League of Gentlemen is back (Picture: BBC)

Hokey cokey pig in a pokey – The League Of Gentlemen will reunite after 15 years for three special new episodes, the BBC has confirmed.

Mark Gatiss, Steve Pemberton, Reece Shearsmith and Jeremy Dyson will all return once again to Royston Vasey for the special episodes of the black comedy which followed the lives of dozens of bizarre townspeople, most of whom are played by Gatiss, Pemberton and Shearsmith.

The episodes have been commissioned for Autumn 2017 to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the show’s debut on radio.

The series ended in 2002 after winning a Rose D’Or – the international award in entertainment broadcasting and programming – and the BAFTA for Best Comedy Series in 2000, and was followed by a film, The League of Gentlemen’s Apocalypse, and a stage production, The League of Gentlemen Are Behind You!


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The specials are commissioned by Patrick Holland and Shane Allen, Controller BBC Comedy, and they will be produced by BBC Studios.



Executive producer is Jon Plowman, the producer is Adam Tandy, and the director is Steve Bendelack.

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