ScreenPlay
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ScreenPlay

6.0 / 10 · 2 votes
1986
~1h 30m / ep
8 seasons
87 episodes
Drama

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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  • Ep 1

    1.All Together Now

    09-07-1986

    The 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

    Neglected by her family, kept apart from her grandchildren, desperately short of money, Bea begins to gamble - at first for small stakes, but ultimately for the highest stake of al...

  • Ep 3

    3.Brick Is Beautiful

    23-07-1986

    'Bricks have a future, Mr Clark - you can count on that. They're out there waiting to be taken!' 'There is one small problem.' 'What's that?' 'Well - they're still attached to buil...

  • Ep 4

    4.Knowing the Score

    30-07-1986

    Graeme has musical talent and is struggling to be allowed to express it. Lois is being pushed by her mother into solo parts in the girls' choir. Together they have to perform at a...

  • Ep 5

    5.Drums Along Balmoral Drive

    06-08-1986

    'I don't think at first I thought at all. I had a nice house, lovely kids. I didn't think about blacks at all. I should've done, but I didn't. They were just there.'

  • Ep 6

    6.Asinamali

    13-08-1986

    Five blacks in South Africa end up in jail - for crimes which range from shooting a security policeman to sleeping with a white boss's wife. What they all share is the conviction t...

  • Ep 7

    7.In Traction

    20-08-1986

    Matters are bad enough when Mr Gentle tries to commit suicide. They are even worse when the attempt fails. Worst of all is being confined to a hospital bed when a bunch of juvenile...

  • Ep 8

    8.The Mozart Inquest

    27-08-1986

    Mozart's death in 1791 is surrounded by mystery. What are the secrets of his burial in an unmarked grave? Was he poisoned or did he die of natural causes? Now, almost 200 years lat...

  • Ep 9

    9.The Marlowe Inquest

    03-09-1986

    In an unscripted inquest, three practicing barristers interrogate actors portraying relevant figures of the 16th century in order to determine what really happened to the playwrigh...

  • Ep 10

    10.Blood, Sweat and Tears

    10-09-1986

    'Is this the judo place?' 'Dojo, yeh.' 'Wants a chuffin' coat of paint, if you ask me.' 'What is it you want?' 'Self-defence thingy.' That's all judo is to Louise and hundreds like...

  • Ep 11

    11.Shift Work

    24-09-1986

    Julie, a cab driver, collects a fare from the local airport one evening. Unfortunately he dies of a suspected heart attack on his way home in her taxi and Julie has to decide how b...

  • Ep 12

    12.Paying Guests - Part 1

    01-10-1986

    Spend some time in the company of the guests at 'Wentworth' - all taking the waters except for the Colonel and Miss Howard, who has some leisure for the beginnings of a late romanc...

  • Ep 13

    13.Paying Guests - Part 2

    02-10-1986

    Miss Howard's exhibition of water-colours at the Green Salon falters but then takes off. The season at 'Wentworth' is now drawing to a close, peoples' plans for the winter unfold....

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