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

Phaldut Sharma

Clive Hayward

Jon Canter

Sally Avens

Boswell's Lives: Series 3: Boswell's Life of Gandhi

Boswell's Life of Ghandi

Boswell's Life of Gandhi

Series 3

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Time-travelling biographer James Boswell meets Gandhi.

4 Extra Debut. Boswell meets Gandhi, and attempts to become a better man under his guidance. Stars Miles Jupp and Phaldut Sharma. From 2018.

James Boswell meets Gandhi, and Boswell attempts for not entirely selfless reasons to become a better man under Gandhi's guidance, but abstinence drives Boswell to distraction and worse.

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
Phaldut Sharma ...... Ghandi

Producer: Sally Avens

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 2018.

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