Phil Ellis is Trying

Phil Ellis Is Trying

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Anarchic sitcom created and written by Phil Ellis and Fraser Steele.

Anarchic sitcom about a man desperate to succeed in a world he does not fully understand. Created and written by Phil Ellis and Fraser Steele.

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Phil will solve your problems. Well, he'll try.  Sitcom also starring Johnny Vegas.

Phil is tasked by the mayor of Parbold to find out if her husband is having an affair, leading Phil, Johnny and Polly across town to investigate Parbold's seedy underbelly.

When Phil hears a ruckus in Johnny's memorabilia shop downstairs, he goes to investigate, only to discover the mayor of Parbold, who gives Phil a much-needed job: to discover if her husband is having an affair.  This undercover work takes Phil, Polly and Johnny across town to investigate Parbold's seedy underbelly.  It may be a case Phil is desperate to crack, but will he like what he finds?

Written by Phil Ellis and Fraser Steele.

Starring:

Phil Ellis as Phil
Johnny Vegas as Johnny
Amy Gledhill as Polly/Miss Ecuador
Terry Mynott as Keith/Geoff
Katia Kvinge as Ellie
Andrew Ellis as Dave
Sunil Patel as Steve
and with special guest star Desiree Burch as the Mayor of Parbold

Produced by Sam Michell

A BBC Studios production

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