"The Roman Mysteries" The Secrets of Vesuvius (2007)

Director:

Paul Marcus

Writer:

Olivia Hetreed (writer)

TV Series:

"The Roman Mysteries" (2007)

Original Air Date:

8 May 2007 (Season 1, Episode 1)

Genre:

Drama | Family | Fantasy | History | Mystery

Plot:

Cast

Francesca Isherwood	...	Flavia
Eli Machover	...	Jonathan Ben-Mordechai
Rebekah Brookes-Murrell	...	Nubia
Harry Stott	...	Lupus
Simon Callow	...	Pliny
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Roger Ashton-Griffiths	...	Tascius Pomponianus
Natasha Barrero	...	Miriam
Anna Cachia	...	Slave's Mother
Manuel Cauchi	...	Prophet of Doom
Sara Harris Davies	...	Alma
Nicholas Hewetson	...	Pinguis
Stephen Mapes	...	Mordecai
Eoin McCarthy	...	Marcus / Gaius
Diana Payan	...	Frustilla
Richard Ridings	...	Venalicius
Mark Wells	...	Pliny the Younger

Quotes:

[after Flavia explains her theory]
Pliny: As I've explained to you, my dear, volcanoes are caused by strong winds rushing over holes on mountaintops. There is no hole on Mount Vesuvius.
[refers to the book she was using]
Pliny: Strabo, eh? Not at all bad...
[rumble; Lupus urgently points to the window]
Flavia: What is it, Lupus?
[They all go to the window and see smoke spewing from the top of Mt. Vesuvius]
Pliny: Ah... you may be on to something.
[shouts]
Pliny: Prepare to launch my ship, *immediately*!