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A writer and musician who, as the fourth member of The League of Gentlemen alongside Mark Gatiss, Steve Pemberton, and Reece Shearsmith, helped build one of British television's most distinctive dark-comedy horror series — working mostly out of the spotlight compared to his co-writers, who also performed on screen. He later created and co-wrote the West End show Ghost Stories and adapted it into a film, extending his taste for unsettling storytelling from television to stage.