Dark Ages (TV series)

Dark Ages
GenreSitcom
Created byMerle Nygate
Written byRob Grant
Directed bySteve Bendelack
StarringPhill Jupitus
Alistair McGowan
Pauline McLynn
Country of originUnited Kingdom
No. of series1
No. of episodes5 (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producerAndy Harries
ProducerJustin Judd
Running time30 min.
Original release
NetworkITV
Release20 December (1999-12-20) –
27 December 1999 (1999-12-27)
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Dark Ages is a British television sitcom, first broadcast as five thirty-minute episodes on ITV in December 1999. It portrayed medieval English villagers fearful of the turn of the new (second) millennium in the year 999 AD, and parodied contemporary fears at the turn of the third millennium (such as the Millennium Bug) in 1999. It was written by Rob Grant and directed by Steve Bendelack.