Documentaries
- A 1987 National Geographic special In the Shadow of Vesuvius explored the sites of Pompeii and Herculaneum, interviewed archaeologists, and examined the events leading up to the eruption of Vesuvius.
- A 2004 documentary "Pompeii and the 79 AD eruption". TBS Channel Tokyo Broadcasting System, 120’.
- An hour-long drama produced for the BBC entitled Pompeii: The Last Day portrays several characters (with historically attested names, but fictional life-stories) living in Pompeii, Herculaneum and around the Bay of Naples, and their last hours, including a fuller and his wife, two gladiators, and Pliny the Elder. It also portrays the facts of the eruption.
- "Pompeii Live", Channel 5, 28 June 2006, 8pm, live archaeological dig at Pompeii and Herculaneum
- "Pompeii: The Mystery of the People Frozen in Time" is a 2013 BBC One drama documentary presented by Dr. Margaret Mountford.
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