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The Highland Jaunt

on BBC Two England

A second showing of the much acclaimed film about the eventful journey undertaken by Dr. Johnson and Mr. James Boswell to the Western Islands and Highlands of Scotland in 1773
With Peter Woodthorpe as Dr. Samuel Johnson, Gary Bond as James Boswell

"The Highland Jaunt was the pleasantest part of all my life. I would not lose the recollection of it for five hundred pounds." - Dr. Samuel Johnson

"This was a programme with real human warmth" (The Guardian)
"It was a film... which held attention by its sheer naturalism" (Yorkshire Post)
"It was a delight from start to finish" (Morning Star)

Though Dr. Johnson was predisposed to dislike Scotland and the 'Scotch,' by the end of the tour, physically uncomfortable though it had been for a portly gentleman of his age, he was thoroughly converted, and James Boswell, the friend who had talked him into undertaking the trip, could congratulate himself on having completely won over the otherwise stubborn Sage of Lichfield.
(Colour)

Contributors

Author:
James Boswell
Adapted by/Director:
Patrick Garland
Costumes:
Dorothea Wallace
Make-up:
Shirley Boakes
Executive Producer:
Stephen Hearst
Dr. Samuel Johnson:
Peter Woodthorpe
James Boswell:
Gary Bond
Francis Barber:
Charles Baptiste
Passenger in coach:
John Young
Passenger in coach:
Nancy Mitchell
Passenger in coach:
Dan Aitken
Mrs. Boswell:
Marillyn Gray
Kerr:
Ian Gilmour
Brown:
Dudley Stuart White
Landlady:
Betty Henderson
Old Highland lady:
Effie Morrison
MacLeod:
Tom Fidelo
Flora MacDonald:
Lennox Milne
Kingsburgh:
Alex McCrindle
Lady MacLeod:
Dame Flora MacLeod Of MacLeod
Mrs. MacKinnon:
Marion White
Margaret MacDonald:
Kathleen Donnelly
Piper:
Seamus MacNeill
Piper:
Angus MacLeod
Fiddler:
Bobby Harvey
Hodge, the cat:
null Trixie
[Actress]:
Catherine Maxwell-Stuart
[Actor]:
Iain Agnew
[Actor]:
George Cockburn
[Actor]:
John Gaffney
[Actor]:
Alan Smith
[Actress]:
Isabel Tweedie
[Actor]:
Paul Douglas
[Actor]:
George Maclean
[Actor]:
William McCaskell
[Actor]:
Peter McCaskell

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