麻豆约拍

Sam goes to see an autopsy at the Surgeons Hall and finds the cold body fascinating. His wife Elizabeth, meanwhile, who is rowing with the neighbours over the use of a water cock, decides to distract herself by learning to dance. So Sam engages the services of a Dancing Master, Mr Pembleton - a decision he will later come to regret.

Samuel Pepys ..... Kris Marshall
Elizabeth Pepys ..... Katherine Jakeways
John Pepys ..... Stephen Marzella
Will ..... John Biddle
Mr Payne ..... Ewan Bailey
Captain Holmes ..... Andrew Wincott
Sir William Batten ..... Richard Mitchley
Mary ..... Eirlys Bellin
Mr Pembleton ..... Joseph Kloska

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

Adapted by Hattie Naylor

A 麻豆约拍/Cymru Wales production, directed by Nigel Lewis and produced by Kate McAll.