Synopsis & Context
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.
Season Management
Title Dossier
- Original Title
- ScreenPlay
- Release
- July 9, 1986
- Screen Time
- 8 seasons · 1h 30min/ep
- Rating
- N/A
- Direction
- N/A
- Original Language
- English
- Country of Origin
- United Kingdom
- Production Status
- Ended
Personas & Cast
John Kavanagh
Sean Kerrigan / Tom Crosbie / Superintendent O'Kelly / Father Dade
4 eps.
Benjamin Whitrow
Mr. Kemp / Lawson
3 eps.
Annette Crosbie
Mrs. Holders / Cynthia
3 eps.
Lesley Sharp
Woman / Marion Parkin / Valerie
3 eps.
Sean Chapman
Stephen / Tom Riley / Danny
3 eps.
Iain Cuthbertson
Edgar / Seer of Lublin / Julian Vlad
3 eps.
Tony Doyle
McCloskey / Geordie Wilson / The chief
3 eps.
Kenneth Cranham
Dick Naughton / Supt. Cherry / Reggie Titherington
3 eps.
Patrick Stewart
Self - Narrator / Antonio Salieri
2 eps.
Robert Hardy
Colonel Chase
2 eps.
Angela Thorne
Miss Howard
2 eps.
Judy Cornwell
Mrs. Bliss
2 eps.
