The Streets of Pompeii

The Streets of Pompeii is one of the most famous and best loved of the great series of radio plays commissioned by the Third Programme in the early 1950s.  

The play is set in 1952.  A group of tourists meanders through the hot dusty streets of the ruined city and as they go they are observed by the city's permanent inhabitants, living and long dead.  As the visitors wander and bicker, young love blossoms.