Episodes
| Episode | First Broadcast | Comments |
|---|---|---|
| 01 | 20181001 | Maya Angelou's third volume of vivid memoirs set in the early 1950's. Single mother Maya loves music. She meets and marries former sailor Tosh in the record shop where she works. Dramatised in five parts by Winsome Pinnock Narrator - Older Maya |
| 02 | 20181002 | Maya gets a job as a dancer in a strip bar. As the first black dancer they've employed, she doesn't have to strip. But she does have to induce the punters to buy fraudulent drinks in return for her company. Maya Angelou's third volume of vivid memoirs set in the early 1950s. Dramatised by Winsome Pinnock Narrator |
| 03 | 20181003 | Maya begins her singing career at the Purple Onion, where she gets to meet the cast of the famous black opera Porgy and Bess. To her surprise she gets to audition for the company, with the prospect of a world tour. Maya Angelou's third volume of vivid memoirs set in the early 1950s. Dramatised by Winsome Pinnock Narrator |
| 04 | 20181004 | Maya has an eventful time on a world tour with Gershwin's famous black opera, Porgy and Bess. It's the first American company to be invited to perform behind the Iron Curtain. Maya Angelou's third volume of vivid memoirs set in the early 1950s. Dramatised by Winsome Pinnock Older Maya |
| 05 | 20181005 | Maya is sent to the brink of despair when she discovers what adverse effects her absence has had on her young son. The conclusion of Maya Angelou's third volume of vivid memoirs set in the early 1950s. Dramatised by Winsome Pinnock. Narrator - Older Maya |