Series 6 – 1. The Big Bad Wolf

Jonathan Hall's comedy drama about a Salford secondary school starring Julie Hesmondhalgh.

Even tougher financial pressure on ES Academy leads the school's fearsome financial fixer, 'big bad wolf' Dhrutti to make drastic cost-cutting decisions. Yvette navigates this alongside a troublesome student pushing their support worker to the edge and a new AI system introduced by Sir Ken.

YVETTE.....Julie Hesmondhalgh
CAROL / QUEENIE.....Susan Twist
TIM.....Ashley Margolis
SIR KEN.....Jonathan Keeble
DHRUTTI.....Mina Anwar
RHONA.....Katherine Kelly
LOGAN.....Ellis Hollins

Writer - Jonathan Hall
Director- Nadia Molinari
Technical Producer - Sharon Hughes
Additional Technical Production - Kelly Young
Production Co-ordinator - Victoria Moseley

A BBC Studios Production for BBC Radio 4