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Annie Caulfield - Almost Always African

Gambian musician Moses Biama comes to London to record with fading English rock star, Frank. Stars Lenny Henry and Bill Nighy.

β€œMusic may go or come but almost always it is African."

Gambian musician Moses Biama is invited to London to make an album with fading English rock star, Frank.

But the recording doesn’t work out the way Frank has planned...

Starring Lenny Henry and Bill Nighy.

Annie Caulfield’s comedy drama about cultural cross purposes and the Music Industry.

Moses …. Lenny Henry
Frank …. Bill Nighy
Moses’s Brother …. Curtis Walker
Binta …. Joy Elias-Rilwan
Fatima …. Donna Croll
Tara …. Joanna Myers
Jack …. James Greene
Journalist …. Mark Straker

Music composed by Dominique Le Gendre.

Music played by Trevor Francis, Amadou Saho and Chuku Modo.

Hit single written by Neil Arthur and Joe Hagan.

Director: Paul Schlesinger.

First broadcast on ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4 in 1991.

1 hour

Last on

Thu 5 May 2022 03:00
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