"Actor: Tom Rosenthal"

• Plebs - Series One to Three | DVD | (29/05/2017) from £25.00   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  All episodes from the first three series of the TV comedy following the exploits of three young men in ancient Rome. Whilst others revel in the grandeur, opulence and splendor of Rome, low-on-the-totem-pole Marcus (Tom Rosenthal), Stylax (Joel Fry) and their apathetic slave Grumio (Ryan Sampson) are more interested in doing what lads the world over do - which usually involves women. Series 1 episodes are: 'The Orgy', 'The Gladiator', 'The Erotic Vase', 'Herpes Cat', 'Bananae' and 'Saturnalia'. Series 2 episodes are: 'The Chariot', 'The Best Men', 'The Baby', 'The Patron', 'The New Slave', 'The Candidate', 'The Phallus' and 'The Race'. Series 3 episodes are: 'The Beasts', 'Justin Junior', 'The Vestal', 'The Cupid', 'The Crime Wave', 'Jugball', 'The New Master' and 'The Weatherist'.

• Plebs - Series Three | DVD | (29/05/2017) from £10.39   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  25BC Rome. One year on in the eternal city... Tempus fugit. Emperor Augustus Caesar is still the most powerful man in the known world. And languishing somewhere near the other end of the food chain are three lowly plebs: Marcus, Stylax and their feckless slave, Grumio (Tom Rosenthal, Joel Fry and Ryan Sampson). As the ancestors of generation rent , they live in a squalid block in the worst part of town presided over by the ruthless Landlady (Maureen Lipman). They work dead-end jobs for Rome s third largest grain supply company. And though the Games are in town, they can t get tickets for any event not even the pig chase. But an encounter with a fiery Gallic activist, Delphine (Bella Dayne) might at least improve Marcus romantic stakes. Could she possibly become his Gaul-friend? Or is she just a bit too real for him? As well as their regular nemeses, this year our Plebs encounter a legion of new Roman recruits: visiting parents (Samantha Spiro, Danny Webb, Steve Edge), a brazen Vestal Virgin (Michelle Keegan), a doping discus thrower (Ingrid Oliver), a theatrical grande dame (Miriam Margolyes) and an ancient weatherman (David Bamber). Let the Games begin...

• Plebs | Blu Ray | (29/04/2013) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £24.99

  Rome is traditionally imagined as the home of emperors and senators generals and gladiators a dignified theatre of pomp and ceremony. But what about the little guys the wasters - new to the big city stuck in office jobs unable to get the girls? Plebs follows three desperate young men from the suburbs as they try to get laid hold down jobs and climb the social ladder in the big city - a city that happens to be Ancient Rome. The series stars Friday Night Dinner's Tom Rosenthal Joel Fry (White Van Man) and Ryan Sampson (After You’ve Gone) as the three young men – Marcus Stylax and their lazy slave with an attitude problem Grumio.

• Plebs - Series One | DVD | (29/05/2017) from £10.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Now here's a surprise. Plebs may have slipped under many people's radars prior to its relatively quiet debut on ITV2, but off the back of growing word of mouth, the show's DVD release became just a little more anticipated. With good reason too: even though the central idea may sound a bit gimmick, Plebs is something of a comedy pleasure. It's not a classic, but it's an assured and entertaining maiden run. The foundations of the show ask the idea just what it was like to be an everyday, nine-to-five worker in the midst of ancient Rome. Thus we follow two men, Marcus and Stylax, along with their slave Grumio, who show us the answers to that question. Ryan Sampson, in fact, steals the show as the lazy Grumio, but the charm of his co-stars, Tom Rosenthal and Joel Fry shouldn't be overlooked. There are plenty of laughs throughout Plebs, even though there's potential for more, and often, it's the delivery of the material that lifts it, rather than the sense of excellent scripts at the heart of it all. But then, there are plenty of good ideas, and it's an entertaining, well-realised show. What's more, it feels as if there's plenty left in the tank here for a second series, too. --Jon Foster

• Black Rainbow | DVD | (10/10/2005) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  Charlatan medium Martha Travis (Arquette) and her alcoholic father Walter (Robards) make their living travelling from town to town putting on spiritualist performances during which Martha delivers false messages of hope from the dead to their surviving loved ones. At one such performance Martha gives a message to Mary Kuron from her husband Tom. The problem is Tom isn't dead. When Tom is killed exactly as Martha envisioned the case attracts the attention of sceptical journalist

• Black Rainbow | DVD | (26/04/2004) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £14.99

  Charlatan medium Martha Travis (Arquette) and her alcoholic father Walter (Robards) make their living travelling from town to town putting on spiritualist performances during which Martha delivers false messages of hope from the dead to their surviving loved ones. At one such performance Martha gives a message to Mary Kuron from her husband Tom. The problem is Tom isn't dead. When Tom is killed exactly as Martha envisioned the case attracts the attention of sceptical journalist Gary Wallace (Hulce) who discovers that Martha's premonition also revealed to her the identity of Tom Kuron's murderer...

• Plebs - Series Two | DVD | (29/05/2017) from £14.98   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  All roads lead to Rome for the return of the multi-award winning comedy PLEBS in a brand new eight part series. A modern comedy in an ancient setting, PLEBS charts the antics of three under achievers, all of whom are on a desperate quest to live the when in Rome mantra to the full in the empire s most exciting city. Since series one the world has indeed progressed (from 27BC to 26BC) but flat-mates Marcus (Tom Rosenthal), Stylax (Joel Fry) and slave Grumio (Ryan Sampson) have made no strides whatsoever. Not domestically, not financially and certainly not romantically. Marcus ongoing crush Cynthia (Sophie Coliquhoun) is still next door, and still ignoring his advances, with her own slave Metella (Lydia Rose Bewley) on hand with a sarcastic quip to keep Marcus at bay. Stylax wants Marcus to give up on her and move on so that they can realize their dreams of being the big men of Rome. For Stylax this also means becoming a champion charioteer. Who cares if he doesn't own a chariot and can't drive? Their fearsome boss Flavia (Doon Mackichan) is still running the office and, for the first time we meet her husband, Cornelius (Neil Stuke). Meanwhile, water-pouring colleague, Aurelius (Tom Basden) is getting married and looking for a best man. Business is booming for dodgy Landlord (Karl Theobald) who is now accompanied by massive henchman, Davus (Tom Davis). Guests include Simon Callow, Sean Williamson, Lauren Socha, Tim Key, James Fleet and Paul Ritter.