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Boswell's Lives. James Boswell (Miles Jupp). Copyright: BBC
Boswell's Lives

Boswell's Lives

  • Radio sitcom
  • BBC Radio 4
  • 2015 - 2018
  • 12 episodes (3 series)

Radio 4 series in which Miles Jupp plays James Boswell, the famous biographer.

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Cast
Person Role Episode count
Miles Jupp James Boswell
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  1. Series 1, Episode 1 - Boswell's Life Of Freud
  2. Series 1, Episode 2 - Boswell's Life Of Callas
  3. Series 1, Episode 3 - Boswell's Life Of Pinter
  4. Boswell's Life Of Johnson
  5. Series 2, Episode 1 - Boswell's Life of Muhammad Ali
  6. Series 2, Episode 2 - Boswell's Life of Marx
  7. Series 2, Episode 3 - Boswell's Life of Madonna
  8. Series 2, Episode 4 - Boswell's Life of Bennett
  9. Series 3, Episode 1 - Boswell's Life Of Byron
  10. Series 3, Episode 2 - Boswell's Life of de Beauvoir
  11. Series 3, Episode 3 - Boswell's Life of Christie
  12. Series 3, Episode 4 - Boswell's Life of Ghandi
 12
Guest cast
Person Role Episode count
Abbie Andrews Rose
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  1. Series 3, Episode 3 - Boswell's Life of Christie
 1
Amelia Bullmore Simonde de Beauvoir
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  1. Series 3, Episode 2 - Boswell's Life of de Beauvoir
 1
Harry Enfield Harold Pinter
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  1. Series 1, Episode 3 - Boswell's Life Of Pinter
 1
Freddie Fox Lord Byron
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  1. Series 3, Episode 1 - Boswell's Life Of Byron
 1
Henry Goodman Sigmund Freud
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  1. Series 1, Episode 1 - Boswell's Life Of Freud
 1
Clive Hayward Mr. Fortescue
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  1. Series 3, Episode 4 - Boswell's Life of Ghandi
 1
Clive Hayward The Prince of Wales
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  1. Series 3, Episode 4 - Boswell's Life of Ghandi
 1
Lenny Henry Muhammad Ali
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  1. Series 2, Episode 1 - Boswell's Life of Muhammad Ali
 1
Alistair McGowan Boris
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  1. Boswell's Life Of Johnson
 1
Alistair McGowan Alan Bennett
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  1. Series 2, Episode 4 - Boswell's Life of Bennett
 1
Vicki Pepperdine Agatha Christie
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  1. Series 3, Episode 3 - Boswell's Life of Christie
 1
Julian Rhind-Tutt Karl Marx
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  1. Series 2, Episode 2 - Boswell's Life of Marx
 1
Paul Sharma (as Phaldut Sharma) Gandhi
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  1. Series 3, Episode 4 - Boswell's Life of Ghandi
 1
Debra Stephenson Madonna
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  1. Series 2, Episode 3 - Boswell's Life of Madonna
 1
Arabella Weir Maria Callas
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  1. Series 1, Episode 2 - Boswell's Life Of Callas
 1
Writing team
Person Role Episode count
Jon Canter Writer
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  1. Series 1, Episode 1 - Boswell's Life Of Freud
  2. Series 1, Episode 2 - Boswell's Life Of Callas
  3. Series 1, Episode 3 - Boswell's Life Of Pinter
  4. Boswell's Life Of Johnson
  5. Series 2, Episode 1 - Boswell's Life of Muhammad Ali
  6. Series 2, Episode 2 - Boswell's Life of Marx
  7. Series 2, Episode 3 - Boswell's Life of Madonna
  8. Series 2, Episode 4 - Boswell's Life of Bennett
  9. Series 3, Episode 1 - Boswell's Life Of Byron
  10. Series 3, Episode 2 - Boswell's Life of de Beauvoir
  11. Series 3, Episode 3 - Boswell's Life of Christie
  12. Series 3, Episode 4 - Boswell's Life of Ghandi
 12
Production team
Person Role Episode count
Sally Avens Director
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  1. Series 1, Episode 1 - Boswell's Life Of Freud
  2. Series 1, Episode 2 - Boswell's Life Of Callas
  3. Series 1, Episode 3 - Boswell's Life Of Pinter
  4. Boswell's Life Of Johnson
  5. Series 2, Episode 1 - Boswell's Life of Muhammad Ali
  6. Series 2, Episode 2 - Boswell's Life of Marx
  7. Series 2, Episode 3 - Boswell's Life of Madonna
  8. Series 2, Episode 4 - Boswell's Life of Bennett
 8
Sally Avens Producer
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  1. Series 1, Episode 1 - Boswell's Life Of Freud
  2. Series 1, Episode 2 - Boswell's Life Of Callas
  3. Series 1, Episode 3 - Boswell's Life Of Pinter
  4. Series 2, Episode 1 - Boswell's Life of Muhammad Ali
  5. Series 2, Episode 2 - Boswell's Life of Marx
  6. Series 2, Episode 3 - Boswell's Life of Madonna
  7. Series 2, Episode 4 - Boswell's Life of Bennett
  8. Series 3, Episode 1 - Boswell's Life Of Byron
  9. Series 3, Episode 2 - Boswell's Life of de Beauvoir
  10. Series 3, Episode 3 - Boswell's Life of Christie
  11. Series 3, Episode 4 - Boswell's Life of Ghandi
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