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Le club des gentlemen

Original title: The League of Gentlemen
  • TV Series
  • 1999–2017
  • TV-MA
  • 1h
IMDb RATING
8.4/10
13K
YOUR RATING
POPULARITY
2,847
264
Steve Pemberton and Reece Shearsmith in Le club des gentlemen (1999)
SatireSitcomComedyHorror

An interweaving narrative chronicling the antics of such diverse characters as: a transgender taxi driver, a family obsessed with hygiene and toads, a fiery reverend, a carnival owner who ki... Read allAn interweaving narrative chronicling the antics of such diverse characters as: a transgender 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.An interweaving narrative chronicling the antics of such diverse characters as: a transgender 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.

  • Stars
    • Mark Gatiss
    • Steve Pemberton
    • Reece Shearsmith
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  • IMDb RATING
    8.4/10
    13K
    YOUR RATING
    POPULARITY
    2,847
    264
    • Stars
      • Mark Gatiss
      • Steve Pemberton
      • Reece Shearsmith
    • 82User reviews
    • 6Critic reviews
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • See production info at IMDbPro
    • Won 2 BAFTA Awards
      • 7 wins & 7 nominations total

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    Mark Gatiss
    Mark Gatiss
    • Various
    • 1999–2017
    Steve Pemberton
    Steve Pemberton
    • Barbara Dixon…
    • 1999–2017
    Reece Shearsmith
    Reece Shearsmith
    • Edward Tattsyrup…
    • 1999–2017
    Jeremy Dyson
    Jeremy Dyson
    • Various Characters…
    • 1999–2002
    Paul Hays-Marshall
    • Barbara Dixon
    • 1999–2000
    Isabelle Estelle Corbusier
    • 2002
    Sian Gibson
    Sian Gibson
    • Tricia…
    • 2000–2017
    Megan De Wolf
    • Chloe Denton
    • 1999–2000
    Frances Cox
    • Annie Raines…
    • 1999–2000
    Rosy De Wolf
    Rosy De Wolf
    • Radclyffe Denton
    • 1999–2000
    Helen Lambert
    • Eunice Evans
    • 2000–2002
    Johnny Leeze
    Johnny Leeze
    • Inspector Cox
    • 2000
    Judith Vause
    • Delivery Lady…
    • 1999–2002
    Lyndsey Marshal
    Lyndsey Marshal
    • Ellie
    • 2017
    Francesca Knight
    Francesca Knight
    • Chloë
    • 2017
    Lily Knight
    Lily Knight
    • Radclyffe
    • 2017
    John De Main
    • Luigi…
    • 1999–2017
    Kris Mochrie
    Kris Mochrie
    • Scott
    • 2017
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    User reviews82

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    Infofreak

    Classic comedy that is sure to be a future cult.

    90% of British sitcoms bore me to tears but when they're good, they are very, very good. This is one of the very best. L.O.G. has to be the most inventive and original comedy series I've seen since the heyday of 'The Young Ones'/'Comic Strip Presents', and personally I find it much more consistently funny.

    Set in the bizarre, isolated Northern town of Royston Vasey, L.O.G. mixes classic surreal Brit humour fans of Python and 'The Goodies' grew up on with dark and disturbing touches closer to David Lynch. There are nods to 'The Wicker Man', 'Dr Who', Quatermass, 'Tales Of The Unexpected' and the like, so fans of weird 1970s TV and movies will get more out of this than those unfamiliar with the territory. A very strange mixture that works brilliantly. Black, eccentric and extremely funny. I'm hooked!
    phantom-90

    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.
    8tlloydesq

    pushing comedy in new directions

    The League of Gentlemen are Jeremy Dyson, Mark Gatiss, Steve Pemberton and Reece Shearsmith. The latter 3 act and write while Dyson writes. In 1999 the quartet unleashed their eponymous TV series on us.

    Every town has "odd" people – the suicidal army reservist, the toad fancier or the butcher who seems to take his job too seriously. And then there is that couple who keep themselves to themselves. And turn out to be brother and sister!

    Roston Vasey is the real name of blue comic Roy "Chubby" Brown (who appears as the mayor in series 2). It is a mystery why the League chose his name as the fictional town in this series. But in Royston Vasey, being odd is the norm. With most of these characters played by the 3 acting Leaguers.

    Series 1 is essentially a series of sketches set in "Vasey". Most of the characters do not interact other than in opening sequences although several are transported in the taxi of local transvestite Barbara. A very hairy man who is waiting for "the operation" and regales her customers with details of what is to come. This series is mostly offbeat comedy with a few blacker moments thrown in.

    While there is a tenuous story holding series 2 together it carries on in a similar vein. Some sketches abandon the humour to explore a darker side. And the BBC makeup department are kept busy providing facial disfigurements for a number of characters. "Vasey" really needs a good dentist.

    Series 3 is more of a "comedy drama". Each episode dealing with an individual character and a theme running through the end of each episode.

    At first I was disappointed with series 3 as I wanted more of the same. The "best" characters are killed off and series 3 concentrates on minor players. On reflection though, each story stands up in its own right. A brave move which works.

    Sick humour? Fantastic humour with good stories? The L of G pushed comedy in a new direction.
    GoonerMan

    Unique, Very Dark and Hilarious

    British TV Comedy has a great tradition. We have the gentle sit-coms like Are You Being Served, The Good Life, Butterflies which seem to have gained a cult following in the US. Then we have the slightly more adventurous sit-coms like Porridge, Only Fools And Horses and One Foot In The Grave with their observations on real living that we can all associate with. We also have the sketch-type comedy such as Harry Enfield and The Fast Show which take characters we meet everyday and make them ten-times worse and funnier.

    But every so often we British do what we do best and come up with something that simply removes all of the boundaries and is unique. The Goons, Monty Pythons Flying Circus, The Goodies, Not The Nine O'Clock News, The Young Ones....the list goes on. These programs often start off as small projects shoved onto BBC2 or Channel 4, but eventually they become part of our comedy heritage. However, its been a long time since we have seen something as unique and ground-breaking as this one - its simply the best and most original comedy series for over a decade.

    If you are not British and your vision of British comedy is Are You Being Served and Benny Hill, prepare yourself for a shock because gentle slap-stick this is not. The League of Gentlemen is very, very dark - there's very little feel-good about this comedy - and it is extremely surreal, but it is also immensely funny. The series follows the exploits of the inhabitants of a small Northern village called Royston Vasey (the real name of Roy Chubby Brown, a particularly x-rated British comedian). The show gives Royston Vasey an almost mystical air, as if seperated from the rest of the real world, a place where anything can happen and the unexpected always does. The characters are cleverly worked so that despite their grotesqueness, you can still associate with them and in some cases sympathise with them. All of the main characters (even the women, in true Monty Python style) are played by three of the four writers (Gatiss, Pemberton and Shearsmith), and every character is an absolute gem. To tell you about the characters would spoil the fun of finding out for yourself. What I will say is don't expect any happy endings or moralistic enlightenment in this show, because there aren't any...but do expect shocks, things that will make you whince and some genuinely funny moments. Also concentrate through the opening credits as the camera takes you around the town, because there are some excellent visual gags in there.

    This is a truly wonderful and original slice of British humour. It won't be to everyone's taste, but to those that appreciate this style of humour, you cannot get any better than this. I can see this being viewed as a classic in years to come - lets hope it awakens some new and innovative comedy writing in the near future... we've waited long enough.
    Cristina520

    Welcome to Royston Vasey. You'll never leave!

    'The League of Gentlemen' is a work of genius. Not only is it completely original, but it manages to combine horror with laughs, resulting to perhaps, a new breed of black comedy. Deterring from the reality-based storylines of the common modern comedy shows, the LoG goes on another direction, twisting the boundaries of the trite 'real' world, so as that it becomes a whole new freakishly morbid and surrealistic dimension. Don't get me wrong, it really isn't THAT twisted... or maybe it is... Anyway, its up for you to decide...

    'The League of Gentlemen' is also strongly addictive. Yes, the tagline is correct... Welcome to Royston Vasey. You'll never leave!

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

      Edward: Hello, hello. What's going on? What's all this shouting? We'll have no trouble here.

    • Crazy credits
      For the Christmas special, Papa Lazarou yells "Merry Christmas" during the credits, and his eyes appear at the very end of the credits.
    • Connections
      Featured in The League of Gentlemen: Behind the Scenes (2000)

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    • Release date
      • September 4, 1999 (France)
    • Country of origin
      • United Kingdom
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • The League of Gentlemen
    • Filming locations
      • Hadfield, High Peak, Derbyshire, England, UK
    • Production company
      • British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)
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      1 hour
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Stereo
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.78 : 1

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