Urban Myths

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  • Sky Arts
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  • Adventure Comedy

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2x1
Marilyn Monroe and Billy Wilder
Episode overview
Marilyn Monroe's struggles while filming Some Like It Hot (1959) exasperate director Billy Wilder.
2x2
Backstage at Live Aid
Episode overview
Live Aid was not only "the day rock'n 'roll changed the world", it was also the source of countless music industry rumours. Backstage at Live Aid is a reimagined story that takes place behind the scenes on that unforgettable day in 1985.
2x3
Johnny Cash and the Ostrich
Episode overview
Nottingham, 1983. Jean, the hotel manageress, is told there's trouble in the room occupied by music legend Johnny Cash. As they sit amongst the carnage, Cash explains he's been visited by Waldo, the killer ostrich.
2x4
The Dali and the Cooper
Episode overview
The incredible story of a fascinating and weird few days in 1970s New York between the artist and his new found muse; one which led to the creation an extraordinary work of art involving a chocolate éclair and a brain.
2x5
David Bowie and Marc Bolan
Episode overview
Teenagers David and Marc are yet to hit the big time but an afternoon painting their manager's office is the starts of a lifelong friendship between the two, who will eventually be known as music legends David Bowie and Marc Bolan.
2x6
Agatha Christie
Episode overview
Crime writers Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and Dorothy L Sayers put their sleuthing skills to the ultimate test in 1926 when they are drafted in to help police in the hunt for Agatha Christie.
2x7
Public Enemy (feat. Kev Wells)
Episode overview
When Rap legends Public Enemy are stranded, unable to get to get to a gig in Sheffield, help comes in the form of Kev, an unassuming local and huge Public Enemy fan who offers Flavor Flav and Chuck D a lift in his Ford Focus.
2x8
The Sex Pistols Vs Bill Grundy
Episode overview
Semi fictitious account of the infamous TV interview that finished Bill Grundy's career and made punk rock band the Sex Pistols media stars.

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