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From BBC Radio 4 - 15 Minute Drama:
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 and Dexter return in this heart-breaking, heart-warming story by Amanda Whittington, in one of the highlights of this year's BBC Children in Need Appeal on Radio 4.
Skye is twelve, 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.
2/5: Skye's home with her Mum for a week on a contact visit, and if everything goes well, Dexter will come on Thursday. Things are different now: there's furniture, food, and a new family member.
3/5: Skye's in the bath. There's hot water these days, and a plug. Her mum can't understand why she's locked the bathroom door, but Skye doesn't want her newly- discovered Uncle Dean to come barging in.
4/5: Dexter is coming for the night, for a contact visit, and Skye can't wait. Mum's even told Uncle Dean to stay away. Things are looking up.
5/5: It's the early hours of Friday morning. Dexter could sleep through a riot. In fact, he just has.
But Skye isn't going down to see her Mum, not this time.
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 BBC Children in Need.
Writer...Amanda Whittington
Director...Mary Ward-Lowery.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b06nn7d0
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 and Dexter return in this heart-breaking, heart-warming story by Amanda Whittington, in one of the highlights of this year's BBC Children in Need Appeal on Radio 4.
Skye is twelve, 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.
2/5: Skye's home with her Mum for a week on a contact visit, and if everything goes well, Dexter will come on Thursday. Things are different now: there's furniture, food, and a new family member.
3/5: Skye's in the bath. There's hot water these days, and a plug. Her mum can't understand why she's locked the bathroom door, but Skye doesn't want her newly- discovered Uncle Dean to come barging in.
4/5: Dexter is coming for the night, for a contact visit, and Skye can't wait. Mum's even told Uncle Dean to stay away. Things are looking up.
5/5: It's the early hours of Friday morning. Dexter could sleep through a riot. In fact, he just has.
But Skye isn't going down to see her Mum, not this time.
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 BBC Children in Need.
Writer...Amanda Whittington
Director...Mary Ward-Lowery.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b06nn7d0
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