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Up Pompeii!

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.

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Further Up Pompeii!

Lurcio struggles to cope with one of the Mistress's orgies, love potions, sleeping draughts, and more romantic woes from Nausius.

Broadcast details

Date
Monday 31st March 1975
Time
9:10pm
Channel
BBC One
Length
44 minutes

Cast & crew

Cast
Frankie Howerd Lurcio
Elizabeth Larner Ammonia
Kerry Gardner Nausius
Jeanne Mockford Senna the Soothsayer
Guest cast
Anita Richardson Roman Maiden
Mark Dignam Ludicrus Sextus
John Cater Pollux
Leon Greene Prodigius
Olwen Griffiths Hernia
Jennifer Lonsdale Erotica
Cyril Appleton Claudius
Lindsay Duncan Scrubba
Vaune Craig-Raymond Roman Maiden
Writing team
Talbot Rothwell Writer
Production team
David Croft Director
David Croft Producer
Alan Braden Composer
Roger Murray-Leach Production Designer

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