The BEST episodes of Urban Myths season 4

Every episode of Urban Myths season 4, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Urban Myths season 4!

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...

Last Updated: 10/9/2024Network: Sky ArtsStatus: Ended
Joan Rivers & Barbra Streisand
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8.00
7 votes

#1 - Joan Rivers & Barbra Streisand

Season 4 - Episode 2 - Aired 10/14/2020

This episode is based on Joan Rivers' recollections of play she starred in with Barbra Streisand, which Streisand has remained tight-lipped about. A sixteen-year-old Barbra Streisand, is in rehearsals for Driftwood, an off-Broadway play, when a woman, dressed head to toe in fur, bursts through the door. She's Joan Molinsky, although the world will soon come to know her as Joan Rivers.

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Les Dawson's Parisienne Adventure
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7.80
10 votes

#2 - Les Dawson's Parisienne Adventure

Season 4 - Episode 1 - Aired 10/7/2020

Inspired by his heroes, the writers Jean-Paul Sartre and Albert Camus, a young Les Dawson leaving his home in Manchester to live in Paris in order to pursue his dream of becoming a serious novelist. Unfortunately, things didn't quite work out as he planned, and he ended up becoming a pianist in a brothel.

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Orson Welles in Norwich
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7.38
8 votes

#3 - Orson Welles in Norwich

Season 4 - Episode 4 - Aired 10/28/2020

A story of how the great star briefly went missing in Norwich in 1972 whilst working on F for Fake, a faux documentary now regarded as his last masterpiece.

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Hendrix & Handel
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6.63
8 votes

#4 - Hendrix & Handel

Season 4 - Episode 3 - Aired 10/21/2020

Housemates separated by time, Jimi Hendrix and George Frideric Handel grapple with the stresses of the music business in this funny and intimate portrait of two eccentric musical geniuses and the events leading up to a transformative moment when Jimi saw Handel's ghost.

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