Up Pompeii! (1969)
- TV sitcom
- BBC One / ITV1
- 1969 - 1991
- 16 episodes (2 series)
Frankie Howerd starrs as Lurcio, a Roman slave in Pompeii, serving senator Ludicrus Sextus and his family. Also features Max Adrian, Wallas Eaton, Elizabeth Larner, Kerry Gardner, Jeanne Mockford and more.
Episode menu
Pilot - Up Pompeii!
Ludicrus has tabled a bill to allow slaves to buy their own freedom - for a mere 500 drachma. Lurcio is determined to save enough to buy himself, but as a slave does not earn any money how will it be possible? Could a local brothel be the answer?!
Broadcast details
- Date
- Wednesday 17th September 1969
- Time
- 9:10pm
- Channel
- BBC One
- Length
- 35 minutes
Cast & crew
| Frankie Howerd | Lurcio |
| Max Adrian | Ludicrus Sextus |
| Elizabeth Larner | Ammonia |
| Kerry Gardner | Nausius |
| Georgina Moon | Erotica |
| John Junkin | Odius |
| Aubrey Woods | Captain Billius |
| Julia Goodman | Cilla |
| Ruth Harrison | Cassandra the Soothsayer |
| Richard McNeff | Senator |
| Walter Horsbrugh | Plautus |
| Danny Daniels | Agrippa |
| Barbara Lindley | Slave |
| Valerie Stanton | Slave |
| Marie | Slave |
| Talbot Rothwell | Writer |
| Michael Mills | Director |
| Michael Mills | Producer |
| Bob Rymer | Editor |
| Sally Hulke | Production Designer |
| Alan Braden | Composer |