Mark Gatiss

My TV hero: Alexander Armstrong on Mark Gatiss

I like the idea of old-fashioned being classic rather than brown and dingy. And that's what Mark Gatiss has done with Sherlock. There's something quintessentially British about his work.

BAFTA TV special: Mark Gatiss

To celebrate tonight's Philips British Academy Television Awards, Mark Gatiss, co-creator of The League of Gentlemen and Sherlock, tells us about his love of TV.

Mark Gatiss: My family values

The actor and writer talks about his family.

Mark Gatiss: the journey of a geek made good

Mark Gatiss, the brains behind TV's Sherlock and Doctor Who, is a man in demand. Michael Deacon met him.

Interview: Mark Gatiss, actor and writer

Mark Gatiss is everywhere this month, but he found time to speak about his acting, writing and the maxim that keeps us all on tenterhooks.

Mark Gatiss: 'Golden age' of TV has now passed

Sherlock creator Mark Gatiss has complained that British actors working in television are being underpaid, claiming a "golden age" has passed in terms of performers' earnings.

Mark Gatiss hails vinyl influence

Mark Gatiss has revealed that he was influenced to become a comedy writer and performer by the Monty Python team and Rowan Atkinson.

Hallowe'en isn't until Saturday but here's comedian Reece Shearsmith (from The League of Gentlemen) in a haunted house in Hackney, with a bunch of other entertainers as keen as he is on ghosts, apparitions and macabre manifestations, to discuss the history of horror in entertainment. This week, together with Vic Reeves, Mark Gatiss and Yvette Fielding (often found on satellite TV, being gripped by spooky emanations), they discuss classic scary shows from British radio and TV and their essential ingredients. Next week, films.

Timed well to air as Halloween approaches, The League of Gentleman actor (and Stage Podcast interviewee) Shearsmith talks to horror enthusiast (and fellow League-member) Mark Gatiss, Vic Reeves and Yvette Fielding about what makes a story scary.

Lets make no bones about it: given their League of Gentlemen track record, this series has been an average outing for Steve Pemberton and Reece Shearsmith. With the exception of last week's dark, twisty hilarity (something to do with the return of Royston Vasey cohort Mark Gatiss?) Psychoville has continued to display the League's knack of elevating even the most banal, infantile subject matter to the status of high drama, but fared poorly on the laugh count.

There's still a few chuckles to be had: tonight, largely residing in the continued bidding war for Mr Snappy, and his owner's odd obsession with Crabtree's bodily functions. Mr Jelly also appears to be embarking on a satisying journey to redemption through a reconciliation with Mr Jolly, so fingers crossed for this narrative. But be warned: the eagle-eyed will have noticed that the actress who wound up swinging upside down in David's 'bad murder' was Natalie Cassidy. Which suggests plenty of footage of Sonia from Eastenders next week. Unlikely to be a good thing.