| Season Number: | 1 |
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| Network: | BBC1 |
| Num Episodes: | 7 |
Up Pompeii!'s first series originally aired on BBC1 between 30 March and 11 May 1970. The pilot episode, "Up Pompeii!", premiered on the BBC's Comedy Playhouse on 17 September 1969. The first series was written by Talbot Rothwell, best remembered for his scripts for the Carry On films.
The main actors of the first series are:
| Actor | Role |
|---|---|
| Frankie Howerd | Lurcio, slave to the Sextus family |
| Max Adrian | Senator Ludricus Sextus |
| Elizabeth Larner | Ammonia Sextus, wife of Ludricus |
| Kerry Gardner | Nausius Sextus, son of Ludricus |
| Georgina Moon | Erotica Sextus, daughter of Ludricus |
| Willie Rushton | Plautus, philosopher in the clouds |
| Jeanne Mockford | Senna the Soothsayer |
The major guest actors of the first series are:
| Actor | Role | Episode # |
|---|---|---|
| Leon Thau | Noxious, owner of a bawdy house | 1 |
| Geoffrey Hughes | Piteous, Noxious' aide | 1 |
| Trisha Noble | High Priestess of the Vestal Virgins | 1 |
| Hugh Paddick | Runs the Grand Eureka Session (a lottery) before the Vestal Virgin competition | 1 |
| Janet Mahoney | Tittea, substitute virgin #1 | 1 |
| Penny Brahms | Virginia, substitute virgin #2 | 1 |
| Sui Lin | Plautus' scribe | 1 |
| Jeremy Young | Ponderous, General to the mighty Cesar | 2 |
| Wendy Richard | Sopia, hand maiden in the Sextus household | 2 |
| Robert Gillespie | Plotter #1 | 2 |
| Nicholas Smith | Plotter #2 | 2 |
| Michael Knowles | Plotter #3 | 2 |
| Colin Bean | Centurion | 2 |
| Sui Lin | Rent a Bit Girl | 2 |
| Derek Francis | Senator Lecherous Maximus | 3 |
| Norman Mitchell | Senator Stovus Primus | 3 |
| Valerie Leon | Daili | 3 |
| James Ottaway | Scrophulus | 3 |
| Wallas Eaton | Sergeant Jankus | 4 |
| Robin Hunter | Briton | 4 |
| Peter Needham | Briton | 4 |
| Olwen Griffiths | Hermione | 5 |
| Bill Maynard | Percentus (Theatre Manager) | 5 |
| Audrey Nicholson | Hernia | 5 |
| Douglas Ridley | Cuspidor | 5 |
| Wallas Eaton | Centurion Captain | 6 |
| Shaun Curry | Spartacus | 6 |
| Larry Martyn | Gaoler | 6 |
| Sui Lin | Prisoner | 6 |
| Lynda Baron | Ambrosia | 7 |
| John Cater | Castor Oilus | 7 |
| David Keran | Prodigious | 7 |
| Trisha Noble | Lusha | 7 |
| John Ringham | Buntus | 7 |
| Mollie Sugden | Flavia | 7 |
| Queenie Watts | Slave | 7 |
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