Paid Servant [15 Minute Drama]

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0120080609Braithwaite is seconded to the London County Council as a child welfare officer.
0220080610Braithwaite struggles in his role as child welfare officer to place a boy of mixed race.
0320080611ER 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

0420080612Braithwaite is giving up hope of finding a family for abandoned Roddy.
0520080613Braithwaite goes far beyond his remit to place Roddy with a good family.