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Skye hates to leave her baby brother Dexter with the foster-whatevers. Will they be back with their Mum? Stars Sydney Wade.

Skye hates to leave her baby brother Dexter with the foster-whatevers, but she knows that come Thursday, they'll all be back together.

With Mum.

And if that visit goes well, maybe they can both stay for more than a night.

Skye is 12, Dexter is three. They live in Gainsborough, Lincolnshire, but they were taken away from their Mum last year after things got bad.

There's nothing Skye wants more than to have the family back together. Her Mum has stopped drinking and Skye has had supervised visits. Now she's here for the whole of half-term and Dexter is coming too for the first time. Not the last time.

Amanda Whittington's heart-breakingly brave, funny and beautiful story, exploring the issue of neglect.

Skye and Dexter's story was developed with the help of Hull Children's University and Voice of Young People in Care, both organisations that receive funding for specific projects from 大象传媒 Children in Need.

Omnibus of five parts.

Skye...Sydney Wade
Dexter...Alfie Johnson
Joe...Bill Rodgers
Jak...Una McNulty
Dean...Peter Caulfield
Amber...Liz Godber
Ant...John Elkington

Director: Mary Ward-Lowery

First broadcast on 大象传媒 Radio 4 in November 2015.

1 hour, 10 minutes

Last on

Sun 15 Nov 2015 01:00

Broadcasts

  • Sat 14 Nov 2015 13:00
  • Sun 15 Nov 2015 01:00