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2. Roddy

Episode 2 of 5

1950s welfare worker ER Braithwaite tries to find a London home for an abandoned boy named Roddy. Stars Kwame Kwei-Armah.

Welfare worker Braithwaite tries to find a London home for an abandoned boy named Roddy.

Stars Kwame Kwei-Armah.

A sequel 'To Sir, With Love', written by ER Braithwaite, describing his work as a child welfare officer in late 1950s London, navigating the discriminatory attitudes of the time.

Abridged in five parts by Anne Edyvean.

ER Braithwaite .... Kwame Kwei-Armah
Ellesworth / Griffiths .... Nyasha Hatendi
Miss Coney .... Lisa Stevenson
MP .... John Rowe

Other parts were played by members of the cast.

Director: Jessica Dromgoole

First broadcast on 麻豆社 Radio 4 in June 2008.

15 minutes

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