Up Pompeii! (1969)
Up Pompeii! is a 1969 comedy series created by Talbot Rothwell. It stars Frankie Howerd, Elizabeth Larner and Kerry Gardner.
Up Pompeii! is a British television comedy series broadcast between 1969 and 1970, starring Frankie Howerd. The first series was written by Talbot Rothwell, a scriptwriter for the Carry On films, and the second series by Rothwell and Sid Colin. Two further specials were transmitted in 1975 and 1991.
In ancient Pompeii, much-put-upon slave Lurcio navigates the chaotic lives of his owner's family
Cast
- Frankie Howerd as Lurcio
- Elizabeth Larner as Ammonia
- Kerry Gardner as Nausius
- Jeanne Mockford as Senna the Soothsayer
- Anita Richardson as Roman Maiden
- Max Adrian as Sen. Ludicrus Sextus
- Wallas Eaton as Sen. Ludicrus Sextus
- Barbara Lindley as Roman Maiden
- Valerie Stanton as Roman Maiden
- William Rushton as Plautus
- Joanna Ross as Roman Maiden
- Jeannette Wild as Roman Maiden