The League Of Gentlemen. Image shows from L to R: Tubbs (Steve Pemberton), Edward (Reece Shearsmith). Copyright: BBC
The League Of Gentlemen

The League Of Gentlemen

  • TV sitcom / sketch show
  • BBC Two
  • 1999 - 2017
  • 22 episodes (3 series)

Royston Vasey is an isolated Northern community where dark, perverted and horrifying things happen behind closed doors. Stars Steve Pemberton, Reece Shearsmith and Mark Gatiss.

  • JustWatch Streaming rank this week: 470

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League of Gentleman specials: spoiler-free preview

Comedy revivals often feel a bit forced, but nothing here feels like its been dusted off or reheated.

Rob Smedley, Cult Box, 15th December 2017

It seems hard to believe that children have been born and and done their GCSEs since the cameras last ventured into Royston Vasey - and perhaps the renaissance of this innovative dark comedy proves what the road signs always said about the town - "You'll Never Leave". I wouldn't want to give too much away, but you'll be relieved, I am sure, to learn that Tubbs and Edward managed to escape from the inferno that destroyed the local shop (for local people) and the beautiful, precious things within. A little older, and a great deal more accomplished even than their early promise, Mark Gatiss, Jeremy Dyson, Steve Pemberton and Reece Shearsmith remind us of the amazing promise they showed and subsequently fulfilled. I just wonder how Pauline and her pens are coping with universal credit.

Sean O'Grady, The Independent, 15th December 2017

The League Of Gentlemen to announce 2018 live tour

The stars of The League Of Gentlemen are set to tour the UK in 2018 with a new live show.

British Comedy Guide, 14th December 2017

Reece Shearsmith on the return of The League of Gents

'I tore the end of my nose off playing Edward again'

Alice Jones, i Newspaper, 13th December 2017

Mark Gatiss interview

As the prolific British actor, writer and producer returns to screens in The League Of Gentlemen next week, he tells The Jackal he's never wanted to champion anything, even though he thinks the world is going to hell in a handcart.

The Jackal Magazine, 13th December 2017

TLOG: every film reference you missed first time around

Frequently drawing inspiration from cinema, The League Of Gentlemen's original run is packed with movie references you may have missed.

Louise Rhind-Tutt, i Newspaper, 12th December 2017

Mark Gatiss on returning to TLOG after 12 years

In three BBC2 Christmas specials we are reintroduced to many of the characters we first fell in love with when the show began airing in 1999.

James Rampton, The Independent, 12th December 2017

Preview: The League of Gentlemen specials

The League of Gentlemen return with three anniversary specials next week, and TVO has been lucky enough to take a sneaky peek at the first two instalments.

Paul Holmes, The Velvet Onion, 12th December 2017

TLOG's original Christmas special was terrifying

Almost two decades later, it remains an inspired mix of wicked fun and festive fright.

Mark Butler, i Newspaper, 7th December 2017

TLOG: 'I can't believe we're back here doing this'

"Welcome to Royston Vasey. You'll never leave." That sign greeted visitors to The League of Gentlemen's fictional home town. And it's proving true for the cult sketch show's creators, who have been drawn back there for three Christmas specials after more than a decade away.

Ian Youngs, BBC, 28th November 2017

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