Lemn Sissay
Lemn Sissay's Homecoming

Lemn Sissay's Homecoming

  • Radio stand-up
  • BBC Radio 4
  • 2015
  • 2 episodes (1 series)

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Series 1, Episode 1

Poet Lemn Sissay explores the nature of home through comedy, poetry and conversation in front of an audience in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia..

Further details

This show was recorded at the Ghion Hotel, in Addis Ababa. Addis is a place that Lemn feels at home in - but why? He wasn't born there, doesn't live there, and can't even speak the language. Helping Lemn understand this are two Ethiopians who were brought up in Europe but who, unlike Lemn, moved back to Addis in adulthood; a social anthropologist who is an Ethiopian with a famous English name; and his own sister, who is Addis born and bred.

Broadcast details

Date
Tuesday 5th May 2015
Time
6:30pm
Channel
BBC Radio 4
Length
30 minutes

Repeats

Show past repeats

Date Time Channel
Tuesday 12th May 2015 7:30am Radio 4 Extra
Tuesday 12th May 2015 5:30pm Radio 4 Extra
Tuesday 12th May 2015 10:00pm Radio 4 Extra
Wednesday 13th May 2015 5:30am Radio 4 Extra
Thursday 11th July 2019 11:00pm Radio 4 Extra
Monday 27th July 2020 10:30pm Radio 4 Extra
Wednesday 20th April 2022 10:30pm Radio 4 Extra

Cast & crew

Cast
Lemn Sissay Host / Presenter
Writing team
Lemn Sissay Writer
Production team
Ed Morrish Producer

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