Daliso Chaponda: Citizen of Nowhere

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Malawian comedian Daliso Chaponda looks at the relationship between the UK and Africa.

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Daliso Chaponda: Citizen of Nowhere: Series 4: 1. "...monsters under the bed..."

1. "...monsters under the bed..."

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A fourth series from Malawian comedian Daliso Chaponda. 1/4

Daliso Chaponda is back for a fourth series of his funny, informative and thought provoking Rose D'Or nominated show. 1/4

Daliso Chaponda is back for a fourth series. 

Episode 1 - Monsters Under The Bed. 

In this new series, Daliso is in a more philosophical mood. We find him working through his thoughts, feelings, and opinions by sharing his stories with a live audience in his hometown of Manchester.

Since his last series, Daliso has become a British citizen and is looking forward to talking about anything other than being a migrant. To prove he’s no longer a 'Citizen of Nowhere', he’s decided to write silly jokes about animals, Hobbits, and monsters under the bed! But Daliso soon realises that he won’t get to truly enjoy his spoils just yet, because anti-immigrant sentiment has become unavoidable… In fact, what Daliso really finds in his first show since becoming a Brit is that those monsters under the bed have started to crawl out and take on a different meaning altogether.

Seeking advice from his father, a former refugee who worked for the office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees before returning to Malawi and becoming a politician, he gets his expert opinion on the current migrant crisis and gets to the bottom of whether his dad really did try to ban farting in Malawi.

Writer... Daliso Chaponda 
Additional Material... Meryl O'Rourke 
Production Coordinator... Katie Baum 
Sound Manger... Jerry Peal 

Theme music by Lawi
Image by Steve Ullathorne

Producer... Carl Cooper 

This is a BBC Studios Production for Radio 4. 

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Daliso Chaponda shot to fame on Britain’s Got Talent, making it to the final of the 2017 series and establishing himself as a firm favourite with the judges and the British public. He became a Facebook and YouTube star amassing over 200 million views of his performances. He's also appeared on the Royal Variety Performance. 

He has performed around the world and at the Edinburgh, Melbourne, Singapore, and Cape Town comedy festivals. He has also toured the UK and Africa to sell out audiences and rave reviews.

In addition to stand-up comedy, Daliso is also a prolific fiction writer. He has published science fiction, murder mysteries and fantasy fiction in numerous magazines and anthologies. He is currently working on his new novel and a children’s book.

This is this fourth series of his Rose D'Or nominated Radio 4 series.

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