The Worst Episodes of The League of Gentlemen
Every episode of The League of Gentlemen ranked from worst to best. Explore the Worst Episodes of The League of Gentlemen!
The League of Gentlemen is a British comedy television series that premiered on BBC Two in 1999. The show is set in Royston Vasey, a fictional town in Northern England based on Bacup, Lancashire. It follows the lives of dozens of bizarre townspeople, most of whom are played by three of the show's four writers—Mark Gatiss, Steve Pemberton, and Reece Shearsmith—who, along with Jeremy Dyson, formed the League of Gentlemen comedy troupe in 1995. The series originally aired for three series from 1999 until 2002 followed by a film in 2005. A three-part revival mini-series was broadcast in December 2017 to celebrate the group's 20th anniversary.
Lowest Rated Episodes Summary
The worst episode of "The League of Gentlemen" is "The One-Armed Man Is King", rated 7.6/10 from 186 user votes. It was directed by Steve Bendelack and written by Mark Gatiss. "The One-Armed Man Is King" aired on 10/3/2002 and is rated 0.3 point(s) lower than the second lowest rated, "Welcome To Royston Vasey".
7.6/10 186 votes#1 - The One-Armed Man Is King
Season 3 Episode 2 - Aired 10/3/2002
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.
Director: Steve Bendelack
Writer: Mark Gatiss
7.9/10 317 votes#2 - Welcome To Royston Vasey
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 1/11/1999
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.
Director: Steve Bendelack
Writer: Mark Gatiss
7.9/10 185 votes#3 - The Medusa Touch
Season 3 Episode 4 - Aired 10/17/2002
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...
Director: Steve Bendelack
Writer: Mark Gatiss
8.0/10 260 votes#4 - The Road To Royston Vasey
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 1/18/1999
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.
Director: Steve Bendelack
Writer: Mark Gatiss
8.0/10 213 votes#5 - A Plague on Royston Vasey
Season 2 Episode 3 - Aired 1/28/2000
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.
Director: Steve Bendelack
Writer: Mark Gatiss
8.0/10 189 votes#6 - Turn Again Geoff Tipps
Season 3 Episode 3 - Aired 10/10/2002
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.
Director: Steve Bendelack
Writer: Mark Gatiss
8.0/10 175 votes#7 - Beauty and the Beast (Or, Come into My Parlour)
Season 3 Episode 5 - Aired 10/24/2002
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.
Director: Steve Bendelack
Writer: Mark Gatiss
8.1/10 225 votes#8 - Love Comes To Royston Vasey
Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 2/8/1999
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.
Director: Steve Bendelack
Writer: Mark Gatiss
8.1/10 216 votes#9 - Lust for Royston Vasey
Season 2 Episode 2 - Aired 1/21/2000
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.
Director: Steve Bendelack
Writer: Mark Gatiss
8.1/10 203 votes#10 - Death in Royston Vasey
Season 2 Episode 4 - Aired 2/4/2000
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.
Director: Steve Bendelack
Writer: Mark Gatiss
8.1/10 198 votes#11 - The Lesbian and the Monkey
Season 3 Episode 1 - Aired 9/26/2002
springs Pauline from jail--provided she can find evidence to convict Mickey and get him off the Dole.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
8.1/10 189 votes#12 - How The Elephant Got Its Trunk
Season 3 Episode 6 - Aired 10/31/2002
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.
Director: Steve Bendelack
Writer: Mark Gatiss
8.2/10 238 votes#13 - Nightmare in Royston Vasey
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 1/25/1999
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.
Director: Steve Bendelack
Writer: Mark Gatiss
8.2/10 200 votes#14 - Anarchy in Royston Vasey
Season 2 Episode 5 - Aired 2/11/2000
Pauline leaves her hostage with Mikey to go in search fo food. Geoff and Brian bury Mike alive, and Tubbs and Edward catch a no-tail. Lee finds that Creme Brulee has reformed without him.
Director: Steve Bendelack
Writer: Mark Gatiss
8.4/10 234 votes#15 - The Beast of Royston Vasey
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 2/1/1999
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.
Director: Steve Bendelack
Writer: Mark Gatiss
8.4/10 221 votes#16 - Escape From Royston Vasey
Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 2/15/1999
- Tubbs & Edward's son David returns. Tubbs is thrilled, but Edward is resentful of his son-especially when he reveals he is responsible for the construction of ""newroad""! - Ben leaves Royston Vasey, taking with him a gift from the Dentons: an itemised bill covering expences incurred during his stay (phone calls, use of toilet tissue, etc). - Ross Reveals that he is really an employee for the Social Services. He has Pauline sacked, forcing her to hand over her pens! - Edward and David have a little chat. Facing away from Tubbs, he tells her that he no longer wants to build the road. Turning around to reveal his pig-nose, he declares ""I want to live locally"". Tubbs deserts David and Edward and leaves the shop. - Ben approaches Tubbs out on the moors, asking if she is local. Tubbs replies ""Yes, I am"", and they both head to the shop. Ben tells Tubbs that his friend who went missing had a pair of shoes just like hers. The credits roll...
Director: Steve Bendelack
Writer: Mark Gatiss
8.5/10 256 votes#17 - Destination: Royston Vasey
Season 2 Episode 1 - Aired 1/14/2000
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.
Director: Steve Bendelack
Writer: Mark Gatiss
8.5/10 205 votes#18 - Royston Vasey and the Monster from Hell
Season 2 Episode 6 - Aired 2/18/2000
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.
Director: Steve Bendelack
Writer: Mark Gatiss