The Peek with Samuel Pepys
Full Cast Historical Fiction Comedy Series
Celebrity gossip has NEVER been juicer than this.
Like, literally. It's the 1660s. We just invented celebrities last week.
When a jaded celebrity gossip podcaster accidentally time-travels to 1660s England, he's like — where's Shakespeare? Turns out, he's around forty years late to that party. Instead, he's stuck in the Restoration Era, where the libertine King Charles II has just reclaimed the crown. The King proceeds to lift the Puritans' theatre ban with only one rule: more sex jokes, please.
Luckily, our Podcaster crosses paths with Samuel Pepys, a famous English diarist whose meticulous journals are a window into how the Restoration sparks what will become modern celebrity culture. The two strike a deal: Pepys will teach our Podcaster about the Restoration entertainment industry, and our Podcaster will ensure Pepys' legacy and diaries reach like, #legend status, in the modern day.
Of course…it is still the seventeenth century. And while the Puritans may be old news, when forbidden sparks fly and Blue Yeti mics die, some less-than-open-minded players may be inclined to start a good, old-fashioned witch hunt against our heroes.
THE PEEK WITH SAMUEL PEPYS is your first-hand peek into how the concept of celebrity actors came to be — delivered with all the drama, scandal, and intrigue of a modern-day gossip podcast.
Like, literally. It's the 1660s. We just invented celebrities last week.
When a jaded celebrity gossip podcaster accidentally time-travels to 1660s England, he's like — where's Shakespeare? Turns out, he's around forty years late to that party. Instead, he's stuck in the Restoration Era, where the libertine King Charles II has just reclaimed the crown. The King proceeds to lift the Puritans' theatre ban with only one rule: more sex jokes, please.
Luckily, our Podcaster crosses paths with Samuel Pepys, a famous English diarist whose meticulous journals are a window into how the Restoration sparks what will become modern celebrity culture. The two strike a deal: Pepys will teach our Podcaster about the Restoration entertainment industry, and our Podcaster will ensure Pepys' legacy and diaries reach like, #legend status, in the modern day.
Of course…it is still the seventeenth century. And while the Puritans may be old news, when forbidden sparks fly and Blue Yeti mics die, some less-than-open-minded players may be inclined to start a good, old-fashioned witch hunt against our heroes.
THE PEEK WITH SAMUEL PEPYS is your first-hand peek into how the concept of celebrity actors came to be — delivered with all the drama, scandal, and intrigue of a modern-day gossip podcast.
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