Celebrity gossip has NEVER been juicer than this.
Like, literally. It’s the 1660s. We just invented celebrities last week.
Join a washed-up, jaded gossip podcast host after he's transported to 1660s London in the thick of England's Stuart Restoration. Along with his jovial guide, Samuel Pepys, he'll learn just how modern celebrity culture came to be.
Episode 1 of THE PEEK WITH SAMUEL PEPYS will premiere Friday, August 1st, 2025. Subscribe now so you don't miss it!
Starring:
Samuel Pepys – Ethan Peña Mock
The Stranger / Valentino – Charlie B. Foster
Jane Birch – Melissa Bautista
Guest Starring:
Francesca Pinilla (Nell Gwyn), Anna Mayo (Elizabeth Pepys), Kana Seiki (Emily the Intern), Eunan Cannon (Priest/Stagehand), Celeste Samson (Boy/Witch), James Kenna (Sir Thomas Killigrew), Aaron Dorelien (Sir William Davenant), Jacqueline McKenna (Mary Knep), Alex Ramirez Cannon (Thomas Betterton), James Carlos Lacey (King Charles II), Zachary Harrison Poli (The Bard), and Lee Melillo (Aphra Behn).
Written and Directed by Lee Melillo
Additional Script Edits by Charlie B. Foster
Executive Produced by Anna Mayo & Lee Melillo
Associate Produced by Adeline Blue
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Episode Transcript
This is the story of a washed-up celebrity gossip
podcaster.
The Stranger (00:04):
Washed up?
Who even are you, anyway?
Don't care.
Shoo.
The Peek with Samuel Pepys isthe story of a SUCCESSFUL
celebrity news JOURNALIST whoaccidentally time- travels to
Restoration Era London.
He meets this guy, Samuel Pepys,who's like, the biggest
entertainment industry insiderever.
And also probably the first.
Join our hero and Pepys as theyexplore life under the libertine
(00:25):
rule of King Charles II.
Head on overto thepeekwithsamuelpepys.com to
subscribe on your podcast appof choice.
And "Pepys" is spelt reallyweird.
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