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The Pleasure of his Company

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on BBC Radio 4 FM

with Michael Hordern as Samuel Pepys
Narrator Frank Duncan
In 1667 England faced the most alarming invasion scare since the Spanish Armada. The Dutch fleet had sailed up the Thames and meeting little resistance had landed 800 men on the Isle of Sheppey.
Samuel Pepys, in his diary for that year. vividly describes these dramatic events, as well as his own adventures in his unflagging pursuit of pleasure. Compiled by BARRY CARMAN Producer ALAN HAYDOCK

Contributors

Unknown:
Michael Hordern
Narrator:
Samuel Pepys
Unknown:
Barry Carman
Producer:
Alan Haydock
Source: Radio Times

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