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The stage show began in late 1994, and it was not long before the team took as their name the title of a 1960 Jack Hawkins film, The League of Gentlemen. In 1997, they were awarded the Perrier award for comedy at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe and their radio series On the Town with the League of Gentlemen, debuted on BBC Radio 4.
The League of Gentlemen: Directed by Basil Dearden. With Jack Hawkins, Nigel Patrick, Roger Livesey, Richard Attenborough. A disgruntled veteran recruits a group of disgraced colleagues to perform a bank robbery with military precision.
- (5.3K)
- Comedy, Crime, Drama
- Basil Dearden
- 1961-01-24
Jan 11, 1999 · The League of Gentlemen made its television debut on 11 January 1999. After winning the Perrier Award at the 1997 Edinburgh Festival it was snapped up by Radio 4.
The League of Gentlemen, British crime film, released in 1960, that defined the genre in its day, despite its grounding in humour. It was based on the novel of the same name by John Boland.
- Lee Pfeiffer
An interweaving narrative that chronicles the antic 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 to marry, and a xenophobic couple who run a local shop for local people.
- (12K)
- 2000-06-19
- Comedy, Horror
- 60
Oct 1, 2007 · Starting as a revue format at Edinburgh and then vaulting onto radio, The League of Gentlemen is a sketch show, although it is also a sitcom - particularly in its television guise.
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The stage show began in late 1994, and it was not long before the team took as their name the title of a 1960 Jack Hawkins film, The League of Gentlemen. In 1997, they were awarded the Perrier award for comedy at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe and their radio series On the Town with the League of Gentlemen, debuted on BBC Radio 4.
