Woman's Hour Drama - Paid Servant - Episode 3

ER Braithwaite's novel, set in London in 1958, is based on his experiences as a black social worker in a racist society. Braithwaite encounters casual racism everywhere and bristles at all reference to 'his people'. But wherever it is absent, he celebrates. ER Braithwaite ...... Kwame Kwei Armah Mr Bentham ...... Jimmy Akingbola Mrs Bentham ...... Clare Perkins Jim ...... John Rowe Mrs Larkin ...... Lisa Stevenson Mr Larkin ...... Chris Pavlo Ellesworth ...... Nyasha Hatendi Ella ...... Liz Sutherland Matron ...... Joan Walker Roddy ...... Cara Hails Abridged by Anne Edyvean. Directed by Jessica Dromgoole.