Clare In The Community. Copyright: BBC
Clare In The Community

Clare In The Community

  • Radio sitcom
  • BBC Radio 4
  • 2004 - 2019
  • 73 episodes (12 series)

Social worker Clare Barker (Sally Phillips) has a tendancy to find solutions to other people's problems rather than solving her own. Also features Alex Lowe, Nina Conti, Richard Lumsden, Gemma Craven, Liza Tarbuck and more.

Clare In The Community. Copyright: BBC

Key details

Genre
Sitcom
Broadcast
2004 - 2019
Channel
BBC Radio 4
Episodes
73 (12 series)
Creator
Harry Venning
Stars
Sally Phillips, Alex Lowe, Nina Conti, Richard Lumsden, Gemma Craven, Liza Tarbuck, Sarah Kendall, Andrew Wincott and more
Writers
Harry Venning and David Ramsden
Producers
Katie Tyrrell, Alexandra Smith and Paul Schlesinger
Company

Radio sitcom set around the professional and personal life of the social worker Clare Barker. Control freak Clare likes nothing better than interfering in other people's lives on both a professional and personal basis.

Using constant professional and technical jargon while working with colleagues and at home with her partner Brian, Clare rarely finds time to solve her own problems. She is too involved improving her client's lives and solving her friend's problems. For Clare everything is a competition, from having the ultimate linguistic answer to an argument, to improving Brian's lifestyle and their relationship as a couple. Through frequent 'talks' about their relationship, Clare and Brian agree that they love each other but eventually come to realise that they have little shared interests.

Clare is in her thirties, white, middle-class and heterosexual, all of which are occasional causes of discomfort to her.

Each week we join Clare in her continued struggle 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.

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Broadcast details

First broadcast
Friday 26th November 2004 at 11:30am on BBC Radio 4
Next repeats
  1. Series 7, Episode 5: Today at 10:30pm on Radio 4 Extra
  2. Series 7, Episode 6: Thursday 4th April at 10:30pm on Radio 4 Extra
Most recent repeats

Recording details

  • BBC Radio Theatre
  • RADA Studios

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