Inside No 9: Merrily, Merrily
9:50 pm - 10:20 pm, Thursday, July 23 on BBC Two England (2)
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Merrily, Merrily
Season 7, Episode 1
Lawrence arranges a special reunion on a boat for his old university friends Darren and Callum, but the day does not unfold quite as they expected. As they strike out across the remote lake, their conversation takes them into troubled waters. Darkly comic anthology, written by and starring Steve Pemberton and Reece Shearsmith, with Mark Gatiss and Diane Morgan
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Reece Shearsmith
(Actor)
.. Lawrence
Steve Pemberton
(Actor)
.. Darren
Mark Gatiss
(Actor)
.. Callum
Diane Morgan
(Actor)
.. Donna
Patrice Naiambana
(Actor)
.. Fisherman
Jon Plowman
(Executive producer)
Josh Cole
(Executive producer)
Al Campbell
(Director)
Kim Crowther
(Producer)
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Did You Know..
Reece Shearsmith
(Actor)
.. Lawrence
Born:
August 27, 1969
in
Hull
Best Known For:
The League of Gentlemen.
Early-life:
Born Reeson William Shearsmith on August 27, 1969, in Hull. He met the men who would join him in The League of Gentlemen - Mark Gatiss, Steve Pemberton and Jeremy Dyson - while studying drama at Bretton Hall. In 1995, they began performing a sketch show at London's Cockpit Theatre, soon afterwards landing a residency at the Canal Café pub theatre, which compelled them to create new material at a fast pace.
Career:
In 1997 the quartet won the Perrier Award, and their subsequent radio series, On the Town with The League of Gentlemen, set in the fictional town of Spent, won a Sony Award. In 1999 the League moved to TV - and Royston Vasey - with subsequent series in 2000 (including a typically sinister Christmas special) and 2002; plus a film, The League of Gentlemen's Apocalypse, in 2005. Outside of the League, Shearsmith has appeared alongside Vic Reeves and Bob Mortimer in the comedies Catterick and House of Fools. He also popped up in Spaced and TLC. His other work includes Eric and Ernie, The Widower and Chasing Shadows on the small screen, and Burke and Hare, The World's End and A Field in England on the big screen. He has also appeared on the stage in Art, The Producers and Betty Blue Eyes. He re-teamed with fellow League star Steve Pemberton for Psychoville and Inside No 9.
Quote:
'I think League of Gentlemen drew on our experiences growing up in northern towns, not that they were as weird and remote as Royston Vasey was. But it pervaded our material.'
Trivia:
In 2006, he appeared in the West End as Leo Bloom in The Producers.
Steve Pemberton
(Actor)
.. Darren
Born:
September 01, 1967
in
Blackburn
Best Known For:
The League of Gentlemen and Benidorm.
Early-life:
Steve James Pemberton was born on September 1, 1967, in Blackburn, Lancashire. He first realised he wanted to be an actor while still at school, and his first role was playing Peter in The Diary of Anne Frank at the Chorley Little Theatre - although he admits he was the only boy who auditioned. Following his A levels, he gained a Theatre Arts degree from Bretton Hall College in Yorkshire, where he met Reece Shearsmith and Mark Gatiss who, along with Jeremy Dyson, became The League of Gentlemen.
Career:
Pemberton began his professional career on stage, but suffered a setback when he had a heart attack at the age of 25 while working in Germany. He went on to feature in Ken Russell's Alice in RussiaLand in 1995, but it was The League of Gentleman that was his first major success, first on radio, then on TV and film. He also appeared in the remake of Randall & Hopkirk (Deceased), Gormenghast, Shameless, The Life and Death of Peter Sellers and Blackpool. The latter co-starred David Tennant, and the duo were reunited in 2008 for a two-part Doctor Who adventure. Other projects include the Woody Allen film Match Point, Lassie, Psychoville, and Benidorm.
Quote:
On his favourite League of Gentlemen character: 'I miss Pauline from the job centre the most. It was scary when I put on the costume and the wig and the lips. It was like being possessed.'
Mark Gatiss
(Actor)
.. Callum
Born:
October 17, 1966
in
Sedgefield, County Durham
Best Known For:
The League of Gentlemen.
Early-life:
Born October 17, 1966, in Sedgefield, County Durham. He grew up opposite a Victorian psychiatric hospital, where both his parents worked. While at college, he had a job there as a gardener. Gatiss claims he always wanted to escape from what he regarded as a grim, northern childhood, although now accepts that Heighington, where he lived, is actually a pleasant village. After school, he took a year out to travel around Europe, then began a drama course at Bretton Hall near Leeds.
Career:
Gatiss eventually settled in London, where he hoped to earn a living as an actor but made ends meet writing Doctor Who books. He and friends Steve Pemberton, Reece Shearsmith and Jeremy Dyson formed The League of Gentlemen in 1995, which had successful stints on stage, radio, TV and film. Since then he's appeared in Bright Young Things, Marple, The Quatermass Experiment, Nighty Night and Jekyll. Gatiss was also script editor on the first Little Britain series, and has penned episodes of Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased) and Doctor Who (in which he's also appeared). He portrayed Malcolm MacLaren in the 2010 drama Worried About the Boy and co-created Sherlock with Steven Moffat.
Quote:
'I've done lots of acting and been very pleased with the response to what I've done. I'd like to do a lot more.'
Trivia:
Gatiss has also written several novels and appeared regularly on the stage.
Diane Morgan
(Actor)
.. Donna
Patrice Naiambana
(Actor)
.. Fisherman
Jon Plowman
(Executive producer)
Josh Cole
(Executive producer)
Al Campbell
(Director)
Kim Crowther
(Producer)
