Poet Lemn Sissay chooses the pieces of writing that reflect his extraordinary life story. Fostered at birth by a white family who wanted him to become a missionary in Africa, Lemn was abandoned at eleven into the care of the Social Services. He has spent his adult life searching for his birth family and writing and performing poetry, to confirm his survival and existence. The readers are James Quinn and Juliet Ellis.
Producer Mary Ward-Lowery Repeated on Sunday 12.15am