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3. Care

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Welfare worker ER Braithwaite searches for a home for Roddy, but there are other children in need too. Stars Kwame Kwei-Armah.

Welfare worker ER Braithwaite searches for a home for Roddy, but there are other children in need too.

Stars Kwame Kwei-Armah.

ER Braithwaite's sequel 'To Sir, With Love' - an autobiographical novel describing his work as a child welfare officer in 1950s London, navigating the discriminatory attitudes of the time.

Abridged by Anne Edyvean.

Other parts were played by members of the cast.

Director: Jessica Dromgoole

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 2008.

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15 minutes

Last on

Thu 24 Sep 2026 03:45
BBC Radio 4 Extra

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