Boswell & Johnson's Scottish Road Trip

Boswell & Johnson's Scottish Road Trip

2020•45m

Documentary

Following comedian Frank Skinner and Scottish crime writer Denise Mina as they team up to recreate James Boswell's and Dr Johnson's 18th century trip through Scotland to the Hebrides.

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Language

EN

Status

Returning Series

First Aired

October 7, 2020

Last Aired

October 7, 2020

Networks

Sky Arts

Created By

Frank Skinner

Where to Watch

Region US · Lang EN

US

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Seasons & Episodes

Select a season to view episodes. Reddit links may contain spoilers.

Season

E1

Episode 1

Air date: 2020-10-07

In the first episode, they leave Edinburgh and head up the east coast. Johnson wasn’t impressed by much until they got to Macbeth country near Forres, at which point he became quite ecstatic – as does Skinner.

Cast

Frank Skinner

Frank Skinner

Himself

Denise Mina

Denise Mina

Herself

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