Trustee From the Toolroom - BBC Saturday Night Theater - Nevil Shute

[@steviegaga]

One of the best stories of late - and I listen to many! Wonderfully told. Intrigue. Mystery. Romance. Coming of age - all the major themes are woven throughout this delightful tale. Thanks!

[@peterhassett9906]

Lovely comments, it really is uplifting reading them, I’ve had a lot of personal problems recently and you all made me feel very contented,

[@stuartashbourne-martin9629]

I cannot thank you enough the play was brilliant ☺️☺️☺️☺️☺️ I am a wheelchair user and so for me to spend an hour and a half going all the way to Tahiti and I'm not entirely where it is located people being caring for once life must have been a lot easier and I hope kinder because it's certainly isn't here in the UK arriva worse than land of the free thank you again for all your hard work best wishes Stuart

[@84CORVETTEBILL]

May God Bless you…. You’ve got such a positive outlook, and one of gratitude too. Quite rare these days. Blessings from Washington State 🇺🇸 USA!

[@colinglass7929]

Bravo All these dramas are great I got my Christmas line up right here there is nothing better then good radio dramas to make my year . I listen every day

[@rosebud3971]

Marvelous piece; very well written and performed! Thanks! 😊😊😊😊

[@j.dunlop8295]

One of the very best, utilitarian, writer's of quality, and adventure! Shutes deeply under appreciated, for what he produces, in plain speaking morale choices of his characters having to choose, actions they're willing to live with! 🤔

[@2msvalkyrie529]

Yes and he's almost forgotten today in favour of navel gazing pseudo intellectuals like Ian McEwan and Zadie Smith . The Emperor's New Clothes sums up the state of the Novel in Britain.!

[@stewartmcardle8149]

Saturday-Night Theatre: Trustee From The Toolroom First broadcast: Sat 22nd Aug 1964, 20:30 on BBC Home Service Basic The last novel by the late Nevil Shute adapted by Stephen Grenfell with Simon Lack and Inia Te Wiata. Keith Stewart was once an engineer in the toolroom, and he had remained a simple, diffident man. But those close to him knew that he would always be faithful to a trust, even if it took him halfway across the world........ Contributors (back announced at the end) Author:Nevil Shute Adapted by:Stephen Grenfell Produced By:Betty Davies Keith Stewart:Simon Lack Commander John Dermott: Patrick Barr Katie Stewart:Eva Stuart Jo Dermott:Mary Wimbush Janice:Jo Manning Wilson Mr Carpenter:Hamlyn Benson Peter Sanderson:Frederick Treves Oliver Thorn:Garard Green Captain Fielding:Peter Howell Alec Bourne:Bruce Beeby Captain Davies:Ralph Truman Jack Donnelly:Inia Te Wiata Dawn:Nicolette Bernard McNeil:Norman Claridge Cyrus O'Leary:Eric Anderson Molly:Isabel Rennie Sol Hirzhorn:Robert Ayres Chuck Ferris:Guy Kingsley Poynter Jim:Wilfrid Carter Petersen:Peter O'Shaughnessy Other parts played by:Members of the BBC Drama Repertory Company. * Source Genome project *

[@Su-Jo]

Thank you so much! I generally will pass over a story without a description but will check the comments in case someone posts it. Bonus for the cast!! Shame the channel won't bother to do this 😟

[@wiilwaalarawelo5795]

What a great play! I found myself totally immersed in it. Radio is way better than Television, it let's your brain work and fire your imagination.

[@herenow6953]

As a Nevil Shute fan I absolultely loved this - thank you for posting it. What wonderful story, what wonderful innocent days, what beautiful speech - everything about it. Nevil Shute was such a wonderful story teller.

[@kathryn1050]

Brilliant in every way! Thank you.

[@katherinerusche4883]

Thanks so much for posting this wonderful radio play of Trustee from the Toolroom. I adore this book and what a superb adaptation. I just loved it.

[@casper1959]

Probably one of the best stories I have ever heard. Certainly one of the nicest and heartwarming.

[@lydiamarks8577]

Superb I LOVED this play! In fact, all these wonderful plays you’re uploading are saving my sanity during this awful time with lockdowns, isolation periods etc. Thank you very much for sharing 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

[@lauralaladarling3775]

Absolutely marvellous. Thank you so much. Xxx

[@Loki.uk70]

What a wonderful tale thanks for sharing 👍😊

[@davidatherton7315]

This was a wonderful story and one of his best. It always saddened me he passed at 60. Who knows what other great stories he might have written? I have read this many times but enjoyed listening to it. I really wonder why more of his books are not put into movies. They are for the most part compelling stories.

[@minkgin3370]

I agree 100%. A wonderful story written by a great writer. Thank You.

[@geraldineorman4976]

Love all Neville Shute stories Trustee from the Toolroom and A Town Like Alice being favourite. Thanks so much for this.

[@jordsupp]

One of the best plays yet. Thankyou for uploading.

[@philhealey449]

Description of Neville Shute is a little light; he was also Barnes Wallis's right hand man in the design of the R100 airship (not the doomed R101 sister ship) and he also founded the Airspeed aircraft manufacturing company in the 1930s, designing the Envoy and other planes.

[@charliesmith_]

Ohhhh, this is SO _lovely!_ Nicest thing I ever listened to. Shared this with my friends. Will play this again and again. xxx 🙏💫👍💜 *Thank You* x

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[@simonmcgrath4112]

Brilliantly lovely and poignant play and the young child is such a great actor!! Thanx for upload

[@angelah2083]

Brilliant story, thank you.

[@bertspeggly4428]

I came across this while looking for information on the Congreve Clock. Very entertaining, thanks, I'll listen to more of these plays. My uncle was in the BBC Rep, but he doesn't seem to have been in the cast of this one.

[@janetclark9019]

What a lovely story to listen to on this cold and snowy day. Thank you!

[@daftirishmarej1827]

Wonderful book and a good adaptation. Thank you! No room for books so I have to do with audio ones now. Thanks again xx

[@peterhassett9906]

Lovely story with superb actors. Lovely

[@jeanniewallis6330]

Really lovely - thank you

[@cathygould]

I've always loved this book, happy to find it dramatized!

[@Shoshana-xh6hc]

Excellent, so enjoyable, thanks!

[@stephenperretti8847]

A lovely story. Sentimental, exciting, mysterious and a very sweet ending. 90 minutes well spent. Thsnk you for posting. Oh, I only know Neville shute from his apocalyptic post nuclear war, "On the Beach". I'm delighted to know that he had a lighter side of his talent.

[@madhuravallisundarrajan3965]

One of my favourite books....

[@kateh8845]

Brilliant play - really enjoyed it.

[@videofan792]

Excellent! I was wondering why more of Nevil Shute’s books have not been made into films. These plays are a nice alternative. 👏👏👏

[@nosnibor800]

What can we say ... Quality. I have read the books and now the plays. Thanks

[@nicola4894]

Fabulous. I thoroughly enjoyed this. Thank you ❤

[@marybowers2985]

Really enjoyed it. Thank you.

[@kayi9236]

Wonderful story, well acted, thank you.

[@debl9957]

Great story!

[@scottgeorge4268]

Lovely adaptation of the book, despite some of the acting - although probably OK for the era. Brilliantly put together to produce a marvellous listening. Thank you very much for uploading. 👍❤

[@bertspeggly4428]

"Despite some of the acting?" you must be joking.

[@bsastarfire250]

A great yarn. I also liked the bit of radio news after the finish.

[@captainswing4487]

Thanks....

[@kimmccabe1422]

Thank you!

[@flipcody174]

Very appreciative of this being uploaded. I think it is very well done. Obviously you can only cover certain bits in an hour and half but they covered the important bits. I was introduced to this book by my grandmother when I was a teenager and loved it. Later in life I was traveling in Africa and ran across it from a street vendor in Kampala, Uganda. I read it the whole book in one sitting. This book will always hold a special place for me. I always thought it would make a great movie...

[@margaretbedwell3211]

Thank you for sharing this excellent novel. Nevil Shute was one of my favorite authors. I hope you have more to put on audio books.

[@kimberlykasimoff1447]

Wow! This was a great story. It could have gone in so many directions. I like the course it took. Thank you for posting it.

[@littlebrookreader949]

Much enjoyed! Thank you!

[@lyndaa7560]

That was a cracking tale, it had everything humour, sadness, adventure & brains, I loved it. Many thanks xx

[@katieclarke1352]

What a great play! Thank you very much 🤗

[@maureenmcmonagle3321]

Very good. I just live the old fashioned books

[@duncanburbridge1734]

thank you once again

[@terinn7115]

Ever since I first heard this story, I 've had to re-listen to it at least once a year. Shute was a rip-snortin' storyteller.

[@queenashantee1957]

SUCH A MARVELLEOUS ENDING. MADE ME SMILE. TY FOR THE UPLOAD... YOU KNOW HUMILITY GOES SO FAR AND IT IS EVEN MORE HUMBLING WHEN IT SOLIDIFIES YOUR CHARACTER. A WONDERFUL STORY. 😄🙂

[@Ray-tk7ei]

Brilliant 🎉

[@strydom4]

Brilliant.

[@jeremypearson6852]

Very touching story that I’ve heard previously. An expat listening in S Florida.

[@kathryn1050]

That was brilliant! Thank you.

[@deniseroper9030]

I quite enjoyed it. British stiff upper lip. Think if I was on a sinking boat I might be rather more emotional. Did we really used to speak like that? Thank you for uploading 😀

[@lydiamarks8577]

I LOVE the accents here - just wish the Brits still spoke the same 💜💜

[@ciararespect4296]

@@lydiamarks8577 I. Do old bean what what. Now tallyho old fellow. Be a proper sport it's spiffing

[@49thorpe]

Loved it!!!

[@helenferullo5706]

Very enjoyable indeed.

[@Gillby47]

My pet hate is adults playing children in these old plays,it never works.

[@bilindalaw-morley161]

Thanks for the upload. I would love to read a review written.at the time, as I as well as a lot of commenters thought the acting wasn't very good. That's not a complaint, nor a criticism of the channel or uploader. Your efforts are much appreciated, even if sometimes they don't fit into your subscribers' taste

[@markrossow6303]

~ ~ ~ A Well-Made Sea Story ~ ~ ~

[@2msvalkyrie529]

The kid's only ten ? ! Sounds as though she's about 27 ! !

[@Gillby47]

Gala paygus islands,what a strange pronunciation.didn't notice the first time I listened.

[@elizabethkeenan7063]

This is rather like Janet and John for grown ups, amusing.

[@FrancienDanielsWebb]

Pity about all those annoying ads during the first few minutes? I was going to quit listening until I read the comments. I will preserve those ads! Just spoils the flow and I have to turn over to hit skip ads . I listen throughout the night oh another one but very short!,??

[@stevecook3673]

An adult playing a 10 year old , not a 10 year old I've ever heard . They all sound a bit robotic , were we as feckin starchy as that back then . .?

[@roger2008100]

Adults playing children never work shame

[@johnlindsay6923]

Why ?are you fed up playing a child?

[@suspendeddisbelief401]

@@johnlindsay6923 What an idiotic reply.

[@johnlindsay6923]

@@suspendeddisbelief401 Idiotic comment for an idiot.

[@johnlindsay6923]

@@suspendeddisbelief401 go away and grow up as obviously your parents had no knowledge of nurturing.