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The League of Gentlemen is a British sitcom broadcast on BBC Two over three series from 1999 to 2002. In the fictional Northern England town of Royston Vasey—based on Bacup, Lancashire—the lives are explored of

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    The League of Gentlemen Season 1 Episode 6 - Escape from Royston Vasey
    9.5/10(2 votes)

    #1 - Escape from Royston Vasey

    S1:E6

    Tubbs & Edward's son David returns. Ben leaves Royston Vasey. Ross reveals a secret.

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  2. The League of Gentlemen Season 1 Episode 1 - Welcome to Royston Vasey
    9.0/10(2 votes)

    #2 - Welcome to Royston Vasey

    S1:E1

    Ben struggles to take in Auntie Val and Uncle Harvey’s incomprehensible house rules, while Martin poses a threat to the precious things in Tubbs and Edward’s Local Shop. At the local job center, Pauline is furious when someone lands an interview without her help. Taxi driver Babs makes middling progress through her sex change.

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  3. The League of Gentlemen Season 2 Episode 1 - Destination: Royston Vasey
    9.0/10(2 votes)

    #3 - Destination: Royston Vasey

    S2:E1

    The carnival comes to town and Pauline starts at the Restart Room as a jobseeker. Val makes a wish on a magic toad that brings back Benjamin. A nosebleed epidemic breaks out at the circus.

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  4. The League of Gentlemen Season 2 Episode 5 - Anarchy in Royston Vasey
    9.0/10(3 votes)

    #4 - Anarchy in Royston Vasey

    S2:E5

    Pauline leaves her hostage with Mikey to go in search of food. Geoff and Brian bury Mike alive, and Tubbs and Edward catch a no-tail. Lee finds that Creme Brulee has reformed without him.

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  5. The League of Gentlemen Season 3 Episode 6 - How The Elephant Got Its Trunk
    9.0/10(3 votes)

    #5 - How The Elephant Got Its Trunk

    S3:E6

    After a bag is blown out the window of the Charity Shop Vinnie spots it on a country road and sets out in hot pursuit. Papa Lazarou returns and all the series' loose ends are tied up.

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  6. The League of Gentlemen Season 2 Episode 6 - Royston Vasey and the Monster from Hell
    8.8/10(3 votes)

    #6 - Royston Vasey and the Monster from Hell

    S2:E6

    Roysten Vasey is quarantined as the nosebleed epidemic claims a distinguished victim. The Legz Akimbo Theatre Group comes to town, and there is a wedding at the local shop.

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  7. The League of Gentlemen Season 1 Episode 2 - The Road to Royston Vasey
    8.5/10(2 votes)

    #7 - The Road to Royston Vasey

    S1:E2

    Royston Vasey's new road is under construction: good news for all the town's inhabitants except Tubbs and Edward won't this bring strangers to the town? Judee is off to Antigua for a luxury holiday; Pauline is holding a workshop in selling the Big Issue (a newspaper for the homeless), and Ben is trying to use the telephone at the Dentons. We meet butcher Hillary Briss, Henry and Ally, the video-viewers and Reverend Bernice, Royston Vasey's outspoken lady vicar.

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  8. The League of Gentlemen Season 1 Episode 3 - Nightmare in Royston Vasey
    8.5/10(2 votes)

    #8 - Nightmare in Royston Vasey

    S1:E3

    An employee working on the new road stumbles into the lair of Edward and Tubbs, breakfast at the Denton's is not what Benjamin was expecting, and a tortoise has an unfortunate encounter with Dr. Chinnery.

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  9. The League of Gentlemen Season 1 Episode 4 - The Beast of Royston Vasey
    8.5/10(2 votes)

    #9 - The Beast of Royston Vasey

    S1:E4

    Chinnery examines the so-called "beast", but has he correctly identified it? Also, the Legz Akimbo Theatre Company arrives to perform a play at the local school.

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  10. The League of Gentlemen Season 3 Episode 1 - The Lesbian and the Monkey
    8.3/10(3 votes)

    #10 - The Lesbian and the Monkey

    S3:E1

    Ross springs Pauline from jail--provided she can find evidence to convict Mickey and get him off the Dole.

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  11. The League of Gentlemen Season 3 Episode 3 - Turn Again Geoff Tipps
    8.3/10(3 votes)

    #11 - Turn Again Geoff Tipps

    S3:E3

    Geoff is fired from his job and leaves in an attempt to make it as a stand-up comedian in London. There he runs into the Legz Akimbo team and Mike.

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  12. The League of Gentlemen Season 3 Episode 4 - The Medusa Touch
    8.3/10(3 votes)

    #12 - The Medusa Touch

    S3:E4

    Regular Cast: Mark as Alvin Steele / Les McQueen Steve as Daddy / Nancy Glass / Barbara [voice] / Anne Hand Reese as Noel Glass / Judith Buckle / Terry Lollard B&B proprietors Alvin and Sunny invite their weekend 'Sexplorers' to join them in a voyage of auto-erotic discovery - although Alvin would prefer to be at the garden centre. But who is the mysterious femme fatale in the dwarf conifers and what is the secret of the fearsome 'Medusa'? The Ending: Lawrence Llewellyn Bowen is having a fag with his wig off in the backyard of the Windermere when the white van comes crashing through the wall, sending tons of bricks down on him...

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  13. The League of Gentlemen Season 3 Episode 5 - Beauty and the Beast (Or, Come into My Parlour)
    8.3/10(3 votes)

    #13 - Beauty and the Beast (Or, Come into My Parlour)

    S3:E5

    Regular Cast: Mark as Tony / Iris Krell [voice] / Neds / Professor Breastpinch'd Steve as Charlie Hull Reese as Stella Hull / Judee Levinson / Keith Drop CHARLIE & STELLA / MRS LEVINSON: The Hulls' marriage seems to have disintegrated beyond repair and Stella's hooked on playing fruit machines. Meanwhile, Charlie starts working for Judee Levinson at her new beauty salon, the ""Spit and Polish"", doing massages on blindfolded clients, who think it's Judee doing them herself. His healing hands wow the customers, until an old man asks if he can do any ""extras"". Word spreads and the salon is packed with the men of Royston Vasey, blissfully unaware they are being w* off by Charlie. When Tony comes for one of the ""special massages"", Charlie becomes obsessed with him and falls in love with him, eventually telling Tony he's the masseur with the magic hands. Tony is disgusted and the s* hits the fan: Stella wins big on the fruit machines and jets off overseas, and Judee sacks him.

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  14. The League of Gentlemen Season 2 Episode 2 - Lust for Royston Vasey
    8.0/10(2 votes)

    #14 - Lust for Royston Vasey

    S2:E2

    The nosebleed epidemic continues. Pauline gets a new job as an assistant food science operative at Burger Me! Herr Lipp and students arrive on an exchange visit from Diusberg, and the guesthouse closes for a very private function.

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  15. The League of Gentlemen Season 2 Episode 3 - A Plague on Royston Vasey
    8.0/10(3 votes)

    #15 - A Plague on Royston Vasey

    S2:E3

    Pen-obsessed Pauline tackles Ross about her job prospects or lack thereof, and Edward sets a trap to catch a bride for David. Butcher Hilary Briss has a problem with one of his "special" customers.

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  16. The League of Gentlemen Season 2 Episode 4 - Death in Royston Vasey
    8.0/10(2 votes)

    #16 - Death in Royston Vasey

    S2:E4

    Hilary Briss and Maurice take an early walk in the woods to collect a "Special Delivery." Mike, Brian, and Geoff get lost on their way to a plastics convention, and Morris is dealt with.

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  17. The League of Gentlemen Season 3 Episode 2 - The One-Armed Man Is King
    7.7/10(3 votes)

    #17 - The One-Armed Man Is King

    S3:E2

    Lance bribes hospital disc jockey Mike King to arrange an under-the-counter arm transplant. Meanwhile, Glenn and Barry fail miserably in an attempt to recover outstanding debts.

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  18. The League of Gentlemen Season 1 Episode 5 - Love Comes to Royston Vasey
    7.0/10(2 votes)

    #18 - Love Comes to Royston Vasey

    S1:E5

    Ben tries to escape from the Dentons. Henry and Ally go to the wrong film but try to make the best of it. Geoff gives a very truthful and upsetting speech at Mike's wedding.

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Best Episodes Summary

"Escape from Royston Vasey" is the best rated episode of "The League of Gentlemen". It scored 9.5/10 based on 2 votes. Directed by Unknown and written by Unknown, it aired on 2/15/1999. This episode scored 0.5 points higher than the second highest rated, "Welcome to Royston Vasey".