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Nick Warburton - Conversation from the Engine Room

Lonely school caretaker Marriott gets visits from lonely pupil Robert. Does innocence bind them? Starring Colin Douglas.

Marriott is a school caretaker. He calls his boiler room the engine room of a ship, with the ship as the school and its cargo - the pupils.

One of them is Robert, a lonely boy, just as Marriott is a lonely man.

But they have something else in common.... could it be innocence?

Nick Warburton’s school-based drama.

Marriott ...... Colin Douglas
Fox ...... Hugh Dickson
Miss Murdoch ...... Avril Clarke
Robert ...... Roy Merchant.

Recorded with contributions from the Music Teacher and pupils of St Gildas’ School in North London.

Director: John Tydeman

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in July 1986.

1 hour

Last on

Mon 7 Nov 202204:00

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  • Mon 7 Nov 202204:00