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: 428
Press clippings Page 5
The League of Gentlemen, episode 2 review
Sharp, grisly - and strangely moving.
Laura Snapes, The Telegraph, 19th December 2017It says as much about the cultural inertia of this century as well as the passing of time that, crikey, it's almost 19 years since The League of Gentlemen first graced our screens, making stars of Reece Shearsmith, Steve Pemberton and Mark Gatiss. They return in their grotesque guises to Royston Vasey; the fact that the actors have aged adds an extra layer of eeriness (and makeup) to their familiar creations.
David Stubbs, The Guardian, 18th December 2017Five classic comedies that owe a debt to TLOG
The taboo-busting grotesques of Royston Vasey were a breath of fresh air when they first appeared on stage 20 years ago quickly followed by appearances on BBC Radio and TV. Here are the shows that might not have existed in the same way without them...
Ben Dowell, Radio Times, 18th December 2017The League Of Gentlemen: preview
The devil not only has the best tunes, he has the best comedy characters, too, and this lot must be in League with him.
Steve Bennett, Chortle, 18th December 2017The League of Gentlemen review
Still in a league of their own.
Benji Wilson, The Telegraph, 18th December 2017The League of Gentlemen 2017 review
A pitch-perfect reunion that's wonderfully horrifying.
Catherine Pearson, Digital Spy, 18th December 2017The League Of Gentlemen Episode 1 review
Visual gags and references litter the frame for diehard fans to unpack.
Adam Starkey, Metro, 18th December 2017The League Of Gentlemen series 4 episode 1 review
There's a delightful string of visual gags on the streets of the town, including signs in the boarded up shop fronts and Mrs Levinson's cleaner Iris dropping a bag of dog poo in a charity donations box, but as with the original show these aren't isolated sketches. Everything is linked...
Catherine Pearson, Den Of Geek, 18th December 2017The League of Gentlemen preview
After 15 years away from our screens, The League of Gentlemen is back and this week I was incredibly lucky to be invited to a special BFI preview screening where I was one of the first to watch two out of the three new episodes.
I Talk Telly, 16th December 2017Preview: The League Of Gentlemen, Episode 1, BBC2
he result is a clever blend of mainly familiar and briefly unfamiliar, which makes you feel as if the programme has never been away. Maybe it has evolved but not very far. "The world's moved on," we are told at one point. Not that much for Royston Vasey though. In a Good Way.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 16th December 2017