Dark Ages (1999)

Directed by

Steve Bendelack

Genre

sitcom

Country

United Kingdom

Length

1 season, 5 episodes

Rated

15

Rating

7.0 of 10 from 4 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A group of medieval villagers in the year 999 AD worry about the end of the world at the new millennium. The show makes fun of similar fears people had about the year 2000.

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What happens

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. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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