Up Pompeii! | |
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Created by | Talbot Rothwell |
Written by | Talbot Rothwell Sid Colin |
Starring | Frankie Howerd Max Adrian Elizabeth Larner Kerry Gardner |
Composer | Alan Braden |
Country of origin | United Kingdom |
Original language | English |
No. of episodes | 16 (including Further Up Pompeii) |
Production | |
Producers | Michael Mills David Croft Sydney Lotterby |
Running time | 30–45 minutes |
Original release | |
Network | BBC1 |
Release | 17 September 1969 26 October 1970 | –
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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.