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
It's no longer B(B)C, but AD - and Lurcio is now a free man, running a wine bar and an owner of slaves of his own! Unfortunately, he's being blackmailed by Villainus Brutus and is charged with fixing a gladiatorial bout.
Further details
Lurcio is now a free man, running a wine bar in Pompeii. The trouble is, he's being blackmailed by Villainus Brutus, who wants him to drug a gladiator's wine in order to influence the result of his next fight. As per usual, things don't quite go according to plan, and Lurcio finds himself in the arena.
Broadcast details
- Date
- Saturday 14th December 1991
- Time
- 7:50pm
- Channel
- ITV1
- Length
- 50 minutes
Cast & crew
| Frankie Howerd | Lurcio |
| Joanna Dickens | Colossa |
| Elizabeth Anson | Petunia |
| Peter Geeves | Ambiguous |
| John Bardon | Villainus Brutus |
| Ben Aris | Flatus |
| Russell Gold | Noxius |
| Roy Evans | Typhus |
| Barry James | Claudius |
| Gary Rice | Umbilicus |
| Tim Killick | Gluteus Maximus |
| Paul Minett | Writer |
| Brian Leveson | Writer |
| Ian Hamilton | Director |
| Paul Lewis | Producer |
| Robin Carr | Executive Producer |
| Graham Sisson | Editor |
| John Demetri | Production Designer |
| Michael Oxley (as Mike Oxley) | Production Designer |