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Saturday Live: Lemn Sissay

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30/12/2017

BBC Radio 4 - Saturday Live, Lemn Sissay

The poet Lemn Sissay joins the Reverend Richard Coles and Aasmah Mir.

The poet Lemn Sissay and lexicographer Susie Dent join the Reverend Richard Coles and Aasmah Mir.

The poet Lemn Sissay, lexicographer Susie Dent and conservationist Ian Redmond join the Reverend Richard Coles and Aasmah Mir.

Lemn Sissay is a poet and broadcaster who has written extensively about his childhood in care. His new collection of poetry Gold from the Stone is published by Canongate Books.

Susie Dent is a lexicographer who is the resident word expert in Dictionary Corner on Countdown and 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown. Her book Dent's Modern Tribes - The Secret Languages of Britain is published by John Murray Publishers.

Ian Redmond is a wildlife biologist and conservationist, renowned for his work with great apes and elephants, who worked closely with the late Dr Dian Fossey, 

JP Devlin meets singer Barry Manilow and singer and activist Mavis Staples shares her inheritance tracks - Will the Circle Be Unbroken by the Staple Singers and What's Going On by Marvin Gaye.

Producer: Paula McGinley
Editor: Eleanor Garland.

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