- Author:
- Samuel Pepys
- Dramatised by:
- A. R. Rawlinson
- Producer:
- Chloe Gibson
- Film sequences photographed by:
- Douglas Wolfe
- Film editor:
- James Colina
- Dance arranged by:
- Geraldine Stephenson
- Music:
- Christopher Whelen
- Designer:
- Fanny Taylor
- Samuel Pepys:
- Peter Sallis
- Elizabeth Pepys:
- Susan Maryott
- Mrs. Pepys' maid:
- Valerie Standen
- Mercer:
- Audrey Blezard
- William Hewer:
- Alan Rowe
- Sir William Coventry:
- Paul Eddington
- Courtier:
- Victor Charrington
- King Charles II:
- Douglas Wilmer
- Duke of York:
- David Peel
- Sir Thomas Bludworth:
- Howard Lamb
- Sir William Penn:
- Anthony Newlands
- Proundy, a boatman:
- Michael Seaver
- First citizen:
- Lane Meddick
- Second citizen:
- Harry Lane
- Third citizen:
- Bryan Kendrick
- Lord Clarendon:
- Peter Stephens
- Prince Rupert:
- Hedley Colson
- Duke of Albemarle:
- John Arnatt
- Sir John Minnes:
- Raymond Rollett
- Queen Katherine:
- Barbara New
- Duchess of York:
- Jill Cary
- Lady Castlemaine:
- Diana Fairfax
- John Evelyn:
- John Sharplin
- Courtiers and Ladies. Citizens and Troopers:
- [artists uncredited]
