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15 Minute Drama: The Diary of Samuel Pepys

Kris Marshall

Katherine Jakeways

John Biddle

Aimee-Ffion Edwards

Tim McMullan

Ewan Bailey

Matthew Gravelle

Kate McAll

Hattie Naylor

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

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Episode 4

The Diary of Samuel Pepys

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Sam has been gadding about, then Elizabeth finds him fondling the maid.

Sam has been gadding about while Elizabeth was away. But that is nothing compared to what happens when she finds him fondling the maid. With Kris Marshall and Katherine Jakeways.

Sam writes a letter to the Duke of York laying out his suggestions for reform of the Navy Board; the Duke is delighted and signs the letter as his own. Elizabeth is upset to hear that Sam has been gadding about while she's been away but that's nothing compared to what happens when she walks in on him in the act of fondling Debs, the maid. 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.

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

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

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