Co-creator of the BBC comedy troupe The League of Gentlemen and contributer to the revamped Doctor Who, Mark Gatiss, is once more gracing the airwaves with his work.
The charismatic comedian has been incredibly prolific both on and off the screen. His series ‘The League of Gentlemen’ which ran for three years with a Christmas Special and a feature film, earning numerous awards including the Royal Television Society Award.
The series is more of a tragi-comedy than a sit-com with many of cringe-inducing moment featuring the most outlandish characters this side of Monty Python.The series began as a radio drama and was fleshed out into television with the final season constructed as an experimental drama that is both awe-inspiring and hilarious at the same time.
Inspired by Hammer Horror films, the series paid homage to many classic films from The Shining to Don’t Look Now with amazing alacrity.
In short, the League of Gentlemen are geniuses.
Currently, Mark’s series of Lucifer Box novels are being adapted by the BBC into TV dramas, beginning with The Vesuvius Club. The novels follow the adventures of rakish painter and secret agent Lucifer Box. Like his League work, it is strange, humorous and horrific all at once, with an Edwardian charm.
Hopes are high that if The Vesuvius Club is a hit, the follow-up The Devil in Amber will also be adapted with a third novel currently in the works by Mark which he calls a ‘neat trilogy.’
Word on the street is that Gatiss will play the lead, which will be a real treat given his acting chops.
