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MONEY
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2 seasons · 14 episodes total · ~7 per season.
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Up Pompeii!
1969 2 seasons · 14 eps English
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★7.3TMDB · 12
Comedy
Synopsis
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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
“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”
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Episodes
Cast
Frankie Howerd
Lurcio
Elizabeth Larner
Ammonia
Kerry Gardner
Nausius
Jeanne Mockford
Senna the Soothsayer
Wallas Eaton
Sen. Ludicrus Sextus
Created by
Talbot Rothwell
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CRAFT
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Roughly 7 hours end-to-end — 1 full workdays of television.
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ERA
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Aired from 1969 to 1970 — a 1-year run.
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WILD
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TMDB status: "Ended".
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WORLD
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Show type: Scripted.
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AWARDS
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Created by Talbot Rothwell.
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CAST
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Airs on ITV1.
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The technical file
- Seasons
- 2
- Total episodes
- 14
- Avg episode length
- 30 min
- Premiered
- 1969-09-17
- Last aired
- 1970-10-19
- Languages
- English
- Countries
- United Kingdom
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