Up Pompeii - An Audio Revival

Up Pompeii was a huge BBC TV hit for comedian Frankie Howerd which was broadcast between 1969 and 1970.

The show had a loyal following of 12 million viewers.

As Lurcio, Frankie Howerd constantly broke the fourth wall, taking the audience into his confidence with a non-stop barrage of double entendres and risqué gags, all of which go unheard by the other characters.

Now, marking the 50th anniversary of the first broadcast of 'Up Pompeii' on the BBC's 'Comedy Playhouse', this new feature-length audio revival by Spiteful Puppet will be recorded at two special public performances at London's Shaw Theatre on Saturday October 12, and released on CD and download via Amazon, iTunes and spitefulpuppet.com in late November.

Multi award winning David Benson will lead an all-star cast, including Frazer Hines ('Emmerdale'/'Dr Who') as Ludicrus Sextus, Cleo Rocos ('The Kenny Everett Show'/'Celebrity Big Brother') as Suspenda, Tim Brooke-Taylor OBE (best known as one third of the TV comedy trio The Goodies and a panelist of  'I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue' on BBC R4 for 40 years) as Captain Treacherus, Jack Lane ('Dad's Army Radio Hour'/'Wisdom of a Fool') as Nausius, Madeline Smith (Hammer Horror star who appeared with Frankie Howerd in the films  'Up Pompeii' and 'Up the Front') as Ammonia, Camille Coduri (best known for playing Jackie Tyler in 'Doctor Who' from 2005-2010/ 'Him & Her') as Voluptua, Rosa Coduri ('Lucky Man/Jekyll and Hyde') as Erotica, Jilly Breeze ('Da Vinci's Demons') as Senna, Ben Perkins ('Hedda Gabler', 2016) as Corneous and Barnaby Eaton-Jones (Producer/Director, his third revival after BBC Radio 4 Extra's 'I'm Sorry I'll Read That Again ... Again!' and Audible's 'The Goodies') as Kretinus.

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