My Life at Christmas with Sally Phillips

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Sally Phillips meets three well-known guests to find out what Christmas means to them.

What does Christmas mean to some of our most familiar faces? Sally Phillips meets the stars to find out how their festive memories reflect their lives, careers, family and faith.

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My Life at Christmas with Sally Phillips: Series 1: Lemn Sissay

BBC One - My Life at Christmas with Sally Phillips, Series 1, Lemn Sissay

Sally Phillips meets poet Lemn Sissay to discover what Christmas means to him.

Sally Phillips meets celebrated poet Lemn Sissay to discover how a hard childhood shaped his view of Christmas and how he now helps spread joy to hundreds of other care leavers.

Sally Phillips meets Lemn Sissay, who spent years in the care system after being taken from his mother as a baby. His is a tale of lost Christmases and rejection before he found the voice and words that have made him one of the most celebrated poets in the UK today. As Sally discovers, it’s a position that has now helped him bring the true meaning of Christmas to hundreds of other care leavers across the country.

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