The Frankie Howerd Collection [DVD]

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Collection of shows starring comic Frankie Howerd. The complete two series of ‘Up Pompeii!’ and the 1975 one-off ‘Further Up Pompeii!’ follow Lurcio (Howerd), a lazy slave living in ancient Pompeii before the eruption of Mount Vesuvius. The episodes are: ‘Up Pompeii!’, ‘Vestal Virgins’, ‘The Ides of March’, ‘The Senator and the Asp’, ‘Britannicus’, ‘The Actors’, ‘Spartacus’, ‘The Love Potion’, ‘The Legacy’, ‘Roman Holiday’, ‘James Bondus’, ‘The Peace Treaty’, ‘Nymphia’, ‘Exodus’ and ‘Further Up Pompeii!’. The complete series of ‘Then Churchill Said to Me’, set during the Second World War in London, sees Howerd take on two roles, playing humble Private Percy Potts and General ‘Fearless’ Freddy Hollocks. The episodes are: ‘Operation Panic’, ‘A Mole in the Hole’, ‘Nanny By Searchlight’, ‘Those Who Loot We Shoot’, ‘Blow Out’ and ‘Goose Has Landed’. Finally, ‘The Best of Frankie Howerd’ includes sketches from ‘An Evening With Frankie Howerd’ and the ‘Royal Variety Performance’, as well as chat show appearances on ‘Parkinson’ and ‘Wogan’.
Is discontinued by manufacturer ‏ : ‎ No
Rated ‏ : ‎ Parental Guidance
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Package Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 19.5 x 13.9 x 5.6 cm; 310 g
Manufacturer reference ‏ : ‎ 5014503211929
Director ‏ : ‎ David Croft
Media Format ‏ : ‎ PAL
Run time ‏ : ‎ 11 hours and 34 minutes
Release date ‏ : ‎ 16 Oct. 2006
Actors ‏ : ‎ Frankie Howerd, Elizabeth Larner, Kerry Gardner, Jeanne Mockford, Mark Dignam
Studio ‏ : ‎ 2 Entertain Video
Producers ‏ : ‎ David Croft
ASIN ‏ : ‎ B000GYHTXQ
Country of origin ‏ : ‎ Czech Republic
Writers ‏ : ‎ Talbot Rothwell, Sid Colin, Lou Jones, Maurice Sellar
Number of discs ‏ : ‎ 5