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.
Frankie Howerd, one of the 20th Century's best-loved comics, left behind a wide variety of work. Arguably his most well-known and loved role was that of Lurcio in Up Pompeii!, available on DVD here for the first time.
Contents are as follows:
Up Pompeii! Pilot episode (1969)
Up Pompeii! Series 1 (1970)
Up...
Marking 50 years since Frankie Howerd's TV sitcom first aired, this is a new adaptation of the successful spin-off stage play by Miles Tredinnick, based on the original characters and scripts by Talbot Rothwell, adapted for audio by Barnaby Eaton-Jones with Daniel McGachy and Iain McLaughlin.
Welcome to ancient Pompeii,...
At the time of his death in 1992, Frankie Howerd was firmly established as a national comedy treasure, his risqué jokes, double entendres and meandering anecdotes having enlivened television schedules over nearly four decades. Some of his most successful shows were produced for ITV, and this set presents six shows...