What Does The K Stand For?
- Radio sitcom / stand-up
- BBC Radio 4
- 2013 - 2017
- 16 episodes (3 series)
Stephen K Amos delves back into his South London childhood in this radio sitcom. Also features Shaquille Ali-Yebuah, Fatou Sohna, Ellen Thomas, Don Gilet, Frankie Wilson and more.
What Does The K Stand For?
Stand-up meets sitcom in Stephen K Amos's semi-autobiographical show about growing up black, gay and funny in 1980s London.
Comedian Stephen K Amos is one of eight children, whose parents came to London from Nigeria in the 60s. In these three series, co-written with multi-award-winning British playwright Jonathan Harvey, he takes us back in time to the 1980s, as he reminisces about his dysfunctional childhood and formative experiences, and shares the dramas and traumas of his teenage years.
We join his younger self as he wrestles with his identity; falls in love; overcomes his stage fright and takes the lead role in the school play, Balham Side Story. And as he takes his first steps into working life, he gets caught up in the Brixton riots, worries about his parents splitting up, and finally plucks up the courage to reveal a secret...
Shaquille Ali-Yebuah stars as Young Stephen, and each show is hosted by Stephen K Amos himself, adding stand-up narration and his own comic perspective. Among the cast are Ellen Thomas and Don Gilet as Stephen's mum and dad, Fatou Sohna as Stephanie Amos, Gemma Whelan as Miss Collins, Michelle Butterly as Miss Bliss and Frankie Wilson as Jayson Jackson.
And the answer to the show's title? You'll have to listen and find out...
First released: Thursday 25th July 2024
- Distributor: BBC Digital Audio
- Minutes: 443
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