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Mathew Horne and Daniel May star in the Essex job centre comedy by Steven Burge.

Mathew Horne and Daniel May star in the comedy set in an Essex job centre. Written by Steven Burge.

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Mathew Horne

Daniel Mays

Tony Way

Zahra Ahmadi

Hannah Wood

Alex Lowe

Bharti Patel

Steve Oram

Philippa Stanton

Michael Bertenshaw

Katie Tyrrell

Steven Burge

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Someone has left a baby at the jobcentre. Comedy from 2013.

Someone has left a baby at the job centre, so Stuart, Joe and Terry have to look after it. Stars Mathew Horne. From October 2013.

Someone's left a baby under Terry's seat. When the owner doesn't come back, Stuart, Joe and Terry have to look after it. 

They argue about if they were in Three Men and a Baby, which character they'd be. Obviously, all three of them want to be Tom Selleck. 

Stuart has a brainwave and uses the baby to show Nicola how mature and grown up he is, and in a moment of inspiration he claims it's his adopted child. 

This moment of inspiration turns out to be a moment of stupidity when Stuart is challenged by the incensed mother who returns to find her baby in a papoose strapped to Stuart. She blames the father. 

Who is the father?

Steven Burge’s comedy about the staff and the clients who frequent a Job Centre in the Essex town of Rayleigh.

Starring Matthew Horne and Daniel Mays.

Stuart    ......    Mathew Horne
Joe    ......    Daniel Mays
Terry    ......    Tony Way
Nicola    ......    Zahra Ahmadi
Ribena    ......    Hannah Wood
Mr Brooks    ......    Alex Lowe
Tom Boddle    ......    Alex Lowe
Mrs Kangalee    ......    Bharti Patel
Gary Probert    ......    Steve Oram
Policewoman    ......    Philippa Stanton
Policeman    ......    Michael Bertenshaw

Producer: Katie Tyrrell

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in October 2013.

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