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British comedy television series

The League of Gentlemen
Created by	Jeremy Dyson Mark Gatiss Steve Pemberton Reece Shearsmith
Directed past	Steve Bendelack
Starring	Mark Gatiss Steve Pemberton Reece Shearsmith
State of origin	United Kingdom
Original language	English
No. of series	iii
No. of episodes	22
Production
Running fourth dimension	thirty–60 mins.
Release
Original network	BBC Two
Moving picture format	DVB-T 576i 16:ix (1999-2002) HDTV 1080i (2017)
Original release	Original serial: eleven January 1999 (1999-01-11) – 31 October 2002 (2002-10-31) Anniversary specials: 18–20 Dec 2017
Chronology
Related shows	Psychoville (2009–2011) Inside No. 9 (2014–)
External links
Website

The League of Gentlemen is a surreal British comedy horror sitcom that premiered on BBC Two in 1999. The programme is set in Royston Vasey, a fictional boondocks in northern England, originally based on Alston, Cumbria,^{[ane] [two]} and follows the lives of baroque characters, near of whom are played past three of the prove'southward 4 writers – Marker Gatiss, Steve Pemberton, and Reece Shearsmith – who, along with Jeremy Dyson, formed the League of Gentlemen comedy troupe in 1995. The series originally aired for 3 series from 1999 until 2002 followed by a picture in 2005.

The serial was filmed mainly in Hadfield, Derbyshire; other locations include Bacup Lancashire, Glossop, Gamesley, and Hope Valley in Derbyshire; Marsden and Todmorden in Westward Yorkshire; and Mottram in Greater Manchester.^[three]

The serial ended in 2002, and was followed by a film The League of Gentlemen'due south Apocalypse and a phase production The League of Gentlemen Are Behind You! in 2005. Shearsmith and Pemberton afterward collaborated to create another nighttime one-act series, Psychoville (2009); Gatiss appeared in one episode. The 3 too performed together in the fourth series of Horrible Histories, in which they play American film producers who hear film pitches from historical figures.^[4] Shearsmith and Pemberton too wrote and starred in the blackness comedy anthology series Inside No. 9, which premiered on BBC Two in 2014.

The BBC announced in August 2017 that three new episodes would exist produced to commemorate the 20th anniversary of the group'southward first appearance on BBC Radio 4.^[five] They aired on BBC2 on eighteen–xx December 2017.^[vi]

History [edit]

Iii of the four members of the League of Gentlemen (Steve Pemberton, Mark Gatiss and Reece Shearsmith) met at Bretton Hall Theatre School. They met their final member – Jeremy Dyson – later on in their comedy career. He does not deed equally such in the franchise just does have a few pocket-size/ cameo roles throughout the serial. The stage show began in belatedly 1994, and it was not long before the team took as their name the title of a 1960 Jack Hawkins film, The League of Gentlemen. In 1997, they were awarded the Perrier award for comedy at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe and their radio series On the Boondocks with The League of Gentlemen, debuted on BBC Radio 4. On the Town was set up in the fictional boondocks of Spent. They won a Sony Award for this six-episode run. In 1999 the show moved to goggle box and quickly acquired a cult following; three series were produced, the outset airing in 1999, the 2nd in 2000 and the third in 2002. A Christmas special was broadcast in Dec 2000, after the ambulation of the 2nd series. For boob tube, Spent was renamed Royston Vasey – the given name of comedian Roy Chubby Brownish, who appears in the series, notably as the Mayor of Royston Vasey in serial 2. Forth with The Fast Evidence, the series is credited with the revival of the sketch show format in BBC comedy.^{[ citation needed ]} Its influence can be seen on later series, particularly Little Britain (the offset series of which was directed by Steve Bendelack and script-edited by Gatiss).

Filming took place mainly on location in the north Derbyshire boondocks of Hadfield and consequently had no live audience.^[iii] A laugh rail was added to the kickoff and second series, past inviting a studio audience to watch a playback of the completed episodes besides as the filming of certain interior scenes, such as the Dentons'. The laughter track was dropped from the Christmas Special and series 3 when shown in the United Kingdom.

The group took the show on tour for the first time in 2001, using a mixture of old and new material. In early 2005 a special one-off sketch was circulate on the BBC for Comic Aid, a charity do good for the seismic sea wave disaster. In this, 2 of the virtually popular characters, Tubbs and Papa Lazarou, kidnapped Miranda Richardson. A feature-length picture show, The League of Gentlemen's Apocalypse, was released on three June 2005. Later in the same year, the League toured the Britain with their new pantomime-themed show, The League of Gentlemen Are Behind You!, which ran from October to mid-December.

In September 2006, the unofficial website reported that The League of Gentlemen were to 'reunite' at the beginning of 2007, near likely to plan for the fourth series.^[vii] Shearsmith and Pemberton appeared on The Russell Brand Show on 22 December 2006. When asked "Volition there be whatever more of The League of Gentlemen?", Shearsmith simply replied "Yes" but was quick to change the subject field and not reveal anything virtually a new series. On the official website, Shearsmith'south blog entry for 23 May 2007 stated that the troupe had recently met up in London'southward West Stop: "We discussed our next project – information technology seems we have striking upon something. Early days – merely heady nevertheless."^[8]

In May 2008, Shearsmith confirmed that although he and Pemberton would be making Psychoville (broadcast in 2009) without the other members of the League, the League would reunite in the hereafter.

A one-off radio testify, The League of Gentlemen's Ghost Hunt, was broadcast on 28 October 2010 for Halloween.^[9] Different other shows, this was not a scripted nighttime comedy but a documentary of the members spending a night at The Aboriginal Ram Inn, reputedly the most haunted hotel in the land.^[10]

Speaking to BBC Radio half-dozen in Oct 2016, Marking Gatiss spoke nearly the desire of the creators to revive the programme in some class with Brexit forming a suitable groundwork to revive it.^[eleven]

In April 2017, both Gatiss and Shearsmith confirmed that the programme would be returning for an ceremony special.^[12] The BBC announced in August 2017 that three special new episodes were to exist produced, to exist aired in Dec 2017.^[5]

Writing and inspiration [edit]

It is widely believed that a lot of the characters and indeed the town are based on Pemberton'due south home town of Chorley, with Royston Vasey based on Adlington, a village inside Chorley Borough.^{[ citation needed ]} A second source of inspiration is the boondocks of Alston in Cumbria.^[13] The grapheme of Herr Lipp is believed to be based on a hospital chaplain Steve Pemberton encountered subsequently suffering a centre attack in Federal republic of germany and Pauline is primarily based on a restart officer of Reece Shearsmith's.^{[ citation needed ]} Similarly, Ollie Plimsolls is based on a customs theatre actor that Shearsmith had worked with.^{[ commendation needed ]} Gatiss has said in interview that the local shop was inspired by a shop in the village of Rottingdean and that he was influenced growing upward around the former Winterton Hospital asylum virtually Sedgefield.^{[fourteen] [15] [16]}

The majority of the inhabitants of the village – male and female – are played by Reece Shearsmith, Steve Pemberton, and Marker Gatiss, and the script was written by these three, along with Jeremy Dyson. Dyson, non an role player like the others, appears simply in cameo roles. Equally there are normally merely three actors on screen at any once, the dissimilar characters mostly play out their own stories in several serialised sketches, rarely crossing into each other's storylines. Only rarely exercise actors "run into themselves". Exceptions include Papa Lazarou facing the Reverend Bernice in the Christmas Special (both Reece Shearsmith), Les McQueen ownership a magazine from Popular's son (both Mark Gatiss), and Alvin Steele buying food from Iris at a supermarket checkout in Series ii (over again, both Mark Gatiss). The idea is taken further in The League of Gentlemen'southward Apocalypse, when the characters run into the actors (specially when Herr Lipp meets his creator, Steve Pemberton). In the live shows, when Pam Doove was auditioning for a office in the Christmas Nativity Play, directed by Ollie Plimsolls, Pam had to audition in front of Ollie's Legz Akimbo colleague Dave (Pemberton), who said that Ollie couldn't make it "for obvious reasons" (Shearsmith plays both Pam and Ollie in the television series).

Royston Vasey [edit]

Royston Vasey is a fictional English town featured in the BBC idiot box comedy series The League of Gentlemen.^[17] The exterior shots for the series were filmed in Hadfield, Derbyshire and, co-ordinate to the writers of the series, the boondocks is based on Alston, Cumbria.^[13] The preceding radio serial On the Town with the League of Gentlemen was set in the equally fictional and well-nigh identical town of Spent.

Royston Vasey draws on the upbringing of all the League of Gentlemen'south members – Mark Gatiss, Steve Pemberton, Reece Shearsmith and Jeremy Dyson – all of whom were raised in the northward of England.^[18] Royston Vasey is the real proper noun of British stand up-upwards comedian Roy Chubby Brown.^{[18] [19]} Brown played the function of the town'due south mayor in a cameo appearance. Brown is a controversial stand-upwards whose profanity-laden material has resulted in his never appearing on the BBC other than this brief appearance.

Description [edit]

The town as it appears in the TV bear witness has a sign which ominously declares "Welcome to Royston Vasey. Y'all'll never leave!" The first building many visitors come up beyond is the "Local Store". The Local Shop is located some distance from the town itself on a lonely hilltop moor.

Events from the town's fictional history [edit]

In the beginning television series of The League of Gentlemen a construction company chosen PQ Construction threatens the isolation of Royston Vasey by building a "New Route" almost the Local Store.^[20] The project is get-go delayed when a monster (later revealed to be parts of a goat, a pig and a chimp crudely stitched together by Edward Tattsyrup) is unearthed on the construction site and comes to an end in the terminal episode when the owner of PQ Construction, David Tattsyrup, is revealed to be the son of Edward and Tubbs who convince him to "alive locally".

In the second series Royston Vasey receives visits from both a travelling circus and a group of German exchange students. The town becomes gradually overrun by a deadly nosebleed epidemic which causes a high percentage of the town'southward residents to experience incessant haemorrhage and death, usually within 24 hours.^[21] Somewhen the epidemic devastates the town, with the Ministry of Health running riot in a drastic effort to staunch the plague. The cause of the nosebleeds can be traced to a substance known only as the "Special Stuff", a highly addictive and mysterious foodstuff served by demonic butcher Hilary Briss, which becomes deadly when cut with sandwich paste. Notwithstanding, the surviving local residents mistakenly accuse Edward and Tubbs of spreading the illness and burn the Local Shop to the footing.

In the tertiary and final series, several of the residents of Royston Vasey are involved in a traffic collision which leaves Lance Longthorne and Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen dead while Geoff Tipps is facially disfigured. The travelling circus also returns.

In the moving picture The League of Gentlemen'southward Apocalypse, the town is on the verge of destruction when the League of Gentlemen – Jeremy Dyson, Mark Gatiss, Steve Pemberton, and Reece Shearsmith – agree to finish writing for Royston Vasey. This causes meteorites to rain from the heaven until the entire town is razed to the ground. The devastation of Royston Vasey tin can just exist prevented when all four of the writers are killed, but it transpires that the entire ordeal was conceived by Dyson while unconscious in a infirmary.

The League of Gentlemen book, A Local Book for Local People, released between the second and third series, describes Royston Vasey'due south history in a brochure, from its beginnings, as mentioned in an appendix to the Domesday Volume as "an hutte with a pigge exterior" to the construction of the town hall in the late 1930s, as designed by Albert Speer. The endpapers of the book show real maps of northern England turned upside down and with fictional place names, Royston Vasey corresponding to the real boondocks of Settle, N Yorkshire (close by to Panties / Giggleswick).

The town'southward most featured landmarks include the Local Shop, an angelic state of war memorial, H. Briss & Son Butchers, the St Mary of Bethlehem hospital, the Windermere B&B, and the local Job Centre.

Filming location [edit]

Filming of the television set series took place in the Derbyshire village of Hadfield, located in a Pennines valley.^[18] The "Local Shop" is a purpose-built building on nearby Marsden Moor.^[eighteen]

The League considered a number of filming locations before settling on Hadfield.^[18] Another town to characteristic prominently in the series was Bacup in Rossendale, and the Due west Yorkshire town of Todmorden was used for some after scenes.

Characters [edit]

The League of Gentlemen accept played in full nearly a hundred characters, many created in the early on stage shows, others during the bridge of the television series and some specially for the squad'south film. Almost of the characters live in Royston Vasey.

Radio series [edit]

In the radio serial, the plot involved outsider Benjamin Denton visiting his aunt and uncle in Spent to be interviewed for a task at the local power plant. Non surprisingly, he missed the interview and was forced to stay longer than expected.

Episodes [edit]

Series 1 (1999) [edit]

Series 2 (2000) [edit]

Christmas Special (2000) [edit]

Serial 3 (2002) [edit]

Anniversary Specials (2017) [edit]

Film [edit]

The motion picture was fabricated in 2005. The plot is that Royston Vasey is coming to an end and that the locals appear in the real earth to try to save it. In the kickoff Jeremy Dyson is killed past Tubbs, Edward, and Papa Lazarou.

Live tours [edit]

• The League of Gentlemen – Live at Drury Lane (2001)
• The League of Gentlemen Are Behind You! (2005)
• The League of Gentlemen Live Again! (2018)

Reception [edit]

In 2003, its creators were listed in The Observer equally amongst the 50 funniest acts in British comedy. In 2004 The Radio Times listed Papa Lazarou as the 8th funniest one-act sketch of all time.

Accolades [edit]

• BAFTA award
• Royal Tv Club award
• Gilt Rose of Montreux

Controversy [edit]

In June 2020 the show was withdrawn from distribution on Netflix due to the character Papa Lazarou being considered as blackface, following similar action taken against Little Britain by the BBC during the George Floyd protests.^[22]

Influence [edit]

The serial was cited as an inspiration for the later Canadian television series Death Comes to Town, a reunion project for the Canadian sketch one-act troupe The Kids in the Hall.^[23]

Books [edit]

• A Local Book for Local People (2000) London: 4th Estate, ISBN 1-84115-346-X
• The League of Gentlemen: Scripts and That (2003) London: BBC Worldwide, ISBN 0-563-48775-5
• The League of Gentlemen's Book of Precious Things (2007) London: Prion, ISBN one-85375-621-0

See besides [edit]

• Listing of films based on British sitcoms

References [edit]

1. ^ The League of Gentlemen: Scripts and That. London: BBC Worldwide. 2003. ISBN0-563-48775-5.
2. ^ "The League of Gentlemen to make Television set comeback, writer announces". Lancashire Mail service.
3. ^ ^{a b} "BBC One-act Map – Series 1: The Due west – Birmingham to Manchester". BBC Online. Archived from the original on 22 July 2011. Retrieved 29 March 2013.
4. ^ "Why did the League of Gentlemen choose to reform on Horrible Histories?". Radio Times.
5. ^ ^{a b} "Patrick Holland announces range of new titles for BBC Two". BBC.
6. ^ "'League of Gentlemen' revival and 'Alan Partridge' documentary amid BBC highlights for Christmas 2017". 28 November 2017. Retrieved 20 December 2017.
7. ^ "The League of gentlemen Web site Latest News about The League of Gentlemen by Jason Kenny www.xshot.co.uk". Leagueofgentlemen.co.uk. Retrieved 16 March 2009.
8. ^ "Blog | This Is A Local Shop – The Official League of Gentlemen Web site". This Is A Local Shop. Archived from the original on 19 December 2007. Retrieved 16 March 2009.
9. ^ "BBC Radio 4 – The League of Gentlemen's Ghost Chase". BBC.
10. ^ "Theancientraminn.com". theancientraminn.com.
11. ^ Jackson, Jasper (13 October 2016). "Mark Gatiss: League of Gentlemen star hints at 'Brexity' render to TV". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved thirteen January 2017.
12. ^ "The League of Gentlemen is making a Boob tube comeback".
13. ^ ^{a b} The "League of Gentlemen" Scripts and That. BBC. 2003.
14. ^ "Renaissance gentleman". The Sunday herald. vii November 2004. Archived from the original on 28 June 2009. Retrieved 8 April 2009.
15. ^ "Yous enquire the questions – Profiles – People – The Independent". The Contained, London. four October 2000. Archived from the original on 7 March 2015. Retrieved 7 March 2015.
16. ^ Shut (10 February 2001). "Interview with The League of Gentlemen | From the Guardian | The Guardian". The Guardian. London. Retrieved 16 March 2009.
17. ^ "The League of Gentlemen". BBC. Retrieved 16 Apr 2013.
18. ^ ^{a b c d e} Viner, Brian (17 Feb 2000). "Welcome to the existent Royston Vasey - You lot'll never leave". The Independent. Britain. Retrieved xvi Apr 2013.
19. ^ "Roy 'Chubby' Brown denies assault". BBC News. v January 2010. Retrieved ii January 2021.
20. ^ "The League of Gentlemen: Serial 1–two. The Route To Royston Vasey". Radio Times website . Retrieved 16 April 2013.
21. ^ Terrace, Vincent (2011). Encyclopedia of Television Shows, 1925 Through 2010. McFarland.
22. ^ "Netflix pulls League of Gentlemen in greasepaint row". Cackle. ten June 2020. Retrieved x June 2020.
23. ^ The Kids in the Hall: Death Comes to Town Archived 17 January 2010 at the Wayback Machine. twitchfilm.net, 12 January 2010.

External links [edit]

• The League of Gentlemen at BBC Online
• The League of Gentlemen at IMDb
• The League of Gentlemen at epguides.com
• The League of Gentlemen at British One-act Guide
• www.leagueofgentlemen.co.uk
  • What is Royston Vasey from the League of Gentlemen'southward website.
• The League of Gentlemen Website!
• Lunacynet.com – character alphabetize
• derbyshire|Hadfield, Glossop, Derbyshire, England, SK13 1 Link to map of Hadfield, where most of the series was filmed.

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