D for Dexter: Coming Home

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Skye's been trying to get hold of her little brother Dex for ages and all she gets is his voice on Ed's answerphone message. Her mum Jak is ghosting her as well. Two weeks is a long time when you're nine. Skye's just turned eighteen and she's busy working twelve hour shifts in her job as a carer, saving up so she and Dex can have the best Christmas ever. Won't be hard. Bar's not set very high. She's always been the one to look out for Dexter, all his life. So where is he? In the final chapter in this extraordinary story of ordinary life, things are changing for the King family. They still live in Gainsborough, Lincolnshire, but Skye has moved out and got herself a job. Jak says she's not drinking but she's definitely up to something. Ed's impossible to get hold of. And Dexter is nowhere to be found. A heart-breakingly brave, funny and beautiful story, the concluding episode of a series that was originally part of programming for the BBC Children in Need Appeal on Radio 4. 'D for Dexter' won Best Serial in the BBC Audio Drama Awards in 2016 and was runner-up in 2020. Sydney Wade received a Special Commendation for her performance as Skye in 2019. The same core cast has grown up with the story which has been recorded on location in Lincolnshire for the past eight years. Created by Amanda Whittington and written by Sarah Daniels Skye...Sydney Wade Jak...Una McNulty Dexter...Alfie McCann-Johnson Dick...Michael Begley Alice...Jane Thornton Lindy...Jasmine Hyde Aiden Hardy...Will Kirk Aaliyah (Ali)...Saroja-Lily Ratnavel Ugne...Tracy Wiles Guitar by Tom Constantine Director...Mary Ward-Lowery