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Bessie Smith by Jackie Kay Episodes

  1. Monday 08:30
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    1. Like Finding a Friend

    1/5 A portrait of the tempestuous life of the iconic blues singer.

  2. Monday 13:30
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    1. Like Finding a Friend

    1/5 A portrait of the tempestuous life of the iconic blues singer.

  3. Monday 19:30
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    1. Like Finding a Friend

    1/5 A portrait of the tempestuous life of the iconic blues singer.

  4. Tuesday 03:30
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    1. Like Finding a Friend

    1/5 A portrait of the tempestuous life of the iconic blues singer.

  5. Tuesday 08:30
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    2. Ma Rainey

    2/5 Bessie joins a travelling show and faces violence in her second marriage.

  6. Tuesday 13:30
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    2. Ma Rainey

    2/5 Bessie joins a travelling show and faces violence in her second marriage.

  7. Tuesday 19:30
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    2. Ma Rainey

    2/5 Bessie joins a travelling show and faces violence in her second marriage.

  8. Wednesday 03:30
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    2. Ma Rainey

    2/5 Bessie joins a travelling show and faces violence in her second marriage.

  9. Wednesday 08:30
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    3. Buffet Flats

    3/5 Scotland鈥檚 National Poet Jackie Kay explores the rise of Bessie Smith and the blues.

  10. Wednesday 13:30
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    3. Buffet Flats

    3/5 Scotland鈥檚 National Poet Jackie Kay explores the rise of Bessie Smith and the blues.

  11. Wednesday 19:30
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    3. Buffet Flats

    3/5 Scotland鈥檚 National Poet Jackie Kay explores the rise of Bessie Smith and the blues.

  12. Next Thursday 03:30
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    3. Buffet Flats

    3/5 Scotland鈥檚 National Poet Jackie Kay explores the rise of Bessie Smith and the blues.

  13. Next Thursday 08:30
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    4. Richly Talented

    4/5 Success and wealth in the 1920s for talented Bessie - but the 1930s are around the corner.

  14. Next Thursday 13:30
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    4. Richly Talented

    4/5 Success and wealth in the 1920s for talented Bessie - but the 1930s are around the corner.

  15. Next Thursday 19:30
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    4. Richly Talented

    4/5 Success and wealth in the 1920s for talented Bessie - but the 1930s are around the corner.

  16. Next Friday 03:30
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    4. Richly Talented

    4/5 Success and wealth in the 1920s for talented Bessie - but the 1930s are around the corner.

  17. Next Friday 08:30
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    5. An Unmarked Grave

    5/5 Scotland鈥檚 National Poet Jackie Kay examines the contentious death of the blues superstar.

  18. Next Friday 13:30
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    5. An Unmarked Grave

    5/5 Scotland鈥檚 National Poet Jackie Kay examines the contentious death of the blues superstar.

  19. Next Friday 19:30
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    5. An Unmarked Grave

    5/5 Scotland鈥檚 National Poet Jackie Kay examines the contentious death of the blues superstar.

  20. Next Saturday 03:30
    大象传媒 Radio 4 Extra

    5. An Unmarked Grave

    5/5 Scotland鈥檚 National Poet Jackie Kay examines the contentious death of the blues superstar.