Long Running Series
Plebs
A thoroughly modern comedy in an ancient setting
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?
Plebs follows 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 happens to be Ancient Rome. The show focuses on Marcus, his slave Grumio who has an attitude problem, and their flatmate Stylax( and later Jason). Unlikely to be immortalised in the annals or memorialised in a frieze, Marcus, Jason, Stylax and Grumio are essentially just a bunch of Plebs. And whether they’ re wearing togas or jeans, desperate young men in any period of history are essentially cut from the same cloth...
Duration ½ hr, 38 scripts available 2 hr feature special, 1 script available
Produced by Rise Films for ITV, UK
Produced in UK