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1958: Teacher ER Braithwaite faces more prejudice as a child welfare officer. 'To Sir With Love' sequel with Kwame Kwei-Armah.

London, 1958: Teacher ER Braithwaite is seconded to London County Council as a child welfare officer, charged with cases involving "his people".

Stars Kwame Kwei-Armah.

ER Braithwaite's sequel 'To Sir, With Love' - an autobiographical novel describing his work as a child welfare officer in 1950s London, navigating the discriminatory attitudes of the time.

Abridged in five parts by Anne Edyvean.

ER Braithwaite .... Kwame Kwei-Armah
Mr Bentham .... Jimmy Akingbola
Mrs Bentham .... Clare Perkins
Miss Coney .... Lisa Stevenson
Matron .... Joan Walker
Roddy .... Cara Halls

Director: Jessica Dromgoole

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 2008.

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