| The League of Gentlemen started life on the London Fringe with a sketch-show first performed at the Cockpit Theatre in 1995. They then secured a weekly residency at the Canal Café Theatre, which led to their first visit to the Edinburgh Fringe Festival in 1996. Here they were quickly signed up by the BBC to record a radio series with a view to future TV work. They returned to Edinburgh with a new show in 1997, scooping the Perrier Award for Comedy.
Their Radio 4 series, On the Town with the League of Gentlemen aired in 1997, winning the Sony Silver Award and subsequently a Talkie Award for Best Audio Comedy.
The League’s first television series, simply called The League of Gentlemen, was filmed in 1998 and transmitted on BBC2 in January 1999. The programme went on to win both the prestigious Golden Rose of Montreux and the RTS award for 'best entertainment' 1999. The second series of The League of Gentlemen aired in January 2000, with a book, a Christmas special and a tour lined up in the coming months.
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Credit List
Jeremy Dyson - Credit List
Stage:
Co-Writer: A LOCAL SHOW FOR LOCAL PEOPLE – THE THEATRE ROYAL DRURY LANE 12TH MARCH – 6 WEEK RUN
A LOCAL SHOW FOR LOCAL PEOPLE – UK TOUR INCLUDING VENUES SUCH AS LIVERPOOL EMPIRE, MANCHESTER APOLLO, CITY HALL NEWCASTLE, BIRMINGHAM NIA
THE LEAGUE OF GENTLEMEN (Edinburgh Pleasance, London Pleasance, Komedia Brighton, Battersea Arts Centre, London, Canal Café Theatre, London)
Radio:
Co-Writer: ON THE TOWN WITH THE LEAGUE OF GENTLEMEN, R4 - 1997 Sony Silver Award winner.
RINGING THE CHANGES by Jeremy Dyson and Mark Gatiss.
A ghost story for Halloween for Radio 4.
Television:
Co-Writer: THE LEAGUE OF GENTLEMEN (series 1 x6 episodes) BBC2 1999.
Winner of the BAFTA for best comedy 2000, the Golden Rose of Montreux 1999 & RTS award for ‘Best Entertainment’ 1999.
Co-Writer/Assistant Producer:
THE LEAGUE OF GENTLEMEN (series II x6 episodes) BBC2 2000
Winner of NME award for ‘Best Television Programme’ 2001
Co-Writer/Assistant Producer:
THE LEAGUE OF GENTLEMEN CHRISTMAS SPECIAL BBC2 2000
Co-Writer: RANDALL & HOPKIRK (DECEASED), ep. TWO CAN PLAY AT THAT GAME, BBC1 2001
Published Work:
Books:
NEVER TRUST A RABBIT (collected short fiction). Duckworth – published 25 May 2000.
BRIGHT DARKNESS: The lost art of the Supernatural Horror Film.Cassell, UK 1997.
THE ESSEX FILES (with Mark Gatiss). Fourth Estate, UK 1997.
Oratorio:
THE SAME DOG – Performed on 9 July 2000 at the Barbican. Music by Joby Talbot, Book by Jeremy Dyson
Reece Shearsmith - Credit List
Television:
RANDALL & HOPKIRK (DECEASED) II - BBC1 2001
SPACED - ITV 2001
THE LEAGUE OF GENTLEMEN CHRISTMAS SPECIAL (50 mins) - BBC2 2000
THE LEAGUE OF GENTLEMEN (series II x6 episodes) – winner of the NME ‘Best Television Programme’ award 2001 - BBC2 2000
THE LEAGUE OF GENTLEMEN (series 1 x6 episodes) - BBC2 1999
Winner of the BAFTA for Best Comedy 2000, the 1999 Golden Rose of Montreax & the RTS award for ‘Best Entertainment’ 1999
LENNY GOES TO TOWN - BBC1 1998
IN THE RED - BBC2 1997
FRIDAY NIGHT ARMISTICE - BBC2
SMITH & JONES - BBC1
C4’S SITCOM WEEKEND (Mash & Peas Do U.S.) - C4
BARKING (sketch show pilot) - C4
Radio:
ON THE TOWN WITH LEAGUE OF GENTLEMEN - R4 (series x6 episodes) – Sony Award winner
Film:
BIRTHDAY GIRL - d.Jez Butterworth
THIS YEAR’S LOVE - d. David Kane
THE DEVIL OF WINTERBOURNE - Sci-Fi Channel
THE GHOST OF WINTERBOURNE - Sci-Fi Channel
Theatre:
FROM 12TH MARCH 2001 FOR A 6 WEEK RUN: A LOCAL SHOW FOR LOCAL PEOPLE – THE THEATRE ROYAL DRURY LANE
30th OCT – 16th DEC 2000 A LOCAL SHOW FOR LOCAL PEOPLE – UK TOUR – VENUES INCLUDING LIVERPOOL EMPIRE, MANCHESTER APOLLO, CITY HALL NEWCASTLE, BIRMINGHAM NIA
THE LEAGUE OF GENTLEMEN - 1997 Perrier Award Winners
1995 – PRESENT Edinburgh Pleasance
London Pleasance
Komedia, London
Battersea Arts Centre, London
Canal Café Theatre, London
Steve Pemberton - Credit List
Television:
THE LEAGUE OF GENTLEMEN CHRISTMAS SPECIAL (50 mins) - BBC2 2000
RANDALL & HOPKIRK (DECEASED) - BBC1 2000
GORMENGHAST - BBC2 2000
THE LEAGUE OF GENTLEMEN (series 2, 6 episodes) - winner of the NME award for ‘Best Television Programme’ 2001 - BBC2 2000
THE LEAGUE OF GENTLEMEN (series 1, 6 episodes) - winner of the BAFTA for Best Comedy 2000, the Golden Rose of Montreax 1999 & the RTS award for 'Best Entertainment' 1999 - BBC2 1999
LENNY GOES TO TOWN - BBC1
IN THE RED - BBC2
FRIDAY NIGHT ARMISTICE - BBC2
SMITH & JONES - BBC1
C4'S SITCOM WEEKEND (Mash & Peas Do U.S.) - C4
BARKING (Sketch show pilot) - C4
Radio:
ON THE TOWN WITH THE LEAGUE OF GENTLEMEN - RADIO 4 - (series x6 episodes) - Sony Award winner
Film:
BIRTHDAY GIRL - d. Jez Butterworth
THIS YEAR'S LOVE - d. David Kane
ALICE IN RUSSIALAND - d. Ken Russell
Theatre:
FROM 12TH MARCH 2001 FOR A 6 WEEK RUN: A LOCAL SHOW FOR LOCAL PEOPLE - THE THEATRE ROYAL DRURY LANE
30TH OCT – 16TH DEC 2000 A LOCAL SHOW FOR LOCAL PEOPLE – UK TOUR – VENUES INCLUDING LIVERPOOL EMPIRE, MANCHESTER APOLLO, CITY HALL NEWCASTLE, BIRMINGHAM NIA
THE LEAGUE OF GENTLEMEN - 1997 Perrier Award Winners
1995 – 1999
Edinburgh Pleasance
London Pleasance
Komedia, Brighton
Battersea Arts Centre, London
Canal Cafe Theatre, London
Mark Gatiss - Credit List
Television:
THE LEAGUE OF GENTLEMEN CHRISTMAS SPECIAL (50 mins) - BBC2 2000
BARBARA - ITV 2000
SPACED - ITV 2000
RANDALL & HOPKIRK (DECEASED) - BBC1 2000
THE LEAGUE OF GENTLEMEN (series 2, 6 episode) - winner of NME award for ‘Best Television Programme’ 2001 - BBC2 2000
THE LEAGUE OF GENTLEMEN (series 1, 6 episodes) - winner of the BAFTA for Best Comedy 2000, the 1999 Golden Rose of Montreax & the RTS award for 'Best Entertainment' 1999 - BBC2 1999
DOCTOR WHO NIGHT - BBC2 1999
LENNY GOES TO TOWN - BBC1 1998
IN THE RED - BBC2 1997
ONLY JERKS AND HORSES - CH4 1997
THE DWELLING PLACE - ITV 1994
HARRY - BBC1 1993
Film:
BIRTHDAY GIRL - d:Jez Butterworth
Radio:
RINGING THE CHANGES - RADIO 4
ON THE TOWN WITH THE LEAGUE OF GENTLEMEN - RADIO 4
ARE YOU FROM THE BUGLE ? - RADIO 4
COSTING THE EARTH - RADIO 4
Theatre:
FROM 12TH MARCH 2001 FOR A 6 WEEK RUN: A LOCAL SHOW FOR LOCAL PEOPLE – THE THEATRE ROYAL DRURY LANE
30TH OCT - 16TH DEC 2000 A LOCAL SHOW FOR LOCAL PEOPLE - UK TOUR - VENUES INCLUDING LIVERPOOL EMPIRE, MANCHESTER APOLLO, CITY HALL NEWCASTLE, BIRMINGHAM NIA
THE LEAGUE OF GENTLEMEN - 1997 Perrier Award Winners
1995 - 1999
Edinburgh Pleasance
London Pleasance
Komedia, Brighton
Battersea Arts Centre, London
Canal Cafe Theatre, London
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