Episode 1
The Lesbian and the Monkey
30m8.3 / 10
Ross springs Pauline from jail--provided she can find evidence to convict Mickey and get him off the Dole.
Guest stars Helen Lambert, Michael Gallagher
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TV series
The League of Gentlemen
19993 seasons7.7 / 10
Welcome to Royston Vasey. You'll Never Leave!
The League of Gentlemen is a British sitcom broadcast on BBC Two over three series from 1999 to 2002. In the fictional Northern England town of Royston Vasey—based on Bacup, Lancashire—the lives are explored of dozens of bizarre citizens, much 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 titular comedy troupe in 1995. The programme was followed by a film in 2005, and a three-part revival miniseries in December 2017 to celebrate the group's 20th anniversary.
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Synopsis
The League of Gentlemen is a British sitcom broadcast on BBC Two over three series from 1999 to 2002. In the fictional Northern England town of Royston Vasey—based on Bacup, Lancashire—the lives are explored of dozens of bizarre citizens, much 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 titular comedy troupe in 1995. The programme was followed by a film in 2005, and a three-part revival miniseries in December 2017 to celebrate the group's 20th anniversary.
Cast, crew and production details
About The League of Gentlemen
Cast
Mark GatissVarious
Steve PembertonVarious
Reece ShearsmithVarious
Jeremy DysonVariousIsabelle Estelle CorbusierVarious
Paul Hays-MarshallBarbara DixonFrances CoxAnnie Raines
Rosy De WolfRadclyffe Denton
Credits
- Created by
- Steve Pemberton, Mark Gatiss, Reece Shearsmith, Jeremy Dyson
- Written by
- Steve Pemberton, Mark Gatiss, Reece Shearsmith, Jeremy Dyson
Production details
- Status
- Ended
- Series type
- Scripted
- Episodes
- 18
- Original language
- English
Networks & production
BBC TwoUnited Kingdom
BBC StudiosUnited Kingdom
Themes
dark comedymultiple rolesnorthern englandsketch comedysurreal
Season 3 episodes
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Episode 2
The One-Armed Man Is King
30m7.7 / 10
Lance bribes hospital disc jockey Mike King to arrange an under-the-counter arm transplant. Meanwhile, Glenn and Barry fail miserably in an attempt to recover outstanding debts.
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Episode 3
Turn Again Geoff Tipps
30m8.3 / 10
Geoff is fired from his job and leaves in an attempt to make it as a stand-up comedian in London. There he runs into the Legz Akimbo team and Mike.
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Episode 4
The Medusa Touch
30m8.3 / 10
Regular Cast: Mark as Alvin Steele / Les McQueen Steve as Daddy / Nancy Glass / Barbara [voice] / Anne Hand Reese as Noel Glass / Judith Buckle / Terry Lollard B&B proprietors Alvin and Sunny invite their weekend 'Sexplorers' to join them in a voyage of auto-erotic discovery - although Alvin would prefer to be at the garden centre. But who is the mysterious femme fatale in the dwarf conifers and what is the secret of the fearsome 'Medusa'? The Ending: Lawrence Llewellyn Bowen is having a fag with his wig off in the backyard of the Windermere when the white van comes crashing through the wall, sending tons of bricks down on him...
Guest stars Michael Gallagher
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Episode 5
Beauty and the Beast (Or, Come into My Parlour)
30m8.3 / 10
Regular Cast: Mark as Tony / Iris Krell [voice] / Neds / Professor Breastpinch'd Steve as Charlie Hull Reese as Stella Hull / Judee Levinson / Keith Drop CHARLIE & STELLA / MRS LEVINSON: The Hulls' marriage seems to have disintegrated beyond repair and Stella's hooked on playing fruit machines. Meanwhile, Charlie starts working for Judee Levinson at her new beauty salon, the ""Spit and Polish"", doing massages on blindfolded clients, who think it's Judee doing them herself. His healing hands wow the customers, until an old man asks if he can do any ""extras"". Word spreads and the salon is packed with the men of Royston Vasey, blissfully unaware they are being w* off by Charlie. When Tony comes for one of the ""special massages"", Charlie becomes obsessed with him and falls in love with him, eventually telling Tony he's the masseur with the magic hands. Tony is disgusted and the s* hits the fan: Stella wins big on the fruit machines and jets off overseas, and Judee sacks him.
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Episode 6
How The Elephant Got Its Trunk
30m9.0 / 10Finale
After a bag is blown out the window of the Charity Shop Vinnie spots it on a country road and sets out in hot pursuit. Papa Lazarou returns and all the series' loose ends are tied up.
Guest stars Michael Gallagher
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