Five programmes about famous books and their authors. 4: The Diary of Samuel Pepys ' The manuscript extended to
3.102 quarto pages of shorthand, much of it in minute characters, greatly faded and inscribed on almost transparent paper, very trying and injurious indeed to the visual organs.'
An account of Samuel Pepys. his diary, and the labours of THE REV JOHN SMITH , who transcribed it after it had lain unregarded in a College library for 150 years. with Other parts played by RONALD HARVI , GRAHAM ROBERTS
HERBERT SMITH and PAUL WEBSTER Narrator David Mahlowe
Written by NORMAN LONGMATE Produced and directed by STANLEY WILLIAMSON BBC Manchester