Scoop (1987)
Scoop is a 1987 TV film directed by Gavin Millar, adapted by William Boyd from the 1938 satirical novel Scoop by Evelyn Waugh. It was produced by Sue Birtwistle with executive producers Nick Elliott and Patrick Garland. Original music was made by Stanley Myers. The story is about a reporter sent to Ishmaelia (a fictional African state) by accident.
ScoopComedy, TV Movie
Cast
- Michael Maloney — William Boot
- Michael Hordern — Uncle Theodor
- Denholm Elliott — Salter
- Donald Pleasence — Lord Copper
- Robert Eddison — Troutbeck
- Helen Lindsay — Mrs. Boot
- Gwen Nelson — Granny Boot
- Nicholas Le Prevost — John Boot
- Jake Wood — Paper Boy
- Nicola Pagett — Julia Stitch
- Lucy Speed — Josephine Stitch
- Fred Pearson — Editor
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