Plebs (2013)

Classical World Live-Action Series (10 tv items)

"Plebs is described as "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"

TV Shows Viewed in 2019 (26 tv items)

" Viewed: Series 5 One of the three leads may have left after Series 3, and the show hasn't been the same since, but Plebs is still going strong and I couldn't be happier. The writing remains pleasingly sharp and witty, while the actors all commit to their roles 110%, with Ryan Sampson still the standout as the dim-witted Grumio. The show still finds ways to satirise contemporary culture in an Ancient Rome setting, with football hooligans getting a look-in this season, while one episode revolves "

TV Shows Viewed in 2017 (37 tv items)

" Viewed: Series 1-3 And for my last binge of 2017, I got through all three seasons (so far) of Plebs, which was sold to me as The Inbetweeners in Ancient Rome - and that's pretty accurate. However, it's also much more than that; it's very much its own thing and holds its own identity beyond such comparisons. It's a stroke of creative genius to transpose contemporary characters and anachronistic ideas into an ancient setting (after all, would we really need another coming of age show about hopele"