Drama on 3 | Leave Taking

Based on Leave Taking  by Winsome Pinnock

Enid lives in Deptford with her two teenage daughters. When she takes them to the local ‘obeah' woman for some traditional Caribbean soul healing, secrets are spilled.

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  • Type: Adaptation
  • Channel: BBC Radio 3
  • Duration: 1'26'54''
  • Broadcast date: 2019
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Staff and students of licensed education establishments only
Cannot be adapted

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Leave Taking  | BBC Radio 4 | 2018

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Winsome Pinnock has been described as 'the godmother of Black British playwrights', who has defined and inspired a generation with her work for the stage. Winsome talks about the revival of her award-winning play 'Leave Taking', currently on stage at the Bush Theatre in London, about a woman and her teenaged daughters negotiating the frictions between their countries and cultures.
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