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TV series / 1969
Up Pompeii!
Episode directors
David Croft
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
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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
Cast
Frankie HowerdLurcio
Elizabeth LarnerAmmonia
Kerry GardnerNausius
Jeanne MockfordSenna the Soothsayer
Anita RichardsonRoman Maiden · Camp Follower · Slave Girl · Castor's Assistant
Max AdrianSen. Ludicrus Sextus
Wallas EatonCenturion Captain · Sergeant Junkus · Sen. Ludicrus Sextus
Barbara LindleyRoman Maiden · Camp Follower · Slave · Slave Girl
Valerie StantonSlave · Slave Girl · Camp Follower · Roman Maiden
William RushtonPlautus
Joanna RossGreek Actress · Angel · Camp Follower · Roman Maiden · Slave Girl
Jeannette WildCamp Follower · Slave Girl · Roman Maiden · Greek Actress
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Georgina MoonErotica
Monika DietrichRoman Maiden
Sui LinRoman Maiden · Camp Follower · Prisoner
Penny BeechingRoman Maiden
Jackie LeapmanRoman Maiden
Heather WrightRoman Maiden
Larry MartynGaoler · Spurius · Verminus
Trisha NobleHigh Priestess of the Vestal Virgins · Luscia
Hugh PaddickBingo Caller
Leon ThauNoxious
Geoffrey HughesPiteous
Janet MahoneyVirginia
Penny BrahmsTittia
Jeremy YoungPonderous
Wendy RichardSoppia
Robert GillespieSenator Mucus
Nicholas SmithPlotter
Michael KnowlesCaushus
Colin BeanCenturion
Fiona KendallGlamorous Briton
Stephen ChurchettSoldier
David HiltonSoldier
Nigel PegramSoldier
Michael Sharvell-MartinSoldier
Vic TaylorSoldier
Lynda BaronAmbrosia
David KernanProdigius
John RinghamBuntus
John CaterCastor Oilus
Mollie SugdenFlavia
Queenie WattsLuscia's Maid
Derek FrancisSenator Lecherous
Norman MitchellStovus Primus
Valerie LeonDaili
James OttawayScrophulus
Vikki RichardsWashroom Attendant
Olwen GriffithsHermione
Bill MaynardParcantus
Audrey NicholsonHernia
Douglas RidleyCuspidor
Kenneth J. WarrenCaptain Felonious
Grazina FrameLetitia
Penelope CharterisLetitia's Sister
George BakerJamus Bondus
Patricia HainesPussus Galoria
Alan CurtisCaptain Bumptius
Dave AndersonLieutenant Prescius
Barbara WindsorNymphia
Michael BrennanDextrus Secundus
Roy StewartJeremy
Jean KentAphrodite
Paul Whitsun-JonesNefarius
Bunny MayHermes the Messenger
Shaun CurrySpartacus
John JunkinOdius
Aubrey WoodsCapt. Bilious
Julia GoodmanCilla
Ruth HarrisonCassandra the Soothsayer
Walter HorsbrughPlautus
Danny DanielsAgrippa
Richard McNeffSenator
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