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The League of Gentlemen (1999 - 2002)
Country of Origin: UK
Date(s) of Broadcast: 11 January 1999 - 24 October
2002
Number of Seasons: 3 plus 1 special
Total Number of Episodes: 19
Average Episode Running Times: 30 mins
Format: colour
Sound: stereo
PLOT SUMMARY
Somewhere in the north
of England is the small, isolated town of Royston Vasey.
Outwardly, it seems a sleepy, almost idyllic place to
live - but its populated by a bizarre collection of
oddballs and freaks; voodoo priests wander the streets;
there are nasty goings-on in the upper floors of the
local shop ("for local people..."); and a nasty
virus causes an outbreak of fatal nosebleeds. It's all
part of life's rich pageant in Royston Vasey.
CAPSULE REVIEW
An excellent, ground-breaking and genuinely unique horror sitcom that
virtually defies description. Monty Python meets The Wicker Man
(1973) goes someway to capturing the bizarre goings on in Royston Vasey
which just got weirder and weirder with every passing episode. By far
and away the best British television sitcom in a decade, The
League of Gentlemen managed to be both hilariously funny and
deeply disturbing by turns.
EPISODES
SEASON ONE
(1999)
Welcome To Royston Vasey (11 January 1999)
The Road To Royston Vasey (18 January 1999)
Nightmare In Royston Vasey (25 January 1999)
The Beast Of Royston Vasey (1 February 1999)
Love Comes To Royston Vasey (8 February 1999)
Escape From Royston Vasey (15 February 1999)
SEASON TWO
(2000)
Destination: Royston Vasey (14 January 2000)
Lust For Royston Vasey (21 January 2000)
A Plague On Royston Vasey (28 January 2000)
Death In Royston Vasey (4 February 2000)
Anarchy In Royston Vasey (11 February 2000)
Royston Vasey And The Monster From Hell (18 February
2000)
SPECIAL
Christmas Special (27 December 2000)
SEASON THREE (2002)
The Lesbian and the Monkey (26 September 2002)
The One-Armed Man Is King (26 September 2002)
Turn Again Geoff Tipps (3 October 2002)
The Medusa Touch (10 October 2002)
Beauty and the Beast (Or, Come Into My Parlour) (17 Octpber 2002)
How the Elephant Got Its Trunk (24 October 2002)
AVAILABILITY
UK
Television Distributor: BBC
Video Distributor: BBC Home Video
DVD Distributor: BBC Home Video
USA
Television Distributor: Comedy Central
ALTERNATIVE TITLES
Herrasmiesliiga - Finnish
title
Le club des gentlemen - French title
AWARDS
1999
British Comedy Awards, UK
Best Broken Comedy Show - nominated
Best New TV Comedy - nominated
Montreux Light Entertainment
Festival
Golden Rose - winner
2000
British Academy Awards, UK
BAFTA TV Award Best Comedy: Programme or Series (the
production team) - winner
BAFTA TV Award Best Costume Design (Yves Barre) -
nominated
BAFTA TV Award for Innovation (the production team) -
nominated
British Comedy Awards, UK
Best TV Comedy - nominated
Royal Television Society, UK
Best Entertainment - winner
Best Costume Design: Entertainment and Non Drama (Yves
Barre) - winner
Best Production Design: Entertainment and Non Drama
(Grenville Horner) - winner
2001
British Academy Awards, UK
BAFTA TV Award Best Costume Design (Yves Barre) - winner
BAFTA TV Award Best Make Up and Hair Design (Vanessa
White) - nominated
LINKS
FOOTAGE INCLUDED IN
The 100 Greatest TV Characters (2001)
Goodbye 2000 (2000) KEYWORDS
sitcoms; voodoo; viruses; nosebleeds
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