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Summary

Ali Oopla (Frankie Howerd) is a bondservant to the Wazir of Baghdad. His job is to be at his master's beck and call, protecting him from problems and making sure that his every need is met.

This programme was very much a reworking of Up Pompeii!, with "different costumes but the same jokes", as Frankie Howerd himself said.

Cast List

  Frankie Howerd as Ali Oopla
  Derek Francis as The Wazir
  Josephine Tewson as Fatima
  Anna Brett as Boobiana
  Norman Chappell as Imshi
  Alan Curtis as Various Characters
  Hilary Pritchard as Saccharine
  Larry Martyn as Derti Dhoti

Production Details

Written by:
Sid Colin, David McKellar, David Nobbs, Roy Tuvey, Maurice Sellar, Peter Vincent, Bob Hedley

Produced by:
John Howard Davies

1 series, 6 episodes

Transmitted: 1973

BBC Television