oneandonly-92578 amazing show so funny watched every episode more then 15 time some more and many episodes i watched the same one 6x or more still funny. a must see great characters and adventures. "have at him Cacious"- Stylax. all characters are great super funny keeps me coming back for more.its in the same level of funny as Monty pythons holy grail, different but its really brilliant its totally different from Monty pythons but its its own kind of funny. its a 420 must and if you have no 420 its still great maybe better. if you like workaholics its a buddy show also but its a whole different kind of funny laughs workaholics is great this season, Plebs is only like workaholics in that its bros rooming and working together but after that its its own and glorious laughter inducing 25minutes. the 3 main lads will have you gasping for air because of how much laughter you will get from their talks and problem solving skills.

Volod While first season was OK, first two episodes of the second season were as bad as one can imagine.Don't change the narrator. Don't change the tone. It was fun with all the postmodern jokes first season; now it's just plain dumb. Shut it down for the sake of the effort two years ago.I'd rarely enjoy one season wonder. This was no wonder, but one can enjoy the humour of the first year. Afterwards it's just broke in all possible places.There're some comedy shows running for years. Heck, one can treat Doctor Who as one;plebs has just gone out.

Julian Evans Salve everyone. This quality of sitcom doesn't come along very often. Tom Basden and Sam Leifer have created a classic. I hope and pray that series 2 is as good as the first. I have watched the six episodes over and over and introduced it to every house guest that has passed through our front door.Why is it so good? It follows the traditional structure of a great many British sitcoms from the past; repeated situations that vary only slightly from week to week but are always funny; classic characters that you instantly feel you know personally. It creates realistic situations that make ancient Rome relevant and funny. And it only uses bad language to punctuate and add humour rather than to pep-up an otherwise lacklustre script.Marcus, Stylax and Grumio are the Three Stooges of ancient Rome... though one is obviously from somewhere near Manchester. They're at times stupid, manipulative, gross, lazy, utterly seethru, charming, laddish and totally plebeian. But they're all lovable and completely real. Each is a completely necessary foil for the others and all are superbly played by a wonderful and very talented cast. No plot spoilers, just go and buy it! Every performance in it is wonderful, from the slick landlord to the Essex-girl-next-door with her sharp-as-a-tack slave. From the man-eater boss to the corporate memo writer. Then of course there is the fabulous Waterboy (sorry, Waterman) played by one of the show's writers, Tom Basden (have a look at his own YouTube videos).A word about the show's music too... Baba Brooks? Toots and the Maytals? In ancient Rome? I don't know why but it's just perfect!You've probably guessed by now that I LOVE IT.SECOND SERIES - sad updateWhat a disappointment! We've gone from the most promising TV comedy in years to lowest common denominator garbage in one fell swoop. So far I have seen the first two episodes of series two. In the first we're given the spectacle of Marcus performing oral sex on a prostitute and in the second the lads vistit a site to experience oral sex from old men through a hole in wooden fence. Hilarious... not. When you have to stoop to this for laughs you've run out of ideas. If we want porn there are a billion websites waiting to take our money. It's not necessary to include it in a TV show to get cheap laughs. I am no prude. The language is fine, the inuendo is fine. There just isn't the need for this extra gyno comedy. The Marcus from series one just hasn't got it in him to perform cunnilingus with an older woman on his first date... let alone on a kitchen table. Marcus would not carry Grumio on his shoulders during a chariot race. It would be the other way round. The character of Davus is completely unnecessary. I can go on and on... The show has had more money chucked at it, CGI, fancy camera angles and a drugged up, sexed up script. It's as bad as series 3 of the Mighty Boosh. Dudes... Fawlty Towers and Father Ted didn't stray into these murky waters. They're classics. They're clever. This is junk. Shame on you. What a waste.

niki_timpson Loving this - it's pretty much The Inbetweeners do Ancient Rome. Class.The story focuses around 3 guys living in a pretty dull area of Rome (- not Gladiators, nor Senators, just blokes - hence the title) Tom Rosenthal plays the very straight Marcus, who has the most resentful slave ever in the fabulous Grunio (Ryan Sampson, rocking a hairdo like Howard from Big Bang, and pretty much channelling Baldrick with a grumpy attitude) They live with the over-sexed Stylax (Joel Fry), next door to the gorgeous but dim Cynthia (Sophie Colquhoun) and her scary and whip smart slave, Metella (Lydia Rose Bewley) - both from Briton.A must see for Inbetweeners fans, do not miss the 2nd episode with Danny Dyer being a very macho but sensitive Gladiator. Brilliant.