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The League of Gentlemen is filmed in Hatfield, Derbyshire – better known to us Royston Vasey, named after the comedian Chubby Brown (he appears in two episodes in series two as the Mayor).
The program is written by Mark Gatiss, Steve Pemberton and Reece Shearsmith (who ... Read review
Set in a fictitious village in the north of England called Royston Vasey we witness the ... more
lives of over sixty depressing but hilarious characters. All 6 episodes of Series One which introduces some of the characters: Tubbs and Edward: The Pig nosed...
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Royston Vasey: it may look like any other bleak town you've ever seen, but it's the locals ... more
you have to worry about...Tubbs and Edward. The Pig nosed propretors of the local shop who don't like change, in fact they don't even give change. The Denton Fam...
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seriesThe League of Gentlemenis to sitcoms likeThe Good Lifeor evenFriendswhat David Lynch's films are to Frank Capra movies. Instead of the usual one-family-in-suburbia or group-of-pals set-up,Gentlemencentres on the whole town of Royston Vasey. A Northern village of, to say the least, eccentric characters, the weird people of Royston Vasey (actually, the real name of lewd northern comic Roy Chubby Brown) look like they've been intermarrying for too long and are suffering from a particularly demented variety of xenophobia that drives them to extremes of tetchiness and psychosis. There are the local shopkeepers Edward and Tubbs, who go to murderous lengths to ensure their shop remains for local people only; the Denton family, toad-breeders obsessed with maintaining their household rituals at all costs; inept veterinary surgeon Dr Chinnery, who's never yet saved a patient; Barbara, the local transsexual taxi driver (one of the show's more well adjusted characters); Pauline the demonic Restart Officer at the local Job Centre; and Lance, the sadistic owner of Lance's Joke Shop which sells poisonous sweets and the ever-popular finger in a matchbox (with a real finger), among many others. Most of the charactersare performed by the three core members of the group, sporting a disturbing variety of prosthetic demi-masks and latex make-up, who started the concept off with a stage show and then transferred it to radio before taking it on TV, which may explain whyThe League of Gentlemenseems blithely oblivious of normal sitcom conventions and has a stately air of surrealism that feels likeThe Archersas written by playwright Eugene Ionesco. Brilliant stuff. --Leslie FelperinOn the DVD: Join the cast and co-writer Jeremy Dyson as they indulge in some "Local gossip" on the audio commentary, happily reminiscing about making this first series and discussing the origins of the innumerable characters and sketches, as well as pointing out hidden jokes and movie references galore. Also on this excellently produced disc are entertaining character biographies (Pop's favourite lunch from Greggs is "Chicken&Mushroom Pie", the sinister Denton twins are happiest when "Courting the Lords of Misrule"), an archive of the show's theatrical origins, and a treasure-trove of deleted scenes. But remember, if you're not local you can't get it in. --Mark Walker
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seriesThe League of Gentlemenis to sitcoms likeThe Good Lifeor evenFriendswhat David Lynch's films are to Frank Capra movies. Instead of the usual one-family-in-suburbia or group-of-pals set-up,Gentlemencentres on the whole town of Royston Vasey. A Northern village of, to say the least, eccentric characters, the weird people of Royston Vasey (actually, the real name of lewd northern comic Roy Chubby Brown) look like they've been intermarrying for too long and are suffering from a particularly demented variety of xenophobia that drives them to extremes of tetchiness and psychosis. There are the local shopkeepers Edward and Tubbs, who go to murderous lengths to ensure their shop remains for local people only; the Denton family, toad-breeders obsessed with maintaining their household rituals at all costs; inept veterinary surgeon Dr Chinnery, who's never yet saved a patient; Barbara, the local transsexual taxi driver (one of the show's more well adjusted characters); Pauline the demonic Restart Officer at the local Job Centre; and Lance, the sadistic owner of Lance's Joke Shop which sells poisonous sweets and the ever-popular finger in a matchbox (with a real finger), among many others. Most of the charactersare performed by the three core members of the group, sporting a disturbing variety of prosthetic demi-masks and latex make-up, who started the concept off with a stage show and then transferred it to radio before taking it on TV, which may explain whyThe League of Gentlemenseems blithely oblivious of normal sitcom conventions and has a stately air of surrealism that feels likeThe Archersas written by playwright Eugene Ionesco. Brilliant stuff. --Leslie FelperinOn the DVD: Join the cast and co-writer Jeremy Dyson as they indulge in some "Local gossip" on the audio commentary, happily reminiscing about making this first series and discussing the origins of the innumerable characters and sketches, as well as pointing out hidden jokes and movie references galore. Also on this excellently produced disc are entertaining character biographies (Pop's favourite lunch from Greggs is "Chicken&Mushroom Pie", the sinister Denton twins are happiest when "Courting the Lords of Misrule"), an archive of the show's theatrical origins, and a treasure-trove of deleted scenes. But remember, if you're not local you can't get it in. --Mark Walker
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...BF to see what all the fuss was about, I really didn’t think it was my “cup of tea”. Anyway I ended up watching all 6 episodes.
It is actually very funny (my BF was shocked to hear me say that), silly, sick and warped but very funny.
I liked it so much that I bought the first series from amazon for £14.00.
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The League of Gentlemen is filmed in Hatfield, Derbyshire – ... ...episodes in series two as the Mayor).
The program is written by Mark Gatiss, Steve Pemberton and Reece Shearsmith (who play all the residents who live in this strange little town) - Jeremy Dyson also co-writes the series with the other three.
The four have been awarded
Perrier Award
Sony Silver Award
Golden Rose Award
Best Entertainment Award at the Royal Society TV Awards
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I bought series two on video for my boyfriend at Christmas, because he was always going on about it and how funny it is.
I thought I would watch one episode with my BF to see what all the fuss was about, I really didn’t think it was my “cup of tea”. Anyway I ended up watching all 6 episodes.
It is actually very funny (my BF was shocked to hear me say that), silly, sick and warped but very funny.
I liked it so much that I bought the first series from amazon for £14.00. ~~~~~~
The League of Gentlemen is filmed in Hatfield, Derbyshire – better known to us Royston Vasey, named after the comedian Chubby Brown (he appears in two episodes in series two as the Mayor).
The program is written by Mark Gatiss, Steve Pemberton and Reece Shearsmith (who play all the residents who live in this strange little town) - Jeremy Dyson also co-writes the series with the other three.
The four have been awarded
Perrier Award Sony Silver Award Golden Rose Award Best Entertainment Award at the Royal Society TV Awards BAFTA for the Best Comedy Series.
** The characters **
Edward and Tubbs (Tatsyrup)
They own the local shop. They have a problem with customers who are not from Ryston Vasey (“local”). They are husband and wife but also brother and sister. They have one son, David, who Edward is deeply ashamed of. This couple may look harmless but kill “unlocal” people and also kidnap people to be their son's friend. ~~~~ The Denton family (Harvey, Val, their twin daughters Chloe, Radclyffe and their nephew Benjamin.)
Harvey and Val Harvey and his wife Val are an odd couple. Harvey has an alarming passion for toads. They are obsessed with cleanliness and have a lot of strange house rules (taught to their guests in rhymes and songs.) Masturbation is strictly forbidden in their house. As well as rules they have many strange habits. Benjamin He is meeting a friend to go hill walking and originally intends to stay for one night with Auntie Val but after his friend, Martin Lee mysteriously disappears he is forced to stay a further 6 weeks.
Chloe and Radclyffe (Megan and Rosy DeWolf) The innocent looking twins are really evil. They appear out of nowhere (often scaring people by doing so.) They also have a spooky habit of reading people's minds. ~~~~~ Barbara Dickson Barbara is the proprietor of “Bab’s Cabs” and drives a pink taxi. Is a transsexual (pre in series one.) Barbara is on a manhunt and searching for true love. The sex change goes wrong and is performed by the vet.
~~~~~ Hilary Briss He is the creepy butcher and sells his “special stuff” (a highly addictive foodstuff) to his special customers. He is married to Mrs Briss (her identity is not revealed until the end of series two)
Samuel A councillor in Royston Vasey who buys the special stuff even though he knows it is wrong, but it tastes so good he can't resist. Morris A mayor in Royston Vasey, who makes the mistake of bringing his family to one of Hilary's meetings and also allowing his wife to sell the special stuff in sandwiches at her stall. He needs some persuading to try the special stuff but once he's tried some he’s hooked. ~~~~ Pauline, Mickey and Ross (can all to be found down the job centre.)
Pauline Pauline is the horrible restart officer who believes that all jobseekers are worthless and pathetic. She has an obsession for pens and stores them in a box marked “Pauline’s pens”. She hates Ross.
Mickey The mentally challenged jobseeker (he thinks the capital of France is Wine.) He thinks Pauline is absolutely wonderful and would do anything for her. He misses out on his chance to be a firemen because Pauline won't let him go to his interview.
Ross He is a class-mate (or that’s what we’re led to believe – he actually works for social services, internal investigations and his report says Pauline is a 'psychotic, 50yr old lesbian'.) He enjoys making Pauline seem stupid by using long words to confuse her.
Cathy Carter Smith She appears in series two as Pauline’s re-placement. ~~~~ Geoff, Mike and Brian all work at the plastics factory. Geoff His wife left him for Brian. He was in the TA's but couldn't join the army because he was too fat. He is jealous of Mike and hates Brian. Mike Mike has been friends with Geoff since they were kids. He is married to Cheryl. He is almost killed by Geoff when they get lost in the woods.
Brian Mike and Geoff's forgetful friend. He stops Mike from being killed by Geoff and is also threatened by Geoff at Mikes wedding because Katie left Geoff for him. ~~~~ Mr Chinnery Royston Vasey's mild mannered vet. All of his patients die in the most bizarre of ways (he doesn't mean to, but he always manages to have some “rather upsetting news” by the time he‘s finished with the patient.) He also aided in the crisis of the beast of Royston Vasey, by performing an autopsy. He also preformed Barbara's unsuccessful sex change operation. ~~~~ Iris works for her posh employer Mrs Levenson.
Iris Krill Iris works for Mrs Levenson doing anything that needs doing round the house. She is frequently put down by her slobby employer but sometimes she gets her own back by insulting Judee as well. She also works on the tills at the local supermarket. She is married to Ron and has 10 children. She lives on a grotty estate in an overcrowded house that is in a terrible condition. She steals drink from her employer and burns her expensive nightie. She likes to embarrass her employer with vulgar details of her private life.
Judee Levenson Posh lady who is constantly going on holiday with her 'husband' Eddie. (she is in denial about Eddie's death and pretends that he is still alive.) She frequently flaunts the fact she has more money than Iris and treats her like a slave. On her visit to Iris's she runs away disgusted by the conditions. She seems to have an ongoing competition with Iris to see who can upset each other the most, at last count the score was three all. ~~~~ Herr Lipp He is a German exchange teacher who would like to exchange more than just language with his male students.
Papa Lazarou A wild gypsy showman, he looks a bit like a black and white minstrel. He is the boss of a sinister circus and he decides to bring them to town. He collects rings.
~~~~ The league of Gentlemen is like comedy sketch show with a story. The actors play a wide range of very different characters and n my opinion they are all very talented guys.
Advantages: Groundbreakingly important. Disadvantages: William Blake also had his critics.
By far the most daring of any previous material offered by this extraordinarily fine set of actors, comedians and writers, The League of Gentleman's third series is at last offending people in all reputable Uk entertainment outlets this X-mas. The six new episodes see the League move from the format of exclusive (sometimes vaguely linked) sketches to an impressively full blown interlinking and incredibly complicated television series (funky sound ... ...up with should not work- the ideas are extremely difficult to follow, the humour has turned into something darker than very black and virtually every character that made up the legendary second series has been killed off. But it does...oddly.
Strange and its been annoying me to the extent of genuinely having to sit down and think.
So perhaps it is the incredibly interesting way it is oxymoronically put together. A suitable visual metaphor for their ...
Pete11 24.12.2003
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Advantages: very funny, great commentary Disadvantages: none
Let me start by saying the League Of Gentleman dvd isn't a boxset, it's just one dvd that features the first series. The League of Gentleman can best be describes as Deliverance meets Emmerdale. It's one of the most bizarre and surreal comedies you'll ever come across. Set in the remote village of Royston Vasey you follow the antics of some the weird, troubled and strange folk that live in the village. The local shop is sat on a hill overlooking ... ...and Tubbs with the motto "this is a local shop-for local people-we'll have no trouble here!" They don't like outsiders and anybody who goes in doesn't seem to come out. Then there's Pauline, the very nasty restart officer for the job centre. She loves pens and doesn't mind telling the un-employed in her group that there is no hope. She tells them about selling the Big Issue "It's kind of like Bunty-but for tramps!". She is constantly at odds with ...
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Advantages: Ver VERY funny. A whole range of characters to suit everyoes taste and smell. Disadvantages: None. Or they are a matter of personal taste
...be seen as one of the great British comedies in years to come. Joining its forebearers such as Monty Python, Bottom, The Young Ones and of Course the Fast Show. Personally I love The League of Gentlemen, but there are those who don;t like it at all. How STRANGE......
It basically takes the same format of any sketch show like the Fast Show, the only difference is that over the episodes there is a plot between the sketches. A sketch can be anywhere ... ...comedies but all live in the sae warped and hilarious world. All the characters live in a town called Roysten Vassey, a quite little town in the middle of knowhere (the type of place that is underneath the staple in the A-Z Road map). A place that seems normal to all that live there but any visitor will soon find the need to visit a mental institution. My favourite character group have to be Tubs and Edward. These two who form the lovely old couple ...
Morgan500 01.10.2001 (03.10.2001)
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Advantages: An excellent piece of live comedy, the live show is much better than the TV series Disadvantages: The dark humour might not appeal to all tastes
...DVD to be in on the jokes colleagues at work were making after having watched the show themselves. I had already seen the show on television and found it to be quite funny but not a real side splitter. If you haven’t seen the League of Gentlemen before, it is basically a dark comedy starring sordid and troubled characters. The DVD cost about £20 from HMV and is just over one and a half hours in length.
The show is performed by the cast of Mark Gatiss, ... ...many different characters. I found the cast to be so talented that I actually believed they were the characters, even in the situations where they dress up as women. All of the show takes place in front of a live audience.
The show is divided into two parts, the first part involves the cast dressed up in tuxedos and acting out certain sketches, whereas in the second part the cast are dressed up in full costume. Certain sketches I enjoyed in the ...
gorvifal3 27.01.2003
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Advantages: They're bad bad men Disadvantages: They're bad BAD men
...have no words to describe the genius of this programme, but I'll try. As a Maths student who managed a 300 word newsletter that didn't need rewriting, I feel confident in my literary ability. And the delete key. Yay.
The League of Gentlemen. I didn't get into it at first. I don't remember why. I don't even remember the first time I watched it. But I am a FAN. (Look out for my League fanfic in which Mark Gatiss ... lalala, bunnies). They are EVIL. ... ...actors) and Jeremy Dyson, the League aims to be more weird, tasteless, evil, cruel and twisted than anything ever. Except possibly the inside of Andy's head. Bunnies ...
Leaving aside the weirdness of their scripts, 'The League of Gentlemen' doesn't seem very special. A comedy series, set in a fictional village with a silly name, with the three main actors playing most of the parts. Not very exciting. But it is. Oh yes.
The men who make 'The League ...
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Advantages: Very Funny, Unique and All in One Box, Lots of Extras Disadvantages: None that I can think of
Welcome to Royston Vasey and The League of Gentlemen, you'll never leave.
The League of gentlemen are Jeremy Dyson, Steve Pemberton, Mark Gatiss and Reece Shearsmith, who after becoming friends when they all attended Bretton Hall Drama College, got together to do a comedy stage show, winning the Perrier award at the Edinburgh Festival, then going on to Radio scooping the Sony Silver Award and then a Talkie Award for best audio comedy. This was all before bringing their wonderfully dark humorous show to the small screen in early 1999, making three series, a Christmas special, live show and finally a movie on the silver screen in 2005.
The box set comprises of six discs, and comes in a book like case, which is covered in a sleeve. On the six discs there are all three series ...
Advantages: Dark and creeeeepy, yet unbelivably funny! Disadvantages: Series 3. Pointless.
Welcome to the quaint little town of Royston Vasey.
"You'll never leave!"
This small town holds many many creepy secrets, a butcher who deals in "specialised meats" (have a guess), The strange hygiene-obcessed Denton familly *cough*toads*cough* and obviously not forgetting (belive me I'v tried!) the evil secrets of the deep dark lurking gloom of.... THE LOCAL SHOP!
Series1 starts with Ben Denton on the train traveling to Royston Vasey to stay with his Aunt and Uncle... if only he knew what I do now. From the unconvincing transvestite soon-to-be transexual cab driver nameb Babs, to Dr. Chinnery the poor poor man, cursed to severely awful vetinary practise, he kills every animal he gets his hands on in its own imaginative and cringing way. This show isnt for the weak stomached, or easilly offended, or ANY ...
Set in a fictitious village in the north of England called Royston Vasey, we witness the lives of over sixty depressing characters all played by Mark, Steve and Reece.
Release details
DVD Region
DVD
Studio(s)
2 ENTERTAIN VIDEO; SONY DADC
Release date
13/11/2000
No of Discs
1
Catalogue No
BBCDVD 1007
Barcode
5014503100728
Languages
Main Language
English
Technical information
Special Features
Audio Commentary By The Director, Character Biographies, Photo Gallery, Unseen Material
Aspect Ratio
16:9 Anamorphic Wide Screen
Sound
Dolby Digital
Dubbing Sound
Dolby Digital English
DVD Description
THE LEAGUE OF GENTLEMEN, the comedy series that debuted in 1999 to universal critical acclaim, takes place in the fictional town of Royston Vasey, where the inhabitants are almost entirely played by three actors: Mark Gatiss, Steve Pemberton, and Reece Shearsmith. A darkly comic look at rural country life, the show features a cast of misfits, miscreants, weirdos, and transvestites who all seem to revolve around the elderly shop owners Tubbs and Edward, who refuse to give change and have a penchant for murdering customers. This collection contains the entire first season of the series.
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