"The League of Gentlemen" (1999) TV series 1999-2002

Seasons:

1 | 2 | 3

Release Date:

19 June 2000 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Drama | Horror

Plot:

An interweaving narrative chronicling the antics of such diverse characters as: a transsexual taxi driver, a family obsessed with hygiene and toads, a fiery reverend, a carnival owner who kidnaps women into marriage, and a xenophobic couple who run a local shop for local people.

Plot Keywords:

Taxi Driver | Toad | Taxi | Transsexual | Local Shop

Awards:

7 wins & 6 nominations

Cast

Mark Gatiss	...	Various / ... (19 episodes, 1999-2002)
Steve Pemberton	...	Tubbs Tattsyrup / ... (18 episodes, 1999-2002)
Reece Shearsmith	...	Edward Tattsyrup / ... (18 episodes, 1999-2002)
Jeremy Dyson	...	Various Characters / ... (11 episodes, 1999-2002)
Paul Hays-Marshall	...	Barbara Dixon (9 episodes, 1999-2000)

Series Directed by
Steve Bendelack		(19 episodes, 1999-2002)

Series Writing credits
Jeremy Dyson		(19 episodes, 1999-2002)
Mark Gatiss		(19 episodes, 1999-2002)
Steve Pemberton		(19 episodes, 1999-2002)
Reece Shearsmith		(19 episodes, 1999-2002)

Series Produced by
Jon Plowman	....	executive producer (19 episodes, 1999-2002)
Jemma Rodgers	....	producer / associate producer (19 episodes, 1999-2002)
Jeremy Dyson	....	assistant producer (14 episodes, 1999-2002)
Sarah Smith	....	producer (6 episodes, 1999)

Series Original Music by
Joby Talbot		(19 episodes, 1999-2002)

Series Cinematography by
Rob Kitzmann		(19 episodes, 1999-2002)
Peter Edwards		(unknown episodes)

Series Film Editing by
Adam Windmill		(19 episodes, 1999-2002)
Will Yarrow		(6 episodes, 1999-2000)
Peter Hallworth		(6 episodes, 2000)
Tony Cranstoun		(6 episodes, 2002)
Nick McPhee		(5 episodes, 1999)

Series Production Design by
Grenville Horner		(19 episodes, 1999-2002)
Sarah Kane		(12 episodes, 1999-2000)
Ruth Winn		(6 episodes, 2000)

Series Art Direction by
Sarah Kane		(7 episodes, 2000-2002)

Series Costume Design by
Yves Barre		(19 episodes, 1999-2002)
Amanda Hooley		(12 episodes, 1999-2000)
Scott Langridge		(12 episodes, 1999-2000)

Series Makeup Department
Helen Johnson	....	hair stylist / makeup artist / ... (13 episodes, 2000-2002)
Martine Randall	....	hair stylist / makeup artist (11 episodes, 1999-2000)
Vanessa White	....	hair stylist / makeup artist (11 episodes, 1999-2000)
Diane Chenery-Wickens	....	makeup designer / hair stylist / ... (7 episodes, 2000-2002)
Xanthia White	....	assistant hair stylist / assistant makeup artist (6 episodes, 2002)
Julie Francis	....	hair stylist / makeup artist (5 episodes, 1999)
Peter Norcliffe	....	moldmaker: Robert Allsopp and asscociates (unknown episodes)

Series Production Management
Stephen Abrahams	....	production manager (6 episodes, 2000)
Jill Hallowell	....	production manager (6 episodes, 2002)

Series Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Lydia Currie	....	assistant director (11 episodes, 1999-2000)
Duncan Gaudin	....	assistant director (7 episodes, 1999-2000)
Anna Brabbins	....	assistant director (7 episodes, 2000-2002)
Samuel Leek	....	assistant director (7 episodes, 2000)
Liz Summers	....	assistant director (6 episodes, 2000)
Guy de Glanville	....	assistant director (6 episodes, 2002)
Mel Nortcliffe	....	first assistant director (6 episodes, 2002)
Aden Turner	....	assistant director (6 episodes, 2002)
Ben Rothwell	....	assistant director (5 episodes, 1999)
Jon Garbett	....	assistant director (1 episode, 1999)
Jonathan Leather	....	assistant director (1 episode, 1999)

Series Art Department
Ian Tully	....	property buyer (18 episodes, 1999-2002)
Trevor Daniels	....	properties / prop master (17 episodes, 1999-2002)
Noel Deegan	....	properties / stand-by props (13 episodes, 2000-2002)
Kevin Waite	....	construction manager (12 episodes, 2000-2002)
Laurence Archer	....	dressing props (6 episodes, 2002)
Robina Kelly	....	assistant art director (6 episodes, 2002)
Barry Kirkham	....	dressing props (6 episodes, 2002)
Mike Nicholson	....	storyboard artist (6 episodes, 2002)
Ruth Winn	....	assistant art director (6 episodes, 2002)
Eric Levey	....	properties (5 episodes, 1999)
Dickson Peschek	....	properties (1 episode, 1999)
Rob Sellers	....	properties (1 episode, 1999)
Darren Wisker	....	properties (1 episode, 1999)

Series Sound Department
David Hall	....	location sound / sound recordist / ... (19 episodes, 1999-2002)
Ben Brookes	....	location sound (12 episodes, 1999-2000)
Chris Greaves	....	studio sound (12 episodes, 1999-2000)
Michael Fentum	....	sound effects editor / dubbing mixer (7 episodes, 2000-2002)
Nigel Heath	....	dubbing mixer (7 episodes, 2000-2002)
Robin Green	....	sound editor / dubbing mixer (7 episodes, 2000)
Chris Burdon	....	dubbing mixer (6 episodes, 1999)
Peter Gates	....	dubbing mixer / dubbing editor (6 episodes, 1999)
Rick Williams	....	dubbing mixer (6 episodes, 1999)
Nick Fry	....	dubbing mixer (6 episodes, 2000)
Lisa Curry	....	boom operator (6 episodes, 2002)
Gareth Hall	....	sound: studio (6 episodes, 2002)
Dan Morgan	....	sound editor (6 episodes, 2002)
Alison Ross	....	boom operator (6 episodes, 2002)
Arthur Graley	....	foley editor (unknown episodes)
Mervyn Moore	....	sound mixer (unknown episodes)

Series Special Effects by
Mark Danbury	....	special effects technician (unknown episodes)
Evan Green-Hughes	....	effects designer / special effects designer (unknown episodes)

Series Visual Effects by
Angus Wilson	....	digital compositor (13 episodes, 1999-2000)
Mark Danbury	....	visual effects (12 episodes, 1999-2000)
Evan Green-Hughes	....	visual effects (12 episodes, 1999-2000)
Steve Lucas	....	visual effects designer (6 episodes, 2002)
Jon Savage	....	visual effects designer (6 episodes, 2002)
Christian Manz	....	digital compositor (unknown episodes)

Series Stunts
Rod Woodruff	....	stunt coordinator (6 episodes, 2002)
Paul Kulik	....	stunts (2 episodes, 1999-2002)

Series Camera and Electrical Department
Fritz Henry	....	gaffer (19 episodes, 1999-2002)
Andy Young	....	grip (19 episodes, 1999-2002)
Peter Edwards	....	lighting camera / location camera / ... (13 episodes, 1999-2000)
Alan Walker	....	best boy / gaffer (7 episodes, 2000)
Kevin Boyle	....	camera operator (6 episodes, 1999)
Vinny Cowper	....	gaffer (6 episodes, 1999)
Matt Ingham	....	studio camera operator (6 episodes, 1999)
Stan Robinson	....	vision engineer (6 episodes, 1999)
Ian Mussell	....	trainee grip (6 episodes, 2000)
Lily Fletcher	....	assistant camera (6 episodes, 2002)
Chris Greenwood	....	daily clapper loader (6 episodes, 2002)
David Manfield	....	best boy (6 episodes, 2002)
Jane Rousseau	....	location camera operator (6 episodes, 2002)
Steve Smith	....	assistant camera (6 episodes, 2002)
Bill Ashworth	....	assistant camera / camera operator (5 episodes, 1999-2000)

Series Casting Department
Pam Alexander	....	casting advisor (6 episodes, 2002)

Series Costume and Wardrobe Department
Joanna Beatty	....	costume assistant (6 episodes, 2002)
Tom Reeve	....	costume assistant (6 episodes, 2002)

Series Editorial Department
Carol Abbott	....	vision mixer (12 episodes, 1999-2000)
Jenny Bozson	....	vision mixer (6 episodes, 2002)

Series Music Department
Mark Wyllie	....	music engineer (8 episodes, 2000-2002)
Joby Talbot	....	music arranger (4 episodes, 2002)

Series Other crew
Brian Abram	....	studio manager (18 episodes, 1999-2002)
Katie Tyrrell	....	production assistant / production coordinator (13 episodes, 1999-2000)
Carlene King	....	location manager (12 episodes, 2000-2002)
Brett Wilson	....	location manager (11 episodes, 1999-2000)
Pat Ward	....	animal handler (9 episodes, 2000-2002)
Les Powell	....	armorer / animal handler (7 episodes, 1999-2000)
Annie Beaver	....	studio manager (6 episodes, 1999)
Paul Grant	....	location manager (6 episodes, 1999)
Alison Passey	....	production accountant (6 episodes, 1999)
Tracyjane Read	....	assistant floor manager (6 episodes, 1999)
Claire Bridgland	....	production executive (6 episodes, 2002)
Maz Cooper	....	production finance associate (6 episodes, 2002)
Charlotte Lamb	....	production coordinator (6 episodes, 2002)
Samuel Leek	....	location assistant (6 episodes, 2002)
Andy Morgan	....	location assistant (6 episodes, 2002)
Caren Williams	....	production assistant (6 episodes, 2002)
Chris Woodward	....	location fixer (6 episodes, 2002)
Pat Powell	....	animal handler (5 episodes, 1999)

Series Thanks
Ian Cashmore	....	acknowledgment (1 episode, 2000)

Production Companies

• British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)

Distributors

• British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) (1999) (UK) (TV) (original airing)
• BBC Video (2000) (USA) (DVD)
• Comedy Central (2011) (Hungary) (TV) (re-release)
• Comedy Central (????) (USA) (TV) (original US airing)
• Polyband (2007) (Germany) (DVD)
• Warner Home Video (2005) (Netherlands) (DVD) (season 1)

Special Effects

• Emergency House Special Effects

Other Companies

• Lee Lighting  lighting

Also Known As:

Runtime:

30 min (18 episodes) | 60 min (1 episode)

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Certification:

Portugal:M/12 (DVD rating) | Finland:K-11 (DVD) (2006) (season 2 & 3) | Finland:K-7 (DVD) (2005) (season 1) | Australia:M

Filming Locations:

Hadfield, High Peak, Derbyshire, England, UK

Company:

British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)

Trivia:

The character of Pauline is based on a restart officer that Reece Shearsmith had.

Quotes:

[arguing over the disposal of Mike's body]
Geoff Tipps:What are you doing ?
Brian Morgan:I'm making him a cross.
Geoff Tipps:Oh, great idea. Why not put a sign on the back saying, "Body buried here".
Brian Morgan:Well, they will find him anyway.
Geoff Tipps:Yeah, and when they do we'll say that wolves did it.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "Doctor Who: The Family of Blood (#3.9)" (2007)

The Most Warped Show Ever Created

My roommate's English girlfriend gave him a DVD of the League of Gentlemen. Being a huge fan of Monty Python (own the entire series on DVD), Black Adder (likewise), Fawlty Towers (likewise), and The Young Ones (likewise), I was greatly intrigued by the stories I had heard of this series. Then I watched it. Oh my goodness. When I first saw Monty Python, I thought it was bizarre. Then the Young Ones came along and upped the ante. But the denizens of Royston Vasey set the bar so high that I doubt it will ever be topped. Half the time you're watching LOG you're laughing because it's genuinely funny, the other half of the time you're laughing because you can't believe what you've just seen. This series is Stephen King meets the Twilight Zone meets Stanley Kubrick meets Monty Python. It's easy to be funny, and it's easy to be bizarre and sinister, but to combine them and be all of that at once is truly a feat of genius. So, providing you've got a taste for the dark and strange, settle down on the couch with a nice glass of "aqua vitae" and watch this series. Oh, and don't take your pet turtle to the vet.