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ScreenPlay

ScreenPlay

Drama
July 9, 1986 – October 27, 1993 (began 40 years ago)
1h 30m / episode
6.0/10
Ended
8 Seasons
87 Episodes
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.

Key Crew

D

Director

David Wheatley

Ages 36-43

W

Writer

William Trevor

John Kavanagh
John Kavanagh

John Kavanagh

Superintendent O'Kelly

Ages 40-47

4 eps
Benjamin Whitrow
Benjamin Whitrow

Benjamin Whitrow

Mr. Kemp

Ages 49-56

3 eps
Annette Crosbie
Annette Crosbie

Annette Crosbie

Mrs. Holders

Ages 52-59

3 eps
Sean Chapman
Sean Chapman

Sean Chapman

Stephen

Ages 25-32

3 eps
Lesley Sharp
Lesley Sharp

Lesley Sharp

Woman

Ages 26-33

3 eps
Iain Cuthbertson
Iain Cuthbertson

Iain Cuthbertson

Seer of Lublin

Ages 56-63

3 eps
Tony Doyle
Tony Doyle

Tony Doyle

Geordie Wilson

Ages 50-58

3 eps
Kenneth Cranham
Kenneth Cranham

Kenneth Cranham

Dick Naughton

Ages 41-48

3 eps
Patrick Stewart
Patrick Stewart

Patrick Stewart

Self - Narrator

Ages 45-53

2 eps
Robert Hardy
Robert Hardy

Robert Hardy

Colonel Chase

Ages 60-67

2 eps
Angela Thorne
Angela Thorne

Angela Thorne

Miss Howard

Ages 47-54

2 eps
Judy Cornwell
Judy Cornwell

Judy Cornwell

Mrs. Bliss

Ages 46-53

2 eps
Joanna David
Joanna David

Joanna David

Florence Kemp

Ages 39-46

2 eps
Bill Paterson
Bill Paterson

Bill Paterson

Colin

Ages 41-48

2 eps
Hugh Quarshie
Hugh Quarshie

Hugh Quarshie

Wallace

Ages 31-38

2 eps
Rowena Cooper
Rowena Cooper

Rowena Cooper

Wendy

Ages 51-58

2 eps