Steve Pemberton

BBC viewers traumatised after contestant’s head explodes in ‘new Lee Mack quiz show’

Some were more clued up on what they were watching Oblivious viewers were left shocked last week when a contestant’s head exploded on what at first glance seemed like a new quiz show hosted by Lee Mack. On Thursday night, viewers tuning into BBC Two were met with an episode a ‘quiz show’ hosted by […]

2 years ago

QUIZ: How well do you know The League of Gentlemen?

A local quiz for local people Twenty years ago, a strange little sketch show called The League of Gentlemen debuted on BBC2. It was an adaptation of a cult radio show, written by and starring Mark Gatiss, Steve Pemberton, and Reece Shearsmith (with the fourth writer, Jeremy Dyson, rarely appearing on-screen). It broke the sketch show formula by, instead […]

7 years ago