An American in Luton: John Hegley

A tall and unannounced Maine man appears in a seemingly ordinary 1960's English living room.

He is the high chaperone and bringer of a grandmother

who has not seen her office-worker son for decades - her grandchildren, never.

His job done, this curious visitor hands the children each a ten-dollar bill, says his goodbyes and is gone -

off up the suburban street, into the evening and perhaps a hotel in the town centre on his horse.

A story of family, fantasy, love, loss and an ancient stamp album, with a Caravaggio and a wry dry stone-waller thrown into the mix.