The award-winning story of Skye and Dexter and their ordinary/extraordinary life.

Skye lives in Gainsborough, Lincolnshire, with her little brother, Dexter, and Spider the cat. Their mum, Jak, isn't around much - she's on and off the booze, so it's up to Skye to look out for Dexter, play with him and make sure he's clothed and fed. He likes it best when she plays her guitar, an electric guitar she found under a heap of clothes in her mum's bedroom. The bailiffs didn't take it even when they came back for the telly. 

When we first meet them, Skye is 11 years old and Dexter two-and-a-half. Through seven series, we follow their highs, lows and struggles to survive through Skye's eyes, as she battles to keep her dysfunctional family together. 

From coping with Jak's alcoholism and Dexter's special needs, to being taken into care by social services, getting excluded from school, trying to home educate Dexter during the COVID crisis, falling in love and coming to terms with her sexuality, she has far more on her plate than any young person should have to deal with. 

And as Skye turns 18 and prepares to face the challenges of adulthood, we bid farewell to her in a special one-off finale. 

Dark, delightful, funny, heartbreaking and heart-warming, this authentic, truthful drama won Best Drama Series/Serial at the BBC Audio Drama Awards 2016. It was developed through close collaboration with BBC Children in Need and projects they fund (including Home-Start UK, Hull Children's University, Voice of Young People in Care, Can Cook, Footsteps 2000, Young Carers' Transition Project and SAYiT) and was inspired by long-term research and ongoing voluntary work with children and families in Gainsborough. 

Written by Amanda Whittington (series 1-7) and Sarah Daniels (Finale)

Guitar: Pip Moore and Tom Constantine

Music by Black Sabbath, the Smashing Pumpkins, Beyoncé, The Breeders and David Bowie performed by Tom Constantine

Poem by Octavia Bettis

Directed by Mary Ward-Lowery

Cast:

Skye - Sydney Wade

Dexter - Elsa Rodgers/Alfie Johnson-McCann

Jak - Una McNulty

Evan - Samuel Holland

Alice - Jane Thornton

Mags - Sarah Parks

Lin - Martha Godber

Joe - Bill Rodgers

Uncle Dean - Peter Caulfield

Amber - Liz Godber

Ant - John Elkington

Boy - Harry Steel

Dog Man - John Elkington

Shelagh - Sarah Parks

Kim/Clare - Jane Godber

Shanice - Zoe Johnson

Leanne - Etta Fusi

Mia - Julie Riley

Mr Doshi - Tayla Kovacevic-Ebong

Nasty Girl - Octavia Bettis

Pearce - Beau Anten

Alex - Don Gilet

Alisha - Megan Huntley

Alice - Lauren Bowler

Scarlett - Scarlett Courtney

Ryan - Adam Courting

Aiden Hardy - Will Kirk

Ed - Mark Addy