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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.