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ScreenPlay

ScreenPlay

1986 8 seasons 87 eps≈ 131h totalEndedBBC TwoDrama

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.

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Synopsis

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.

The vibe

anthology

Network

BBC Two

Status

Ended

Seasons

8

Episodes

87

Episode length

90 min

Total runtime

≈ 131h

First aired

1986

Country

United Kingdom

Genres

Drama

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