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Tom Hiddleston’s “Pompeii” Series Debuts on Disney+ Italy

7/25/2026

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The National Geographic series “Pompeii: Out of Time With Tom Hiddleston” began streaming on Disney+ and Hulu in Italy Thursday.
Hiddleston plays himself as a time-travel detective moving between ancient Pompeii, Herculaneum and modern sites, meeting dramatized Romans to learn their lives.
He says his love of the classical world began studying Latin and Greek in youth, and he recited Greek poetry and sprinkled Latin at a Soho Hotel interview.

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The National Geographic series “Pompeii: Out of Time With Tom Hiddleston” began streaming on Disney+ and Hulu in Italy Thursday.
Hiddleston plays himself as a time-travel detective moving between ancient Pompeii, Herculaneum and modern sites, meeting dramatized Romans to learn their lives.
He says his love of the classical world began studying Latin and Greek in youth, and he recited Greek poetry and sprinkled Latin at a Soho Hotel interview.