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| rdfs:comment | - Clare is a social worker with all the right jargon who likes to sort out other people's problems while ignoring her own. She is white, middle class and heterosexual - but doesn't like to be reminded of it. She is a control freak but both her personal and professional lives are out of control.
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| Writer1 | - David Ramsden
- Harry Venning,
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| Writer1 | - David Ramsden
- Harry Venning,
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| Producer | - Alexandra Smith
- Katie Tyrell
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| Title | - Heroes
- The Prisoner
- Adoption
- The Parent Trap
- Girls on Film
- The Long Goodbye
- Stage Fright
- Driven to Extremes
- Mean Streets
- Garden Party
- Last Words
- And The Winner Is
- Stand By Your Man
- Meet the Press
- Babysitter
- Panic Room
- Relax
- The Scapegoat
- My Funny Valentine
- Too Cool For School
- Combat Zone
- In Treatment
- A Game of Two Slavs
- Away Day Wey Hey
- Basic Attraction
- Brenda's Birthday
- Brian Come Home
- Carry On up the Amazon
- Clare v God
- Clare's Last Stand
- Come Dine With Me
- Debt of Honour
- Doolah's Choice
- Fifty Shades of Ray
- Glad to be Ray
- Hot Desk
- In Blog We Trust
- In The Dog House
- It's Good to Talk
- Letter from America
- Liar, Liar, Pants on Fire
- Luck of the Irish
- Merry Christmas Mrs Lawrence
- Mother of All Mothers
- Name Calling
- Nanny State
- On Expenses
- Past Caring
- Rude Girl
- Some Others Do 'Ave 'Em
- The 1864 Mining Disaster
- The Crush
- The Redcap
- To Kill a Mocking Bird
- We Need to Talk About Brian
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| OriginalAirDate | - 2004-11-26
- 2004-12-03
- 2004-12-10
- 2004-12-17
- 2004-12-24
- 2004-12-31
- 2005-11-04
- 2005-11-11
- 2005-11-18
- 2005-11-25
- 2005-12-02
- 2005-12-09
- 2006-12-18
- 2006-12-25
- 2007-01-01
- 2007-01-08
- 2007-01-15
- 2007-01-22
- 2008-01-16
- 2008-01-23
- 2008-01-30
- 2008-02-06
- 2008-02-13
- 2008-02-20
- 2009-02-18
- 2009-02-25
- 2009-03-04
- 2009-03-11
- 2009-03-18
- 2009-03-25
- 2010-05-31
- 2010-06-07
- 2010-06-14
- 2010-06-21
- 2010-06-28
- 2010-07-05
- 2011-09-23
- 2011-09-30
- 2011-10-07
- 2011-10-14
- 2011-10-21
- 2011-10-28
- 2013-01-02
- 2013-01-09
- 2013-01-16
- 2013-01-23
- 2013-01-30
- 2013-02-06
- 2013-08-27
- 2014-01-08
- 2014-01-15
- 2014-01-22
- 2014-01-29
- 2014-02-05
- 2014-02-12
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| ShortSummary | - Clare and the rest of the Sparrowhawk team are forced to take part in a team-building away day, much to Clare's disapproval.
- Clare meets a group of new friends in the pub and bores Brian and her co-workers with how cool they are; Clare and Megan visit a young girl who has been off school.
- Brian storms out after an argument and moves in with Simon.
- Clare has a pen friendship with a death row prisoner in the US. He learns all about her relationship and work life. Guest appearance by Roy Hudd.
- Clare is tricked into looking after Helen's difficult teenage son, but after an awkward start they become friends.
- Brian's diary from his student days turns up during a round of 'de-cluttering.' Although he had already met Clare, there are numerous references to his "Dark Lady". Is he hiding something?
- A stray dog who comes home with Brian catches a burglar , but the burglar is a match for even Clare in manipulativeness.
- It's wedding day at last...once the stags and hens have had their fun, that is.
- Clare and her colleagues give a leaving present to their longest-serving workmate.
- Clare uses the funeral of one of her clients, a cantankerous old woman, as a reason to take the afternoon off. Simon asks Megan out, but Brian's intervention ensures their first date is also their last.
- Clare meets an old acquaintance; Clare's workmates go out for Brian's birthday meal.
- Clare meets an attractive single father at an infants' music group. Surely she will be loyal to Brian?
- Clare feels that Ray is too insular and wonders why she has never been invited to his flat. She drops round uninvited when an opportunity arises.
- Clare meets Bradley Bigg, a pop star who made an impression on her as a teenager, Brian breaks some bad news to Nali, and Helen enthusiastically adopts the role of health and safety officer.
- Clare and Brian try to go on holiday.
- Clare and her colleagues have to move offices.
- Clare meets her ex-nanny Nali in a cafe.
- Clare is back on the social-work frontline as a vomiting bug hits her colleagues, while Brian and Nali take baby Thomas out for the day and Helen attends a police liaison meeting. Guest appearances by Doreen Mantle and Rosemary Leach.
- Clare takes an instant dislike to the Reverend Dish--a meddling do-gooder if ever there was one. But Megan quite likes him.
- Clare and her workmates help count homeless people, but it becomes competitive; Megan prepares to give birth.
- Simon and Helen get married; Megan gives birth.
- Clare arranges a petition to save the Sparrowhawk Family Centre, and throws a garden party to get to know her new neighbours.
- Clare feels that she may be out of touch with today's young people's language, while Brian's attempts at romantic gestures fail to impress.
- Clare becomes convinced that Sparrowhawk Centre is the home of a blogger called `The Secret Social Worker'
- Clare deceives Libby about the closing date for the team-manager post; Brian obsesses about Nali.
- Clare is being plagued by Brian's marriage proposals, her driving lessons lead to an unexpected encounter, and there is an unveiling of a piece of public art at the Sparrowhawk Family Centre.
- Clare and Brian are trying for a baby, but Clare's mother arrives instead of happier news.
- Clare is forced to confront an old phobia after a regular home visit takes an unusual turn. Fortunately, Helen is on hand to help.
- Clare ends her relationship with Brian and is surprised by her colleagues' reaction to the news.
- Megan's old friend Gordon comes to help celebrate Brenda's first birthday.
- Clare returns to work after mysteriously fleeing her honeymoon.
- With society collapsing all around her, Clare is appalled to be stuck indoors bean-counting. Then the Sparrowhawk Family centre's expenses do not add up.
- Clare has a new student social-worker to take under her wing; the Sparrowhawk Family Centre has the documentary-makers in.
- Ray believes he is a father and that the now-adult wants to meet him; Brian's mother visits...and stays...and stays...
- Clare plays along with the team's method of privately insulting clients--unaware that a client can hear her.
- Brian is amazed that Clare has not only remembered Valentine's Day, but even booked a restaurant...but she hasn't.
- Clare and Brian decide to try relationship counselling. Recorded in the BBC tent at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2013.
- A firebrand MP comes to the Sparrowhawk Family Centre's fundraiser and Ray brings his guitar hoping to entertain.
- Will a former military police officer be tough enough for social work?
- Brian has a life-changing experience when a bullet grazes his head.
- Brian writes a play for his school drama club: the study of a misunderstood man in a relationship with a cold, unreasonable woman.
- On Christmas Day, Clare pensively visits her granddad's grave, then goes to fetch her granny from an old people's home en route to Christmas dinner with her parents. Guest appearances by Phil Davis and Brigit Forsyth.
- A relationship counsellor suggests that Clare and Brian take each other out to some events to share their interests.
- Clare finally finds time for romance, while Brian finds a cheap flat comes with unusual conditions and Nali has a memorable first day at her new job.
- Clare is delighted to be asked to do an interview for Woman's Hour; Brian has trouble with an unscrupulous pupil.
- An old university friend of Clare's gets in touch to say something important.
- Clare and Brian get stranded in a rough part of town when their car runs out of petrol.
- Clare and the day-centre team are due for a relaxing day at a conference--until Clare's arch-enemy Peggy reappears with a challenge that Clare can't pass up.
- Clare wins the 'Social Worker of the Year' award... in her dreams.
- Clare is told that she has Irish ancestry and becomes enthusiastic for all aspects of her new-found cultural background.
- Clare and her colleagues are worried that Ray has a serious illness.
- A couple moves into the flat above, and Clare and Brian are kept awake by noisy sex.
- Helen's son is supposed to be travelling during his gap year. So why does Clare find him living in a squat?
- Clare is facing a disciplinary tribunal after a seemingly straightforward job goes awry.
- In today's Big Society there are plenty of challenges out there for an involved, caring social worker. Or even Clare. The shock of Brian's infidelity still hasn't worn off, and Nali could be an even more serious inside threat than Clare realised...
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| abstract | - Clare is a social worker with all the right jargon who likes to sort out other people's problems while ignoring her own. She is white, middle class and heterosexual - but doesn't like to be reminded of it. She is a control freak but both her personal and professional lives are out of control.
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