Scoop

— Oct 1972 1 Season 7 Episodes

Returning Series

Overview

William Boot, a mild-mannered contributor of "Nature Notes" to a national newspaper, is mistaken for a famous foreign correspondent and dispatched to Ishmaelia to cover a war. This series is believed to be lost.

BBC

🇬🇧 United Kingdom · English

Cast

Harry Worth

William Boot

Sinéad Cusack

Katchen

Brian Oulton

Salter

James Beck

Corker

Dan Jackson

Dr. Benito

John Junkin

Baldwin

Moray Watson

Bannister

Brian Coburn

Olafson

Gerald Flood

John Boot

Hugh Latimer

Cuthbert

Jean Anderson

Great Aunt Anne

Arthur Brough

Bentinck

The Stitch Service

Someone must cover the war in Ishmaelia for the "Daily Beast" - can Mrs. Stitch arrange for the famous novelist John Boot to do the job?

Oct 8, 1972

The Complete Traveller

By mistake, the mild-mannered and inexperienced William Boot is to be sent to Ishmaelia to cover the war.

Oct 15, 1972

The War Torn Ishmaelia

Formerly the writer of "Nature Notes", William Boot is now expected to become a war correspondent.

Oct 22, 1972

Stones £20

Oct 29, 1972

The Scoop

Nov 5, 1972

The Ubiquitous Mr. Baldwin

Just who is this mystery man Baldwin and whose side is he on?

Nov 12, 1972

A Surfeit of Boots

When Boot returns in wholly undeserved glory, Lord Copper arranges a banquet to celebrate.

Nov 19, 1972

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