1. Suspension
4 Extra Debut. A social worker is on suspension, hiding from the press, on SSRIs - so who’s shouting her name in the supermarket? Stars Claire Skinner.
Until five months ago, Liz was a hard-nosed child-protection social worker.
Today she doesn't know who she is, except that she's on suspension, hiding from the press, dosed up on SSRIs ... and that there's someone shouting her name in the supermarket.
It's an irony of child protection, that if you've been a social worker long enough to remove two children from a woman at birth, that means you may be the one constant in her life she can trust.
So when Tamsin tracks down her old social worker Liz for help, she doesn't care that Liz is on suspension and forbidden from talking to her. Or that Liz is the current hate figure of the national press, after the violent death of a child on her caseload.
Tamsin just wants help.
Should Liz ignore her? Or is time to break the rules?
Claire Skinner is best known to TV viewers as harassed mum Sue in Outnumbered, but her wide-ranging career includes long associations with Mike Leigh, Alan Ayckbourn, and Sam Mendes.
Lacey Turner won a fistful of awards for her portrayal of EastEnders' Stacey Slater over 6 years, and recent TV work includes starring in True Love and Our Girl.
Martin Jameson is a prolific screenwriter, director and playwright whose recent work on Radio 4 includes Can You Tell Me The Name Of The Prime Minister?, The Night They Tried To Kidnap The Prime Minister and Stone.
Written in five parts by Martin Jameson.
Liz Beecham ...... Claire Skinner
Tamsin Geraghty ...... Lacey Turner
Clive Beecham ...... Michael Bertenshaw
Maureen Beecham ...... Christine Absalom
Justin ...... Jerome Holder
Chloe ...... Hannah Wood
Director: Jonquil Panting.
First broadcast on Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4 in August 2013.
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Credits
Role | Contributor |
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Liz Beecham | Claire Skinner |
Tamsin Geraghty | Lacey Turner |
Clive Beecham | Michael Bertenshaw |
Maureen Beecham | Christine Absalom |
Justin | Jerome Holder |
Chloe | Hannah Wood |
Director | Jonquil Panting |
Producer | Jonquil Panting |
Writer | Martin Jameson |
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- Mon 19 Aug 2013 10:45Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4
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