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 … Steve Coogan, Lou Doillon, Alex Hassell, Andy Linden, Ciarán McMenamin, Guy Moore, Simon Munnery Added on Amazon Prime 2021-09-02.