| The League of Gentlemen, comprising of writer/performer's Mark Gatiss, Steve Pemberton and Reece Shearsmith and writer Jeremy Dyson, 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 a BAFTA for 'Best Comedy' in May 2000, as well as the prestigious Golden Rose of Montreaux and the RTS Award for 'Best Entertainment' 1999.
The second series of The League of Gentlemen aired in January 2000 and won the NME award for 'Best Television Programme' in February 2001.
The League of Gentlemen Christmas Special, a 50 minute one off with a horror/Christmas theme was aired in December 2000 and A Local Book For Local People, published by Fourth Estate was released in October 2000.
After a sell out UK tour in October−December 2000 which included venues such as The Liverpool Empire, Manchester Apollo and Birmingham NIA, they then went on to perform A Local Show For Local People at The Theatre Royal Drury Lane for a run of six weeks from 12th March 2003.
The third series of The League of Gentlemen aired in September 2002 and won the South Bank Show Award for Best Comedy in 2003.
The League Of Gentlemen's Apocolypse The Feature Film by The League of Gentlemen was released in 2005 and the DVD of The League of Gentlemen Are Behind You (their live panto) was released inDecember 2006.
Credit List
Reece Shearsmith
Television
Inside No9 Co-writer/performer
BB2, 2014
Max & Paddy's Road to Nowhere Bob-ster
C4, 2004
All Star Comedy Show Performer
Channel X/Pett Productions/ITV1, May 2004
Catterick Tony Pett
Productions/Channel X for BBC3, February 2004 & BBC2 tbc
Legend Of The Lost Tribe Animation Voice-over: Viking
BBC1, 2002
TLC Dr Flynn
BBC2, November 2002
The League of Gentlemen - The Making of Series 3 Presenter on behind-the-scenes documentary
BBC Choice, 31st October 2002
The League of Gentlemen, Series 3 Various lead/Writer
BBC2, September 2002
Comic Relief - Red Nose Day 2001
Writer/Performer
BBC1, 12th March 2001
Spaced Dexter
Channel 4, 2001
Randall & Hopkirk (Deceased), Series 1 Performer
BBC1, 2000
The League Of Gentlemen Christmas Special
Various lead/Writer
BBC2, 2000
The League Of Gentlemen, Series 2 Various lead/Writer
BBC2, 2000
Debt Wish Live Writer/Performer
BBC1, 12th June 1999
The League Of Gentlemen, Series 1 Various lead/Writer
BBC2, 1999
Lenny Goes To Town Performer
BBC1, 1998
In the Red Performer
BBC2, 1998
Mash & Peas Do U.S. Performer
Part Of Channel 4 Sit-Com Weekend, C4, 1997
Friday Night Armistice Performer
BBC2, 1996
Smith & Jones Performer
BBC1
Barking Performer
Sketch-Show Pilot for C4
Theatre
AS YOU LIKE IT Jaques
Wyndhams Theatre, June - Sept 2005
ART Yvan
Whitehall Theatre, London, 14th October 2002 - 4th January 2003
A Local Show For Local People Various lead/Writer
National tour, Oct - Dec, 2000 and Mar - Jun, 2001 and at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, London, Mar 2001
Debt Wish Live Writer/Performer
Brixton Academy, 5th June 1999
The League Of Gentlemen Various lead/Writer
At venues including the Edinburgh Pleasance, London Pleasance, Komedia, Brighton, Battersea Arts Centre, London and the Canal Café Theatre, London, 1995 - 1999
Film
The League of Gentlemen's Apocalypse
Co-Writer/Performer
D: Steve Bendelack,UIP/FilmFour/Tiger Aspect Pictures, June 2005
Shaun of the Dead Mark
Big Talk/FilmFour/WT2, 2004
Birthday Girl Porter
D. Jez Butterworth, C4 Films/ Hal Films/Portobello Pictures, 2001
This Year's Love Tourist
D. David Kane, Entertainment Film Distributors UK Ltd/ Kismet Film Company, 1999
Radio
On The Town With The League Of Gentlemen
Various lead/Writer
Radio 4, 1997
Books
The League of Gentlemen Scripts And That
Co-writer
Fourth Estate, 2003
The League of Gentlemen - A Local Book For Local People Writer
Fourth Estate UK, 2000
Awards
The League of Gentlemen, Series 3
South Bank Show Award for Best Comedy, 2003
A Local Show for Local People
Olivier Award Nomination for Best Entertainment, 2002
The League Of Gentlemen, Series 2
NME Award for Best Television Programme, 2001
The League Of Gentlemen, Series 1
BAFTA Award for Best Comedy, 2000
Golden Rose of Montreux, 1999
RTS Award for Best Entertainment, 1999
On The Town With The League Of Gentlemen
Sony Silver Award, 1997
The League Of Gentlemen
Perrier Award, 1997
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