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Kathryn Williams

Pam & Tommy: How to watch the real-life series in the UK, cast and plot

A new mini-series, Pam & Tommy, about the headline-hitting relationship between Baywatch star Pamela Anderson and Mötley Crüe drummer, Tommy Lee, is coming to UK TV screens in February.

The highly anticipated eight-part drama will focus on the couple's infamous sex tape, which was watched around the world, and their stormy relationship. The pair were married after 96 hours of knowing each other and divorced three years later, having two sons in the meantime, Brandon and Dylan.

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When is Pam & Tommy on TV and how to watch it?

The mini-series will air all episodes from Wednesday, February 2 and you'll be able to stream it in the UK on Disney+ - make sure the kid lock is off to access this one! Then put it back on, though.

Pam & Tommy stars Lily James and Sebastian Stan (Hulu/Disney+)

What is it about?

Pamela Anderson and Tommy Lee are bonafide, '90s pop culture icons and this new show documents a time where they were either on TV, with Pammy as CJ Parker in the phenomenally successful Baywatch, or on the front pages with their exploits.

Pam was a hugely popular star in the 1990s (Publicity Picture)

After their whirlwind marriage they made the, now infamous, sex tape, in 1995 which was ultimately stolen by an electrician, Rand Gauthier, who took a safe from the couple's home after rock and roll bad boy, Tommy, did not pay him for work done.

The tape was uploaded to the early internet and bootlegged across the globe.

The series is adapted from a Rolling Stone article which came out in 2014 that saw journalist Amanda Chicago Lewis dig out the real story.

Tommy Lee and Pamela Anderson in 2003 (Getty Images)

Who's in the cast?

Downton Abbey and Yesterday's Lily James is a carbon copy of Playboy model and actress, Anderson, in the pictures released so far, while Avengers and I, Tonya star Sebastian Stan has apparently perfected Lee's signature drumstick twirl as well as his skeesy rock and roll image.

Seth Rogan, who also produces the show, is Rand Gauthier and Orange Is the New Black's Taylor Schilling is his wife, Erica.

Also starring is Parks & Recreation's Nick Offerman as Uncle Miltie.

The other members of Mötley Crüe are played by Paul Guzman (Vince Neil), Iker Amaya (Nikki Sixx) and Chris Mann (Mick Mars).

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