The Wrong Mans
- TV sitcom / comedy drama
- BBC Two
- 2013 - 2014
- 8 episodes (2 series)
Comedy thriller about a pair of lowly office workers who become embroiled in a deadly criminal conspiracy. Stars Mathew Baynton, James Corden, Sarah Solemani, Tom Basden, Dawn French and more.
Key details
- Genres
- Sitcom, Comedy Drama
- Broadcast
- 2013 - 2014
- Channel
- BBC Two
- Episodes
- 8 (2 series)
- Stars
- Mathew Baynton, James Corden, Sarah Solemani, Tom Basden, Dawn French, Rebecca Front, Stephen Campbell Moore, Paul Cawley and more
- Writers
- James Corden, Mathew Baynton and Tom Basden
- Director
- Jim Field Smith
- Producers
- Jim Field Smith, Charlie Leech, Mark Freeland, Charlotte Koh and Myfanwy Moore
- Companies
From actor/writer duo James Corden and Mathew Baynton, The Wrong Mans series centres on Sam Pinkett and Phil Bourne, office workers for Berkshire County Council, who 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 mailroom delivery boy Phil that they can be the heroes of the hour, the duo soon find themselves plunged into a deadly kidnap situation.
Having narrowly escaped death from all sides during Series 1, Series 2 sees the boys back to zero and starting new lives 4,000 miles from home. But someone still wants them dead, and it doesn't look like things are going to be any easier this time around...
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Additional details
- Production
- Location
- Camera set-up
- Single camera
- Picture
- Colour
Website links
- The Noel Truth
Noel Ward's online blog, updating people on what is happening in the office. - @TheNoelTruth
- IMDb
Broadcast details
- First broadcast
- Tuesday 24th September 2013 at 9pm on BBC Two
- Most recent repeats
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- Thursday 1st August 2024 at 10:00pm on BBC2 - Series 1, Episode 1
- Thursday 31st August 2023 at 11:20pm on U&Dave - Series 2, Episode 1
- Friday 25th August 2023 at 12:00am on U&Dave - Series 1, Episode 6