- Referenced by...: There have been several TV dramas about Pepys, who has been portrayed by (among others) Peter Sallis (The Diary of Samuel Pepys, 1958) and Steve Coogan (The Private Life of Samuel Pepys, 2003).
- The comic song "Pepys's Diary" was written by Benny Hill, originally as a spoof of the Sallis TV series. It was the B-side to his 1961 single "Gather in the Mushrooms", which got to number 12 in the charts. Benny evidently liked it, as he performed it several times over the years on his show.A shy young maid has took a room down at the village inn,
Her bedside light is oh-so-bright and the curtains oh-so-thin.
She enters the room at nine o'clock, at half-past nine she sleeps,
Lord Clarendon walks quickly on, but naughty Samuel peeps.
For we know it's right,
It's in black and white,
And it's all written down in his diary.
- The comic song "Pepys's Diary" was written by Benny Hill, originally as a spoof of the Sallis TV series. It was the B-side to his 1961 single "Gather in the Mushrooms", which got to number 12 in the charts. Benny evidently liked it, as he performed it several times over the years on his show.
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