- Author:
- Samuel Pepys
- Dramatised for television by:
- A.R. Rawlinson
- Producer:
- Chloe Gibson
- Music composed by:
- Christopher Whelen
- Designer:
- Fanny Taylor
- Samuel Pepys:
- Peter Sallis
- Sir Edward Montagu:
- Manning Wilson
- Captain Cuttance:
- Alan Edwards
- Bo'sun:
- Lee Richardson
- Mr. Phillips:
- Henry McGee
- Vice-Admiral Lawson:
- Michael Logan
- Rear-Admiral Penn:
- Anthony Newlands
- First Captain:
- Terry Skelton
- Second Captain:
- Edward Brooks
- Will Shepley:
- Bruce Stewart
- Landlord of Dutch Inn:
- Harry Littlewood
- Dutch woman:
- Diana Scougall
- Elizabeth Pepys:
- Susan Maryott
- William Bowyer:
- Howard Lamb
- King Charles II:
- Douglas Wilmer
- Duke of York:
- David Peel
- William Coventry:
- Paul Eddington
- General George Monk:
- John Arnatt
- Mayor of Dover:
- Robert Algar
- Bibi, King Charles's spaniel:
- Champion Goldendays Penn Rose of St. Lucia
- Sailors, Dutch girls, lords and citizens:
- [artists uncredited]
