Drusus Nero Posted April 26, 2007 Report Share Posted April 26, 2007 (edited) In the past I've watched a few episodes of the Frankie Howard comedy series "Up Pompey", and I was wondering what everyone else thought of the series? . You see, a few years ago I started a collection of books, films and T.V. programmes that were set in ancient Rome, because it's my favorite era of history. You know the sort of thing "Carry On Cleo", "I, Claudius", "Rome" etc . Anyway, I was curious if "Up Pompey" was rated very highly amongst you guys?, I'd love to hear your views on the subject or . Incidentily, does anyone remember a series called "Chelmsford 123" they used to show on UK Gold a long time ago?, it was a comedy show based on the Roman occupation. Edited April 26, 2007 by Drusus Nero Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Northern Neil Posted April 26, 2007 Report Share Posted April 26, 2007 Up Pompey was great. It poked fun at all the publically held misconceptions of the Roman period, as well as presenting us with a lot of silly names ending in 'US'. Chelmsford 123 was even better - it also had a modicum of authenticity, although for me this was incidental. I have been trying to get this series on DVD for ages, but cant find it. It never seems to get repeated, either. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Augustus Caesar Posted April 26, 2007 Report Share Posted April 26, 2007 "Titter ye not!". Up Pompeii was a great series but quite camp. It was watched by millions and really made Frankie Howard the household name he became. He was already popular with the women even though he was gay. But none of that mattered then or now. Another great comedian of his time. Chelmsford123 was excellent and I never even gave this a thought when looking for DVD's etc. Maybe I should give this a shot. If I find it NN I'll let you know!! Certain programmes from the past cannot be sold or repeated because of complicated contracts but whether this one is part of that I do not know. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nephele Posted April 26, 2007 Report Share Posted April 26, 2007 "Infamy! Infamy! They've all got it in fer me!" I love Up Pompeii! and absolutely adored Frankie Howard. -- Nephele Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drusus Nero Posted April 26, 2007 Author Report Share Posted April 26, 2007 Yeah, "Up Pompey" was very funny , and I've seen the film version once or twice over the years too!. It's a shame that no channel seems to show repeats of "Chelmsford 123" , I think it'd be great if it was reshown. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pertinax Posted April 26, 2007 Report Share Posted April 26, 2007 Up Pompeii is here in all its glorious vulgarity! http://www.tv-links.co.uk/show.do/1/724 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nephele Posted April 26, 2007 Report Share Posted April 26, 2007 "Infamy! Infamy! They've all got it in fer me!" My memory must be fuzzy -- I just realized that line came from Carry On Cleo. D'uh! But I'm positive I remember hearing Frankie Howard responding to an over-the-top soothsayer ("Oh, woe! Oh, woe! Oh woe!") with: "Oh, woe away!" Great series, Up Pompeii. And I think Carry On Cleo was the best of the Carry Ons. -- Nephele Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Augusta Posted April 26, 2007 Report Share Posted April 26, 2007 (edited) The Prologue....... Good old Lurcio and pretty Nauseus writing his odes..... Yep - 'Up, Pompeii' was gorgeous, silly fun and didn't even take itself seriously, let alone Roman history. You knew where you stood with it! Darling Frankie - he is much missed. I think it was meant to be a sort of pastiche of Plautus. I only saw a couple of episodes of Chelmsford - wasn't it in Latin with subtitles half the time? I would love to find it on DVD. There was a documentary on a Sky channel a few months ago called '50 years of Togas on TV' or something like that, in which all these lovely things were given an airing again. Edited April 26, 2007 by The Augusta Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gaius Octavius Posted April 26, 2007 Report Share Posted April 26, 2007 I've only watched the first two episodes of 'Up Pompeii", and have concluded that I hate, hate ,hate you Brits! Now I must have the DVD. I'll bet that couldn't be shown on US TV today. What does two 'V's' mean. Wasn't that Mr. Rumbold in the conspiracy scene? That is some of the funniest stuff I've ever seen. My Lord Pertinax, can you put up Chelmsford 123 and Carry on Cleo or any other spoofs? How do you spell Titia, with one or two T's? Is Sophia, Ludicrous wife? No one does it near as good as you Brits do! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gaius Paulinus Maximus Posted April 27, 2007 Report Share Posted April 27, 2007 Up Pompeii is here in all its glorious vulgarity! http://www.tv-links.co.uk/show.do/1/724 Thanks for the link Pertinax, Frankie Howard is a comedy genius. Don't suppose you've got a link for the Chelmsford series have you? To be honest I'd never even heard of this before now and wouldn't mind watching it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Northern Neil Posted April 27, 2007 Report Share Posted April 27, 2007 Look what I just found!!! You can get Chelmsford123 on DVD!!! http://www.play.com/DVD/DVD/PROD/3-/110672...es/Product.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Augusta Posted April 27, 2007 Report Share Posted April 27, 2007 Look what I just found!!! You can get Chelmsford123 on DVD!!! http://www.play.com/DVD/DVD/PROD/3-/110672...es/Product.html Ah - brilliant! Thanks for the link, Neil. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Augustus Caesar Posted April 27, 2007 Report Share Posted April 27, 2007 Look what I just found!!! You can get Chelmsford123 on DVD!!! http://www.play.com/DVD/DVD/PROD/3-/110672...es/Product.html Don't you just hate it when that happens? I found this last night on Play.com as I buy all my DVD's etc from there. But... I forgot to add my post here about it! Now NN ( ) takes the credit!! Ah well, anyone looking for another Roman series? I, Augustus or Up Herculaneum or something? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Augustus Caesar Posted April 27, 2007 Report Share Posted April 27, 2007 As an addition to the above... here's a link to YouTube for a clip on Chelmsford123. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RolAzUgbutk...ted&search= There are several others to be seen also but this is 3.17minutes in length and is very funny!! It seems to me that the DVD's are not available as there is no link to buy them on Play.com..... I'll search around and see what I come up with. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gaius Paulinus Maximus Posted April 27, 2007 Report Share Posted April 27, 2007 As an addition to the above... here's a link to YouTube for a clip on Chelmsford123. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RolAzUgbutk...ted&search= There are several others to be seen also but this is 3.17minutes in length and is very funny!! It seems to me that the DVD's are not available as there is no link to buy them on Play.com..... I'll search around and see what I come up with. I can't believe I've never seen that before, the clips I watched were very funny. I hope somebody comes up with a place to buy the dvd's, I've looked around myself but to no avail The search continue's! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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