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Pompeii - the Last Day

on BBC Three

Dramatised reconstruction, with Tim Pigott-Smith and Jim Carter, using full-scale special effects to re-enact one of history's most destructive volcanic eruptions.
Two thousand years ago, in under 24 hours, the city of Pompeii and at least 5,000 of its people were obliterated by molten lava spewing forth from Mount Vesuvius. (S) [web address removed] BBC BOOK: Pompeii - the Last Day, £16.99, from [web address removed]

Contributors

Pliny the Elder:
Tim Pigott-Smith
Polybius:
Jim Carter

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