TV series
ScreenPlay
1986–1993, English, on BBC Two.
Screenplay was a drama anthology television series, broadcast on BBC between 1986 and 1993. Numerous episodes were produced including one named "Boswell and Johnson's Tour of the Western Islands" starring Robbie Coltrane as English writer Samuel Johnson who in the autumn of 1773, visits the Hebrides off the north-west coast of Scotland. That episode was directed by John Byrne and co-starred John Sessions and Celia Imrie.
- Seasons
- 8
- Episodes
- 87
- Episode length
- 90 min
- Status
- Ended in 1993
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Latest episode
S8 E6: Boswell & Johnson's Tour of the Western Isles
Aired 27 October 1993
Seasons 8
Cast & crew
- John KavanaghSuperintendent O'Kelly · 4 ep
- Benjamin WhitrowMr. Kemp · 3 ep
- Annette CrosbieCynthia · 3 ep
- Lesley SharpValerie · 3 ep
- Sean ChapmanTom Riley · 3 ep
- Iain CuthbertsonEdgar · 3 ep
- Tony DoyleGeordie Wilson · 3 ep
- Kenneth CranhamReggie Titherington · 3 ep
- Patrick StewartAntonio Salieri · 2 ep
- Robert HardyColonel Chase · 2 ep
- Angela ThorneMiss Howard · 2 ep
- Judy CornwellMrs. Bliss · 2 ep
Details
- First aired
- 9 July 1986
- Last aired
- 27 October 1993
- Network
- BBC Two
- Language
- English
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Type
- Scripted
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ScreenPlay has 8 seasons and 87 episodes, about 90 minutes each.
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