a good pilot episode to these ground breaking and hilariously twisted series.
from meeting the obsessive compulsive dentons, to the maniacal and satanic tubbs and edward tattsyrup at the local shop, through barbara the pre-op transexual and dr chinnery the hapless vet, to name a few, there are laughs a plenty.
the infamous mau mau scene is one of the most memorable of the entire series.
not forgetting pauline the demonic restart officer and the seemingly innocent farmer tinsel...... but that's another storymoreless
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Benjamin arrives in Royston Vasey to spend the night with his batrachian in-laws, Uncle Harvey and Auntie Val. He's due to meet his friend Martin to go hiking. At the Local Shop, Edward and Tubbs are concerned that the building of a new road will bring strangers, and the arrival of Martin seems to confirm that..moreless
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Frances CoxOld Woman on Train
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Mike FlanaganRobert
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Edward McCrackenColin
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Mark Gatiss
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Steve Pemberton
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Reece Shearsmith
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Trivia, Notes, Quotes and Allusions
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TRIVIA (1)
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The sign on the Denton family's front door reads Toad Hall.
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QUOTES (3)
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Mr. Chinnery: Would you take a seat, Mr. Tinsel. I have some rather upsetting news.
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Postbox: Thank you for posting a letter inside me!
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Edward Tattsyrup: What's all this shouting? We'll have no trouble here!
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NOTES (5)
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In the original radio series, the town was called Spent, and was changed to Royston Vasey for the TV series.
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The League of Gentlemen took their name from League of Gentlemen, a 1960 crime/comedy movie based upon a book of the same name by John Boland.
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Most exterior shots of Royston Vasey were filmed in Hadfield in the Peak District. The Local Shop was built on Marsden Moor.
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Tubbs and Edward are based on a shopkeeper the League met while touring in Brighton. Pauline is based on Reece's experiences on a restart course. The "mau mau" sketch is based on a man Reece and Steve overherd in a pub trying to tell a joke but constantly being interrupted. The League took this to the extreme and had Geoff pull a gun on Mike and Brian.
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With the obvious exceptions of the Local Shop scenes and some tweaks here and there (Mickey doesn't wet himself, Benjamin's here to meet a friend and not for a job interview), much of this episode is virtually identical to the first radio episode, A Guest at the Dentons. It's notable how much more evil and satanic Tubbs is in this episode, as opposed to the slightly simple character she would become.
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ALLUSIONS (1)
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Royston Vasey. Royston Vasey is the real name of comedian, Roy 'Chubby' Brown, he appears in the series as the Mayor of Royston Vasey.
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