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15 Minute Drama: The Diary of Samuel Pepys: Series 4

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The Diary of Samuel Pepys: Series 4

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Sam goes to see an autopsy, while Elizabeth begins dancing lessons with Mr Pembleton.

Sam goes to see an autopsy at the Surgeons' Hall. Meanwhile, Elizabeth decides she must learn to dance. Stars Kris Marshall, Katherine Jakeways.

Sam goes to see an autopsy at the Surgeons Hall and finds the cold body fascinating. His wife Elizabeth, meanwhile, who is rowing with the neighbours over the use of a water cock, decides to distract herself by learning to dance. So Sam engages the services of a Dancing Master, Mr Pembleton - a decision he will later come to regret.

Samuel Pepys ..... Kris Marshall
Elizabeth Pepys ..... Katherine Jakeways
John Pepys ..... Stephen Marzella
Will ..... John Biddle
Mr Payne ..... Ewan Bailey
Captain Holmes ..... Andrew Wincott
Sir William Batten ..... Richard Mitchley
Mary ..... Eirlys Bellin
Mr Pembleton ..... Joseph Kloska


Theme music: Gather Ye Rosebuds While Ye May, words by Robert Herrick and music by William Lawes, sung by Bethany Hughes. Lute, baroque guitar and theorbo played by David Miller. Violin and viol by Annika Gray, and recorders by Alice Baxter. 

Historical consultant: Liza Picard
Sound by Nigel Lewis

Adapted by Hattie Naylor

A BBC/Cymru Wales production, directed by Nigel Lewis and produced by Kate McAll.

Intelligent speech, the most insightful journalism, the wittiest comedy, the most fascinating features and the most compelling drama and readings anywhere in UK radio.

Hattie Naylor's dramatisation of the 17th-century diaries. With Kris Marshall

Hattie Naylor's dramatisation of the seventeenth-century diaries. With Kris Marshall

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