TELEVISION - PLEBS
Plebs is an adult British Sit-Com set in Rome in 27BC that follows the inter-acting lives of three desperate young men from the Roman lower classes ; Marcus, Stylax and Grumio. From the 4th series, Stylax was replaced by Jason.
Cast
Tom Rosenthal - Marcus Gallo (Series 1-5 + Soldiers of Rome)
Ryan Sampson - Grumio the Slave (Series 1-5 + Soldiers of Rome)
Joel Fry - Stylax (Series 1-3)
Jonathan Pointing - Jason (Series 4-5 + Soldiers of Rome)
Karl Theobald - The Landlord (Series 1-5 + Soldiers of Rome)
Tom Davis - Davus (Series 2-4)
Doon Mackichan - Flavia (Series 1-4)
Tom Basden - Aurelius the Water Boy (Series 1-5 + Soldiers of Rome)
Sophie Colquhoun - Cynthia (Series 1-2)
Lydia Rose Bewley - Metella the Slave (Series 1-2)
Bella Dayne - Delphine (Series 3)
Ellie Taylor - Gloria (Series 4-5 + Soldiers of Rome)
2013
Plebs - Series 1 - Original ITV broadcasts. 6 episodes of 25 minutes each (10, 2 Discs, ITV, PAL)
Episode 1 - The Orgy (Marcus invites his new neighbour Cynthia to a party but doesn't tell her it's an orgy)
Episode 2 - The Gladiator (Marcus is jealous of Cynthia's new boyfriend, Cassius, who is a Gladiator)
Episode 3 - The Erotic Vase (Stylax buys Grumio a vase for his birthday / Marcus swaps roles with Grumio for the day)
Episode 4 - The Herpes Cat (Stylax has an itch / Cynthia adopts a feral cat)
Episode 5 - Bananae (The boys get new housemates from Thrace / Marcus has a run-in with an elderly war veteran)
Episode 6 - Saturnalia (Grumio finds a new source of meat for the household / The boys prepare for the festival of Saturnalia)
2014
Plebs - Series 2 - Original ITV broadcasts. 8 episodes of 23 minutes each (10, 2 Discs, ITV, PAL)
Episode 1 - The Chariot (Stylax decides to become a Charioteer / Marcus decides to move on from Cynthia)
Episode 2 - The Best Men (Aurelius asks Marcus to be the Best Man at his wedding / Stylax learns to drive)
Episode 3 - The Baby (Grumio finds an abandoned baby and decides to keep it / Flavia decides to modernise the office)
Episode 4 - The Patron (Stylax finds a sponsor for his charioteering / Grumio gets sick)
Episode 5 - The New Slave (Stylax impulse-buys a new slave who has a dark side)
Episode 6 - The Candidate (Marcus, Stylax and Grumio get caught up in the local elections)
Episode 7 - The Phallus (The guys run into an old school friend, Flabianus / The Landlord is on the run from the Police)
Episode 8 - The Race (Marcus tries to stop Cynthia from being deported / Stylax enters a Chariot race)
2016
Plebs - Series 3 - Original ITV broadcasts. 8 episodes of 23 minutes each (10, 2 Discs, ITV, PAL)
Episode 1 - The Beasts (Marcus, Stylax and Grumio decide to go to the Coliseum for the Games, but end up taking part)
Episode 2 - Justin Junior (Grumio's dad shows up, wanting to be reunited with his son)
Episode 3 - The Vestal (Stylax is smitten by a Vestal Virgin / Marcus's parents come to visit / Grumio invents Blue Cheese)
Episode 4 - The Cupid (Grumio and Stylax decide to become actors, with Marcus acting as Grumio's agent)
Episode 5 - The Crime Wave (After the guys are mugged, they attend a self-defense class / Grumio gets a new admirer)
Episode 6 - JugBall (Marcus is promoted to run the company he works at, with unfortunate consequences)
Episode 7 - The New Master (Grumio goes to work for a new master / Stylax, Marcus and Delphine end up in a threesome)
Episode 8 - The Weatherist (The guys new neighbour predicts an earthquake / Grumio discovers Indian food)
2018
Plebs - Series 4 - Original ITV broadcasts. 8 episodes of 23 minutes each (10, 2 Discs, ITV, PAL)
Episode 1 - The Accident (Marcus tries to blackmail local builder Crassus after Stylax is killed by his builders)
Episode 2 - The Critic (Marcus, Grumio, Aurelius and new friend Jason invite a food critic to their new bar)
Episode 3 - The Marathon (Aurelius and Jason run the Marathon / Marcus tries convinces the race organisers that Grumio is mentally challenged so he can start a charity in his name)
Episode 4 - The Satirist (Marcus starts a relationship with a Satirist but is offended when he becomes part of her act)
Episode 5 - Lupercalia (Marcus asks his neighbour Gloria on a date / Grumio dates himself at the bar)
Episode 6 - The Bath House (The boys take up a free-trial at a Health Club and decide to stay indefinitely)
Episode 7 - The Accountant (When faced with a large tax bill, Marcus seeks the help of a pretty Jewish accountant but has to convince her he is Jewish)
Episode 8 - Beer (A Germanian bar opens opposite the boys bar, selling a new drink called Beer / Marcus falls foul of the Fire Department)
2019
Plebs - Series 5 - Original ITV broadcasts. 8 episodes of 23 minutes each (10, 2 Discs, ITV, PAL)
Episode 1 - The Vineyard (The boys set off on a wine-buying trip to Tuscany)
Episode 2 - The Paedos (Marcus offers to tutor Gloria's teenage son Barney / Grumio is mistaken for a schoolboy and joins a school)
Episode 3 - The Banquet (The boys gatecrash a posh banquet and get involved in a murder plot)
Episode 4 - The Grumbrella (Marcus invests in ice for the bar / Grumio invents an umbrella hat / Jason and Aurelius both join a male escort service)
Episode 5 - The Hooligans (The boys attempt to infiltrate a local firm of chariot-racing hooligans in order to get some big drinkers into the bar)
Episode 6 - The Dig (The boys begin an archaeological dig in their bar after Grumio unearths an old brooch while sitting on the toilet)
Episode 7 - The New Flat (The boys are evicted from their flat / Jason lands a job as an estate agent)
Episode 8 - The Wedding (Jason's brother Darius is getting married and Grumio is the wedding planner / Marcus has a run-in with the Postman)
2022
Soldiers of Rome - After losing their home to returning soldiers from the war, the boys and Aurelius decide to sign up for the "Peacetime" Army. But a new war breaks out in Northern Germany and the boys find themselves on the front line. Final ever episode (9, 1 hour 24 minutes, 1 Disc, ITV, PAL)