By: League of Gentlemen

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"The League of Gentlemen" have been making audiences laugh for years, but what makes them tick and what is behind their dark, twisted humour? In this book, all four members have assembled a stunning collection of prose, poetry, sketches, lyrics and classic film scenes to create a very special "Book of Precious Things". "The League of Gentlemen" was critically acclaimed when the first series was shown on BBC2 in 1999. Already known from their radio show "On The Town...," the League were much discussed, with their unique mixture of very black comedy and harrowing social observation set in the fictional town of Royston Vasey. With a mind-blowing mixture of influences from "Hammer Horror", "Carry On" and Martin Amis to Monty Python, Shakespeare and Victoria Wood, the League are utterly unique and more than a little disturbing!

The introduction discusses the major influences that the group has in common, then 40 extracts from all sorts of media are listed, with an introduction to each from the Gentleman who chose it. Each entry provides a fascinating insight. Certain things provided direct inspiration for some of their well-loved characters or story lines, other entries simply make them laugh time and time again. The list includes:; Les Dawson's Cissie and Ada sketches (TV script), The Wicker Man (film script), A Change of Sex (TV script), I, Actor (book), "Mad About The Boy" (song lyrics), Dead Babies (book), Lupino Lane's How to Become a Comedian (book), "Fortune Cookies" (short story), Theater of Blood (TV script), Dead Funny (TV script), The Hackenthorpe Book of Lies and Masturbators of History (Monty Python) and lots more gems from the libraries, annals and private collections of all sorts of local people.

ISBN: 9781853756214
ISBN-10: 1853756210
Audience: General
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Number Of Pages: 240
Published: 3rd September 2007
Dimensions (cm): 19.8 x 12.9  x 3.4
Weight (kg): 0.437