Up Pompeii! (1969)
- TV sitcom
- BBC One / ITV1
- 1969 - 1991
- 16 episodes (2 series)
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.
Episode menu
Series 1, Episode 1 - Vestal Virgins
When the compere for the annual ceremony of the Vestal Virgins fails to turn up, Ludicrus - aided by Lurcio - must step into the breach. Unfortunately, the hapless senator is also promoting a bill to close down local brothels!
Broadcast details
- Date
- Monday 30th March 1970
- Time
- 9:10pm
- Channel
- BBC One
- Length
- 33 minutes
Cast & crew
| Frankie Howerd | Lurcio |
| Max Adrian | Ludicrus Sextus |
| Elizabeth Larner | Ammonia |
| Kerry Gardner | Nausius |
| Jeanne Mockford | Senna the Soothsayer |
| Georgina Moon | Erotica |
| William Rushton | Plautus |
| Trisha Noble | Virgin (High Priestess) |
| Hugh Paddick | Priest |
| Leon Thau | Noxius |
| Geoffrey Hughes | Pitius |
| Janet Mahoney | Virginia |
| Penny Brahms | Tittia |
| Barbara Lindley | Virgin |
| Sui Lin | Virgin |
| Anita Richardson | Virgin |
| Joanna Ross | Virgin |
| Valerie Stanton | Virgin |
| Jeannette Wild (as Jeanette Wild) | Virgin |
| Talbot Rothwell | Writer |
| David Croft | Director |
| David Croft | Producer |
| Kenneth Sharp | Production Designer |
| Alan Braden | Composer |
Press
It had, however, Frankie Howerd, with his collapsible face and salacious asides, who can make an audience laugh just by telling them not to. It was kept moving nice and fast. Half the fun was seeing the jokes coming, and laughing before they arrived. It gives an audience a flattering sense of being quick off the mark.
Nancy Banks-Smith, The Guardian, 31st March 1970