AuthorHarry Venning
NarratorFull Cast
Duration2h 47m
CategoriesAdult Fiction, British Radio Sitcoms and Sketch Shows
PublisherBBC
VersionUnabridged
Sally Phillips stars as Clare in the first series of this BBC Radio 4 comedy. Like plenty before her, social worker Clare Barker has entered a caring profession so that she can sort out other people's problems rather than deal with her own. A control freak, Clare likes nothing better than interfering in other people's lives on both a professional and personal basis, while at the same time finding it a trial having to put up with tiresome members of the public. Politically correct, humourless and prone to jargon, she is entirely lacking in self-awareness, making her encounters with colleagues, family and her partner Brian wonderfully entertaining and richly comic.
Clare In the Community, Series 6, Episode 3
Author: Harry Venning
Author Harry Venning
Narrator Sally Phillips
SeriesClare in the Community Series 6, Book 3
Duration 28m
First broadcast 24 May 2011. The Sony Award Winning comedy, 'Clare in the Community', returns with Sally Phillips as Clare Barker the social worker with all the politically correct jargon but none of the practical solutions. In this episode, Clare is back on the social work frontline as a vomiting bug hits her colleagues, Brian and Nali take baby T...
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Clare In the Community, Series 2
Author: Harry Venning
Author Harry Venning
Narrator The Cast
Duration 2h 45m
The second in the Radio 4 comedy series based on the long running cartoon strip in the Guardian's Society section. Clare (Sally Phillips- Smack the Pony etc), like many before her, has entered a caring profession so that she can sort out other peoples problems rather than deal with her own. A control freak, Clare likes nothing better than interferi...
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Clare In the Community, Series 3
Author: Harry Venning
Author Harry Venning
Narrator The Cast
Duration 2h 45m
These six episodes find Clare Barker, the social worker with all the politically correct jargon but none of the practical solutions, struggling once again to control her professional and private life.
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Clare In the Community, Series 4
Author: Harry Venning
Author Harry Venning
Narrator The Cast
Duration 2h 47m
The fourth series of the Sony Award-winning comedy starring Sally Phillips as Clare Splendidly self-obsessed social worker Clare Barker is back in the community and as entertaining as ever in the fourth series of this acclaimed BBC Radio 4 comedy. In these six episodes, Clare's mother piles pressure onto her faltering relationship with Brian, Clare...
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Clare In the Community, Series 6, Episode 6
Author: Harry Venning
Author Harry Venning
Narrator Sally Phillips
SeriesClare in the Community Series 6, Book 6
Duration 28m
First broadcast 14 June 2011. The Sony Award Winning comedy, 'Clare in the Community', returns with Sally Phillips as Clare Barker the social worker with all the politically correct jargon but none of the practical solutions. In this episode, Clare decides to focus her attention on her son, Thomas. This leads to a chance meeting at Toddler Tunes th...
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Clare In the Community, Series 6
Author: Harry Venning, David Ramsden
Author Harry Venning, David Ramsden
Narrator Sally Phillips
Duration 2h 48m
The Sony Award Winning comedy 'Clare in the Community' returns with Sally Phillips as Clare Barker, the social worker who has the right jargon for every problem she comes across, but never a practical solution. Since the last series, society itself has improved little, so there are still plenty of challenges out there for an involved, caring social...
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Clare In the Community: Series 10 & Christmas Special
Author: Harry Venning
Author Harry Venning
Narrator The Cast
Duration 3h 4m
Clare Barker, the social worker with all the politically correct jargon but none of the practical solutions, continues to struggle with her professional and private life in these seven hilarious episodes, which include a special Christmas edition of the show. In Christmas with Clare Barker, Clare is working through the holidays, and has had enough...
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Clare In the Community, Series 6, Episode 2: Luck of the Irish
Author: Harry Venning
Author Harry Venning
Narrator Sally Phillips
SeriesClare in the Community Series 6, Book 2
Duration 28m
First broadcast 17 May 2011. The Sony Award Winning comedy, 'Clare in the Community', returns with Sally Phillips as Clare Barker the social worker who secretly regards herself as a cross between Mother Theresa, Wonder Woman and Michelle Obama. In this episode, Clare is delighted to find she has an Irish ancestor.
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Clare In the Community Series 8&9
Author: Harry Venning
Author Harry Venning
Narrator Various
Duration 6h 7m
Sally Phillips stars as Clare in this sparkling collection of 13 comic episodes. Clare Barker, the social worker with all the politically correct jargon but none of the practical solutions, returns in these 13 episodes, which includes a special instalment recorded live at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe. As if the upheaval of moving offices and embra...
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Clare In the Community, Series 6, Episode 5: In the Doghouse
Author: Harry Venning
Author Harry Venning
Narrator Sally Phillips
SeriesClare in the Community Series 6, Book 5
Duration 27m
First broadcast 7 June 2011. The Sony Award Winning comedy, 'Clare in the Community', returns with Sally Phillips as Clare Barker the social worker with all the politically correct jargon but none of the practical solutions. In this episode, Clare is entranced by a dog that follows her into work. Brian is less entranced. However, the dog comes in u...
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