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About PLEBS & Episode Guides

About PLEBS & Episode Guides


Plebs Premiered on ITV2 on March 25, 2013



About the Show:
Plebs is a thoroughly modern comedy with an ancient setting.  The series will follow three desperate young men from the suburbs as they try to get laid, hold down jobs and climb the social ladder in the big city – a city that just happens to be Ancient Rome!

The series stars Tom Rosenthal (Friday Night Dinner), Joel Fry (White Van Man, Trollied) and Ryan Sampson (Work Experience, After You’ve Gone) as the three young men – Marcus, Stylax and their lazy slave with a major attitude problem, Grumio.

Doon Mackichan (Smack The Pony) also stars, as the boys’ ruthless boss, Flavia - an expert manipulator with a private life that's the stuff of legend.

A sexy newcomer called Cynthia played by Sophie Colquhoun (The Inbetweeners Movie, Switch) soon joins the boys as she moves into the flat next door along with her sarcastic slave Metella played by Lydia Rose Bewley (The Inbetweeners Movie).

Rome is traditionally imagined as the home of emperors and senators, generals and gladiators, a dignified theatre of pomp and ceremony.  But what about the little guys, the wasters - new to the big city, stuck in office jobs, unable to get the girls?

Unlikely to be immortalized in the annals or memorialized in a frieze, Marcus, Stylax and Grumio are essentially just a bunch of Plebs.  And whether they’re wearing togas, or skinny jeans, desperate young men in any period of history are essentially cut from the same cloth.

In episode one, things take an upward turn for the boys when Marcus meets some fit Britons in the courtyard and Stylax finds a flyer to an orgy. With his grocery budget now spent on orgy tickets, Grumio must scrimp and save in order to put food on the table.

Cast:

Actor’s name

Character’s name

Doon MacKichanFlavia
Joel FryStylax
Ryan SampsonGrumio
Tom RosenthalMarcus

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Season 1



Episode 1: The Orgy (Mar/25/2013)
Things end up imprving for the boys after Marcus meets some fit Britons in the courtyard and Stylax discovers a flyer advertising an orgy.

Episode 2: The Gladiator (Mar/25/2013)
Cynthia’s new boyfriend Cassius soon proves a rival to Marcus in the quest for Cynthia's affections. Stylax ends up playing a prank on Aurelius which soon manages to get out of hand.

Episode 3: The Erotic Vase (Apr/01/2013)
Stylax purchases Grumio an erotic vase for his birthday featuring a character who looks like somebody nearby. Marcus has done nothing for his slave and, under pressure from the girls, who think that they should swap positions for the day.

Episode 4: The Herpes Cat (Apr/08/2013)
In an effort to try and endear himself to Cynthia , Marcus (Tom befriends a mangy cat whom she has rescued from the courtyard. After Stylax visits a sexual health clinic, he falls for an attractive nurse working there.

Episode 5: Bananae (Apr/15/2013)
A massive immigration from Thrace puts the boys into contact with a good looking Thracian lodger called Irina and a yellow exotic fruit, the Banana. Marcus has a strange encounter with an elderly war veteran.

Episode 6: Saturnalia (Apr/22/2013)
It’s the festival of Saturnalia and the celebration on the stroke of midnight is the perfect chance for Marcus to hit on Cynthia. Grumio is on a mission to make sure that sacrificial meat is not wasted.

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Season 2



Episode 1: The Chariot (Sep/22/2014)
The group win a chariot race and it looks like their fortunes might have taken an exciting turn for the better. Stylax decides to become a charioteer. Marcus wants to spend his money on a romantic pursuit.

Episode 2: The Best Men (Sep/22/2014)
There is an upcoming wedding of Aurelius, and Marcus is unexpectedly asked to be best man. He sets about organising his stag do. Stylax takes chariot lessons from an angry driving instructor.

Episode 3: The Baby (Sep/29/2014)
Grumio discovers a baby behind the bins and takes it home to raise as his own. Stylax uses the baby to try and make a relationship with an attractive young wet nurse.

Episode 4: The Patron (Oct/06/2014)
Grumio becomes ill after eating an apple whilst on the loo. Marcus refuses to contribute to his medical treatment and likes Cynthia’s remedy of candlelight and prayer. Stylax becomes friends with a rich nobleman, who agrees to help fund his charioteering career.

Episode 5: The New Slave (Oct/13/2014)
The friends purchase an eccentric slave called Mushki at an auction. Grumio finds his position in the household being usurped, as Marcus is impressed by the new guy.

Episode 6: The Candidate (Oct/20/2014)
It's the local elections, meaning that everyone is enjoying a public holiday. Marcus and Stylax sign up as hired clappers for a politician. Whilst Grumio is drawn towards another candidate who is giving away promotional plums.

Episode 7: The Statue (Oct/27/2014)
The boys have a meeting with Fabianus, a school friend who's now a huge lawyer living the high life in Rome. Stylax reconnects with his old flame, Cordelia.

Episode 8: The Race (Nov/03/2014)
Marcus is stressed at the idea of the girls been deported if they don't raise 3,000 denari.

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