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Welcome To Royston Vasey

Season 1, Episode 1, Aired Jan 11, 1999

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- The sign on the Denton family's front door reads Toad Hall.
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Quotes
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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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- 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
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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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