"...four young men who got together
to produce a stage show...they took it to Edinburgh and
they won the Perrier Award. They Transferred it to radio
and won a Sony award. They thought they'd have a go at Television,
they won a Bafta award, a Royal Television Society Award
and the Golden Rose of Montreux...The League
of Gentlemen"
'Paul Jackson 'In conversation with...' Radio 4
The League of gentlemen are: Jeremy Dyson, Steve Pemberton,
Mark Gatiss and Reece Shearsmith.
BBC 2 aired the first episode of The League of Gentlemen
'Welcome to Royston Vasey' on 11th January 1999.
Over ten years later, we have had a second and a third series,
a Christmas special, loads of books, two national tours with the 'local show
for local people' and 'The League of Gentlemen Are Behind You' and many
individual projects such as TLC, Surrealissimo, nighty night, Benidorm, Dr Who,
Catterick, Sherlock and film appearances in Birthday Girl and Hitchhikers
Guide to name just a few. Reece has taken to the boards a few times and has
appeared in the stage version of The Producers. Steve has become a regular on
TV in Benidorm and has appeared in many quality drama and Mark has fulfilled a
lifetime ambition not by just writing an episode of Doctor Who but by starring
in an episode! Jeremy has published more books, co-written a brilliant TV series,
Blackpool and co written the amazing stage show Ghost Stories with Andy Nyman
and has too many projects on the go to mention them all!
Collectively they Fulfilled a lifetime ambition with their very own feature film
entitled The League of Gentlemens Apocalypse which is out on DVD and a DVD of the
Panto tour is out also! Steve and Reece won A Comedy Award with the first series of
Psychoville and have a 2nd series under their belt which is also
nominated for a comedy award! Can we beg them for a live show of Psychoville?
Psychoville was launched in June 2009 and features both Steve and Reece
supported by an amazing cast including Dawn French, Christopher Biggins, Dame Eileen
Atkins and Nicholas Le Prevost to name but a few! Visit the latest news section to learn
more!
This site will always keep you informed on everything the Gents get up to,
from appearances on the stage, to book signings, from voice overs to Radio and TV appearances
plus we will be keeping you up to date on all the gossip regarding the next series or next film!
This site receives visitors from every country in the world and the good
news for our American visitors is that Region 1 DVD's are now available! Click
Here for more!
 If you are new to the site then I suggest
you start off by reading the latest news which you will find under the Info section then
click on the video clips or listen to a sound clip! Get a film cell, or a key ring and the
must have new item of merchandise has to be the Royston Vasey Road Sign! If you are 'local'
check out the LoG Dating in Info, as mentioned by Edwina Currie on Radio 5 no less!
I hope you enjoy the site!
Marie and The League of Gentlemen Site
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