The League Of Gentlemen: Series #1

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Summary: How to get series 2, 3 the christmas special and live on dvd
Review: I live in the UK and am a big fan of the League of Gentlemen. If you go to www.amazon.co.uk you can buy;
series 2: which is the same as 1 however it has a bit of a darker story

the christmas special: which is a longer slightly different yet as fantastic version of the show

the live show: filmed when they were on tour with all the fave characters and some more, brilliant

series 3: this is the most controversial, you'll ever love it or hate it. It is a brilliant idea however the story focuses on one character per eppisode with a few scetches thrown in. This is my favorite, however it is some others least favorite.

Finally the film is being made, but has not been completed yet. This is a great show and i recomend you buy the first series even if you havent got a multi region dvd and cant get the rest.

P.s. To the review that says that the only critisism is the added laughter, the show was recorded in front of a live audience and the rest was shown to them, all the laughter is genuine. Except series three where there is no laughter...


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Summary: THE BEST BRIT SHOW! ......but.......are you a local?
Review: oh my god, this was by far one of the best shows i think i have ever seen. The DVD was pretty good except you can't take the back-ground laughing off of it, but other then that, this DVD is totally worth buying, you dont even have to see an episode to buy it, just spend the money right now, support the BBC and hopefully series #2 will come out in America. LEAGUE OF GENTLEMEN!

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Summary: Wlcome to Royston Vasey
Review: I have watched the first 2 seasons and loved them both (the first season was probably funnier but the 2nd season more demented) but I too am hoping for a series 2 NA DVD. Unfortunately it may not happen. I guess the 1st series didn't sell well but I can expect that since it's impossible to find in stores. Amazon is the only place I have actually found it and, like a lot of people, I tend to buy from brick and mortar stores before scanning online.

And while there are region-free DVD players there's a whole host of problems with that option.
In North America you can't just buy a region-free DVD player and expect to watch region 2 DVD's. While the DVD's are compatible the tv's aren't. Europe uses Pal while North America (and Japan) uses NTSC. NTSC is translated fairly well into Pal but not vice versa. So while those in the UK with a region-free DVD player can watch Region 1 DVD's those in North America with a region-free DVD Player aren't able to watch Region 2 DVD's unless the DVD player can specifically convert Pal signals into NTSC and even then there will be more artifacts and video problems. Anyone wanting to watch region-2 DVD's should check into this before spending money.

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Summary: Tubbs
Review: I don't have much to add to these reviews, since they all seem to be raving about the show, but I just wanted to join in the chorus wondering WHERE THE HECK ARE THE REST OF THE SEASONS? From what I understand, they sometimes show them on BBC America so I don't buy that line about them being "too offensive" for this country. Although I think it's a funny show I only know one other person who's seen it in this country so maybe the first season just didn't sell well.
My sole criticism is the use of the laugh track.

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Summary: Superb comedy - but don't be too hard on the BBC!
Review: It's good to see from these customer reviews that the "League of Gentlemen" has a following in the USA, and it's easy to see why. Perhaps one of the most inventive and unusual sketch shows of all time, TLOG is as likely to make you shiver with disgust as weep with laughter. It easily manages to juggle extremes of humour and horror, and it's grotesque cast of inbreds and maniacs are guaranteed to provoke a strong reaction. No comedy DVD collection is complete without Series 1.

However, the poor old BBC has come under a lot of fire on this page for its refusal to release the second and third series and the Christmas Special in the US. It has to be said that this may not be entirely the BBC's fault. Series 2 really steps up the horror, pushing it to levels of offensiveness far beyond what went before. It would not surprise me to learn that the BBC is in fact not allowed to broadcast much of Series 2 on US TV, due to America's draconian broadcast restrictions (write to your Senator, people, it's a disgrace!). Certainly many British shows that are broadcast in the US (such as Graham Norton's UK chat show) have their most "offensive" moments removed - and it may well be the case that TLOG 2 would not be worth broadcasting in such a heavily edited state. Certainly this has been the case with other UK comedians, including the brilliant Chris Morris, probably the most inventive comedian in recent British history, whose hugely controvertial and appalingly bad-taste series Brass Eye and Jam will almost certainly never see the light of day in the US. If the BBC can't broadcast a show, then don't blame them for not releasing it on DVD, as that would be unprecedented.
And also BBC America is a commercial enterprise - if no-one watched Series 1 on US TV, then why should they release Series 2 if it looks set to lose money? That's where word of mouth comes in, people ...

In short, as has previously been suggested, the best thing to do is buy a regionless DVD player, go to Amazon UK and buy TLOG series 2. then buy Brass Eye and Jam ...