A major documentary. Life in the city, frozen for millennia by a volcanic eruption, can now be revived for television by a combination of cutting edge CGI, drama reconstruction and historical expertise, to give us a valuable and vivid picture of what it was like to live in Roman times. Taking viewers through a typical day in Pompeii, from the daily commute to work, to the brutal sports at noon and a plenitude of vices by night. This is the story of the real people of Pompeii.