Long Time No See By Hannah Lowe

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20150727

Poet Hannah Lowe reads from her memoir about growing up in 1980s Essex with her half-Chinese, half-black father, Chick.

Using a notebook found after his death plus letters and interviews with family, she recreates his childhood and young adult years in the decades before he met her mother.

So it's back to Jamaica, 1935: a young boy is repeatedly beaten by his Chinese father. Both man and boy are drawn to the throw of the dice.

Decades later, a young woman in Ilford mourns the death of her gambling father.

With the recreated and imagined sections of Chick's life read by Colin Salmon.

A Waters Company production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in July 2015.

Hannah Lowe's memoir about growing up with her half-Chinese, half-black father.

Poet Hannah Lowe reads from her memoir about her Jamaican father.

20150728

Hannah Lowe traces her father's childhood with his own cruel father and his escape to Liverpool and London in the late 1940s.

Poet Hannah Lowe - who grew up in 1980s Essex with a half-Chinese, half-black father - recreates his childhood in Jamaica and young adult years in the decades before he met her mother.

Read by the author.

With the recreated and imagined sections of Chick's life read by Colin Salmon.

A Waters Company production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in July 2015.

A story of a father and a daughter - and of games of chance from Jamaica to Ilford, Essex.

Poet Hannah Lowe reads from her memoir about her Jamaican father.

20150729

Two childhoods - a mother rejects a son, then a daughter disowns her father.

Poet Hannah Lowe - who grew up in 1980s Essex with a half-Chinese, half-black father - recreates his childhood in Jamaica and young adult years in the decades before he met her mother.

Read by the author.

With the recreated and imagined sections of Chick's life read by Colin Salmon.

A Waters Company production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in July 2015.

A story of a father and a daughter - and of games of chance from Jamaica to Ilford, Essex.

Poet Hannah Lowe reads from her memoir about her Jamaican father.

20150730

Hannah's Jamaican Chinese father Chick is 65 and he decides to take his Ilford family back to the place of his birth.

Poet Hannah Lowe - who grew up in 1980s Essex with a half-Chinese, half-black father - recreates his childhood in Jamaica and young adult years in the decades before he met her mother.

Read by the author.

With the recreated and imagined sections of Chick's life read by Colin Salmon.

A Waters Company production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in July 2015.

A story of a father and a daughter - and of games of chance from Jamaica to Ilford, Essex.

Poet Hannah Lowe reads from her memoir about her Jamaican father.

20150731

Hannah forges her own path as her father's life dwindles.

Poet Hannah Lowe - who grew up in 1980s Essex with a half-Chinese, half-black father - recreates his childhood in Jamaica and young adult years in the decades before he met her mother.

Concluded by the author.

With the recreated and imagined sections of Chick's life read by Colin Salmon.

A Waters Company production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in July 2015.

A story of a father and a daughter - and of games of chance from Jamaica to Ilford, Essex.

Poet Hannah Lowe reads from her memoir about her Jamaican father.

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Episode	First Broadcast	Comments
01	20150727	Poet Hannah Lowe reads from her memoir about growing up in 1980s Essex with her half-Chinese, half-black father, Chick. Using a notebook found after his death plus letters and interviews with family, she recreates his childhood and young adult years in the decades before he met her mother. So it's back to Jamaica, 1935: a young boy is repeatedly beaten by his Chinese father. Both man and boy are drawn to the throw of the dice. Decades later, a young woman in Ilford mourns the death of her gambling father. With the recreated and imagined sections of Chick's life read by Colin Salmon. A Waters Company production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in July 2015. Hannah Lowe's memoir about growing up with her half-Chinese, half-black father. Poet Hannah Lowe reads from her memoir about her Jamaican father.
02	20150728	Hannah Lowe traces her father's childhood with his own cruel father and his escape to Liverpool and London in the late 1940s. Poet Hannah Lowe - who grew up in 1980s Essex with a half-Chinese, half-black father - recreates his childhood in Jamaica and young adult years in the decades before he met her mother. Read by the author. With the recreated and imagined sections of Chick's life read by Colin Salmon. A Waters Company production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in July 2015. A story of a father and a daughter - and of games of chance from Jamaica to Ilford, Essex. Poet Hannah Lowe reads from her memoir about her Jamaican father.
03	20150729	Two childhoods - a mother rejects a son, then a daughter disowns her father. Poet Hannah Lowe - who grew up in 1980s Essex with a half-Chinese, half-black father - recreates his childhood in Jamaica and young adult years in the decades before he met her mother. Read by the author. With the recreated and imagined sections of Chick's life read by Colin Salmon. A Waters Company production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in July 2015. A story of a father and a daughter - and of games of chance from Jamaica to Ilford, Essex. Poet Hannah Lowe reads from her memoir about her Jamaican father.
04	20150730	Hannah's Jamaican Chinese father Chick is 65 and he decides to take his Ilford family back to the place of his birth. Poet Hannah Lowe - who grew up in 1980s Essex with a half-Chinese, half-black father - recreates his childhood in Jamaica and young adult years in the decades before he met her mother. Read by the author. With the recreated and imagined sections of Chick's life read by Colin Salmon. A Waters Company production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in July 2015. A story of a father and a daughter - and of games of chance from Jamaica to Ilford, Essex. Poet Hannah Lowe reads from her memoir about her Jamaican father.
05	20150731	Hannah forges her own path as her father's life dwindles. Poet Hannah Lowe - who grew up in 1980s Essex with a half-Chinese, half-black father - recreates his childhood in Jamaica and young adult years in the decades before he met her mother. Concluded by the author. With the recreated and imagined sections of Chick's life read by Colin Salmon. A Waters Company production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in July 2015. A story of a father and a daughter - and of games of chance from Jamaica to Ilford, Essex. Poet Hannah Lowe reads from her memoir about her Jamaican father.