Capital (UK TV series) Capital (UK TV series) Capital is a three-part British television adaptation of John Lanchester’s novel "Capital". The series was written by Peter Bowker, directed by Euros Lyn and produced by Matt Strevens for Kudos Film & Television Company. The first episode was broadcast on BBC One on 24 November 2015. The story centres on a fictional Pepys Road in South London (although there are two actual Pepys Roads in South London - namely in Raynes Park and New Cross) and the lives of people with connections to it. Once an ordinary residential area, the value of each house in the
Samuel Pepys A Life", by Stephen Coote (London: Hodder & Stoughton, 2000) and, "Samuel Pepys and His World", by Geoffrey Trease (London: Thames and Hudson, 1972). The most recent general study is by Claire Tomalin, which won the 2002 Whitbread Book of the Year award, the judges calling it a "rich, thoughtful and deeply satisfying" account that unearths "a wealth of material about the uncharted life of Samuel Pepys". Editions of letters and other publications by Pepys " The Diary". Samuel Pepys Samuel Pepys ( ; 23 February 1633 – 26 May 1703) was an administrator of the navy of England and