ScreenPlay(1986)
Drama
First Air Date: 1986-07-09
Average Runtime: 1h 30m
Rating: 6.0
Votes: 2
Seasons: 8
Episodes: 87
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.
Keywords
anthology
Seasons & Episodes
Season 1
Episodes: 13E01
All Together Now
Air Date: 1986-07-09
The weekly brass band rehearsal is an enjoyable, light-hearted occasion. Then Mathew, the conductor, introduces James...
E02
Daylight Robbery
Air Date: 1986-07-16
Neglected by her family, kept apart from her grandchildren, desperately short of money, Bea begins to gamble - at fir...
E03
Brick Is Beautiful
Air Date: 1986-07-23
'Bricks have a future, Mr Clark - you can count on that. They're out there waiting to be taken!' 'There is one small ...
E04
Knowing the Score
Air Date: 1986-07-30
Graeme has musical talent and is struggling to be allowed to express it. Lois is being pushed by her mother into solo...
E05
Drums Along Balmoral Drive
Air Date: 1986-08-06
'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 shou...
E06
Asinamali
Air Date: 1986-08-13
Five blacks in South Africa end up in jail - for crimes which range from shooting a security policeman to sleeping wi...
E07
In Traction
Air Date: 1986-08-20
Matters are bad enough when Mr Gentle tries to commit suicide. They are even worse when the attempt fails. Worst of a...
E08
The Mozart Inquest
Air Date: 1986-08-27
Mozart's death in 1791 is surrounded by mystery. What are the secrets of his burial in an unmarked grave? Was he pois...
E09
The Marlowe Inquest
Air Date: 1986-09-03
In an unscripted inquest, three practicing barristers interrogate actors portraying relevant figures of the 16th cent...
E10
Blood, Sweat and Tears
Air Date: 1986-09-10
'Is this the judo place?' 'Dojo, yeh.' 'Wants a chuffin' coat of paint, if you ask me.' 'What is it you want?' 'Self-...
E11
Shift Work
Air Date: 1986-09-24
Julie, a cab driver, collects a fare from the local airport one evening. Unfortunately he dies of a suspected heart a...
E12
Paying Guests - Part 1
Air Date: 1986-10-01
Spend some time in the company of the guests at 'Wentworth' - all taking the waters except for the Colonel and Miss H...
E13
Paying Guests - Part 2
Air Date: 1986-10-02
Miss Howard's exhibition of water-colours at the Green Salon falters but then takes off. The season at 'Wentworth' is...
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