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Have you seen this woman (the one on the left)? Well you will do on Thursday if you watch Coronation Street.

She is the social worker who is coming to assess whether Kylie and David (no one ever uses their last name in soap land), get to have Kylie's son, who is currently in care come to live with them. Tension will undoubtedly be ramped up to the max.

It'll be interesting to see Corrie's take on the social work profession. So far it seems it's sticking to stereotype with a fairly dowdy look but has shattered the mould by leaving the cardigans in the props department - one all.

However, according to Digital Spy, she also tells them that moving house could be grounds for not returning to child to its mother. That seems like rather unlikely to me so maybe she won't be the model of professionalism after all.

Tune in on Thursday to find out what happens *cue Corrie theme*.

David Cameron praises his "brilliant" social worker while taking part in a moving and frank BBC documentary about the realities of caring for disabled children

When both the PM and the leader of the opposition have parented a disabled child - Cameron lost his son Ivan, who had epilepsy and cerebral palsy in February - the future should, in theory, be bright(er) for disabled children and their families.

But a revealing, moving and non-judgemental 50 minutes of television last night begged to differ, showing that many parents of disabled children don't feel optimistic. At all.

Review: Panorama goes on the frontline with Coventry's child protection team looking at the challenges social workers face

BBC, Monday 2 November

*****

By Sally Gillen

It seems no time at all since BBC viewers complained about former Blue Peter presenter Caron Keating on the grounds their children could not understand her Northern Irish accent, the suggestion being that, despite her talent, she should be replaced by one of the many accentless presenters employed at the time. In the 1980s the (in)famous BBC presenter voice reigned and anybody with the faintest hint of a regional dialect would be barely tolerated. 

By Emma Maier

All but two of the main national newspapers (The Independent and the Daily Mail) ran front page stories on Wednesday about the death of Baby P, the 17-month-old boy who suffered more than 50 injuries, including a broken spine, caused by his mother and her boyfriend.

The details of the case were so horrific that even the straightest news reports could not help but shock. While they all covered the same basic facts, timeline and summary of the child's injuries, each took a slightly different approach - and a different attitude to social work.

 By Derren Hayes

BBC drama Fiona's story (Sunday 31 August, 9pm, BBC1) promised an unsensational exploration of the fallout from a father and husband being busted for viewing child pornography on the internet.