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Where the gents were before they ruled my life The League of Gentlemen met at Bretton Drama College. Mark and Steve were in the same year at college and had already begun writing together before they met either Jeremy or Reece.
Mark and Steve were in the year above Reece and they met him because they went to look at the photographs of the new first years and they laughed at him. Mark was then introduced to Jeremy through a mutual friend and they new they had something special when they stayed up all night trying to remember the name of some old T.V show. They still can't think of the name 6 year`s later!!! They got together and began writing sketches under the name `The League of Gentlemen`. All of their characters come from real life experiences. For example, Pauline was Reece`s restart officer. Reece was supposed to play her but found the character too distressing! Edward and Tubbs came from their first two night tour in Brighton. She was a mad lady in a shop who thought they were trying to steal things; they only wanted to look at trilobites! in 1996 they secured a regular show at `The Canal Cafe` in London. They saved the money they got from these shows and a friend suggested that they go to the Edinburgh Festival with their show. So off they went. And what a successful trip it was! Their show was a sell out after some fantasic reviews and they secured a contract with the BBC to produce their show as a 6 part radio show and then they went back the following year to scoop the Perrier award which has been won by others including Eddie Izzard and Rich Hall.After the success of the Radio 4 series they moved to BBC2 after winning the Sony Silver award. They then produced a 6 part TV series which first aired in January 1999.
So what does the future hold for the Gents? We'll just have to wait and see........ |
