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A Guest at the Dentons

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The dark comedy about the 'local people' of Spent, before it hit TV.

The dark comedy about the 'local people' of Spent, before it hit TV. With Mark Gatiss and Steve Pemberton. From November 1997.

Pauline the Restart Officer, Matthew Chinnery the Vet and Barbara the Cabbie - just some of the resident misfits of a remote Northern town. 

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 Two from 1999, spawning 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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