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Maya Angelou's Autobiographies

A Song Flung up to Heaven

Episode 1

Duration: 14 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 Extra

Available for years

4 Extra Debut. 1965: Back from Africa, Maya is to start working for Malcolm X, but tragedy strikes when he is assassinated. Starring Don Gilet. Show more

Maya Angelou's Autobiographies

A Song Flung up to Heaven

Episode 3

Duration: 14 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 Extra

Available for years

Maya’s ex appears and for a while their love reignites, but a night out at the movies spells a change. Stars Daniel Adegboyega. Show more

Maya Angelou's Autobiographies

A Song Flung up to Heaven

Episode 2

Duration: 14 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LWLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 Extra

Available for years

Maya moves to Los Angeles where she witnesses the devastation of the Watts race riots of 1965. Starring Pippa Bennett-Warner. Show more

Maya Angelou's Autobiographies

A Song Flung up to Heaven

Episode 4

Duration: 14 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LWLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 Extra

Available for years

Thanks to friend James Baldwin, Maya’s reunited with Martin Luther King and agrees to work with him. Stars Pippa Bennett-Warner. Show more

Maya Angelou's Autobiographies

A Song Flung up to Heaven

Episode 5

Duration: 14 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LWLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 Extra

Available for years

Maya’s arranging her 40th birthday party when she hears Martin Luther King has been assassinated. Starring Pippa Bennett-Warner. Show more