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 2, Episode 2 - Roman Holiday
Lurcio is looking after the house while the family are away. He agrees to hide two escaped slaves. Then various members of the family return home unexpectedly.
Notes
This episode had the working title The Slave-Traders.
Broadcast details
- Date
- Monday 21st September 1970
- Time
- 9:20pm
- Channel
- BBC One
- Length
- 30 minutes
- Recorded
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- Sunday 13th September 1970, 20:00 at BBC Television Centre (Studio 6)
Cast & crew
| Frankie Howerd | Lurcio |
| Wallas Eaton | Ludicrus Sextus |
| Elizabeth Larner | Ammonia |
| Kerry Gardner | Nausius |
| Jeanne Mockford | Senna the Soothsayer |
| Georgina Moon | Erotica |
| Penny Beeching | Roman Maiden |
| Lucienne Camille | Roman Maiden |
| Monika Dietrich | Roman Maiden |
| Jackie Leapman | Roman Maiden |
| Heather Wright | Roman Maiden |
| Kenneth J. Warren | Felonius (Pirate Slave Trader) |
| Grazina Frame | Letitita |
| Penelope Charteris | Twiggia |
| Anita Richardson | Actor |
| Talbot Rothwell | Writer |
| Sid Colin | Writer |
| Sydney Lotterby | Director |
| Sydney Lotterby | Producer |
| Michael Young | Production Designer |
| Alan Braden | Composer |