Staffroom Monologues is a series of four short dramas based on the winning scripts of a Teachers TV competition that received an astonishing 725 entries from teachers, support staff and governors. The programme is introduced by the script-editor and award-winning screenwriter Tony Marchant. In 'Locked Stockroom and Two Smoking Gerbils', written by supply teacher Steve Eddison, Bill Paterson plays an executive headteacher who finds himself locked in a music stockroom. Watch as he tries to put the pieces together to work out why he is in there. Bill Paterson delivers a powerful performance full of insight and humour. Following this, there's an interview with the author, illuminating the thinking behind the drama.

Video Series: Staffroom Monologues
Release Date 2006