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ScreenPlay

Drama

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.

Jul 9, 19868 seasons87 episodesEndedEN

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Seasons

Series 1

13 episodes

Premiered Jul 8, 1986

Series 2

10 episodes

Premiered Jul 14, 1987

Series 3

11 episodes

Premiered Jul 12, 1988

Series 4

12 episodes

Premiered Jul 4, 1989

Series 5

13 episodes

Premiered Jul 10, 1990

Series 6

10 episodes

Premiered Jul 2, 1991

Series 7

12 episodes

Premiered Jun 30, 1992

Series 8

6 episodes

Premiered Sep 21, 1993

Episodes

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Ep 1

All Together Now

Jul 9, 1986

The weekly brass band rehearsal is an enjoyable, light-hearted occasion. Then Mathew, the conductor, introduces James, a newcomer to the village, who is an enthusiastic bandsman from the north, where they do these things properly.

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Ep 2

Daylight Robbery

Jul 16, 1986

Neglected by her family, kept apart from her grandchildren, desperately short of money, Bea begins to gamble - at first for small stakes, but ultimately for the highest stake of all: revenge for the past.

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Ep 3

Brick Is Beautiful

Jul 23, 1986

'Bricks have a future, Mr Clark - you can count on that. They're out there waiting to be taken!' 'There is one small problem.' 'What's that?' 'Well - they're still attached to buildings, most of them, aren't they?' Steve thinks there is a fortune in reclaimed bricks. But how will his ambition affect his girlfriend, Maureen, and his mates, Brad, Dez and Snapper?

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Ep 4

Knowing the Score

Jul 30, 1986

Graeme has musical talent and is struggling to be allowed to express it. Lois is being pushed by her mother into solo parts in the girls' choir. Together they have to perform at a competitive concert while parents and supporters keep score.

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Ep 5

Drums Along Balmoral Drive

Aug 6, 1986

'I don't think at first I thought at all. I had a nice house, lovely kids. I didn't think about blacks at all. I should've done, but I didn't. They were just there.'

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Ep 6

Asinamali

Aug 13, 1986

Five blacks in South Africa end up in jail - for crimes which range from shooting a security policeman to sleeping with a white boss's wife. What they all share is the conviction that the 'Day of Reckoning' is at hand.

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