Underplayed Gems

The League of Gentlemen (1999)

The League of Gentlemen poster
Directed by
Steve Bendelack
Genre
comedy television series, LGBT-related television series
Country
United Kingdom
Length
3 seasons, 19 episodes
Rated
15
Rating
7.7 of 10 from 125 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

This British comedy series takes place in the fictional northern town of Royston Vasey. It follows the residents, a collection of bizarre and often sinister characters played by the show's writers.

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What happens

The League of Gentlemen is a British surreal comedy horror series that premiered on BBC Two in 1999. The programme is set in Royston Vasey, a fictional town in northern England originally based on Alston, Cumbria, and follows the lives of bizarre characters, most 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 League of Gentlemen comedy troupe in 1995. The series originally aired for three series from 1999 until 2002, and was followed by a film The League of Gentlemen's Apocalypse (2005), a stage production The League of Gentlemen Are Behind You! (2005), and another live show, The League of Gentlemen Live Again! (2018) The BBC announced in August 2017 that three new episodes would be produced to commemorate the 20th anniversary of the group's first appearance on BBC Radio 4. The aforementioned episodes aired on BBC Two on 18–20 December 2017. The series was filmed mainly in Hadfield, Derbyshire; other locations include Bacup, Lancashire; Glossop, Gamesley, and Hope Valley in Derbyshire; Marsden, Todmorden, and Sowerby Bridge in West Yorkshire; and Mottram in Greater Manchester. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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