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The League of Gentlemen

Mon, Jan 11, 1999
  • Comedy
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Synopsis

The League of Gentlemen is a British sitcom broadcast on BBC Two over three series from 1999 to 2002. In the fictional Northern England town of Royston Vasey—based on Bacup, Lancashire—the lives are explored of dozens of bizarre citizens, much of whom are played by three of the show's four writers—Mark Gatiss, Steve Pemberton, and Reece Shearsmith—who, along with Jeremy Dyson, formed the titular comedy troupe in 1995. The programme was followed by a film in 2005, and a three-part revival miniseries in December 2017 to celebrate the group's 20th anniversary.

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Cast

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  • Mark Gatiss
    Mark Gatiss
    as Various
  • Steve Pemberton
    Steve Pemberton
    as Various
  • Reece Shearsmith
    Reece Shearsmith
    as Various
  • Jeremy Dyson
    Jeremy Dyson
    as Various
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    Isabelle Estelle Corbusier
    as Various
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Episodes

4 seasons · 21 episodes

Ended · 21 aired
Season 1
6 episodes · 6 aired
▾
  • E1
    Welcome to Royston Vasey
    Aired · Mon, Jan 11, 1999 · 30m

    Outsider Benjamin arrives in town. Ben's friend Martin visits the Local Shop and the unfailingly strange Tubbs and Edward. Restart officer Pauline is angered that a job seeker has a job interview.

  • E2
    The Road to Royston Vasey
    Aired · Mon, Jan 18, 1999 · 30m

    We meet Pop, the godfather of sweets and crisps, and Hilary Briss, a butcher with something sinister in his sausages.

  • E3
    Nightmare in Royston Vasey
    Aired · Mon, Jan 25, 1999 · 30m

    Work on the new road begins but a terrifying discovery is made. Pauline's jobseekers are taught interview techniques. A tortoise meets a sticky end.

  • E4
    The Beast of Royston Vasey
    Aired · Mon, Feb 1, 1999 · 30m

    The schoolchildren get a visit from the incompetent Legz Akimbo Theatre Company and the Denton children get cousin Benjamin in more trouble than he can possibly imagine.

  • E5
    Love Comes to Royston Vasey
    Aired · Mon, Feb 8, 1999 · 30m

    It seems that Mike and Cheryl may have made a mistake in allowing Geoff to be their best man.

  • E6
    Escape from Royston Vasey
    Aired · Mon, Feb 15, 1999 · 30m

    Mr. Chinnery has some bad luck with a calving cow. Edward's local shop receives an unexpected visitor.

Season 2
6 episodes · 6 aired
▾
  • E1
    Destination: Royston Vasey
    Aired · Fri, Jan 14, 2000 · 30m

    An unusual circus comes to Royston Vasey, and Pauline faces up to life on the dole.

  • E2
    Lust for Royston Vasey
    Aired · Fri, Jan 21, 2000 · 30m

    The nosebleed epidemic takes hold, Royston Vasey receives a visit from the flamboyant Herr Lipp and his students, and Pauline gets a job serving fries at Burger Me!

  • E3
    A Plague on Royston Vasey
    Aired · Fri, Jan 28, 2000 · 30m

    Pauline tackles Ross about her job prospects. Butcher Hilary Briss has a spot of bother with one of his special customers.

  • E4
    Death in Royston Vasey
    Aired · Fri, Feb 4, 2000 · 30m

    Geoff, Mike and Brian take a disastrous detour on the way to the plastics convention, and the mayor is forced to make an appearance to calm growing public concern.

  • E5
    Anarchy in Royston Vasey
    Aired · Fri, Feb 11, 2000 · 30m

    The nosebleed epidemic worsens. Geoff and Brian bury Mike alive. Tubbs and Edward leave the local shop to find a 'no-tail' for David. Pauline ispushed to the limit. Les McQueen is astonished that Creme Brulee have reformed without him.

  • E6
    Royston Vasey and the Monster from Hell
    Aired · Fri, Feb 18, 2000 · 30m

    The nosebleed epidemic claims a distinguished victim, and the Legz Akimbo Theatre Company misjudge the public mood.

Season 3
6 episodes · 6 aired
▾
  • E1
    The Lesbian and the Monkey
    Aired · Thu, Sep 26, 2002 · 30m

    Pauline struggles to adapt to life on the outside when she secures an early release from HMP Clitclink. A heavilypregnant Barbara takes a night off from Babs' Cabs to throw a gender-bender party. And the mysterious Dr Carlton invites a private patient to his very peculiar practice.

  • E2
    The One Armed Man is King
    Aired · Thu, Oct 3, 2002 · 30m

    When Joke Shop proprietor Lance has an under-the-counter arm transplant, the result is not quite what he expected.Meanwhile, useless debt collectors Glen and Big Barry have a run-in with the terrifying Lisgoe, and mortician Owen Fallowfield talks about his singular career.

  • E3
    Turn Again Geoff Tipps
    Aired · Thu, Oct 10, 2002 · 30m

    Fired from his job, Geoff heads to London to fulfil his dream of becoming Royston Vasey's leading entertainer. Meanwhile, Legz Akimbo theatre company mount their latest production - a sensitive look at the disabled - and fag-hag Tish descends on Camden Town.

  • E4
    The Medusa Touch
    Aired · Thu, Oct 17, 2002 · 30m

    B&B proprietors Alvin and Sunny invite their weekend 'Sexplorers' to join them in a voyage of auto-erotic discovery - although Alvin would prefer to be at the garden centre. But who is the mysterious femme fatale in the dwarf conifers and what is the secret of the fearsome Medusa?

  • E5
    Beauty and the Beast (Or, Come Into My Parlour)
    Aired · Thu, Oct 24, 2002 · 30m

    The launch of Judee Levinson's beauty salon proves to be a great success, thanks to Charlie Hull's unexpected skill as a masseur. Meanwhile, Neds and Tris have a night-time adventure in Maxie Power, the home-made, crime-solving car.

  • E6
    How the Elephant Got Its Trunk
    Aired · Thu, Oct 31, 2002 · 30m

    When Vinnie goes AWOL, Reenie is forced to take on a new volunteer at the charity shop. But who is the mysterious Keith Drop and what is the dark secret behind his costume jewellery? Meanwhile, Dog Cinema impresario Kenny Harris is shocked at the return of his arch enemy, the felinophiliac Dougal Siepp.

Season 4
3 episodes · 3 aired
▾
  • E1
    Return to Royston Vasey
    Aired · Mon, Dec 18, 2017 · 30m

    Familiar faces return to Royston Vasey, settling old scores and digging up some old friends - with more bad blood than an abattoir with septicaemia. Reece Shearsmith, Steve Pemberton and Mark Gatiss star in scripts written by themselves and Jeremy Dyson.

  • E2
    Save Royston Vasey
    Aired · Tue, Dec 19, 2017 · 30m

    Royston Vasey is facing a threat more terrible than anything it has faced before - boundary changes that will erase the town from the map forever. The fight to save the community from administrative annihilation comes from unexpected and surprising directions, all of them local.

  • E3
    Royston Vasey Mon Amour
    Aired · Wed, Dec 20, 2017 · 30m

    The local authorities, the local paper and the local police all play their part as the developing situation in Royston Vasey reaches its earth-shattering climax. Can the genii be put back in the bottle? And what dark forces have been unleashed in the amphibarium?