Original version

BBC Radio 4 LW

15 Minute Drama

Drama

Classic and contemporary original drama and book dramatisations

BBC Radio 4 Extra

BBC Radio 4 FM

15 Minute Drama: The Diary of Samuel Pepys

Kris Marshall

Katherine Jakeways

John Biddle

Tim McMullan

Matthew Gravelle

Ewan Bailey

Kate McAll

Hattie Naylor

15 Minute Drama: The Diary of Samuel Pepys: Episode 3

The Diary of Samuel Pepys Omnibus

Episode 3

The Diary of Samuel Pepys

BBC Radio 4 - 15 Minute Drama, The Diary of Samuel Pepys, Episode 3

Samuel discovers a problem with his new wig, while the Navy Office is in a dismal state.

Samuel discovers a problem with his plan for a new wig, while the Navy Office is in a dismal state. Stars Kris Marshall and Katherine Jakeways.

1667. Samuel has a nightmare about his sick mother, and out of respect cancels his stone party, held every year to celebrate surviving an operation to remove a bladder stone. At work he finds the Navy office in a dismal state, with oarsmen and carpenters dying of hunger for lack of pay. He visits Jervas, the barber, to try on a new wig but doesn't buy it when he finds it's full of nits. Adapted by Hattie Naylor.

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

A BBC/Cymru Wales production, directed by Kate McAll.

BBC Radio 4

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

Eighth series of Hattie Naylor's dramatisation of the 17th-century diaries

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

Accessibility links

Programme Index

15 Minute Drama

The Diary of Samuel Pepys

Episode 3

Contributors

Genres

Brand

Series

BBC Radio 4 LW

About BBC Radio 4