Like plenty before her, interpersonal worker Clare Barker has entered a caring career so that she may sort out other’s problems instead of cope with her personal. A control freak, Clare prefers nothing much better than interfering in other people’s lives on both a professional and personal basis, while at the same time obtaining it a trial having to put up with tiresome users of the general public. Politically appropriate, humourless and susceptible to jargon, she is entirely lacking in self-awareness, producing her approximately Clare In The Community: Series 1 encounters with colleagues, family and her partner Brian wonderfully amusing and richly comic. In these six episodes, Clare babysits a friend’s kid, loses sleep because of the upstairs neighbours’ loud sex lifestyle, and calls round to her colleague Ray’s home unannounced – and then be shocked with what she discovers. She also attends a hated client’s funeral (to have the afternoon off work), takes driving lessons from her partner Brian, and organises a works outing to visit a functionality of Brian’s play. Adapted in the long-running cartoon strip in the Guardian, this hit radio sitcom gained a Sony Bronze Award, and stars Sally Phillips, Alex Lowe, Gemma Craven and Nina Conti. ‘wildly funny’ – Sunday Times, ‘Culture’ magazine.