Up Pompeii!. Lurcio (Frankie Howerd). Copyright: BBC / London Weekend Television
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 2 - The Ides Of March
When Ludicrus becomes embroiled in a plot to assassinate Caesar, Ammonia sends Lurcio to stop him. Unfortunately, Lurcio is a dead ringer for the great Emperor, and ends up in the line of fire himself...
Broadcast details
- Date
- Monday 6th April 1970
- Time
- 9:10pm
- Channel
- BBC One
- Length
- 34 minutes
Cast & crew
| Frankie Howerd | Lurcio |
| Max Adrian | Ludicrus Sextus |
| Elizabeth Larner | Ammonia |
| Kerry Gardner | Nausius |
| Jeanne Mockford | Senna the Soothsayer |
| William Rushton | Plautus |
| Jeremy Young | Ponderus |
| Wendy Richard | Soppia |
| Robert Gillespie | Senator Mucus |
| Nicholas Smith | Hidius |
| Michael Knowles | Caushus |
| Colin Bean | Centurion |
| Barbara Lindley | Roman Maiden |
| Sui Lin | Roman Maiden |
| Anita Richardson | Roman Maiden |
| Joanna Ross | Angel |
| Valerie Stanton | Roman Maiden |
| Jeannette Wild (as Jeanette Wild) | Roman Maiden |
| Frankie Howerd | Caesar |
| Talbot Rothwell | Writer |
| David Croft | Director |
| David Croft | Producer |
| Sally Hulke | Production Designer |
| Alan Braden | Composer |