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Classic Serial: The A-Z of Dr Johnson - Boswell's Life of Johnson

Classic Serial: The A-Z of Dr Johnson - Boswell's Life of Johnson: Episode 1

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The A-Z of Dr Johnson - Boswell's Life of Johnson

Episode 1

BBC Radio 4 - Classic Serial, The A-Z of Dr Johnson - Boswell's Life of Johnson, Episode 1

Young Boswell heads to London, keen to write his hero Johnson's biography.

Young Boswell heads to London, keen to write Johnson's biography 'in scenes' with conversational dialogue. Stars Kenneth Cranham.

Dramatisation by Robin Brooks of James Boswell's biography of Samuel Johnson, to celebrate the 300th anniversary of Johnson's birth. 

Young Boswell comes to London to seek out his hero. He wants to write a biography of the great man 'in scenes', with Johnson's conversation cast as dialogue. Nothing quite like this has ever been attempted before. 

Samuel Johnson ...... Kenneth Cranham
James Boswell ...... Paul Higgins
King George ...... David Hargreaves
Louisa ...... Lizzy Watts
Joshua Reynolds ...... Matt Addis
Oliver Goldsmith ...... Stephen Hogan
Lady Di ...... Annabelle Dowler
Davies ...... Philip Fox

Directed by Claire Grove.

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Dramatisation by Robin Brooks of James Boswell's biography of Samuel Johnson

Dramatisation by Robin Brooks of James Boswell's biography of Samuel Johnson, to celebrate the 300th anniversary of Johnson's birth

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