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Reece says "We never wanted to be known as sick or depraved."
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Reece Shearsmith, Mark Gatiss, Steve Pemberton and Jeremy Dyson met while studying drama at Bretton Hall in Wakefield, West Yorkshire.
The League of Gentlemen began life as a sketch show on the London fringe. After appearing at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival in 1996, they were signed up by the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½.
The world at large was first introduced to the inhabitants of Spent when the show aired on Radio 4 and promptly won a Sony Award.
In 2000, the show moved to television - and the characters apparently relocated to Royston Vasey! - and quickly gathered a clutch of awards, more fans and the phrases, "This is a local shop for local people" and "You'll never leave"
Characters like Barbara the transsexual taxi driver, Pauline Campbell-Jones of Job Club and Edward and Tubbs Tattsyrup proved a hit with comedy fans and the show won a BAFTA and many other awards.
According to Reece, writing is a very lengthy process, it took 10 months to write the latest series. They write in pairs, Reece and Steve, Mark and Jeremy.
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