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The Wrong Mans

2013 • BBC
4.6
136 reviews
15
Rating
Eligible

Season 1 episodes (6)

1 The Wrong Mans - The Wrong Mans
9/24/13
Lowly council employee Sam Pinkett is the sole witness to a shocking car accident. Answering a ringing mobile phone which he finds at the crash site, he suddenly finds himself mixed up in a deadly kidnap plot. Shocked and hungover, Sam also has problems mounting up at work, where his boss and ex-girlfriend Lizzie feels like he isn't pulling his weight. But his excitable colleague Phil convinces him they need to step up and save the day - and after a trip to the hospital this day goes from bad to worse.
2 Bad Mans
10/1/13
Nick Stevens is heavily in debt to Mr Lau, a local underground casino boss who has now kidnapped his wife Scarlett. With no money, no skills and no idea, Phil and Sam are sent to rescue her by the cowardly Stevens. Sure enough, it doesn't go very well, and in the melee our heroes end up accidentally taking an angry hostage of their own.
3 Dead Mans
10/8/13
When Lau shows up at the council offices, Sam successfully negotiates the safe handover of Scarlett in exchange for Lau's nephew Jason. But Phil has his own ideas and nearly scuppers the plan. Narrowly escaping, they pay a visit to Phil's mum Linda before taking Scarlett back to her husband. But it's not the happy reunion they imagined.
4 Inside Mans
10/15/13
The devious Scarlett sends Sam and Phil on a mission to retrieve a music box, which has fallen into the hands of eccentric Russian exile Marat Milankovic. Armed only with the ransom money they found in the back of Walker's car, our heroes set off to buy it back. But with the vengeful Lau still seeking payback, Sam and Phil find themselves arriving empty-handed at a drug-fuelled house party.
5 Wanted Mans
10/22/13
Having agreed to take care of the hunted and wounded Marat, Sam and Phil return back to Phil's house where mum Linda proves surprisingly resourceful. But with spies shadowing their every move, our heroes inadvertently bring the dangerous plot right to their doorsteps, and ultimately to the council offices.
6 Running Mans
10/29/13
Somehow managing a daring escape from their would-be captors, Sam and Phil are now on the run, on the edge, and on each other's nerves. It's gonna take a huge leap of faith for Sam and Phil to turn back and face the very people that are threatening them, their loved ones and their town. And as friends and family are dragged into this deadly conspiracy, Sam and Phil's friendship is tested to the limit.

About this show

The laughs come as fast as the thrills and spills in this action-packed comedy starring James Corden and Mathew Baynton. Ordinary office workers Sam and Phil find themselves unwittingly caught up in a deadly criminal conspiracy when Sam answers an abandoned mobile phone after witnessing an horrific car crash. Just by trying to do the right thing, Sam and Phil end up being kidnapped, framed for murder and dodging bullets while on the run from both the good and the bad guys. Sam and Phil are two friends in the wrong place, at the wrong time, with the wrong skills. They are the Wrong Mans.

Ratings and reviews

4.6
136 reviews
Mike orsheanik
January 4, 2017
So funny how they did not get cort. They did not know wot they were doing, and marged, get away all the time. They should do a noth seeres two.
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Ayaz Atif
February 9, 2016
He's so bad it's just like hearing chalk against board. Most over rated actor ever?
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Mike Webb
September 9, 2015
Excellent programme but paid for the whole series a long time ago but still only have 2 actual episodes after being promised more to come.
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