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4 Extra Debut. New Year's Day 1667, and Sam finds the Thames frozen while parts of London still smoulder from the Great Fire. With Kris Marshall, Katherine Jakeways.

Kris Marshall and Katherine Jakeways return as Samuel and Elizabeth Pepys in Hattie Naylor's continuing dramatisation of the famous diaries.

1667. On New Year's Day, Samuel and Elizabeth Pepys awake to find the Thames covered in ice, while at the same time some parts of London still smoulder from last year's Great Fire. At Whitehall, Lord Brouncker's clerk is accused of taking bribes, and there are rumours that the French will invade. Sam, meanwhile, is preoccupied with finding a husband for his sister, Pauline, and with visiting various lady friends, including Mrs Knipp, Mrs Bagwell and Mrs Lane's sister, Doll.

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 大象传媒/Cymru Wales production, directed by Kate McAll.

15 minutes

Last on

Tue 30 Sep 2014 00:30

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Credits

Role Contributor
Samuel Pepys Kris Marshall
Elizabeth Pepys Katherine Jakeways
Will John Biddle
Lord Brouncker Tim McMullan
Betty Bethan Walker
Mrs Bagwell Bethan Walker
Mr Mitchell Matthew Gravelle
Lord Batten Richard Mitchley
Doll Lane Eiry Thomas
Director Kate McAll
Producer Kate McAll
Writer Hattie Naylor

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  • Mon 5 Aug 2013 10:45
  • Mon 5 Aug 2013 19:45
  • Mon 29 Sep 2014 14:30
  • Tue 30 Sep 2014 00:30

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