@thetimes: 🗣️“The more we can’t trust what we see, the more we’ll want something real.” | Mark Gatiss⁠ ⁠ The actor helped to create The League of Gentlemen, first broadcast in 1999 — that magnificently macabre comedy in which every local eccentric concealed a frightful secret. He has since reinvented Sherlock Holmes, adapted Dracula, written ghost stories and established himself as one of Britain’s foremost enthusiasts for Golden Age crime, capable of quoting Agatha Christie plots like others reel off football statistics.⁠ ⁠ Bookish, his six-part postwar detective drama, which returns for a second series on U&Alibi on August 26, began life as a novel⁠ ⁠ 🔗 Tap the link in our bio to read the full interview⁠ ⁠ 📸Michael Carlo⁠ 📸Nicolas Velter⁠ 📸Nicola Young⁠ 📸 Kevin Baker⁠ #markgatiss #interview #culture #class #actor

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