Up Pompeii!'s first series originally aired on BBC1 between 30 March and 11 May 1970. The pilot episode, "Up Pompeii!", premiered on the BBC's Comedy Playhouse on 17 September 1969. The first series was written by Talbot Rothwell, best remembered for his scripts for the Carry On films.
Main actors The main actors of the first series are: Actor Role Frankie Howerd Lurcio, slave to the Sextus family Max Adrian Senator Ludricus Sextus Elizabeth Larner Ammonia Sextus, wife of Ludricus Kerry Gardner Nausius Sextus, son of Ludricus Georgina Moon Erotica Sextus, daughter of Ludricus Willie Rushton Plautus, philosopher in the clouds Jeanne Mockford Senna the Soothsayer
Guest actors The major guest actors of the first series are: Actor Role Episode # Leon Thau Noxious, owner of a bawdy house 1 Geoffrey Hughes Piteous, Noxious' aide 1 Trisha Noble High Priestess of the Vestal Virgins 1 Hugh Paddick Runs the Grand Eureka Session (a lottery) before the Vestal Virgin competition 1 Janet Mahoney Tittea, substitute virgin #1 1 Penny Brahms Virginia, substitute virgin #2 1 Sui Lin Plautus' scribe 1 Jeremy Young Ponderous, General to the mighty Cesar 2 Wendy Richard Sopia, hand maiden in the Sextus household 2 Robert Gillespie Plotter #1 2 Nicholas Smith Plotter #2 2 Michael Knowles Plotter #3 2 Colin Bean Centurion 2 Sui Lin Rent a Bit Girl 2 Derek Francis Senator Lecherous Maximus 3 Norman Mitchell Senator Stovus Primus 3 Valerie Leon Daili 3 James Ottaway Scrophulus 3 Wallas Eaton Sergeant Jankus 4 Robin Hunter Briton 4 Peter Needham Briton 4 Olwen Griffiths Hermione 5 Bill Maynard Percentus (Theatre Manager) 5 Audrey Nicholson Hernia 5 Douglas Ridley Cuspidor 5 Wallas Eaton Centurion Captain 6 Shaun Curry Spartacus 6 Larry Martyn Gaoler 6 Sui Lin Prisoner 6 Lynda Baron Ambrosia 7 John Cater Castor Oilus 7 David Keran Prodigious 7 Trisha Noble Lusha 7 John Ringham Buntus 7 Mollie Sugden Flavia 7 Queenie Watts Slave 7
List of episodes
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