Plebs (TV series)
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| Genre | Comedy |
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| Theme music composer | Oliver Julian |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of series | 3 |
| No. of episodes | 22 (list of episodes) |
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| Location(s) | Nu Boyana Studios, Bulgaria |
| Running time | 25 minutes |
| Production company(s) | Rise Films |
| Distributor | Universal Pictures Company |
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| Original network | ITV2 |
| Picture format |
576i (16:9 SDTV) 1080i (HDTV) |
| Original release | 25 March 2013 – present |
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Plebs is a British television series broadcast on ITV2. It was first broadcast in March 2013, and is produced by Tom Basden, Caroline Leddy, Sam Leifer and Teddy Leifer. It stars Joel Fry, Tom Rosenthal and Ryan Sampson, who play young residents of ancient Rome. The format has been compared to The Inbetweeners, Up Pompeii and Blackadder. The first two episodes were shown on 25 March 2013. A second series of eight episodes was broadcast between 22 September and 3 November 2014. A third series of eight episodes was broadcast between 4 April and 16 May 2016.
The style is contemporary and anachronistically uses modern language especially by the character Stylax.
The series uses predominantly ska/rocksteady music during all the opening and closing titles and during each episode as background music.
The show follows Marcus, Stylax, and their slave Grumio, as they go through daily life in ancient Rome. Marcus and Stylax work in the scriptorium of a grain company with their manager, Flavia, the water-carrier Aurelius, and communications officer Claudius. They live next door to two Britons, Cynthia, an aspiring actress, and her slave Metella.
Series 3 replaces Cynthia and Metella with a woman from Gaul called Delphine who begins a relationship with Marcus. However Marcus is struggling with the relationship as their personalities do not mix together at all.
Plebs is filmed at Nu Boyana Film Studios, Sofia, Bulgaria, as were popular films such as Gladiator and 300.
Series Two began on ITV2 on Monday 22 September 2014 at 10pm with a season opener double bill. Tom's father Jim Rosenthal appeared in episode 1 as a commentator on a chariot race.
Series Three began on ITV2 on Monday 4 April 2016 at 10pm, with the broadcast of "The Beasts" and "Justin Junior".
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