Life and Death: Pompeii and Herculaneum exhibition at the British Museum - video preview

A major exhibition on the Roman cities of Pompeii and Herculaneum, buried by the volcanic eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79AD, is being held at the British Museum in London. Here, senior curator Paul Roberts shows Charlotte Higgins some of the 450 objects on display, including erotic statue Pan and the goat, a loaf of bread and casts of city residents

Opening clip ©The Trustees of the British Museum

• Life and Death: Pompeii and Herculaneum exhibition at the British Museum opens to the public on Wednesday 28 March