Season 2 • Episode 6
LatestLudicrus loses his seat on the Senate. He decides to sell up and move his family to Rome. Lurcio is up for sale to the highest bidder. He's worried about the kind of master or mistress he'll have next.
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
Acting
Howerd's fourth-wall demolition is masterclass clowning.
Writing
Rothwell's double entendres somehow still land 50+ years later.
Creator
Talbot Rothwell
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The 1971 film adaptation spawned two sequels and cemented Howerd's catchphrase 'Ooh, no missus!' in British pop culture.
Rothwell wrote this between Carry On films, and you can absolutely tell—same sweating men, same groan-worthy puns, same inexplicable charm.
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