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Seasons:
1 | 2 full episode list
Release Date:
17 September 1969 (UK) more
Genre:
Comedy more
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Awards:
2 nominations more
User Comments:
Has all the earmarks of true Roman comedy.... more (4 total)

Cast

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Frankie Howerd ... Lurcio (14 episodes, 1969-1970)
Elizabeth Larner ... Ammonia (14 episodes, 1969-1970)
Kerry Gardner ... Nausius (14 episodes, 1969-1970)
Jeanne Mockford ... Senna the soothsayer / ... (13 episodes, 1970)
Anita Richardson ... Filthia (13 episodes, 1970)
Wallas Eaton ... Sen. Ludicrus Sextus / ... (8 episodes, 1970)
Max Adrian ... Sen. Ludicrus Sextus (8 episodes, 1969-1970)
Barbara Lindley ... Slave (8 episodes, 1969-1970)
Valerie Stanton ... Slave (8 episodes, 1969-1970)
Georgina Moon ... Erotica (7 episodes, 1969-1970)
William Rushton ... Plautus (7 episodes, 1970)
Joanna Ross (7 episodes, 1970)
Jeannette Wild (7 episodes, 1970)
Penny Beeching (6 episodes, 1970)
Lucienne Camille (6 episodes, 1970)
Monika Dietrich (6 episodes, 1970)
Jackie Leapman (6 episodes, 1970)

Heather Wright (6 episodes, 1970)
Sui Lin (6 episodes, 1970)
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Additional Details

Runtime:
UK:30 min (13 episodes)
Country:
UK
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
1.33 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono
Company:
British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) more

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
The show was inspired by Frankie Howerd's performance in the original London stage production of "A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum". more
Movie Connections:
Featured in Togas on TV (2007) (TV) more

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7 out of 7 people found the following comment useful.
Has all the earmarks of true Roman comedy...., 4 January 2004
Author: ccmiller1492 (ccmiller1492@yahoo.com) from Fairfax, VA

If you have a taste for the classic attributes of Roman comedy such as slapstick, coarseness, and blatant sex jokes this one's for you. Roman comedy was pretty crass, far "worse" than the Three Stooges, but sometimes you just have to let go and laugh a little, or a lot. The characters, after all, are funny. And the situations hilarious...my favorite being the episode in which Lurkio pulls a "Lysistrata" stunt. The jokes are silly and corny with awful puns amok but, come on, loosen up, this is humor very much in the vein of Plautus. Such gimmicks as Lurkio's eternal prologues and Nausius' inept odes afford lots of low quality giggles, too. Some early episodes and the feature length film used to be available on video, and I hope they will resurface someday soon.

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