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The Worst Episodes of The League of Gentlemen

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Worst episode
S3E2 The One-Armed Man Is King
7.6208 votes
Best episode
S2E1 Destination: Royston Vasey
8.6285 votes
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Season 2
8.3avg
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  1. #1 Worst Episode
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    The League of Gentlemen Season 3 Episode 2 - The One-Armed Man Is King
    7.6/10(208 votes)

    S3:E2

    Lance bribes hospital disc jockey Mike King to arrange an under-the-counter arm transplant. Meanwhile, Glenn and Barry fail miserably in an attempt to recover outstanding debts.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  2. The League of Gentlemen Season 1 Episode 1 - Welcome to Royston Vasey
    7.9/10(371 votes)

    S1:E1

    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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  3. The League of Gentlemen Season 1 Episode 2 - The Road to Royston Vasey
    8.0/10(301 votes)

    S1:E2

    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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  4. The League of Gentlemen Season 3 Episode 4 - The Medusa Touch
    8.0/10(208 votes)

    S3:E4

    Regular Cast: Mark as Alvin Steele / Les McQueen Steve as Daddy / Nancy Glass / Barbara [voice] / Anne Hand Reese as Noel Glass / Judith Buckle / Terry Lollard B&B proprietors Alvin and Sunny invite their weekend 'Sexplorers' to join them in a voyage of auto-erotic discovery - although Alvin would prefer to be at the garden centre. But who is the mysterious femme fatale in the dwarf conifers and what is the secret of the fearsome 'Medusa'? The Ending: Lawrence Llewellyn Bowen is having a fag with his wig off in the backyard of the Windermere when the white van comes crashing through the wall, sending tons of bricks down on him...

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  5. The League of Gentlemen Season 1 Episode 5 - Love Comes to Royston Vasey
    8.1/10(258 votes)

    S1:E5

    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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  6. The League of Gentlemen Season 2 Episode 2 - Lust for Royston Vasey
    8.1/10(242 votes)

    S2:E2

    The nosebleed epidemic continues. Pauline gets a new job as an assistant food science operative at Burger Me! Herr Lipp and students arrive on an exchange visit from Diusberg, and the guesthouse closes for a very private function.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  7. The League of Gentlemen Season 2 Episode 3 - A Plague on Royston Vasey
    8.1/10(236 votes)

    S2:E3

    Pen-obsessed Pauline tackles Ross about her job prospects or lack thereof, and Edward sets a trap to catch a bride for David. Butcher Hilary Briss has a problem with one of his "special" customers.

    Director:Unknown
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  8. The League of Gentlemen Season 3 Episode 6 - How The Elephant Got Its Trunk
    8.1/10(211 votes)

    S3:E6

    After a bag is blown out the window of the Charity Shop Vinnie spots it on a country road and sets out in hot pursuit. Papa Lazarou returns and all the series' loose ends are tied up.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  9. The League of Gentlemen Season 3 Episode 3 - Turn Again Geoff Tipps
    8.1/10(209 votes)

    S3:E3

    Geoff is fired from his job and leaves in an attempt to make it as a stand-up comedian in London. There he runs into the Legz Akimbo team and Mike.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  10. The League of Gentlemen Season 3 Episode 5 - Beauty and the Beast (Or, Come into My Parlour)
    8.1/10(198 votes)

    S3:E5

    Regular Cast: Mark as Tony / Iris Krell [voice] / Neds / Professor Breastpinch'd Steve as Charlie Hull Reese as Stella Hull / Judee Levinson / Keith Drop CHARLIE & STELLA / MRS LEVINSON: The Hulls' marriage seems to have disintegrated beyond repair and Stella's hooked on playing fruit machines. Meanwhile, Charlie starts working for Judee Levinson at her new beauty salon, the ""Spit and Polish"", doing massages on blindfolded clients, who think it's Judee doing them herself. His healing hands wow the customers, until an old man asks if he can do any ""extras"". Word spreads and the salon is packed with the men of Royston Vasey, blissfully unaware they are being w* off by Charlie. When Tony comes for one of the ""special massages"", Charlie becomes obsessed with him and falls in love with him, eventually telling Tony he's the masseur with the magic hands. Tony is disgusted and the s* hits the fan: Stella wins big on the fruit machines and jets off overseas, and Judee sacks him.

    Director:Unknown
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  11. The League of Gentlemen Season 3 Episode 1 - The Lesbian and the Monkey
    8.2/10(219 votes)

    S3:E1

    Ross springs Pauline from jail--provided she can find evidence to convict Mickey and get him off the Dole.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  12. The League of Gentlemen Season 2 Episode 4 - Death in Royston Vasey
    8.2/10(225 votes)

    S2:E4

    Hilary Briss and Maurice take an early walk in the woods to collect a "Special Delivery." Mike, Brian, and Geoff get lost on their way to a plastics convention, and Morris is dealt with.

    Director:Unknown
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  13. The League of Gentlemen Season 1 Episode 3 - Nightmare in Royston Vasey
    8.2/10(277 votes)

    S1:E3

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

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  14. The League of Gentlemen Season 2 Episode 5 - Anarchy in Royston Vasey
    8.3/10(220 votes)

    S2:E5

    Pauline leaves her hostage with Mikey to go in search of food. Geoff and Brian bury Mike alive, and Tubbs and Edward catch a no-tail. Lee finds that Creme Brulee has reformed without him.

    Director:Unknown
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  15. The League of Gentlemen Season 1 Episode 6 - Escape from Royston Vasey
    8.4/10(256 votes)

    S1:E6

    Tubbs & Edward's son David returns. Ben leaves Royston Vasey. Ross reveals a secret.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  16. The League of Gentlemen Season 1 Episode 4 - The Beast of Royston Vasey
    8.4/10(267 votes)

    S1:E4

    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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  17. The League of Gentlemen Season 2 Episode 6 - Royston Vasey and the Monster from Hell
    8.6/10(229 votes)

    S2:E6

    Roysten Vasey is quarantined as the nosebleed epidemic claims a distinguished victim. The Legz Akimbo Theatre Group comes to town, and there is a wedding at the local shop.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  18. The League of Gentlemen Season 2 Episode 1 - Destination: Royston Vasey
    8.6/10(285 votes)

    S2:E1

    The carnival comes to town and Pauline starts at the Restart Room as a jobseeker. Val makes a wish on a magic toad that brings back Benjamin. A nosebleed epidemic breaks out at the circus.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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Worst Episodes Summary

"The One-Armed Man Is King" is the worst rated episode of The League of Gentlemen. It scored 7.6/10 from 208 votes. Written and directed by Unknown, it aired on October 3, 2002. This episode scored 0.3 points lower than the second lowest rated, "Welcome to Royston Vasey".

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