Main content
Sorry, this episode is not currently available

Inua Ellams and Konnie Huq

Reverend Kate Bottley and Jason Mohammad meet The Barbershop Chronicles playwright and poet Inua Ellams and children's presenter and author Konnie Huq.

Reverend Kate Bottley and Jason Mohammad present uplifting stories about life, love and modern spirituality, alongside a great soundtrack for your Sunday morning.

This week they meet British-Nigerian poet and playwright Inua Ellams, who has been hailed as a cultural impresario with a hugely impressive and diverse body of work. He tells Kate and Jason about his re-telling of Chekhov's Three Sisters, set in Nigeria at the eve of the Biafran civil war currently receiving rave reviews at the National Theatre in London. Plus how he's turning his hand to theatre for families and children and the success of his smash hit play The Barbershop Chronicles, set in an African-Caribbean barbershop on the night Chelsea beat Barcelona in the 2012 Champions League semi-final.

And Konnie Huq, former Blue Peter presenter turned children's author joins Kate and Jason with tips for budding '500 Words' writers. Plus her novel, 'Cookie! And The Most Annoying Boy In The World', why being a nerd is cool and growing up as a British Bangladeshi in a Muslim household.

Plus a Charity Champion passionate about helping others and making change.

Producer: Rebecca Maxted

2 hours, 55 minutes

Last on

Sun 9 Feb 2020 06:00
大象传媒 Radio 2

More episodes

Previous

Saving Missy

Next

David Baddiel and Dr Rangan Chatterjee

See all episodes from Good Morning Sunday

Music Played

  • Soulsearcher

    Can't Get Enough

    • Fat Dance Hits (Various Artists).
    • Global Television.

  • The Script

    Run Through Walls

    • Sunsets & Full Moons.
    • Columbia.

  • The Lotus Eaters

    First Picture Of You

    • New Frontiers (Various Artists).
    • Temple Records.

  • Riley Clemmons

    Over And Over

  • Sam Smith

    Pray

    • (CD Single).
    • Capitol.

  • James Blunt

    Halfway (feat. Ward Thomas)

    • Once Upon A Mind.
    • Atlantic.

  • Go West

    Call Me

    • Fantastic 80's - 3 (Various Artists).
    • Sony Tv/Columbia.

  • JP Saxe

    If The World Was Ending (feat. Julia Michaels)

    • (CD Single).
    • Arista.

  • Bridge Music

    Pour It (Remix) (feat. Becca Folkes)

  • Bob Marley & The Wailers

    Could You Be Loved

    • Bob Marley & The Wailers - Legend.
    • Island.

  • George Ezra

    Budapest

    • Wanted On Voyage.
    • Columbia.
    • 001.

  • Hanson

    MMMBop

    • Now 37 (Various Artists).
    • Now.

  • The Weeknd

    Blinding Lights

    • (CD Single).
    • Universal Republic Records.
    • 1.

  • P!nk

    Who Knew

    • (CD Single).
    • LaFace.

  • Michael Bubl茅

    Nobody But Me

    • (CD Single).
    • Reprise.

  • Paul Young

    Everytime You Go Away

    • Paul Young - From Time To Time.
    • Columbia.

  • Liam Payne & Cheat Codes

    Live Forever

    • LP1.
    • Capitol.

  • Gregory Porter

    Revival

    • (CD Single).
    • Decca.

  • The Style Council

    My Ever Changing Moods

    • The Style Council - Greatest Hits.
    • Polydor.
    • 1.

  • Coldplay

    Adventure Of A Lifetime

    • (CD Single).
    • Parlophone.

  • Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds

    Blue Moon Rising

    • Blue Moon Rising E.P..
    • Sour Mash Records.

  • Diana Ross

    I'm Coming Out

    • Diana Ross & The Supremes - 40 Motown.
    • Polygram Tv.

  • Kylie Minogue

    Can't Get You Out Of My Head

    • (CD Single).
    • Parlophone.

  • Alicia Keys

    Empire State Of Mind (Part II) Broken Down

    • The Element Of Freedom.
    • Sony Music.
    • 14.

  • Kirsty MacColl

    A New England

    • From Croydon To Cuba... An Anthology.
    • Virgin.

  • Liam Gallagher

    Once

    • Why Me? Why Not.
    • Warner Records.

  • Robbie Williams

    Millennium

    • (CD Single).
    • Chrysalis.

Broadcast

  • Sun 9 Feb 2020 06:00
    大象传媒 Radio 2