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Maya Angelou: Singin' and Swingin' and Gettin' Merry Like Christmas (Omnibus)

Music is Maya's refuge - she marries music lover and former sailor, but troubled waters lay ahead. Stars Pippa Bennett-Warner.

Single mother Maya Angelou loves music.

She meets and marries former sailor Tosh in the record shop where she works, though troubled waters lay ahead.

Maya's third volume of vivid memoirs set in the early 1950's

Omnibus of in five parts dramatised by Winsome Pinnock.

Narrator - Older Maya .... Adjoa Andoh
Maya .... Pippa Bennett-Warner
Tosh .... Jamie Demetriou
Vivian Baxter .... Ellen Thomas
Clyde .... Tumo Reetsang
Preacher .... Steve Toussaint

Director: Pauline Harris

First broadcast on Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4 in October 2018.

1 hour, 10 minutes

Last on

Sun 27 Nov 2022 07:20
Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4 Extra

Broadcasts

  • Sat 6 Oct 2018 13:00
    Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4 Extra
  • Sun 7 Oct 2018 01:00
    Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4 Extra
  • Sun 27 Nov 2022 07:20
    Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4 Extra