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The Private Life of Samuel Pepys is a 2003 British comedy television film directed by Oliver Parker and starring Steve Coogan, Lou Doillon and Nathaniel Parker. It portrayed the historical diarist Samuel Pepys. It was aired on BBC2 on 16 December 2003, drawing an audience of 2.9 million viewers.

Samuel Pepys struggles to maintain a dignified public reputation while his secret diary records every scandalous impulse and messy indiscretion. This irreverent look at the famous diarist finds the hilarity in a man caught between historical importance and his own chaotic appetites.