Boswell's Lives

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Miles Jupp stars as James Boswell, Dr Johnson's time-travelling biographer.

Miles Jupp stars as James Boswell, Dr Johnson's time-travelling biographer, recalling the lives of other legends alive and dead in Jon Canter's comedy series.

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Miles Jupp

Amelia Bullmore

Jon Canter

Sally Avens

Boswell's Lives: Series 3: Boswell's Life of de Beauvoir

Boswell's Life of de Beauvoir

Series 3

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Time-travelling biographer James Boswell meets Simone de Beauvoir.

4 Extra Debut. Boswell gains lessons in equality as he helps de Beauvoir clean her apartment. Stars Miles Jupp and Amelia Bullmore. From 2018.

James Boswell meets Simone de Beauvoir and gains several lessons in equality as he helps clean her apartment allowing her to complete her book The Second Sex. 

Would radical modern feminism have existed without him?

Jon Canter’s sitcom sees James Boswell become a time-travelling biographer - doing for other celebrities what he did for Dr Johnson.

Boswell ...... Miles Jupp
Simone de Beauvoir ...... Amelia Bullmore

Producer: Sally Avens

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 2018.

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