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Episode 3
Episode 3 of 5
In Jamaica, Chick's young mother rejects him. Years later in Essex, Hannah repeats the pattern and disowns her father.
Two childhoods - a mother rejects a son, then a daughter disowns her father.
Poet Hannah Lowe - who grew up in 1980s Essex with a half-Chinese, half-black father - recreates his childhood in Jamaica and young adult years in the decades before he met her mother.
Read by the author.
With the recreated and imagined sections of Chick’s life read by Colin Salmon.
Abridged and produced by Jill Waters.
A Waters Company production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in July 2015.
Last on
Thu 24 Mar 202202:00
BBC Radio 4 Extra
Credits
| Role | Contributor |
|---|---|
| Reader | Hannah Lowe |
| Author | Hannah Lowe |
| Abridger | Jill Waters |
| Producer | Jill Waters |
Broadcasts
Wed 29 Jul 201509:45BBC Radio 4 FM- Thu 30 Jul 201500:30BBC Radio 4
- Wed 23 Mar 202214:00BBC Radio 4 Extra
- Thu 24 Mar 202202:00BBC Radio 4 Extra
