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Up Pompeii

Country: UK, Language: English, 30 mins

  • Director: David Croft
  • Writer: Talbot Rothwell

CGiii Comment

Stuffed full of innuendo and ancient jokes...

It only lasted for 14 episodes...there was no-one quite like Frankie...sadly missed.


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The(ir) Blurb...

Lurcio (Frankie Howerd) is a much-put-upon slave in the ancient Roman town of Pompeii. More often than not, Lurcio finds himself keeping his owner's family members apart, in order to keep them together.

Cast & Characters

Frankie Howerd as Lurcio;
Elizabeth Larner as Ammonia;
Kerry Gardner as Nausius;
Jeanne Mockford as Senna the soothsayer;
Anita Richardson as Filthia;
Wallas Eaton as Sen. Ludicrus Sextus;
Max Adrian as Sen. Ludicrus Sextus;
Barbara Lindley as Slave;
Valerie Stanton as Slave;
Georgina Moon as Erotica;
William Rushton as Plautus;
Joanna Ross;
Jeannette Wild;
Penny Beeching;
Lucienne Camille