League of Gentlemen, The

Lets get things nice and sparkling clear before I begin this review; I am a massive fan of the League of Gentlemen. I would love to have been a fly on the wall when Jeremy Dyson, Mark Gatiss, Steve Pemberton and Reece Shearsmith pitched this dark comedy to the BBC executives. I imagine it going something like this... "Well we've got this idea for a show. Its set in a fictional northern town named Royston Vasey. The local shop is owned by an inbred couple who are searching for a bride for their son who is half man, half monster. The local doctor is actually a modern day Sweeney Todd who is feeding human meat to his unsuspecting customers. Are you with me so ...  Read the complete review

The League of Gentlemen is the comic masterpiece of Jeremy Dyson, Mark Gatiss, Steve Pemberton and Reece Shearsmith , based around bizarre, and often disturbing, inhabitants of Royston Vassey, a fictional town based in the rural backwaters of Northern England. Although each of the three series has it's own storyline, it is usually fairly fragile and only plays as a back drop to the weird and not particularly wonderful residents of the surreal little hamlet, and the morbid mishaps they invariably get involved in. The first series starts with the arrival of Benjamin Denton, who was roped in to a short stay at his aunt and uncle's whilst on his way to a ...  Read the complete review

League of Gentleman Directed by Jeremy Dyson and starring Mark Gattiss, Reece Shearsmith and Steve Pemberton, this television series was adapted from the popular Radio 4 series of the same name. Set in the northern village, Royston Vasey (Roy Chubby Brown's real name for all you culture vultures out there), this follows the weird, deranged residents of this strange little village. Essentially the first two series were sketch shows flipping between the separate inhabitants of the town and watching their strange lifes unfold, but there was a narrative running through them all, the third series had much more narrative and linked the stories ...  Read the complete review

WHAT IS IT ABOUT: This bizarre comedy sitcom follows the lives of the oddest people you can imagine, living in Royston Vassey. Each character is played by one of three of the creators of the show, heavily made up with make-up and prosthetics. The show is similar to a sketch show, in that it features different sketches, but these are held together (albiet tenuously) by a main storyline. IS IT ANY GOOD: This show is definitely not for everyone, and requires a VERY open mind to enjoy. The comedy is very dark e.g. incestuous innuendo. The characters are, at times, sinister and scary - it's definitely adult content only. An example is that there's a local ...  Read the complete review

My boyfriend Chris first introduced me to this series a couple of years ago. As we hadn’t been together long I didn’t hold out too much hope for his recommendation that I watch the program because although he knew I liked dark comedy he didn’t know exactly the kind of things I found find funny. He had recorded both series 1 and 2 onto tape so we proceeded to watch the first episode. Right from the start I was absolutely hooked – it was everything I wanted in a comedy show, something I never knew was permitted to be shown on TV! WHO ARE THE LEAGUE OF GENTLEMEN? The League of Gentlemen consists of Jeremy Dyson, Steve Pemberton, Mark Gatiss ...  Read the complete review