1049 The Last Days Of Pompeii, Part Five: The Buried City

The Last Days Of Pompeii, Part Five: The Buried City
Episode 1049
Original Air Date: January 11, 1980

Marcus and Orianna flee burning Pompeii with the assistance of the blind slave, Lydia who is able to guide them through the darkness. They are diverted and waylaid at every turn.

Cast: Russell Horton, Marian Seldes, Earl Hammond, Evie Juster

Writer: George Bulwer Lytton adapted by Gerald Keane

Rating: **1/2

1048 The Last Days Of Pompeii, Part Four: Danger, Love And Death

The Last Days Of Pompeii, Part Four: Danger, Love And Death
Episode 1048
Original Air Date: January 10, 1980

The lion refuses to attack Marcus, The Egyptian priest kidnaps Orianna after eluding justice. Mount Vesuvius erupts.

Cast: Russell Horton, Evie Juster, Ian Martin, Patricia Elliot, Earl Hammond

Writer: George Bulwer Lytton adapted by Gerald Keane

Rating: **1/2

1047 The Last Days Of Pompeii, Part Three: Half Prophet, Half Friend

The Last Days Of Pompeii, Part Three: Half Prophet, Half Friend
Episode 1047
Original Air Date: January 9, 1980

Lydia and Orianna scheme to get MArcus released from prison. The Priest of Isis schemes to keep him there so he can have Orianna. Marcus confronts the lion.

Cast: Russell Horton, Ian Martin, Evie Juster, Earl Hammond

Writer: George Bulwer Lytton adapted by Gerald Keane

Rating: **1/2

1046 The Last Days Of Pompeii, Part Two: Thrown To The Lions

The Last Days Of Pompeii, Part Two: Thrown To The Lions
Episode 1046
Original Air Date: January 8, 1980

Pompeii is hit by an earthquake. Julia conspires with a priest of Isis to put a love spell on Marcus. Marcus instead goes mad with delusion and is later falsely accused of killing the priest's apprentice. Judgement is passed and he is sentenced to be thrown to the lions.

Cast: Russell Horton, Evie Juster, Kristoffer Tabori, Earl Hammond, Velita Gray

Writer: George Bulwer-Lytton adapted by Gerald Keane

Rating: **1/2

1045 The Last Days Of Pompeii, Part One: The City Of The Dead

The Last Days Of Pompeii, Part One: The City Of The Dead
Episode 1045
Original Air Date: January 7, 1980

Marcus moves to Pompeii, meets a ship owner, saves a slave girl named Lydia, and falls in love with an aristocrat named Orianna. Lydia worships Isis and tries to organize the slave women to demand proper treatment. Orianna discovers Christianity, much to the chagrin of the priest of Isis.

Cast: Russell Horton, Evie Juster, Kristoffer Tabori, Russell Horton

Writer: George Bulwer-Lytton adapted by Gerald Keane

Rating: **1/2