This week Lost and Found is surprisingly meta; we’re uncovering a comedy series which is, sort of, about an obscure TV series.

Teleplays of "Darkplace" were the crux of the show, although the narrative regularly switched out to interviews with Marenghi and his publisher Dean Learner (Richard Ayoade) as they commented about the making of "Darkplace" overly narcissistically and flamboyantly. The dialogue was incredibly meticulously written, laced with over-elaborate puns and inversions of classic jokes, ridiculous superlatives and deliberately off delivery – the result is downright hilarity.

The cast did an absolutely fantastic job: Ayoade’s performance as Learner was fantastic, often totally deadpan, even more so than in his later role in The IT Crowd. Matt Berry, of The IT Crowd and Mighty Boosh, was the stand-out performance; using his distinctive voice to play perfectly Dr Lucien Sanchez, a role which can be best described as almost the total archetype of the 1980s macho hero. Alice Lowe is also notable, as Dr. Liz Asher, a walking parody of women on television – “I'm just a woman. Oh.”

The show’s aesthetics reinforced the pure parody of 1980s television. The visuals are dominated by the overly grainy camera and intentionally low budget set. Supplemented by cut away images that look like the stockest of stock footage of cars, skylines, and the constantly-used creepy hospital image that represents "Darkplace" – complete with a horribly edited sign and terrible lightning.

Garth Marenghi’s Darkplace represents some of the most surreal, exaggerated television ever made, but consequently, some of the most hilarious. Though its brand of comedy may not suit everyone, those certain to enjoy it would be fans of the Mighty Boosh or The IT Crowd.