I've started watching the League of Gentlemen. Watching this when it first came on i simply didn't appreciate it and thought it was utter nonsense. Looking at it now is a different kettle of fish. Between them, Reece Shearsmith, Steve Pemperton and Mark Gattis play goodness knows how many characters in a sitcom/sketch show hybrid set in the fictional town of Royston Vasey. League stems from a similar place as David Walliams Little Britain, however League has an altogether darker heart and its three co-stars draw heavily on their clear affection for the horror genre, as such this is a program that shouldn't really have worked, yet somehow Edward and Tubbs went on to find there audience and see three series and a feature follow their humble beginings. I'v just finished the first series and I'm looking forward to catching up.
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