The Wrong Mans - BBC2 Sitcom - British Comedy Guide

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.

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The Wrong Mans. Image shows from L to R: Sam (Mathew Baynton), Phil (James Corden)

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

BBC
Hulu

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...