- Author:
- Samuel Pepys
- Dramatised by:
- A.R. Rawlinson
- Producer:
- Chloe Gibson
- Music composed by:
- Christopher Whelen
- Costume Supervisor:
- Joyce Hammond
- Make-up Supervisor:
- Elizabeth Blattner
- Film sequences photographed by:
- Douglas Wolfe
- Film Editor:
- James Colina
- Samuel Pepys:
- Peter Sallis
- Lord Sandwich:
- Manning Wilson
- Duke of York:
- David Peel
- Bishop of London:
- John Dunbar
- King Charles II:
- Douglas Wilmer
- Garter King-of-Arms:
- Hedley Colson
- Sir William Batten:
- Douglas Stewart
- Lady Batten:
- Ivy Croucher
- Rear-Admiral Sir William Penn:
- Anthony Newlands
- Lady Penn:
- Audrey O'Flynn
- Elizabeth Pepys:
- Susan Maryott
- William Bowyer:
- Howard Lamb
- William Hewe:
- Alan Rowe
- Attendant:
- Paul Gainer
- Lady Sandwich:
- Josephine Wilson
- Lady Jemima Sandwich:
- Gina Shiel
- John Pepys:
- Frederick Peisley
- Anne Pepys:
- Helen Misener
- Tom Trice:
- Lawrence James
- Jasper Trice:
- Hugh Evans
- Duchess of York:
- Jill Carey
- Orange woman:
- Annabelle Lee
- Barbara Palmer, Lady Castlemaine:
- Diana Fairfax
- Roger Palmer, Lord Castlemaine:
- Glyn Jones
- Foreman:
- Dennis Handby
- Workman:
- Blakeney Gray
- Bishops, noblemen, citizens and serving men:
- [artists uncredited]
