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- Status: Returning Series
- First Aired: October 7, 2020
- Seasons: 1
- Episodes: 1
- Networks: Sky Arts
- Genres: Documentary
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Boswell & Johnson's Scottish Road Trip(2020)
Overview
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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