Up Pompeii!

Up Pompeii!
Opening title
Created byTalbot Rothwell
Written byTalbot Rothwell
Sid Colin
StarringFrankie Howerd
Max Adrian
Elizabeth Larner
Kerry Gardner
ComposerAlan Braden
Country of originUnited Kingdom
Original languageEnglish
No. of episodes16 (including Further Up Pompeii)
Production
ProducersMichael Mills
David Croft
Sydney Lotterby
Running time30–45 minutes
Original release
NetworkBBC1
Release17 September 1969 (1969-09-17)
Release30 March (1970-03-30) –
26 October 1970 (1970-10-26)
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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. Two later specials were transmitted in 1975 and 1991 and a film adaptation was released in 1971.


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