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 7 - The Love Potion
Lurcio's given the night off when everyone else goes out - expecting the house to himself, he prepares for a sneaky liason, complete with love potion, only for each of the family to return and become entangled in confusion...
Broadcast details
- Date
- Monday 11th May 1970
- Time
- 9:10pm
- Channel
- BBC One
- Length
- 35 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 |
| Lynda Baron | Ambrosia |
| David Kernan | Prodigius |
| John Ringham | Bumshus |
| Trisha Noble | Lusha |
| John Cater | Dr Castor Oilus |
| Mollie Sugden | Flavia |
| Queenie Watts | Lusha's Maid |
| Anita Richardson | Castor's Assistant |
| Barbara Lindley | Actor |
| Joanna Ross | Actor |
| Valerie Stanton | Actor |
| Jeannette Wild (as Jeanette Wild) | Actor |
| Sui Lin | Actor |
| Talbot Rothwell | Writer |
| David Croft | Director |
| David Croft | Producer |
| Sally Hulke | Production Designer |
| Alan Braden | Composer |