Synopsis
A creative performance reading of The Lonely Londoners that juxtaposes modern imagery and fascinating archive footage to reflect on how Sam Selvon's novel shaped the London of today.
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The Lonely Londoners (2014)
A ten-year-long city dweller from the Caribbean goes to meet another boat train of hopeful new arrivals. Read by Don Warrington.
Eldorado West One | 1: Sir Galahad Arrives
A series of seven half-hour plavs by the West Indian writer who has adapted them for radio from his book The Lonely Londoners. They tell of the progress, and lack of it, of a Trinidadian, Moses Aloetta, who after living in London for many years, decides he wants to go home again to the sun.