Reece Shearsmith
- 55 years old
- English
- Actor and writer
Press clippings Page 41
League of Gentlemen, episode 3 review
A gleefully twisted end to a glorious comeback.
Ed Power, The Telegraph, 21st December 2017The League of Gentlemen, BBC2 review
Triumphant return of iconic dark comedy.
Veronica Lee, The Arts Desk, 21st December 2017The League Of Gentlemen series 4 episode 3 review
The League Of Gentlemen anniversary specials were an absolute triumph.
Den Of Geek, 21st December 2017The League Of Gentlemen special episode 3 review
An impeccably bonkers farewell.
Adam Starkey, Metro, 21st December 2017TLOG review: still the masters of creeping unease
Few people do creeping unease as well as The League of Gentlemen team and right from the start this long-awaited return did its best to raise the hairs on the back of the neck and turn saliva sour in the mouth.
Sarah Hughes, i Newspaper, 21st December 2017The Gents are still Leagues ahead
Cashing in or not, the Gentlemen have maintained the macabre standards they set at the turn of the Millennium. Old favourites are here, though many of them have aged badly.
Christopher Stevenson, Daily Mail, 20th December 2017The League of Gentlemen Specials BFI preview and Q&A
This is an as accurate-as-possible transcript of The League of Gentlemen Q&A at the BFI Southbank, an event held to publicly premiere two of the three League of Gentlemen specials.
Dodo's Words, 20th December 2017The stories behind Royston Vasey's strangest characters
Snub-nosed shopkeeper Tubbs, merciless job-centre tyrant Pauline and oily pederast Herr Lipp have all returned to the delight of fans.
Tristram Fane Saunders, The Telegraph, 20th December 2017The League of Gentlemen, episode 2 review
Before The League of Gentlemen's return, there were questions about how a comedy that existed so close to the knuckle - involving transgender taxi drivers, inbred couples, paedo priests, blacked-up circus freaks - could be revived for a more culturally vigilant era. But as well as continuing to shine a loving gaze on this parade of weirdos, the League's creators have modernised by adding subtle allusions to issues like Brexit and (as when Bernice references Ken Loach) inequality. Mercifully it's still in poor taste - nobody turns to this grisly show for social commentary or compassion - but it's still a sharp and characteristically dastardly move. As the real world intrudes on this benighted valley town, we only root harder for its survival.
Laura Snapes, The Telegraph, 19th December 2017The League of Gentlemen, episode 2 review
Sharp, grisly - and strangely moving.
Laura Snapes, The Telegraph, 19th December 2017