Another comedy also has this name.
- Genre
- Sitcom
- Broadcast
- 1969 - 1991
- Channels
- BBC One, ITV
- Episodes
- 16 (1 pilot + 2 series), plus 1 short special
- Starring
- Frankie Howerd, Max Adrian, Wallas Eaton, Elizabeth Larner, Kerry Gardner, Jeanne Mockford, Georgina Moon, William Rushton and others
- Writers
- Talbot Rothwell and Sid Colin
- Directors
- David Croft and Sydney Lotterby
- Producers
- David Croft and Sydney Lotterby
Lurcio - the inimitable 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: a wet, wimpy son; a wife with a rather impressive bosom; a naïve daughter; and Ludicrus Sextus himself, a lecherous and lustful but terribly lazy Senator.
There's also Senna the Soothsayer, constantly forseeing doom and woe in Lurcio's path. Will he ever be allowed to complete the Prologue?
- Part of
- Production companies
- Also known as
- Up Pompeii (Other official name)
- Further Up Pompeii! (Other official name)
- Further Up Pompeii (Other official name)
- Soundtrack
- Theme tune composed by Alan Braden.
- Laugh track
- Live audience
Broadcast details
- First broadcast
- Wednesday 17th September 1969 on BBC One at 9:10pm
- Last new broadcast
- Saturday 14th December 1991 on ITV at 7:50pm
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