Lemn Sissay
Lemn Sissay's Social Enterprise

Lemn Sissay's Social Enterprise

  • Radio comedy
  • BBC Radio 4
  • 2019
  • 4 episodes (1 series)

Lemn Sissay explores charity and philanthropy.

Key details

Genre
Comedy
Broadcast
2019
Channel
BBC Radio 4
Episodes
4 (1 series)
Star
Lemn Sissay
Writer
Lemn Sissay
Producer
Ed Morrish
Company

Every year since 2013, the poet, broadcaster and author Lemn Sissay has arranged a Christmas dinner for people aged 18-25 who have left the care system and have no one with whom to have Christmas dinner. No one to give presents or receive them. No-one on the other end of the cracker.

This is not a charity. It isn't even an organisation. It's a project Lemn undertook because he understands how it feels - at 18 he was released from a children's home and given an empty flat in Wigan, with no one in the world who had known him for longer than a year.

Lemn Sissay's Social Enterprise is a four-part series for BBC Radio 4, considering what these dinners have taught him about charity, social enterprise, and people, through stand-up, interview and poetry.

Additional details

Production
Studio

Broadcast details

First broadcast
Wednesday 27th November 2019 at 11:30am on BBC Radio 4
Most recent repeats
  • Wednesday 24th May 2023 at 10:00pm on Radio 4 Extra - Episode 2
  • Wednesday 17th May 2023 at 10:00pm on Radio 4 Extra - Episode 2
  • Wednesday 17th May 2023 at 6:30pm on Radio 4 - Episode 4

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