooo funny! nothing made me laugh so much - and nothing made me look forward to thursdays like that!
Posted by: jack | December 10, 2004 at 07:49 PM
Please, tell me when & where I can get the dvd of Darkplace.
I have to agree that nothing out there is so funny... the acting, the theme-tune, EVERYTHING!
I've emailed Channel 4 twice about a new series, the first time they said there wasn't one planned - and I only sent the second one today!
Posted by: Ciaron | December 21, 2004 at 05:59 PM
You can buy Garth Marenghi dvd off ebay
Posted by: Chris | January 06, 2005 at 11:28 AM
its not been released how can u buy it on ebay, it must be transfer from video from when it was on tv.... maybe thats what you meant.
Posted by: matt | January 12, 2005 at 11:00 AM
I got an e-mail off Channel 4 (around December 2004) saying Garth Marenghi's Darkplace will be released on DVD in early 2005.
Posted by: Darrell | January 25, 2005 at 11:09 PM
In early 2005? Cool!
Posted by: glenny | January 31, 2005 at 11:09 AM
It better be released soon, I've been searching for it for ages! Dammit.
Posted by: Gem | February 02, 2005 at 07:08 PM
Yeah, I think they said if enough people watch the repeats this Wednesday and Thursday night, they'll release a DVD. Certainly deserves it, and it whups any winners at the recent British Comedy Awards.
Posted by: Darrell | February 21, 2005 at 08:53 PM
Well thank you Channel 4 for listing the repeat showing and then not showing it. Rang them today all they said is it has been taking of listing with no date for a re-showing ......
Posted by: Karl | February 24, 2005 at 10:47 AM
Garth Marenghi sucks monkey balls with mushrooms growin out. Boris reigns supreme
Posted by: James | February 25, 2005 at 10:36 PM
Garth Marenghi isnt even funny.he is just a random queer who doesnt know his arse from a hole in the ground. what a gimp.
Posted by: Dan | February 26, 2005 at 06:06 PM
garth marenghi or "sugar daddy" as he likes to be called has such a great arse. The other night i filled it with 4 tubs of i cant believe its not butter" and he screamed like a napalm victim
Posted by: garths bitch | February 26, 2005 at 06:11 PM
What the hells going on. i tried to watch the thursday repeat as i just noticed it in the t.v guide and i stayed up only to find theyed stopped it which is wat sum1 else said on here also and i heard its unlikely to ever be released on dvd and i dont get it cus its well good lol and its wierd cus those programmes from back then were actuallly like that which is hard to believe. so anyway like i was saying its crap that its not released and dont feed indescribeable stools/desks tangerine puree or..... well you dont want to know why.... bye
Posted by: jack | February 27, 2005 at 09:36 PM
Come on channel 4 sort out a repeat of the series and release it on dvd.
Please!
Posted by: Matt | March 01, 2005 at 04:33 PM
remember folks, public transport is going places
Posted by: who wants this dog | October 27, 2005 at 04:18 PM
remember folks, public transport is going places
Posted by: who wants this dog | October 27, 2005 at 04:18 PM
Garth Marenghi needs to b released again 2 allow more people 2 bcome aware of it. It is abloute comedy genious. mayb it cud b released on a retro VHS at least!
Posted by: jonathanp | January 26, 2006 at 08:57 PM
garths site mentions the dvd in a very obtuse kinda way. seems its near completion. rumors of march have been floating for some time now...
fingers crossed.
Posted by: ed | February 19, 2006 at 01:59 PM
Please bring it out on DVD I think it is mint and if channel 4 don't repeat it I will die!
Posted by: jimmy b | February 22, 2006 at 08:41 PM
2 years on and no DVD/repeats/2nd series. Where is the justice?
Posted by: Asa | February 27, 2006 at 12:31 PM