Reece Shearsmith wants League of Gentleman revival when they're '70'
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28 January 2020 - 5:00 PM

Reece Shearsmith wants League of Gentleman revival when they're '70'

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eece Shearsmith wants \'The League of Gentlemen\' to reunite when they\'re "70".

The 50-year-old actor and comedian is part of the group - which also consists of Mark Gatiss, Steve Pemberton, and Jeremy Dyson - who created and starred in the comedy series between 1999 and 2002.

And after reuniting in 2017 for a three part mini-series to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the group\'s first appearance on BBC Radio 4, Reece has said the only way they\'ll get together for a second revival is when "one of [them] dies", or when they\'re old enough to need "Zimmer frames" to help them walk.

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Speaking about a possible reunion, Reece said: "I don\'t know what the next anniversary of it would be. When one of us dies? It would have to be a while now, until it felt special again. Maybe we\'ll have a reunion when we\'re 70 and return on our Zimmer frames."

For the time being, Reece is working with Steve on \'Inside No. 9\', which is set to return for a fifth series on Monday (03.02.20).

Asked what fans can expect from the series, he said: "I hope that there are as many surprises as people have come to expect from the show. I think that there are going to be some unexpected reactions to some of the stories we\'ve told; although it gets harder to keep the surprise going."

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Reece denied reports the show has been commissioned for a sixth series, but says there\'s "no reason" the show should end just yet.

Speaking to Radio Times magazine, he explained: "We\'re happy with the way that it\'s gone so far. I think we still have a few good stories and we\'re not repeating ourselves. Besides, we might not get another series. I read somewhere that it had been commissioned for series six and I was like, \'It\'s news to me.\' It\'s not been confirmed yet! It\'s not in our powers to say \'Yeah, we\'ll keep going, thank you.\'

"But if the people want it, I think we will keep doing it, until we think there\'s a good place to stop. I think that as long as we feel that as writers and creators, there\'s no reason why it should end."

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