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Popstar Lucy Green has to dig deep and step up to help her Sober Companion Tim. But will they make it to rehab in Arizona?

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Additional voices: Sonny Corney, Finlay Paul

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Tim, now exposed, loses his cool with Lucy. She heads to a dive bar while he visits a Pain Clinic…and things begin to unravel between the pair.

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Additional voices: Moya Angela, Ben Crowe, Christine Kavanagh, Finlay Paul , Harmony Rose-Bremner

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Lucy and Tim escape the paparazzi and continue their road trip. At a pit stop in a small Appalachian town, Lucy learns the truth about Tim’s past. Has he been lying to her?

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Additional voices: Sonny Corney, Gennifer Becouarn, Christine Kavanagh, Finlay Paul

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Lucy and Tim’s trip to rehab is diverted... via a hospital in New York City. Tim is met with challenges at every turn.

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Mid-air, sober companion Tim and flight attendant Frankie attempt to work together. Will they be forced to make an emergency landing?

Additional voices: Oziengbe Aigbomian, Gennifer Becouarn, Katrina Galloway, Tom Glenister, Megan Heverin, Alice Hoskyns, Christine Kavanagh, Sam Lui, Paul Panting, Finlay Paul, Carl Prekopp, Frank Roome, Harmony Rose-Bremner

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Mid-flight, Lucy’s sobriety journey takes a terrible turn and Tim is forced to enlist the help of Frankie the flight attendant.

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Lucy finds an unusual way to cope with her flying phobia while Tim misguidedly researches her past on YouTube.

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Additional voices: Teresa Gallagher, Tom Glenister, Katrina Galloway, Megan Heverin, Alice Hoskyns, Christine Kavanagh, Paul Panting, Carl Prekopp

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Lucy and Tim board their flight to Arizona and meet super-fan flight attendant Frankie. Sabrina, Lucy’s manager, calls Tim with bad news.

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Additional voices: Ben Crowe, Katrina Galloway, Tom Glenister, Alice Hoskyns, Carl Prekopp, Frank Roome

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As popstar Lucy and sober companion Tim head to the airport, news of Lucy’s struggles become public and threaten their journey to rehab.

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Additonal voices: Ben Crowe, Alice Hoskyns

Based on an original idea by Pippa Brown

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Noughties popstar Lucy Green is making her big comeback, but will her problems with addiction threaten it all? Sober companion Tim is hired to get her to rehab… in Arizona.

Warning: This episode has some strong language, scenes of drug taking and deals with themes of addiction.

In 'Sober Companion', episode 1:

Additional voices: Oziengbe Aigbomian, Sonny Corney, Ben Crowe, Katrina Galloway, Tom Glenister, Alice Hoskyns, Christine Kavanagh, Sam Lui, Paul Panting, Finlay Paul, Kit Redding, Frank Roome

Written and created by Sarah Simmonds

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