The Wrong Mans

Synopsis

Comedy thriller about two well-meaning idiots who become entangled in a hideous world of crime, conspiracy and corruption.

First Air Date: 2013-09-24

Last Air Date: 2014-12-23

Number of Seasons: 2

Number of Episodes: 8

Created By: Mathew Baynton, James Corden

Networks: BBC Two, Hulu

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Top Cast

Mathew Baynton as Sam Pinkett
James Corden as Phil Bourne
Sarah Solemani as Lizzie
Tom Basden as Noel
Andrew Koji as Jason
Emilia Fox as Scarlett
Dawn French as Linda
John Warnaby as Ian Culverson
Rufus Jones as D.S. Brick
Stephen Campbell Moore as Smoke

Seasons

Season 1 (2013)

Sam Pinkett and Phil Bourne, office workers for Berkshire County Council, have their menial existence turned upside-down by a chance phone-call and a case of mistaken identity. After being sole witness to a car crash on a desolate country road, Sam answers an abandoned mobile telephone and hears a message that was clearly not meant for him: "If you are not here by 5 o'clock, we will kill your wife". Encouraged by office mail-room delivery boy Phil that they can be the heroes of the hour, the duo soon find themselves plunged into a deadly kidnap situation.

Episodes:

Ep. 1: The Wrong Mans (2013-09-24)

A case of mistaken identity catapults two council employees into a conspiracy.
Ep. 2: Bad Mans (2013-10-01)

Sam and Phil are sent to rescue a hostage but end up with an angry hostage of their own.
Ep. 3: Dead Mans (2013-10-08)

Sam and Phil fall deeper into a sinister world of agents and double agents.
Ep. 4: Inside Mans (2013-10-15)

Sam and Phil gatecrash a party and interrupt an assassination plot.
Ep. 5: Wanted Mans (2013-10-22)

Sam and Phil bring the dangerous plot right to their doorsteps and nowhere is safe.
Ep. 6: Running Mans (2013-10-29)

Sam and Phil are now on the run, on the edge and on each other's nerves.