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The Diary of Samuel Pepys
- The BBC Radio 4 Full-Cast Dramatisation
- Narrated by: Kris Marshall, Katherine Jakeways, Full Cast
- Length: 12 hrs and 14 mins
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Summary
Kris Marshall and Katherine Jakeways star as Mr & Mrs Pepys in this BBC Radio 4 dramatisation of the world famous diaries.
Samuel Pepys was 26 when he decided to start keeping a diary, in January 1660. For the next 10 years he faithfully recorded the day's events and confessed his innermost thoughts. That diary has since become one of our most important, and fascinating, historical documents. Pepys gave us eyewitness accounts of some of the great events of the 17th century, including the Great Fire of London and the Second Dutch War. He also told us what people ate and wore, what they did for fun, the tricks they played on each other, what they expected of marriage, and even how they conducted love affairs. He described London - the frozen river Thames, the rising crime rate and the poverty - and recorded the details of his own life: his wife, rivals, lovers and friends, his work for the Navy, his drinking and social life.
Over 350 years may have passed since Pepys first put pen to paper, but the man and his preoccupations feel surprisingly familiar. In this major BBC Radio dramatisation of the journals, the sights and sounds of his world are vividly conjured. This collection comprises all 10 radio series plus a special Saturday Drama centring on the Great Fire of London.
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- Michael0981
- 31-05-17
very enjoyable will listen to it again.
marked 4 star's as the song in between each chapter got annoying. Great story telling
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- Amazon Customer
- 19-03-21
Diary worth a peep
Interesting overview of certain aspects of life in the 17th century. Enjoyable and informative but spoiled by the irritating jingle which introduced each chapter.
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- Pimento
- 08-05-16
just perfect
I enjoyed it when it was serialised on Radio 4, so I knew it would be a good buy. Kris Marshall is ably supported by a good ensemble and Pepys jumps off the page and into life. It's great.
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- pancake
- 22-05-19
Brilliant
I throughly enjoyed this fascinating insight to life in c17.
I hope others will follow, its uniquely educational.
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- Jan M
- 05-06-20
Brilliant charactetisation
Dramatising the diary entries really brings the period to life with appropriate sound and music. Excellent performances by Mr and Mrs Pepys, not to mention the brilliant Will. Absolutely loved this.
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- Lyn
- 12-08-21
I didn’t want this to end!
A fabulous production. The characters are really brought to life, brilliantly performed, and it felt like the cast enjoyed the experience.
Human emotions are the same in different ages in time, loved it.
Fascinating to hear about the experience of the plague, the fire, the corruption of leadership etc with the parallels we are living through today.
The music is mightily vexing, unless you sing along!
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- karen
- 04-02-15
Wonderful. Recommend it thoroughly.
Listened to this on my daily walks. looked forward to it every day. wonderful cast and a fascinating historical snap shot of london in the 1600s.
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- Reader
- 17-03-15
Class!
Really enjoyed this. Excellent characterisation and extremely well done. Brought the time truly alive. Especially the great fire and plague. Recommended.
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- Will H.
- 21-02-23
Amazing!
It was as if I was actually there! so vivid and real life! fantastic!
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- Mrs S E Curtis
- 27-03-23
Great dramatisation
Very enjoyable dramatisation of the diary of Samuel Pepys. This was originally a radio broadcast and unfortunately the intro music has not been cut out but I didn't mind it; in the end it became quite poignant. I shall listen again, no doubt.
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