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Release Date:
17 September 1969 (UK) morePlot Keywords:
Ancient Rome
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Pompeii
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Roman
Awards:
2 nominations moreUser Comments:
The satire may be more juvenile than Juvenal, but "Up, Pompeii" remains a classic bit of English gutter subversion. moreCast
(Series Cast Summary - 19 of 22) | Frankie Howerd | ... | Lurcio (14 episodes, 1969-1970) |
| Elizabeth Larner | ... | Ammonia (14 episodes, 1969-1970) |
| Kerry Gardner | ... | Nausius (14 episodes, 1969-1970) |
| Jeanne Mockford | ... | Senna the soothsayer / ... (13 episodes, 1970) |
| Anita Richardson | ... | Filthia (13 episodes, 1970) |
| Wallas Eaton | ... | Sen. Ludicrus Sextus / ... (8 episodes, 1970) |
| Max Adrian | ... | Sen. Ludicrus Sextus (first season) / ... (8 episodes, 1969-1970) |
| Barbara Lindley | ... | Slave (8 episodes, 1969-1970) |
| Valerie Stanton | ... | Slave (8 episodes, 1969-1970) |
| Georgina Moon | ... | Erotica (7 episodes, 1969-1970) |
| William Rushton | ... | Plautus (7 episodes, 1970) |
| Joanna Ross | (7 episodes, 1970) | |
| Jeannette Wild | (7 episodes, 1970) | |
| Penny Beeching | (6 episodes, 1970) | |
| Lucienne Camille | (6 episodes, 1970) | |
| Monika Dietrich | (6 episodes, 1970) | |
| Jackie Leapman | (6 episodes, 1970) | |
 | Heather Wright | (6 episodes, 1970) | |
| Sui Lin | (6 episodes, 1970) |
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UK:30 min (13 episodes)Country:
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EnglishColour:
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1.33 : 1 moreSound Mix:
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The show was inspired by Frankie Howerd's performance in the original London stage production of "A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum". moreFAQ
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Technically: a peculiar cross between "A Funny thing happened on the Way to the Forum" & "It's That Man Again", "Up, Pompeii" is a music hall-styled satire built around the character Lurkio (Frankie Howerd). From the opening prologue - a story from classical mythology which hardly ever gets started, much less completed - to the final "Salute!", FH is hardly ever off-camera, acting, overacting &/or commenting on the plot, script, camerawork or sets... hardly anyone gets much of a lookin.
About 90% of the jokes are ancient enough to have first been told in Pompeii (the rest are somewhat older); but are played with the carefully-scripted/apparently-improvised style which was FH's trademark. Warning: if the series didn't treat its menfolk even worse, one could easily describe it as misogynistic (it probably is anyway).
If Howerd's peculiar genius (a word often overused; but probably useful in this case) doesn't appeal, avoid like the plague... otherwise: catch it whenever you can....