The League of Gentlemen is a surreal British comedy horror sitcom that premiered on BBC Two in 1999. The show is set in Royston Vasey, a fictional town in northern England, originally based on Alston, Cumbria. Three of the four members of the comedy troupe (Mark Gatiss, Steve Pemberton, Reece Shearsmith and Jeremy Dyson) formed in 1995. The BBC announced in August 2017 that three new episodes would be produced to commemorate the 20th anniversary of the group's first appearance on BBC Radio 4. The episodes aired on BBC2 on 18–20 December 2017.