Boswell At Large - A Corsican Adventure [Drama]

Boswell

Lorn Macdonald

Jacob

Alasdair Hankinson

Luigi

Andy Clark

Padre Guilio

David Ashton

Countess

Anita Vettesse

Ambrosio

Jimmy Chisholm

Paoli

Gavin Mitchell

Director

Kirsty Williams

Writer

David Ashton

Series

First
Broadcast

Repeated

Comments

DRAMA

20170121

20200621 (BBC7)
20200622 (BBC7)
20180331 (R4)

An irreverent riff on James Boswell's Corsican journals. By David Ashton.

Drama from BBC Radio 4

An irreverent riff on James Boswell's Tour to Corsica.

By the creator of Radio 4's much loved detective series McLevy, David Ashton.

James Boswell is 24 and under pressure to grow up and become a man. He heads to Europe to buy some time and sets foot on Corsica, hoping for adventure. What he finds is a fearless society of freedom fighters and their charismatic leader.

Flutist: Claire Simpson

Directed by Kirsty Williams.

Episodes

Series	First Broadcast	Repeated	Comments
DRAMA	20170121	20200621 (BBC7) 20200622 (BBC7) 20180331 (R4)	An irreverent riff on James Boswell's Corsican journals. By David Ashton. Drama from BBC Radio 4 An irreverent riff on James Boswell's Tour to Corsica. By the creator of Radio 4's much loved detective series McLevy, David Ashton. James Boswell is 24 and under pressure to grow up and become a man. He heads to Europe to buy some time and sets foot on Corsica, hoping for adventure. What he finds is a fearless society of freedom fighters and their charismatic leader. Flutist: Claire Simpson Directed by Kirsty Williams.