
ScreenPlay
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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Seasons
- Ep 1
1.All Together Now
09-07-1986The weekly brass band rehearsal is an enjoyable, light-hearted occasion. Then Mathew, the conductor, introduces James, a newcomer to the village, who is an enthusiastic bandsman fr...
- Ep 2
2.Daylight Robbery
16-07-1986 - Ep 3
3.Brick Is Beautiful
23-07-1986 - Ep 4
4.Knowing the Score
30-07-1986 - Ep 5
5.Drums Along Balmoral Drive
06-08-1986 - Ep 6
6.Asinamali
13-08-1986 - Ep 7
7.In Traction
20-08-1986 - Ep 8
8.The Mozart Inquest
27-08-1986 - Ep 9
9.The Marlowe Inquest
03-09-1986 - Ep 10
10.Blood, Sweat and Tears
10-09-1986 - Ep 11
11.Shift Work
24-09-1986 - Ep 12
12.Paying Guests - Part 1
01-10-1986 - Ep 13
13.Paying Guests - Part 2
02-10-1986
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