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Episode 3
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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 Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4, first broadcast in July 2015.
Last on
Thu 24 Mar 2022
02:00
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Credits
| Role | Contributor |
|---|---|
| Reader | Hannah Lowe |
| Author | Hannah Lowe |
| Abridger | Jill Waters |
| Producer | Jill Waters |
Broadcasts
Wed 29 Jul 2015 09:45Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4 FM- Thu 30 Jul 2015 00:30Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4
- Wed 23 Mar 2022 14:00Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4 Extra
- Thu 24 Mar 2022 02:00Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4 Extra