| 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
Steve Pemberton
Television
Inside No9 Actor
BB2, 2014
Benidorm Actor
ITV, 2007
Blackpool Adrian Marr
BBC, 2004 (currently in production)
Poirot: Death on the Nile Dr. Bessner
d. Andy Wilson, Granada, 2004
Shameless Eddie Jackson
Channel 4, 2004
Legend Ot The Lost Tribe Animation Voice-over: Viking
BBC1, 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
The League Of Gentlemen Christmas Special
Various lead/Writer
BBC2, 2000
The League Of Gentlemen, Series 2 Various lead/Writer
BBC2, 2000
Randall & Hopkirk (Deceased), Series 1
Liddel
BBC1, 2000
Gormenghast Professor Mule
BBC1, 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 Lawrence Boot-Heath
BBC2, 1997
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
ART Marc
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
606 Theatre Founder Member
Productions ar The Canal Café, The Boulevard Theatre, The Bridewell and the Lyric Hammersmith
Film
Match Point DI Parry
BBC Films, 2005
The League of Gentlemen's Apocalypse
Co-Writer/Performer
D: Steve Bendelack,UIP/FilmFour/Tiger Aspect Pictures, release date 3rd June 2005
The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy Mr Prosser
d. Garth Jennings, Spyglass Entertainment/Everyman Pictures, 2005
Churchill - The Hollywood Years Chester
d. Peter Richardson, Little Bird Productions /Pathe Pictures, 2004
The Life and Death of Peter Sellers Harry Seacombe
d. Stephen Hopkins, Demann Filmed Ent/Company Pictures/HBO, 2003
Birthday Girl Duty Sargeant
d. Jez Butterworth, C4 Films/ Hal Films/Portobello Pictures, 2001
This Year's Love
d. David Kane, Entertainment Film Distibutors UK Ltd/Kismet Film Company, 1999
Alice in Russialand
d. Ken Russell, 1995
Radio
On The Town With The League Of Gentlemen
Various lead/Writer
Radio 4, 1997
Video/DVD
The League of Gentlemen, Series 3 Various lead/Writer
BBC Worldwide, 2003
The League of Gentlemen Christmas Special Various lead/Writer
BBC Worldwide, 2003
A Local Show for Local People (Recorded live at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane) Various lead/Writer
BBC Worldwide, 2003
The League of Gentlemen, Series 2 Various lead/Writer
BBC Worldwide, 2001
The League Of Gentlemen, Series 1 Various lead/Writer
BBC Worldwide, 2000
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
Writing
The League of Gentlemen, Series 1, 2, 3 and Christmas Special Co-writer
BBC2, 1999, 2000, 2002
Variety Contributor
1991 - 1998
International Film Guide Assistant Editor
1991 - 1998
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, 2201
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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