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Up Pompeii! is a British television comedy series set in ancient Pompeii and 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 .
Mar 23, 1970 · Up Pompeii ran for two very successful series and became a feature film. Howerd died in 1992 but his place as an icon of British comedy is assured. Howerd died in 1992 but his place as an icon of ...
One theory claims that the origin of the name Pompey comes from Shakespeare's Anthony and Cleopatra. In act 1, scene 4 a messenger says "Pompey is strong at sea." In scene 2 Anthony says "Sextus Pomeius hath given the dare to Caesar, and commands the empire of the sea." As Portsmouth was the home of the Royal navy and the premier naval port ...
Up Pompeii! 1 9 6 9 – 1 9 7 0 (UK) 13 x 30 minute episodes. Ooo-er, missus! Despite his many successes as a stand-up comic, both in his own series and as a guest in variety shows, it is with this relatively short-running comedy that Frankie Howerd made his greatest impact upon the British public, a sitcom in which he was cast as a Roman slave ...
Like many popular TV shows in the 60’s and 70’s Up Pompeii owes its origins to the Comedy Playhouse stable which produced many memorable sit-coms and characters. This has not stood the test of time in terms of repeats unlike other genre productions of the period, leaving only people of a certain age with any knowledge of the whole concept.
- 28th July 2016
- Norbury Theatre
- Drama
Up Pompeii!: With Frankie Howerd, Elizabeth Larner, Kerry Gardner, Jeanne Mockford. Lurcio is a much-put-upon slave in the ancient Roman town of Pompeii. More often than not, Lurcio finds himself keeping his owner's family members apart, in order to keep them together.
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Pompeii in Latin is a second declension masculine nominative plural noun (Pompeiī, -ōrum).According to Theodor Kraus, "The root of the word Pompeii would appear to be the Oscan word for the number five, pompe, which suggests that either the community consisted of five hamlets or perhaps it was settled by a family group (gens Pompeia)."
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