Post by John Green on Jun 20, 2021 23:38:55 GMT
This is a new audio recording adaptation of the successful spin-off stage play by Miles Tredinnick from the Frankie Howerd classic TV comedy. It features an all-star cast: Frazer Hines (Emmerdale/Dr Who) as Ludicrus Sextus; Cleo Rocos (The Kenny Everett Show/Celebrity Big Brother) as Suspenda; Tim Brooke-Taylor OBE (fondly remembered as one third of the TV comedy trio The Goodies and a panellist on I’m Sorry I Haven’t a Clue, on BBC R4 for 40 years) as Captain Treacherus; Jack Lane (Dad’s Army Radio Hour/Wisdom of a Fool) as Nausius; Madeline Smith (Hammer Horror star who appeared with Frankie Howerd in the films Up Pompeii and Up the Front) as Ammonia; Camille Coduri (Jackie Tyler in Doctor Who) as Voluptua; Rosa Coduri (Lucky Man/Jekyll and Hyde) as Erotica; Jilly Breeze (Da Vinci’s Demons) as Senna; Ben Perkins (Hedda Gabler, 2016) as Corneous and producer/director Barnaby Eaton-Jones. David Benson is the narrator. www.renownfilms.co.uk/product/up-pompeii-50th-anniversary-audio-cd/