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.
Press clippings
BFI to screen US Up Pompeii! pilot
The BFI will screen the unseen pilot for an American adaptation of Up Pompeii! in August as it celebrates the 35th anniversary of archive recovery organisation Kaleidoscope.
British Comedy Guide, 17th July 2023New audio version of Up Pompeii! stage show
A new audio adaptation of the Up Pompeii! stage show, written for Frankie Howerd, is to be recorded next month, with a star cast.
British Comedy Guide, 9th September 2019Simon Nye on Up Pompeii!
Frankie Howerd's Roman sitcom was never cool, but the influence of its fourth-wall breaking and corpsing lives on, argues Simon Nye.
Simon Nye, Broadcast, 4th April 2019The Top 10 British sitcoms of the 60s
We all have favourite sitcoms that we love to watch and revisit. Something about the familiarity of the format that resets itself to zero for the start of each new episode makes for comforting viewing.
Greg Jameson, Entertainment Focus, 16th November 2018New ITV2 comedy, Plebs, brings reminders of Up Pompeii
In setting only, as Plebs reads more like an Animal House style Toga party, the series reminds me of the classic BBC comedy, Up Pompeii, starring the late, great Frankie Howerd.
Bill Young, Tellyspotting, 22nd June 2012