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7 unusual facts about The League of Gentlemen


Christopher Austin

His film work includes The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy and The League of Gentlemen's Apocalypse.

Papa Lazarou

He appeared in two episodes, a Christmas special, and the film The League of Gentlemen's Apocalypse.

He also has important supporting roles in the Christmas special and The League of Gentlemen's Apocalypse, and appears in both of the League's live shows.

Robert Aickman

In 2001, Tartarus Press reissued the former volume in a new edition with a foreword by the writer and Aickman enthusiast Jeremy Dyson of the British comedy quartet The League of Gentlemen.

Room to Let

Room to Let is an award winning short film directed by Joe McStravick, written by Gerlind Becker and starring Robin Edwards (The Wall & Living in Hope) and Roz McCutcheon (The League of Gentlemen and Jam).

The League of Gentlemen's Apocalypse

Hilary and Geoff read through The League of Gentlemen's new project, a historical horror called The King's Evil, in which a group of Catholics work together with a black magician called Dr. Pea (David Warner) in order to kill the Protestant King William III (Bernard Hill) and Queen Mary II (Victoria Wood) using a poisonous monster called a "Homunculus"(Rachel Rath).

When Hilary, Herr Lipp and Geoff come out, they are in Hadfield - the town where The League of Gentlemen is filmed.


Jonathan James-Moore

He eventually became Head of Light Entertainment, where he oversaw many of the most successful comedy series of the 1990s, including On the Hour, Knowing Me, Knowing You, Lee and Herring, The Harpoon, Harry Hill's Fruit Corner, and The League of Gentlemen.

Kevin Wilkinson

Born Kevin Michael Wilkinson in Stoke-on-Trent, he is credited as a former official member of several successful British pop groups, including The League of Gentlemen (1980), Holly Beth Vincent "Holly and the Italians" Virgin/Epic album (1981-82), The Waterboys (1983–84), China Crisis (1983–89) and Squeeze (1995–96).

Rolls-Royce 20/25

The Rolls Royce 20/25 hp is featured in films such as; The League of Gentlemen (1959), Father Came Too! (1963), The Brides of Fu Manchu (1966), To Be or Not To Be (1983), Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989), The Remains of the Day (1993), Simon Sez (1999), Enigma (2001), etc.

The Armstrong and Miller Show

It features the double act Armstrong and Miller and a number of notable scriptwriters including Andy Hamilton, creator of Outnumbered, and Jeremy Dyson, creator of The League of Gentlemen.


see also

Royston Vasey

The League of Gentlemen book, A Local Book for Local People, released between the second and third series, describes Royston Vasey's history in a brochure, from its beginnings, as mentioned in an appendix to the Domesday Book as "an hutte with a pigge outside" to the construction of the town hall in the late 1930s, as designed by Albert Speer.