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The Wrong Mans

TV·2013–2014·BBC Two·Comedy, Crime, Thriller·30m·7.7·Created by Mathew Baynton, James Corden

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Comedy thriller about two well-meaning idiots who become entangled in a hideous world of crime, conspiracy and corruption.

Cast

Mathew BayntonMathew BayntonSam PinkettJames CordenJames CordenPhil Bourne

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