"The League of Gentlemen" (1999) TV series 1999-2002

Seasons:

1 | 2 | 3

Release Date:

19 June 2000 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Horror

Plot:

An interweaving narrative chronicling the antics of such diverse characters as: a transsexual taxi driver, a family obsessed with hygiene and toads, a fiery reverend, a carnival owner who kidnaps women into marriage, and a xenophobic couple who run a local shop for local people.

Plot Keywords:

Transsexual | Taxi Driver | Toad | Local Shop | Shop

Awards:

7 wins & 6 nominations

Cast

Mark Gatiss	...	Various / ... (19 episodes, 1999-2002)
Steve Pemberton	...	Tubbs Tattsyrup / ... (14 episodes, 1999-2002)
Reece Shearsmith	...	Edward Tattsyrup / ... (14 episodes, 1999-2002)
Paul Hays-Marshall	...	Barbara Dixon (9 episodes, 1999-2000)

Runtime:

30 min (18 episodes) | 60 min (1 episode)

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Certification:

Portugal:M/12 (DVD rating) | Finland:K-11 (DVD) (2006) (season 2 & 3) | Finland:K-7 (DVD) (2005) (season 1) | Australia:M

Filming Locations:

Hadfield, High Peak, Derbyshire, England, UK

Company:

British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)

Trivia:

In the original BBC Radio 4 series, the name of the town was "Spent", most of the sketches were spread across the first two television series and there were unique answerphone messages from a Papa Lazarou-like character.

Quotes:

Pauline: Some of us, like Ross here, will want to follow in their father's footsteps... but you can't sign on forever.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in What the Pythons Did Next... (2007) (TV)

British Comedy at its Best

The two series have been superb - the humour is as dark as it gets and the characterisation is great too. It's like nothing else that's been on tv and brings back the horrific times that I used to live in a small town. Brilliant and hope there's another series on the way. To have this and "Spaced" around at the same time shows there's some excellent talent in British comedy writing.