The Maltby Collection is a BBC Radio 4 sitcom set in a small, threatened art gallery.
On 26 August 2009 a third series began airing, with the museum facing huge budget cuts due to the economic downturn.
Rod Millet, the son of a well-known maker of biscuits, returns to the museum where he spent his adolescence retreating from the world.
Rod is not particularly suitable, but he does play midfield in soccer, much to the delight of Director Brindle, and he has certain qualities that catch the eye of the Curator, Prunella Edgcombe.
In the second series it is revealed that the museum's endowment originally came from the company "Joshua Maltby & Sons", a manufacturer of porcelain toilets in Blackburn.
Prunella begins to dislike Julian's foibles while Rod defends Brindle against Susie's attempts to torment him.
Characters tend to have long, almost poetic speeches, frequently reciting witty lists of ideas or qualities.
Rod: Enthusiasm, natural good taste, dedication, energy, judgment, reliability, industriousness, warmth, biscuits, stamina, a new perspective, a fresh eye, streetwise shrewdness, passion, perspicacity, practicality, punctuality, imagination, integrity and... humility.
Actor Geoffrey Palmer, who plays Director Brindle, has had a long association with Nobbs, beginning with The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin.