On The Town With The League Of Gentlemen

ON THE TOWN WITH THE LEAGUE OF GENTLEMEN (320kbs-m4a/379mb/2hrs44mins)
BBC Radio 4 Extra broadcast: 18th June to 16th July 2020

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

Starring Mark Gatiss, Reece Shearsmith and 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/December 1997.

ON THE TOWN WITH THE LEAGUE OF GENTLEMEN - 1. A GUEST AT THE DENTONS (320kbs-m4a/65mb/28mins)
BBC Radio 4 Extra broadcast: 18th June 2020

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

ON THE TOWN WITH THE LEAGUE OF GENTLEMEN - 2. DEATH BY MAU MAU (320kbs-m4a/58mb/25mins)
BBC Radio 4 Extra broadcast: 5th December 2020

The misfits of the remote northern town are having a fun run - and is there a nasty bug going round?

ON THE TOWN WITH THE LEAGUE OF GENTLEMEN - 3. GO TO JOAN GLOVER (320kbs-m4a/65mb/28mins)
BBC Radio 4 Extra broadcast: 25th June 2020

An educational theatre troupe with an unusual agenda visit the school in the remote northern town.

ON THE TOWN WITH THE LEAGUE OF GENTLEMEN - 4. GUNPOWDER, TREASON AND PLOT (320kbs-m4a/65mb/28mins)
BBC Radio 4 Extra broadcast: 2nd July 2020

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

ON THE TOWN WITH THE LEAGUE OF GENTLEMEN - 5. THE WEDDING (320kbs-m4a/65mb/28mins)
BBC Radio 4 Extra broadcast: 9th July 2020

Reg finds Barbara through the local Close Encounters dating agency.

ON THE TOWN WITH THE LEAGUE OF GENTLEMEN - 6. GOD REST YE MERRY GENTLEMEN (320kbs-m4a/62mb/27mins)
BBC Radio 4 Extra broadcast: 16th July 2020

It's Christmas! - but which town residents are celebrating?