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Urban Myths is a British-American Biopic comedy drama television series first aired on 19 January 2017 on the Sky Arts Channel. Each episode featured a story surrounding popular culture which may or may not be true, ranging from Muhammad Ali talking a man down from a ledge to Bob Dylan turning up on a stranger's doorstep. A second series was announced featuring The Sex Pistols and Salvador Dali, which began airing on 12 April 2018.
Original Release
01/19/2017
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Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|
| Robbie Coltrane | Orson Welles |
| David Avery | Freddie Mercury |
| Saoirse-Monica Jackson | Janet |
| Paul Kaye | Piano Man / Shep Gordon |
| Sean Biggerstaff | Billy |
| Steve Pemberton | Bill Grundy / Jean-Paul Sartre |
| Sean Foley | Stagehand |
| Eddie Marsan | Bob Dylan |
| Rupert Grint | August Kubizek |
| David Threlfall | Samuel Beckett |
| # | Title | Air Date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Les Dawson's Parisienne Adventure | Wednesday, 07 October 2020 |
| 2 | When Joan Kissed Barbra | Wednesday, 14 October 2020 |
| 3 | Hendrix & Handel | Wednesday, 21 October 2020 |
| 4 | F for Fakenham | Saturday, 12 October 2019 |
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Directors
Ben Palmer, Simon Delaney, Molly Manners, Sean Foley, Robert Delamere, Ollie Parsons, Adam Wimpenny, Justin Chadwick, John Hardwick, Sue Perkins, Jim O'Hanlon, Steve Bendelack, Dan Zeff, Geoffrey Sax, Jane Pollard, Al Campbell, Guillem Morales, Iain Forsyth, Sarah Solemani
Writers
Neil Forsyth, Neil Webster, Roger Drew, Simon Nye, Ed Dyson, Mark Boutros, Ben Edwards, Abigail Wilson, Andrew Dawson, Ben Boyer, Sophie Trott, Tim Inman, Steve Dawson, Paul Doolan, Cara Jennings, Jess Jackson, David Cummings, Grace Ofori-Attah, David Walliams, Steve Pemberton, Sue Perkins, Freddy Syborn, Frank Skinner, Sarah Solemani
Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|
| Robbie Coltrane | Orson Welles |
| David Avery | Freddie Mercury |
| Saoirse-Monica Jackson | Janet |
| Paul Kaye | Piano Man / Shep Gordon |
| Sean Biggerstaff | Billy |
| Steve Pemberton | Bill Grundy / Jean-Paul Sartre |
| Sean Foley | Stagehand |
| Eddie Marsan | Bob Dylan |
| Rupert Grint | August Kubizek |
| David Threlfall | Samuel Beckett |
| Ben Chaplin | Cary Grant |
| Noel Clarke | Muhammed Ali |
| Gemma Arterton | Marilyn Monroe |
| David Suchet | Salvador Dali |
| Anna Maxwell Martin | Agatha Christie |
| Philip Glenister | Kev Wells |
| Jonas Armstrong | Bob Geldof |
| Luke Treadaway | David Jones |
| Frank Skinner | Johnny Cash |
| Kelly MacDonald | Princess Margaret |
Producers
| Name | Role |
|---|
| Morwenna Gordon | Executive Producer |
| Lucy Lumsden | Executive Producer |
| Andrew Newman | Executive Producer |
| Tim Allsop | Executive Producer |
| Jon Mountague | Executive Producer |
| Richard Yee | Executive Producer |
| Zoë Rocha | Executive Producer |
| Neil Webster | Executive Producer |
| Michael Livingstone | Executive Producer |
| Tom Thostrup | Executive Producer |
| David Stevenson | Executive Producer |
| Jon Wardle | Executive Producer |
| Tilusha Ghelani | Executive Producer |
| Sharon Horgan | Executive Producer |
| Ralf Little | Executive Producer |
| Louise Delamere | Executive Producer |
| Steve Pemberton | Executive Producer |
| Clelia Mountford | Executive Producer |
| Adam Morane-Griffiths | Executive Producer |
| J.S. Hill | Executive Producer |
| Krishnendu Majumdar | Executive Producer |
| Ben Turner | Executive Producer |
| Sarah Solemani | Executive Producer |
| Catherine Gosling Fuller | Executive Producer |
| Lucy Ansbro | Executive Producer |
| Jemma Rodgers | Executive Producer |
| Neil Forsyth | Producer |
| Charlie Laurie | Producer |
| Zoë Rocha | Producer |
| Howard Cohen | Producer |
| Neil Webster | Producer |
| John Rushton | Producer |
| Jane Bell | Producer |
| Morwenna Gordon | Producer |
| Matthew Mulot | Producer |
| Joanna Hanley | Producer |
| Heather Greenwood | Producer |
| Anne Patterson | Producer |
| Alexander Smith | Producer |
| Ben Worsfield | Producer |
| Sarah Hammond | Producer |
| Donna Mabey | Producer |
| Rebecca Kerley | Producer |
| Michael S. Constable | Producer |
| Michael Livingstone | Producer |
| Faiza Hosenie | Producer |
| Lay-Ee Quah | Producer |
| Carolyn Parry-Jones | Producer |
| Tom Thostrup | Producer |
| Amber Howorth | Producer |
| Laura Jackson | Producer |
| Cynthia De Souza | Producer |
| Carlene King | Producer |
| Janet Awe | Producer |
| James Jose Walker | Producer |
| Rob Darnell | Producer |
| Brian Ward | Producer |
| Amanda Spencer | Producer |
| Venetia Hawkes | Producer |
| Angeli MacFarlane | Producer |
| Robyn Forsythe | Producer |
| Laura Burrows | Producer |
| Pete Coogan | Producer |
Editors
Calum Ross, Mark Henson, Al Morrow, Richard Ketteridge, Crispin Green, Melanie Viner-Cuneo, William Webb, Mike Holliday, Nick Ames, Eve Doherty, Alex Kalmakrian
