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God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen

Episode 6 of 6

It's Christmas! - but which residents are celebrating? Pre-TV sitcom with Mark Gatiss and Steve Pemberton. From December 1997

It's Christmas! - but which town residents are celebrating?

The first incarnation of the award-winning black comedy, about the "local people" of Spent - before it hit TV.

Starring:

Mark Gatiss
Reece Shearsmith
Steve Pemberton

Written by the cast and Jeremy Dyson.

The League of Gentlemen won a Perrier Edinburgh Fesvital award in 1997 and this radio series debuted in the same year. They also won a Sony Radio Award. The cult series switched to TV for three series on BBC 2 from 1999, plus stage shows and a feature film.

Producer: Sarah Smith

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 1997.

30 minutes

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