Up Pompeii!
Up Pompeii!

Series·1969–1970·2 Seasons

Up Pompeii!

Created By

Talbot Rothwell

Country

GB

Language

English

Episodes

14

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The Story

Up Pompeii! is a British television comedy series broadcast between 1969 and 1970, starring Frankie Howerd. The first series was written by Talbot Rothwell, a scriptwriter for the Carry On films, and the second series by Rothwell and Sid Colin. Two further specials were transmitted in 1975 and 1991. In ancient Pompeii, much-put-upon slave Lurcio navigates the chaotic lives of his owner's family

Themes

ancient romebreaking the fourth wallslavedouble entendrepompeii

Production House

BBC

Audience Score

73%

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Cast

Frankie Howerd

Frankie Howerd

Lurcio

Elizabeth Larner

Ammonia

Kerry Gardner

Nausius

Jeanne Mockford

Senna the Soothsayer

Wallas Eaton

Sen. Ludicrus Sextus

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