“The Prologue!”
A full cast audio play celebrating 50 years since the first episode of Up Pompeii was broadcast. Welcome to ancient Rome, where the steps of the Forum are peopled by nubile slave girls and a range of outrageous characters including Lurcio's owner, Ludicrus Sextus the Senator, his wife Ammonia, his son Nausius and his daughter, Erotica. Lurcio attempts to deliver his prologue and begin proceedings before he's quickly caught up in the myriad of sexual liaisons in all quarters of his master's house. Why does Ludicrus not leave for the Senate meeting in Rome? Why does his wife return so quickly from the country? Who will take care of the escaped slave girl, Voluptua, and will Nausius's love poetry improve? Whilst growing chaos ensues, an increasing rumbling is heard in the distance - what could that possibly be?
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Cast
11 people
David Benson
Lurcio
Known for
Goodnight Sweetheart
Madeline Smith
Ammonia (voice)
Known for
The Vampire Lovers
Live and Let Die
Cleo Rocos
Suspenda
Known for
Bloodbath at the House of Death
Frazer Hines
Ludicrus Sextus (voice)
Known for
Doctor Who
Emmerdale
Tim Brooke-Taylor
Captain Treacherous
Also in
The Goodies
At Last the 1948 Show
Camille Coduri
Self/Voluptua
Known for
Sweetpea
Him & Her
Jackie Lane
Nausius
Known for
Doctor Who
Rosa Coduri-Fulford
Erotica (as Rosa Coduri)
Known for
Lancaster Skies
Pennyworth: The Origin of Batman's Butler
Ben Perkins
Comeus
Also in
The Sensei
Barnaby Eaton-Jones
Kretinus
Jilly Breeze
Senna
Also in
Three Girls
Barnaby Eaton-Jones Director · Miles Tredinnick Writer
First release October 31, 2019 · Produced in United Kingdom
Production
BBC
Production
United Kingdom
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Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
United Kingdom · October 31, 2019
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No release date listed for United States.
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