The Private Life of Samuel Pepys (2003) (TV)

Director:

Oliver Parker

Writer:

Guy Jenkin (writer)

Release Date:

16 December 2003 (UK)

Genre:

Drama

Cast

Steve Coogan	...	Samuel Pepys
Lou Doillon	...	Elizabeth Pepys
Andrew Harrison	...	Clerk Of The Court
Alex Hassell	...	Balty
Andy Linden	...	John Jones
Ciarán McMenamin	...	Will Hewer
Guy Moore	...	Captain John Scott
Simon Munnery	...	Mad Solomon
Leon Ockenden	...	Pembleton
Nathaniel Parker	...	Charles II
Tim Pigott-Smith	...	Lord Shaftesbury
Miranda Raison	...	Deb Willet
Sally Rogers	...	Betty Bagwell
Zoe Tapper	...	Jane
Danny Webb	...	Edward Montagu

Directed by
Oliver Parker

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Guy Jenkin		writer

Produced by
Steve Coogan	....	executive producer
Mike Dormer	....	executive producer
Mark Freeland	....	executive producer
Nick Jones	....	line producer
Ben McPherson	....	producer
Henry Normal	....	executive producer
David Okuefuna	....	executive producer

Original Music by
Debbie Wiseman

Casting by
Alex Johnson

Production Design by
Charles Garrad

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Adam Barrington	....	third assistant director
Jermain Julien	....	second assistant director
Tim Riddington	....	first assistant director

Art Department
Adrian Platt	....	dressing props

Sound Department
Billy Mahoney	....	dubbing mixer

Camera and Electrical Department
John Colley	....	gaffer
Jamie Hammond	....	Steadicam operator

Other crew
Jo Beckett	....	script supervisor
Eleanor Moran	....	script editor

Production Companies

• BBC Films

Distributors

• BBC Films (2003) (UK) (TV)

Other Companies

• Molinare Studio  post-production facilities

Runtime:

UK:60 min

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Filming Locations:

Dorney Court, Dorney, Buckinghamshire, England, UK

Company:

BBC Films

Trivia:

All of the soldiers were members of the Sealed Knot Society (an English Civil War re-enactment organization). Several other extras such as the Jailer were also members.

Quotes:

[Pepys is in the dock]
Samuel Pepys: [to camera] And what have they accused me of? Spying for the French and taking bribes. I never spied for the French.

A sexy role at last!

I really enjoyed this programme. Steve Coogan's usual roles involve him being slightly if not completely obnoxious for laughs, showing complete ineptitude in social situations.

The Pepys role however, really let him show another side of his character, and I'd love to see more. I found the character to be sexy, vulnerable and irreverent, intelligent and naughty, a very appealing proposition. Like Rowan Atkinson in the earlier Black Adder series, he shows funny men can be extremely sexy when they take up struggle of an everyman who rather than being the lowest common denominator, is closer to the average thinking man. Someone who can be rational and intelligent, who loses but sometimes wins in social and sexual games, and in love, and has real emotional struggles. More parts like this for Coogan would be great. There is enough buffoonery on the political scene to make me crave sexy funny intellectuals in entertainment. Am I alone?