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15 Minute Drama: The Diary of Samuel Pepys

Kris Marshall

Katherine Jakeways

John Biddle

Matthew Gravelle

Ewan Bailey

Gareth Pierce

Tim McMullan

Kate McAll

Hattie Naylor

Samuel Pepys

15 Minute Drama: The Diary of Samuel Pepys: Episode 5

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Episode 5

The Diary of Samuel Pepys

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Sam and Elizabeth are enjoying the sights of Paris, when Elizabeth is suddenly taken ill.

Sam and Elizabeth are enjoying the sights of Paris. Without warning, Elizabeth falls ill and they must return home. With Kris Marshall and Katherine Jakeways.

After Sam has explored the shipyards of Holland, he and Elizabeth travel to Paris where Elizabeth enjoys buying fashionable gloves and hats. The difficult past year is forgotten and they are happy in each other's company. They go to the Palais Royal to see a play but soon afterwards Elizabeth begins to feel unwell. They return home where her sickness gets worse. Doctor Hollier is called but no remedy seems to help. Sam remembers the promise he made her, and calls a Priest. The concluding episode of this long-running series, adapted from the diaries 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
Production Co-Ordinator: Willa King

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

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Tenth and final series of Hattie Naylor's dramatisation of the famed 17th-century diaries.

Tenth and final series of Hattie Naylor's dramatisation of the celebrated 17th-century diaries. The year is 1669.

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