Episode 3

A mother (Emma Fielding) fears that a child parenting expert (Matthew Marsh) is endangering his own 7 year old son Henry by testing out his theories of early independence on him.

Professor Henderson is becoming increasingly angry with Anna's interference with his parenting and Anna's own mother and grown up daughter make her question her own parenting.

A thriller which asks whether our society bubble wraps children, whether we have the right to interfere in other people's children's lives and how we become parents with the spectres of our own childhoods still looming over our shoulders.

Based on a novel by the journalist Sophie Radice who contributes to The Guardian, The Observer, The Independent and many magazines. Adapted for radio by award winning writer Charlotte Jones who has written extensively for TV, theatre and radio. Her most celebrated play "Humble Boy has played all over the world, she wrote the book for Andrew Lloyd Webber's stage musical of "The Woman in White" and most recently ITV aired her three part thriller "Without you".

Anna ... Emma Fielding
Henderson ... Matthew Marsh
Mother ... Elaine Claxton
Natasha ... Roslyn Hill
Ruth ... Jane Slavin

Producer ... Liz Webb

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2015.