Lemn Sissay's Origin Stories
- Radio stand-up
- BBC Radio 4
- 2016
- 4 episodes (1 series)
Lemn Sissay provides a comic and poetic look at the treatment of children raised in care, orphans and foster children. Also features Geoffrey McGivern and Alison Belbin.
- Episode 3 repeated at 11pm on Radio 4 Extra
Key details
- Genre
- Stand-Up
- Broadcast
- 2016
- Channel
- BBC Radio 4
- Episodes
- 4 (1 series)
- Stars
- Lemn Sissay, Geoffrey McGivern and Alison Belbin
- Writer
- Lemn Sissay
- Producer
- Ed Morrish
- Company
Following the success of Lemn Sissay's Homecoming, Lemn Sissay returns to BBC Radio 4 with Origin Stories, a comic and poetic look at the treatment of children raised in care, orphans and foster children in popular culture, comparing them with reality. Because it surely says something about how we view them that we create so many for fiction: Batman was an orphan; Lisbeth Salander, The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo, was an orphan; Superman was an orphan and a foundling. Cinderella was a foster child. Darth Vader - well, they can't all be winners.
Lemn will explore the gap between fiction and reality, based on his own experiences of growing up in care as well as those of some special guests.
Additional details
- Production
- Studio
Broadcast details
- First broadcast
- Monday 3rd October 2016 at 11:30am on BBC Radio 4
- Next repeats
- Most recent repeats
Recording details
- Backyard Comedy Club
- BBC Radio Theatre