Pauline Pepys's Dowry
Radio 4 pilot set in the 1660s starring Olivia Colman and David Mitchell
- Genre
- Sitcom
- Broadcast
- 2010
- Channel
- BBC Radio 4
- Episodes
- 1 Pilot
- Starring
- Olivia Colman, David Mitchell, Sharon Horgan, Katherine Parkinson, Rebekah Staton, Tom Hollander and Dave Lamb
- Writers
- Amy Shindler and Beth Chalmers
- Producer
- Gareth Edwards
UK women are less likely than ever to find a long-term boyfriend and one in four will never marry. A disturbing statistic? Not as disturbing as it was in the 1660s: Meet Pauline Pepys, a woman with a busy brother, an awful best friend and a lovelorn love life.
London is a terrifying place to be single with a best friend who's your worst enemy, and living with your brother and his wife who hates you. Worst of all, it's 1660 and there's a plague.
- Part of
- Production company
- Laugh track
- Live audience
Broadcast details
- First broadcast
- Tuesday 10th August 2010 on BBC Radio 4 at 11pm
- Episode length
- 30 minutes
- Last repeat
- Saturday 18th August 2018 at 5:30am on Radio 4 Extra

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