Plebs

The set used for Plebs is located in Sofia, Bulgaria, and is a permanent backlot set.

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The series' co-writer is Tom Basden, who plays the role of Aurelius, whose job is to serve water to the workers in the photocopy room of a grain company's office.

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When Joel Fry left after production on the third series finished, he signed on for the fourth season but departed before filming began because he wanted to pursue more drama-based roles rather than comedy. Shortly afterwards he would appear in Game of Thrones.

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The series is set between 27 BC and 24 BC.

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The series is filmed mainly in Bulgaria.

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Blake Harrison was to replace Joel Fry for the fourth series, but negotiations failed because Harrison claimed the character written for him shared the same traits as Neil in The Inbetweeners (a character Harrison played from 2008 to 2011 and in 2014). After a second draft was written, the character still had the same similarities, and Pointing was cast instead.

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At least two actors in Plebs, David Bamber and Karl Johnson, also had prominent roles in the era's more dramatic telling: Rome. Bamber, who plays Strabo the Weatherist in series 3, episode 8, was Cicero in Rome, and Johnson, who plays the Judge in series 2, episode 7, was Cato in Rome.

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Marcus, Stylax and Aurelius do work in the writing office that would today be done by machines. Marcus is the photocopier, Stylax is the shredder, and Aurelius is the water boy/water man (water cooler).

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On Thursday, 23 August 2018, at the Edinburgh Television Festival, ITV's head of digital channels Paul Mortimer announced that the broadcaster had commissioned a fifth series of the sitcom to air on ITV2 in 2019.

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Each episode begins with an audio-only, blank screen before any visual scene starts.

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Many of the problems/dilemmas depicted are modern problems, even though they take place in the Roman era.

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