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

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.