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15 Minute Drama: The Diary of Samuel Pepys

Kris Marshall

Katherine Jakeways

John Biddle

Aimee-Ffion Edwards

Eiry Thomas

Tim McMullan

Matthew Gravelle

Ewan Bailey

Sophie Melville

Kate McAll

Hattie Naylor

15 Minute Drama: The Diary of Samuel Pepys: Episode 2

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The Diary of Samuel Pepys

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Sam buys a pornographic book in French, but then burns it (after reading).

Sam buys a pornographic book in French, but then burns it (after reading). He has also been preparing his defence of the Navy Board. Stars Kris Marshall and Katherine Jakeways.

Sam buys a pornographic book in French but then burns it (after reading). At the theatre he is so enraptured by some music that it reminds him of how he felt when he first fell in love with Elizabeth. Meanwhile, he's been preparing his defence of the Navy Board to Parliament and can't sleep the night before his speech. Elizabeth comforts him in the early hours and in the morning he has a dram of brandy for courage. The speech is a triumph.

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.

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