Ben Palmer
Director
Urban Myths (2017)
Season 3
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...
Released Jan. 19, 2017
Episode 23 min
None+
Genres: Adventure, Biography, Comedy, Documentary, Drama
Keywords: tmdb.anthology, tmdb.myth, imdb.michael-jackson-character, imdb.adolf-hitler-character, imdb.urban-setting
Network: Sky Arts
Country: United Kingdom
Languages:
English
S3E1 - 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 artist with a painful secret.
April 10, 2019, midnight
S3E2 - 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 panel of celebrity judges, including Andy Warhol.
April 17, 2019, midnight
S3E3 - 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-guest imaginable.
April 24, 2019, midnight
S3E4 - 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 "unreadable".
May 1, 2019, midnight
S3E5 - 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 more than he bargained, having to deal with these two flamboyant, volatile lovers.
May 8, 2019, midnight
S3E6 - 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 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.
May 15, 2019, midnight
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S3E7 - Paul McCartney's Scrambled Eggs
Paul McCartney dreams a tune, and become obsessed with finding out what it is. The story of how the song "Yesterday" was made.
May 22, 2019, midnight
S3E8 - 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, 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.
May 29, 2019, midnight
Network: Sky Arts
Episode Runtime: 23 min.
Season Runtime: 596 min.
Released: Jan. 19, 2017
Last Air Date: Oct. 28, 2020, midnight
Status: Ended
Certification: NR
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