Marvellous
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Marvellous DVD cover | |
| Written by | Peter Bowker |
| Directed by | Julian Farino |
| Starring | Toby Jones |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| Original language | English |
| Production | |
| Producer | Katie Swinden |
| Cinematography | David Odd |
| Running time | 90 minutes |
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| Original release | |
| Network | BBC Two |
| Release | 25 September 2014 |
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.