Episode 5
Maya鈥檚 arranging her 40th birthday party when she hears Martin Luther King has been assassinated. Starring Pippa Bennett-Warner.
After Martin Luther King's assassination, it's James Baldwin that helps Maya out of her devastation.
Maya goes on to produce a big television documentary series and then gets a call from a publisher at Random House inviting her to write an autobiography.
She refuses repeatedly, until the publisher calls her bluff.
Narrator, Older Maya ...... Adjoa Andoh
Maya ...... Pippa Bennett-Warner
James Baldwin ...... Don Gilet
Dolly ...... Lisa Davina Phillip
Robert Loomis/Jon ...... Joseph Ayre
Dramatised by Patricia Cumper
Produced and directed by Pauline Harris
First broadcast on 成人快手 Radio 4 in March 2019.
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The Amazing Maya Angelou
Joyous and haunting, mysterious and memorable - her life story is incredible.
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Fri 1 Mar 2019 10:45成人快手 Radio 4- Fri 1 Mar 2019 19:45成人快手 Radio 4
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Dramatisations of Maya Angelou鈥檚 autobiographies, plus specially selected archive.