{"product_id":"league-of-gentlemen","title":"League of Gentlemen","description":"The League of Gentlemen\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePart sitcom, part sketch show, part 'Kitchen Sink', part 'Northern Gothic', \u003cem\u003eThe League of Gentlemen\u003c\/em\u003e is one of British television's most innovative and enduring comedy series. Set in the northern town of Royston Vasey, the series introduced viewers to homicidal Local Shop keepers Tubbs and Edward, vindictive training officer Pauline, demonic butcher Hilary Briss, and the nightmarish circus owner Papa Lazarou. Such was the series' effect that the word 'local' would never seem the same again.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe majority of these grotesque characters were played by Mark Gatiss, Steve Pemberton and Reece Shearsmith, who created and wrote the series with Jeremy Dyson. In addition to creating a unique world, where the mundane collided with the macabre, the League showcased a versatility in its performers rarely seen in TV comedy. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLeon Hunt's entertaining and illuminating study offers the most sustained analysis of the series. Drawing on original interviews with Dyson and Gatiss, he traces the League's evolution, from fringe theatre to radio to television, from sketch-based material to the longer narratives of the Christmas Special and the contentious third series. Hunt contextualises the series as a 'cult classic', discussing its place within traditions of British comedy, its references to horror and fantasy and its creation of a grotesque and self-contained world. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLeon Hunt is Senior Lecturer in Film and TV Studies at Brunel University. He is the author of \u003cem\u003eKung Fu Cult Masters: From Bruce Lee to Crouching Tiger\u003c\/em\u003e (2003) and \u003cem\u003eBritish Low Culture: From Safari Suits to Sexploitation\u003c\/em\u003e (1998).\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury Publishing PLC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55612253864280,"sku":"9781844572694","price":32.5,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9781844572694.jpg?v=1769877031","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/league-of-gentlemen","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}