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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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Boswell's Lives. Image shows from L to R: Harold Pinter (Harry Enfield), James Boswell (Miles Jupp), Sigmund Freud (Henry Goodman), Maria Callas (Arabella Weir). Copyright: BBC

Series 1 (2015)

A look at the lives of Sigmund Freud, Maria Callas and Harold Pinter.

Boswell's Lives. Image shows from L to R: Alan Bennett (Alistair McGowan), Karl Marx (Julian Rhind-Tutt), James Boswell (Miles Jupp), Muhammad Ali (Lenny Henry), Madonna (Debra Stephenson). Copyright: BBC

Series 2 (2016)

Boswell meets Muhammad Ali, Karl Marx, Madonna and Alan Bennett in the second series.

Boswell's Lives. Copyright: BBC

Series 3 (2018)

This series begins with Byron. Other subjects include Agatha Christie.

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