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Ep 2 A New Normal

Duration: 44 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LWLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW

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Second series of Jonathan Hall's comedy drama about an inner city academy school in Salford and how it coped with the pandemic in 2020. Starring Julie Hesmondhalgh.

September 2020. After the chaos of the A Level results, East Salford Academy welcomes back the students. There is going to be a new normal. Rigorous Covid protocols have to be followed. How will they cope with social distancing, classroom bubbles and bottles of cheap hand sanitiser? And that's just the staff.

Yvette ..... Julie Hesmondhalgh
Sir Ken ..... Jonathan Keeble
Tim ..... Ashley Margolis
Joy/Carol ..... Susan Twist
Dhruti ..... Mina Anwar
Chris ..... Jake Ferretti
Candice/Wendy ..... Verity Henry

Producer/Director Gary Brown
A BBC Audio Drama North Production.

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