| Programme: |
The League of Gentlemen |
| Broadcast: |
1999 - 2002 (BBC2) |
| Episodes: |
19 (3 series + 1 Special) |
| Starring: |
Mark Gatiss, Reece Shearsmith, Steve Pemberton |
| Written by: |
Jeremy Dyson, Mark Gatiss, Reece Shearsmith, Steve Pemberton |
| Directed by: |
Steve Bendelack |
| Location: |
Hadfield, Derbyshire |
| Production: |
British Broadcasting Corporation  |
| Synopsis: |
This comedy follows the strange inhabitants of a grim, isolated Northern community. Royston Vasey is a frightening
place where dark, perverted and horrifying things happen behind
closed doors - strangers are certainly not welcome! The townsfolk
are all odd, from the transsexual taxi driver to the wife kidnapping
circus owner Papa Lazarou.
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| BSG Review: |
"The League of Gentlemen" is very different from
any other British sitcom. Its unique brand of twisted, sickening,
dark humour is unlike anything else we have seen. In addition,
all the main roles are played by just three different actors (in
varying amounts of makeup).
The League of Gentlemen is definitely funny, but
in a very bleak, twisted way. It's un-doubtably successful;
in just three series it managed to thrust a number of classic
characters and catch-phrases onto the unprepared public and what other sitcom in the last decade has managed to spawn a feature length film? |
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THE LEAGUE OF GENTLEMEN
