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Babysitter

Can social worker Clare manage to look after a 16-year-old lad for the evening? Stars Sally Phillips and Alex Lowe. From 2004.

Work colleague Helen has a date for the first time in eight years.

So Clare gets roped into looking after a 16-year-old delinquent Gareth for the evening....

Sally Phillips is Clare Barker the social worker with all the right jargon but never a practical solution. Bogged down with her own issues, she's not so good at listening to others and often manages to put her foot in it with her views.

A control freak, Clare likes nothing more than bossing others around. She's in her 30s, white, middle class and heterosexual, all of which are occasional causes of discomfort to her.

Written by Harry Venning and David Ramsden.

Clare ...... Sally Phillips
Brian ..... Alex Lowe

With:

Richard Lumsden
Gemma Craven
Ellen Thomas
Nina Conti
Paul Chequer
Emily Wachter

Producer: Katie Tyrell

First broadcast on ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4 in November 2004.

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30 minutes

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