Urban Myths (TV series)
| Urban Myths | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Comedy drama |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| Original language | English |
| No. of series | 4 |
| No. of episodes | 26 |
| Production | |
| Running time | 21–26 minutes |
| Production company | Sky UK |
| Original release | |
| Network | Sky Arts |
| Release | 19 January 2017 – 28 October 2020 |
Urban Myths is a British biographical comedy drama television series first aired on 19 January 2017 on the Sky Arts. Each episode featured an anecdote surrounding popular culture loosely based on a true story, ranging from Muhammad Ali talking a man down from a ledge to Bob Dylan turning up on a stranger's doorstep in London. A second series was announced featuring The Sex Pistols and Salvador Dalí, which began airing on 12 April 2018.
The series was most notable for a controversy surrounding the casting of Joseph Fiennes in the role of Michael Jackson, an episode that was pulled from the transmission.