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On the Town With The League  Of Gentlemen

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On the Town with the League of Gentlemen: God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen

On the Town with the League of Gentlemen

God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen

BBC Radio 4 Extra - On the Town with the League of Gentlemen, God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen

It's Christmas in the town of Spent, but which residents are celebrating?

t's Christmas! - but which residents are celebrating? Pre-TV sitcom with Mark Gatiss and Steve Pemberton. From December 1997

It's Christmas! - but which town residents are celebrating?

The first incarnation of the award-winning black comedy, about the "local people" of Spent - before it hit TV.

Starring Mark Gatiss, Reece Shearsmith and Steve Pemberton. 

Written by the cast and Jeremy Dyson. 

The League of Gentlemen won a Perrier Edinburgh Fesvital award in 1997 and this radio series debuted in the same year. They also won a Sony Radio Award. The cult series switched to TV for three series on BBC 2 from 1999, plus stage shows and a feature film.

Producer: Sarah Smith

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 1997.

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The first incarnation of the award-winning black comedy, set in the town of Spent

The first incarnation of the award-winning black comedy, set in the town of Spent. Written by and starring Mark Gatiss, Reece Shearsmith and Steve Pemberton with Jeremy Dyson.

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