A Guest at the Dentons
The dark comedy about the 'local people' of Spent, before it hit TV. With Mark Gatiss and Steve Pemberton. From November 1997.
Pauline the Restart Officer, Matthew Chinnery the Vet and Barbara the Cabbie - just some of the resident misfits of a remote Northern town.
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 Festival 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 Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Two from 1999, spawning stage shows and a feature film.
Producer: Sarah Smith
First broadcast on Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4 in November 1997.
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