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Celebrity gossip has NEVER been juicer than this. 

Like, literally. It’s the 1660s. We just invented celebrities last week.

A washed-up, jaded gossip podcast host is transported to 1660s London in the thick of England's Stuart Restoration following a freak matcha-spilling accident. There, he meets the famed diarist Samuel Pepys, whose writings give us a first-hand peek into the world of Restoration theatre and the beginnings of modern celebrity culture. Convinced he needs to learn something about this era to get back to our time, the Podcaster and Pepys strike a deal to work together and achieve their respective goals. 

S1 of The Peek Stars: 

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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