The BEST episodes of The League of Gentlemen season 1

Every episode of The League of Gentlemen season 1, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of The League of Gentlemen season 1!

Bizarre comedy set in the fictional English town of Royston Vasey, whose inhabitants include a transsexual taxi driver, a family obsessed with cleanness that despise masturbation, an apathetic priest, a gypsy who kidnaps women to be his wives and a psychotic couple who runs a local shop for local people. Theme song by Joby Talbot.

Last Updated: 12/12/2024Network: BBC TwoStatus: Ended
Escape From Royston Vasey
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8.48
218 votes

#1 - Escape From Royston Vasey

Season 1 - Episode 6 - Aired 2/15/1999

Tubbs & Edward's son David returns. Tubbs is thrilled, but Edward is resentful of his son - especially when he reveals he is responsible for the construction of "newroad"! Ben leaves Royston Vasey, taking with him a gift from the Dentons - an itemised bill covering expenses incurred during his stay (phone calls, use of toilet tissue, etc). Ross reveals that he is really an employee for the Social Services. He has Pauline sacked, forcing her to hand over her pens! Edward and David have a little chat. Facing away from Tubbs, he tells her that he no longer wants to build the road. Turning around to reveal his pig-nose, he declares "I want to live locally". Tubbs deserts David and Edward and leaves the shop. Ben approaches Tubbs out on the moors, asking if she is local. Tubbs replies "Yes, I am", and they both head to the shop. Ben tells Tubbs that his friend who went missing had a pair of shoes just like hers.

Directors: Steve Bendelack
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The Beast of Royston Vasey
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8.43
308 votes

#2 - The Beast of Royston Vasey

Season 1 - Episode 4 - Aired 2/1/1999

Chinnery examines the so-called "beast", but has he correctly identified it? Also, the Legz Akimbo Theatre Company arrives to perform a play at the local school.

Directors: Steve Bendelack
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Nightmare in Royston Vasey
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8.41
322 votes

#3 - Nightmare in Royston Vasey

Season 1 - Episode 3 - Aired 1/25/1999

An employee working on the new road stumbles into the lair of Edward and Tubbs, breakfast with the Dentons is not what Benjamin was expecting, and a tortoise has an unfortunate encounter with Dr. Chinnery.

Directors: Steve Bendelack
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Love Comes to Royston Vasey
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8.26
250 votes

#4 - Love Comes to Royston Vasey

Season 1 - Episode 5 - Aired 2/8/1999

Ben tries to escape from the Dentons. Henry and Ally go to the wrong film but try to make the best of it. Geoff gives a very truthful and upsetting speech at Mike's wedding.

Directors: Steve Bendelack
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Welcome to Royston Vasey
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8.22
516 votes

#5 - Welcome to Royston Vasey

Season 1 - Episode 1 - Aired 1/11/1999

Ben struggles to take in Auntie Val and Uncle Harvey’s incomprehensible house rules, while Martin poses a threat to the precious things in Tubbs and Edward’s Local Shop. At the local job center, Pauline is furious when someone lands an interview without her help. Taxi driver Babs makes middling progress through her sex change.

Directors: Steve Bendelack
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The Road to Royston Vasey
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8.11
376 votes

#6 - The Road to Royston Vasey

Season 1 - Episode 2 - Aired 1/18/1999

Royston Vasey's new road is under construction: good news for all the town's inhabitants except Tubbs and Edward won't this bring strangers to the town? Judee is off to Antigua for a luxury holiday; Pauline is holding a workshop in selling the Big Issue (a newspaper for the homeless), and Ben is trying to use the telephone at the Dentons. We meet butcher Hillary Briss, Henry and Ally, the video-viewers and Reverend Bernice, Royston Vasey's outspoken lady vicar.

Directors: Steve Bendelack
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