RADiO FiLM
THE RECLAiMERS
Producers: Andy Jones & Will Sadler
As the Commonwealth Games begin in Birmingham, actor and musician Kema Sikazwe explores how the intensifying debate around the return of stolen museum objects is leading to a shift in the way that complex historical stories are told in public.
Returning to Zambia for the first time since he left as a 3 year old, he meets people living in places where objects were either ‘stolen’ or ‘collected’. Navigating his own family ties and journeys, Kema connects the dots between fresh perspectives on hidden histories, and meets curators and artists representing a new generation of storytellers.
FiNDERS KEEPERS
Co-Production with Scattered Pictures
Producers: Andy Jones & Will Sadler
Series Editor: Penny Murphy
Actor and musician Kema Sikazwe is no historical expert. A young Zambian who now lives in northern England, he hasn’t even set foot inside a museum since he was ten years old. All that changes when Kema learns about the movement to return stolen objects back to where they came from. Should these priceless parts of history be returned? And if so, what’s at stake?
Day of The Dead, Toxteth, photograph by Dan Dares with kind permission
FUNERAL PUNKS
Co-Production with Scattered Pictures
Producers: Andy Jones & Will Sadler
Programme Editor: Helen Grady
A second one-off for 'The Documentary' strand on BBC World Service - in search of new funeral traditions in the north of England...
MiGRANTS MEAN BUSiNESS
Co-Production with Scattered Pictures
Producers: Andy Jones & Will Sadler
Kim Tserkezie explores how migrants have used their entrepreneurial skills to become part of British communities and finds out whether the experiences of successful businesses accrued over generations, still resonate with migrants arriving today.
Featuring Italian ice-cream in South Shields, and halloumi cheese from Syria, re-invented as Yorkshire Squeaky!
