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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

The Pickerskill Reports: Series 2

The Pickerskill Reports: Series 2: Episode 3: Timothy Spoontz

Series 2

Episode 3

Episode 3: Timothy Spoontz

Timothy Spoontz

BBC Radio 4 Extra - The Pickerskill Reports, Series 2, Timothy Spoontz

The new progressive headmaster Mike Poulson Jabby decides to impose an austerity drive.

When the new progressive headmaster Mike Poulson Jabby decides to impose an austerity drive, the inventive agricultural talents of young boarder Timothy Spoontz provide a solution.

Written and Directed by Andrew McGibbon.

When the new progressive headmaster Mike Poulson Jabby decides to impose an austerity drive in the seventies, the quality of the school's food is compromised as part of the tedious process. But the inventive agricultural talents of young boarder, Timothy Spoontz, helped by his successful father's growing agricultural business, provide the school and Castlereagh House with it's own privately delivered supply of food - until Mike Poulson Jabby gets wind of it.

Cast:
Dr Henry Pickerskill ...... Ian McDiarmid 
Timothy Spoontz ....... Harry McEntire 
Mike Poulson Jabby ...... Mike Priest 
Lefty Rogers ....... Tony Gardner 
Stanislaw ....... 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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