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Up Pompeii!

IMDb 7.2 1969 • 30 min • Comedy

Director

Talbot Rothwell

Country

GB

Plot Summary

Up Pompeii! is a British television comedy series broadcast between 1969 and 1970, starring Frankie Howerd. The first series was written by Talbot Rothwell, a scriptwriter for the Carry On films, and the second series by Rothwell and Sid Colin. Two further specials were transmitted in 1975 and 1991. In ancient Pompeii, much-put-upon slave Lurcio navigates the chaotic lives of his owner's family

Top Cast

Frankie Howerd
Frankie Howerd Lurcio
Elizabeth Larner
Elizabeth Larner Ammonia
Kerry Gardner
Kerry Gardner Nausius
Jeanne Mockford
Jeanne Mockford Senna the Soothsayer
Wallas Eaton
Wallas Eaton Sen. Ludicrus Sextus