Pete Versus Life The Veteran (Season 2, Episode 5)
TV Episode | 23 min | Comedy, Drama

Pete Versus Life

The Veteran (Season 2, Episode 5)

TV Episode | 23 min | Comedy, Drama

Pete runs over a cat but claims that he found its corpse to get in with the cat's owner Mel,whom he helps bury it. When a guilty Pete talks in his sleep about killing and Mel hears him he pretends to be an army veteran,the scars on his leg...See morePete runs over a cat but claims that he found its corpse to get in with the cat's owner Mel,whom he helps bury it. When a guilty Pete talks in his sleep about killing and Mel hears him he pretends to be an army veteran,the scars on his leg from a drunken fall being caused by shrapnel. In fact Mel's brother Tom is an ex-soldier traumatised in Afghanistan and Pete is called upon to counsel him - which he does,claiming to be a hero and giving Tom a new lease of life. Unfortunately when Mel and Tom find out the true fate of the cat as well as Pete's other lies Tom regresses and threatens to jump off a building. This is Pete's chance to prove he is a hero but inevitably he fails and Jake saves the day. Written by don @ minifie-1 See less

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9 cast members

Name	Known for
Rafe Spall Pete Griffiths Pete Griffiths See fewer	The Big Short (2015)
Pippa Duffy Anna Anna See fewer	How to Train Your Dragon (2010)
David Fynn Manfred Manfred See fewer	Am I Being Unreasonable? (2022)
Simon Greenall Colin King Colin King See fewer	Alan Partridge (2013)
Siobhan Hewlett Mel Mel See fewer	Redemption (2013)
Daniel Ings Jake Jake See fewer	The Gentlemen (2024)
Ian Kirkby Terry McIlroy Terry McIlroy See fewer	Wire in the Blood (2002)
Joseph Kloska Rob Rob See fewer	The Crown (2016)
Jolyon Coy Tom Tom See fewer	Beauty and the Beast (I) (2017)