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.
Streaming rank this week: 491
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The 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 review
Edward and Tubbs are squatting, and the jobcentre has been relocated. Mark Gatiss, Steve Pemberton, Reece Shearsmith and Jeremy Dyson have had fun deciding what the years have done to their monsters.
Sam Wollaston, The Guardian, 19th December 2017TLOG's take on food bank Britain is funny & poignant
And you thought apocalyptic nose bleeds were bad.
Mark Butler, i Newspaper, 19th December 2017The League Of Gentlemen, Episode 2, BBC2
Among the other highlights in part two, unlikely kidnappers Edward And Tubbs offer some thrills and chills and there is some real horror at the end.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 19th December 2017Why LOG comeback is perfect Christmas TV
Exploding hedgehogs, terrifying twins - these are a few of our favourite things. As an early Christmas treat, the BBC has whisked grateful viewers back to the gothic underpasses of Royston Vasey for the glorious return of The League of Gentlemen.
Ed Power, The Telegraph, 19th December 2017The League Of Gentlemen series 4 episode 2 review
Geoff and Mike's story, meanwhile, is a fantastic example of comedy turning into tragedy; a fine line that the League crew frequently walk.
Catherine Pearson, Den Of Geek, 19th December 2017The League Of Gentlemen special episode 2 review
Darker, creepier with huge pay-offs.
Adam Starkey, Metro, 19th 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 2017