Boswell and Johnson's Tour of the Western Isles

Synopsis

In the autumn of 1773, the English writer Samuel Johnson visits the Hebrides, or Western Isles, off the North-West coast of Scotland. With him are his friend, the Scotsman James Boswell, and his black servant Francis Barber. Staying with a series of hosts, including elderly Jacobite heroine Flora McDonald, Johnson and Boswell encounter traditional Scottish hospitality at first-hand, all the time arguing about politics (and in Boswell's case losing his head over every pretty woman he meets). Meanwhile, Francis and another black servant they encounter provide evidence of the new consciousness emerging in Britain's soon-to-be-independent American colonies.

Main Cast

Robbie Coltrane

Dr Samuel Johnson

Age : N/A | Popularity : 72%

John Sessions

James Boswell

Age : N/A | Popularity : 33%

Celia Imrie

Lady MacDonald

Age : N/A | Popularity : 100%

Ruth McGhie

Flora McDonald

Age : N/A | Popularity : 4%

Penelope McGhie

Miss Campbell

Age : N/A | Popularity : 10%

Nicola Esson

Elizabeth McQuarrie

Age : N/A | Popularity : 0%

Mark Anstee

Captain MacLeod

Age : N/A | Popularity : 5%

Alan David

Sir Aeneas MacPherson

Age : N/A | Popularity : 13%

Crew

Department	Role	Name
Writing	Writer	John Byrne
Directing	Director	John Byrne
Production	Producer	Nicholas Barton
Department	Role	Name

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