On the Town With The League of Gentlemen

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On the Town with the League of Gentlemen: Gunpowder, Treason and Plot

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Gunpowder, Treason and Plot

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The locals get an unusual new guy for the bonfire. Pre-TV sketch show from November 1997.

The locals get an unusual new guy for the bonfire. Pre-TV sketch show with Steve Pemberton and Reece Shearsmith. From November 1997.

The locals of the remote northern town get an unusual new guy for the bonfire. 

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

Starring:

Mark Gatiss
Reece Shearsmith
Steve Pemberton

Written by the cast and Jeremy Dyson. 

The League of Gentlemen won a Perrier Edinburgh Festival 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 November 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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