Up The Front. Image shows from L to R: Lurk (Frankie Howerd), Groping (Bill Fraser). Copyright: Associated London Films Limited / STUDIOCANAL
Up The Front

Up The Front

  • 1972 film

Frankie Howerd plays a servant who is hypnotised into believing that he is the only man who can save England during World War I. Also features Hermione Baddeley, Robert Coote, Bill Fraser, Lance Percival, Dora Bryan and more.

See also

The Up Pompeii! Family

A number of popular comedies starring Frankie Howerd, based on the format first established in Up Pompeii!.

Up Pompeii. Image shows from L to R: Ammonia (Barbara Murray), Lurcio (Frankie Howerd), Ludicrus Sextus (Michael Hordern). Copyright: Associated London Films Limited
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Up Pompeii

Classic British farce in which Roman slave Lurcio unwittingly gains possession of a list of people who are conspiring to bring down the Emperor Nero.

Up The Chastity Belt. Lurkalot (Frankie Howerd). Copyright: Associated London Films Limited
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Up The Chastity Belt

Film in which Frankie Howerd joins the Crusades to save his master and bring King Richard back to take his rightful place on the throne of England.

Then Churchill Said To Me. Private Potts (Frankie Howerd). Copyright: BBC
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Then Churchill Said To Me

Frankie Howerd sitcom, bringing the much-loved Up Pompeii! format up to the Second World War.

Francis Howerd In Concert. Frankie Howerd. Copyright: Yorkshire Television
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Francis Howerd In Concert

Variety special hosted by and starring Frankie Howerd.

The Howerd Confessions. Frankie (Frankie Howerd). Copyright: Thames Television
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The Howerd Confessions

Comedy series starring Frankie Howerd in a series of comic playlets.

Chickens. Image shows from L to R: Cecil (Simon Bird), George (Joe Thomas), Bert (Jonny Sweet). Copyright: Big Talk Productions
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Chickens

Sitcom set in a sleepy English village during the first world war. It follows three young men who are not on the front line fighting.

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