Marvellous (2014)

Directed by

Julian Farino

Genre

biographical film

Country

United Kingdom

Runtime

1h 30m

Rating

7.1 of 10 from 104 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This film tells the true story of Neil Baldwin, a man from Staffordshire who becomes an honorary graduate of Keele University and later works as a kit-man for Stoke City Football Club. It follows his life and the positive impact he has on those around him.

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What happens

Marvellous is a 90-minute British drama television film first broadcast on BBC Two on 25 September 2014. Directed by Julian Farino and written by Peter Bowker, it is about the life of Neil Baldwin from Westlands, Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffordshire. In the 1990s Baldwin, now an honorary graduate of Keele University, was appointed as Stoke City Football Club's kit-man by its manager Lou Macari. Baldwin's autobiography, Marvellous: Neil Baldwin – My Story, was published in hardback in 2015. In 2022 his story was told on stage, in a play, also called Marvellous, performed at the New Vic Theatre in Newcastle-under-Lyme and at @sohoplace in London's West End. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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