Plebs (TV series)

Plebs is a British sitcom about three young people in the ancient Rome. The series is written by Sam Leifer and Tom Basden. The first episode was broadcast on ITV2 on 25 March 2013.



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[hide] *1 Story  ==Story[ Edit] == Plebs is about three young people who are in the lower class in the ancient Rome hear. Stylax (Joel Fry) is a free man, just as Marcus (Tom Rosenthal). They both work in aScriptorium led by the manipulative Flavia (Doon Mackichan). Marcus has a slave, Grumio (Ryan Sampson) who is very lazy and not the brightest is. Marcus tries to impress Cynthia (Sophie Colquhoun) who with her slave Metella (Lydia Rose Bewley) in the apartment they rent by the landlord (Karl Theobald) next to them is to live. ==Production[ Edit] == The inspiration for the series creators Sam Leifer and Tom Basden got out of their own experiences of living in London around the millennium. Their thought was that young people will be always the same regardless of the time they live. [1]  Rome-connoisseur Mary Beard advised the makers how the Romans lived. So they suggested that most closely matches the Saturnalia contemporary new year's Eve, which was used in the sixth episode. [1]
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In March 2012 ITV2 ordered a pilot episode of the comedy series. Sam Leifer and his brother Teddy, who is producer of the comedy, took place in Bulgaria, just outside the capital Sofia a film set of ancient Rome in the Boyana Film Studios Now. The pilot episode was recorded In may 2012. For the outside shots were many props used by among other things the movie 300: Rise of an Empire. [2]  in order to get the props were there books read and was there looked at the movie Gladiator and the television series Rome. Al was there for the sake of humor not always with the history taken into account, so used glass and in a scene corn eaten, something in ancient Rome never happened. [2]  for filming Tom Rosenthal got a Roman haircut, but that allowed him not and should retain its contemporary hairstyle.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-3" len="174" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"> [3]

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">In August it was announced that ITV2 was content with pilot episode and a season of six episodes ordered.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-4" len="174" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"> [4]  the first season was recorded In september 2012 and were different sets built. An Italian production had the Roman set and that had to be broken off, apart from the stone blocks that were put down in the market center.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-wheninrome_2-2" len="185" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"> [2]

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">The series has been nominated for a 2013 Freesat Award in the category best sitcom.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-5" len="174" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"> [5]  In June 2013 Doon Mackichan actress made known that the series Gets a second season, which in the autumn of that year being filmed in Bulgaria and broadcast in the spring of 2014.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-6" len="174" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"> [6] ==Division Of Roles<span class="mw-editsection" len="341" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-family:sans-serif;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] == ==Episodes<span class="mw-editsection" len="341" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-family:sans-serif;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] ==