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Clare Barker stars as the social worker with all the politically correct jargon

Sony Award-winning sitcom by Harry Venning and David Ramsden. Clare Barker is a social worker with all the politically correct jargon but none of the practical solutions. Stars Sally Phillips.

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Sally Phillips

Alex Lowe

Nina Conti

Richard Lumsden

Pippa Haywood

Andrew Wincott

Sarah Kendall

Sarah Thom

Eleanor Curry

Amelia Lowdell

Neet Mohan

Elliot Steel

Harry Venning

David Ramsden

Alexandra Smith

Clare in the Community: Series 10: Sisters

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Series 10

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Clare and her estranged sister are forced to cooperate with one another.

Social worker Clare Barker and her estranged sister are forced to co-operate with one another. Stars Sally Phillips. From 2015.

Clare and her estranged sister are forced to co-operate with one another, in between some Sparrowhawk team lead self-defence training.

Sally Phillips is Clare Barker the social worker who has all the right jargon but never a practical solution.

A control freak, Clare likes nothing better than interfering in other people's lives on both a professional and personal basis. Clare is in her thirties, white, middle class and heterosexual, all of which are occasional causes of discomfort to her.

Clare continually struggles to control both her professional and private life In today's Big Society there are plenty of challenges out there for an involved, caring social worker. Or even Clare.

Written by Harry Venning and David Ramsden.

Clare ...... Sally Phillips
Brian ...... Alex Lowe 
 Nali/ Megan ...... Nina Conti 
 Ray ...... Richard Lumsden
 Helen ...... Pippa Haywood
 Simon ...... Andrew Wincott
 Libby ...... Sarah Kendall
 Joan/ Sarah Barker ...... Sarah Thom
 Scarlett ...... Eleanor Curry 
 Stine Wetzel ...... Amelia Lowdell 
 Hunter ...... Neet Mohan
 Dylan ...... Elliot Steel 

Producer Alexandra Smith.

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in July 2015.

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Sitcom about a social worker who struggles to control her professional and private life

Sitcom by Harry Venning and David Ramsden about Clare Barker, the social worker who is always struggling to control both her professional and private life

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