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By Andrew McGibbon. English master Dr Henry Pickerskill looks back on his favourite pupils

By Andrew McGibbon. Dr Henry Pickerskill, the now-retired English master of Haunchurst School for boys, looks back on his favourite pupils and their fortunes in the adult world

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The Pickerskill Reports: Series 2: Episode 2: Patrick Trumball

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Patrick Trumball

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Retired teacher Dr Henry Pickerskill recalls an unusual boy fascinated by thunderstorms.

Retired schoolmaster Dr Henry Pickerskill recalls an unusual boy fascinated by thunderstorms. Stars Ian McDiarmid. From August 2011.

Written and Directed by Andrew McGibbon.

Patrick Trumball's strange fascination for thunderstorms, lightening and other epic forces of nature appear to mark him out as an unusual, otherworldly child confirmed by Pickerskill when he discovers that the boy also possesses a perfect photographic memory. 

Cast:
Dr Henry Pickerskill ....... Ian McDiarmid 
Fintan Grice ....... Toby Longworth 
Patrick Trumball ....... Louis Williams 
A.R.F. Somerset Stephenson ....... Mike Sarne 
Stealgroynes ........ Jack Edwards 
Calman .......Kris Saddler 
Moorcroft ...... Joe Cooper 
Matron ....... Mia Soteriou


Producers: Nick Romero and Andrew McGibbon
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Retired English master Dr Henry Pickerskill looks back on his most memorable pupils

Darkly comic drama written by Andrew McGibbon. Dr Henry Pickerskill, English master of Haunchurst School, looks back on his most memorable pupils

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