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ScreenPlay
ScreenPlay
Drama

ScreenPlay

July 9, 1986
8 Seasons
87 Episodes
TMDB6.0· 2

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.

Seasons & Episodes

Season 1

13 episodes
Jul 9, 1986

Season 2

10 episodes
Jul 15, 1987

Season 3

11 episodes
Jul 13, 1988

Season 4

12 episodes
Jul 5, 1989

Season 5

13 episodes
Jul 11, 1990

Season 6

10 episodes
Jul 3, 1991

Season 7

12 episodes
Jul 1, 1992

Season 8

6 episodes
Sep 22, 1993
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Show Info
StatusEnded
TypeScripted
Original LanguageEnglish
Seasons8
Episodes87
Last Air DateOct 27, 1993
Popularity2%
Streaming on
BBC Two

BBC Two

Released in

United Kingdom

Spoken Languages

English