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Drama series inspired by the work of Children in Need and based upon real life cases.

Drama series inspired by the work of the Children in Need charity and based upon real life cases. Written by Amanda Whittington in collaboration with charity organisations.

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D for Dexter: Series 7: Episode 1

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Skye is usually on Dexter-duty but now she's got nothing to do.

4 Extra Debut. Skye is usually on Dexter-duty, but now she's got nothing to do. He's gone to stay with his dad. Stars Sydney Wade.

Skye is anxious and distracted, with nothing to do. She's usually on Dexter-duty, a full time job: looking after an eight-year-old with special needs. 

But Dexter's going away. For four nights. To stay with his dad.  


Skye and Dexter return in this heart-breaking, heart-warming story, which won the 2016 Audio Drama Award for Best Serial, a Special Commendation in Best Actress category for Sydney Wade as Skye in 2019.

Skye is 17 and Dexter eight. They live in Gainsborough in Lincolnshire, where standing out as different doesn't always end well. Skye narrates, inviting us into her ordinary, extraordinary life: a dysfunctional world. 

There's the fall-out from Covid (you try home-schooling an eight-year-old with no laptop or Wi-Fi), and Jak's crazy attempts at 'Truth-Seeking'. Skye can't stop thinking about Scarlett, the girl she met last year, who left town. But Aiden Hardy is still around and he's got a thing for Skye. She has always had to look after Dex because their alcoholic mum Jak can't. But maybe it's Dexter who's kept Skye going, not the other way round. How will she survive without him?

Skye and Dexter's story is developed through close collaboration with BBC Children in Need and one of the projects they help fund, SAYiT, a Sheffield-based charity that provides practical support around LGBT+ life, sexual health, HIV and mental wellbeing. It is also inspired by on-going voluntary work in Gainsborough.

The last of seven series by Amanda Whittington.

Skye ..... Sydney Wade
Jak ..... Una McNulty
Dexter ..... Alfie Johnson-McCann
Ed ..... Mark Addy
Scarlett ..... Scarlett Courtney
Aiden Hardy ..... Will Kirk

Guitar by Tom Constantine.

Director, Mary Ward-Lowery

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 2020.

D for Dexter: Series 7

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Skye and Dexter return in the 7th series of this heart-breaking, heart-warming story.

Amanda Whittington's heart-breaking, heart-warming story. Eight-year-old Dexter has gone to stay with his dad and Skye (now 17) is worried he won't cope without her.

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