The League of Gentlemen: The Complete Series 3 (2002) - BBC Comedy Series

This is the third series of the phenomenom that is the League of the Gentlemen television show. Different from series 1 & 2 in that there's no annoying laughter and more concentration on specific characters, it's definitely the best and most daring thing they've done so far.

The idea of following one character around in each episode is an ingenious one, and I'm sure nothing like this has ever been done before in comedy. It's good to see people like ever-suffering Charlie Hull and 48 yr old ex-restart officer come lesbian, Pauline (both played by Steve Pemberton) brought out of their restrictive 'sketch' environment and into the real world (so to speak) where we can learn more about them - we find out that Pauline has always wanted to own a pen shop called 'Her Nibs' with a girl who does Saturday mornings, and that Charlie is quite the handyman when it comes to giving massages…

Overall we get a much more action-packed and gritty series that brings frighteningly REAL touches to the show. I think prior to this series you were safe in the knowledge that the characters were locked away in Royston Vasey and they couldn't really 'harm' you or anything. But now many of those old, more theatrical characters, such as Local Shop inhabitants Tubbs and Edward and toad obsessed Harvey Denton, have been replaced by people who are made THAT much creepier and realistic by the way the Gents have played them and by the way Director Steve Bendelack has shot them (more subtleties, less studio and more location filming etc.). But of course, this is the League Of Gentlemen so nothing and no-one are ever what they seem… (source)


About the characters

Character index for each episode



1. The Lesbian And The Monkey 30:04 ((26 September 2002))
Edward and Tubbs survive the fire at the local shop – but not for long. Pauline dreams of running a pen shop called Her Nibs but, in the meantime, has to turn to Mickey for help after her release from HMP Clitclink and is also reunited with Ross. Pregnant cabbie Barbara throws a gender-bender fancy dress party. When Mrs Beesley has a headache, Polo-crunching, unsympathetic Dr Carlton forces her to play party games at his home. Old Peter rehearses his funeral. (source)

2. The One-Armed Man Is King 29:15 (03 October 2002)
Joke shop owner Lance Longhthorne lives to regret the illicit arm transplant he undertakes. Mortician Owen Fallowfield recalls his career. Glen and Big Barry prove to be hopeless debt collectors. (source)

3. Turn Again Geoff Tipps 28:11 (10 October 2002)
London beckons for Royston Vasey's Geoff has been dismissed from his job in plastic-injection mouldings so he tries to make it as a stand-up comedian. Also, fag hag Tish meets with Camden's campest, and the Legz Akimbo theatre company mounts its latest show, on disability, called Vegetable Soup. (source)

4. The Medusa Touch 26:33 (17 October 2002)
A group of 'Sexplorers' spend the weekend at Alvin and Sunny Steele's B&B where they try out a new sex aid called The Medusa, invented by mystery man Daddy. Plus Noel and Nancy Glass are determined their daughter Casey Emma will triumph at the Junior Miss Elegance Pageant. Features Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen. (source)

5. Beauty And The Beast (Or, Come Into My Parlour) 29:00 (24 October 2002)
Charlie Hull proves to be a popular masseur because of the extras he provides at Judee Levenson's new beauty parlour Spit 'n' Polish. Neds hits the road in Maxie Power, his home-made, crime-solving car. (source)

6. How The Elephant Got Its Trunk 28:56 (31 October 2002)
Reenie takes on a new volunteer at the charity shop – Keith Drop, the man behind the amateur dramatic society's staging of The Diary Of Anne Frank, starring the incomprehensible Pam Doove as a Nazi. Meanwhile, street magician Dean Tavalouris tries out tricks on passers by and Dog Cinema boss Kenny Harris is confronted by his arch enemy, cat crazy Dougal Siepp (Christopher Eccleston). (source)



























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