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Urban Myths

Season 3 2019
NR

  • 2019-04-10T21:00:00Z on Sky Arts
  • 23m
  • 3h 25m (8 episodes)
  • United Kingdom
  • English
  • Comedy, Drama, Documentary
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...

8 episodes

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.

2019-04-17T21:00:00Z

3x02 Andy & The Donald

3x02 Andy & The Donald

  • 2019-04-17T21:00:00Z23m

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.

2019-04-24T21:00:00Z

3x03 Bleak House Guest

3x03 Bleak House Guest

  • 2019-04-24T21:00:00Z23m

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.

2019-05-01T21:00:00Z

3x04 The Trial of Joan Collins

3x04 The Trial of Joan Collins

  • 2019-05-01T21:00:00Z44m

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".

2019-05-08T21:00:00Z

3x05 Grace Under Pressure

3x05 Grace Under Pressure

  • 2019-05-08T21:00:00Z23m

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.

2019-05-15T21:00:00Z

3x06 Madonna and Basquiat

3x06 Madonna and Basquiat

  • 2019-05-15T21:00:00Z23m

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.

2019-05-22T21:00:00Z

3x07 Scrambled Eggs

3x07 Scrambled Eggs

  • 2019-05-22T21:00:00Z23m

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

Season Finale

2019-05-29T21:00:00Z

3x08 Mick Jagger and Princess Margaret

Season Finale

3x08 Mick Jagger and Princess Margaret

  • 2019-05-29T21:00:00Z23m

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.

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