Episodes
Episode | First Broadcast | Comments |
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01 | 20080609 | Braithwaite is seconded to the London County Council as a child welfare officer. |
02 | 20080610 | Braithwaite struggles in his role as child welfare officer to place a boy of mixed race. |
03 | 20080611 | ER Braithwaite's novel, set in London in 1958, is based on his experiences as a black social worker in a racist society. Braithwaite encounters casual racism everywhere and bristles at all reference to 'his people'. But wherever it is absent, he celebrates. ER Braithwaite - Kwame Kwei Armah Mr Bentham - Jimmy Akingbola Mrs Bentham - Clare Perkins Jim - John Rowe Mrs Larkin - Lisa Stevenson Mr Larkin - Chris Pavlo Ellesworth - Nyasha Hatendi Ella - Liz Sutherland Matron - Joan Walker Roddy - Cara Hails Abridged by Anne Edyvean. Directed by Jessica Dromgoole. Braithwaite encounters casual racism everywhere and bristles at references to 'his people |
04 | 20080612 | Braithwaite is giving up hope of finding a family for abandoned Roddy. |
05 | 20080613 | Braithwaite goes far beyond his remit to place Roddy with a good family. |