After Martin Luther King's assassination, it's James Baldwin that helps Maya out of her devastation. Maya goes onto produce a big television documentary series and then gets a call from a publisher at Random House inviting her to write an autobiography. She refuses repeatedly, until the publisher calls her bluff. Narrator, Older Maya - Adjoa Andoh Maya - Pippa Bennett-Warner James Baldwin - Don Gilet Dolly - Lisa Davina Phillip Robert Loomis/Jon - Joseph Ayre dramatized by Patricia...

Maya and Dolly play a trick on Sheikhali after discovering his deceit. Maya is a good friend of James Baldwin and is inspired again to work for Martin Luther King. Narrator, Older Maya - Adjoa Andoh Maya - Pippa Bennett-Warner Dolly - Lisa Davina Phillip Sheikhali - Daniel Adegboyega James Baldwin/Martin Luther King - Don Gilet Dramatised by Patricia Cumper Produced and directed by Pauline Harris

Maya accepts Sheikhali into her home where for a while their love is reignited, but a night out at the movies precipitates the beginning of the end. Narrator, Older Maya - Adjoa Andoh Maya - Pippa Bennett-Warner Sheikhali - Daniel Adegboyega Mother - Ellen Thomas Bailey - Samuel Anderson Dolly - Lisa Davina Phillip Dramatised by Patricia Cumper Produced and directed by Pauline Harris

Maya has started to write but takes on market research work to supplement it in Watts, Los Angeles. She sees there first hand the devastation of the race riots of 1965. Maya also gets a surprise call connected to her past in Ghana. Narrator, Older Maya - Adjoa Andoh Maya - Pippa Bennett-Warner Phil/Rioter - Don Gilet Sheikhali/Rioter - Daniel Adegboyega Dramatised by Patricia Cumper Produced and directed by Pauline Harris

When Maya returns from Ghana the first person she calls is Malcolm X. She wants to spend some time with her mother and brother in San Francisco before she begins working with Malcolm in New York. Then Malcolm is assassinated. Devastated, Maya is shocked by people's apathetic reaction to the news. Narrator, older Maya - Adjoa Andoh Maya - Pippa Bennett-Warner Malcolm X - Don Gilet Bailey - Samuel Anderson Mother - Ellen Thomas Dramatised by Patricia Cumper Produced and Directed by...

Colin Johnson has an imagined conversation with his late Grandmother, Maya Angelou, and asks for her blessing on the many ways in which he seeks to continue her legacy. Angelou's faith, her intellect and her boundless love envelop Johnson as he reminisces with her about family and professional life. His obvious affection and respect for his Grandmother add an intimate dimension to our knowledge of a public figure who died as recently as 2014. And Maya Angelou has some words of advice for her...

On Maya's return from Berlin Malcolm X writes asking for her to work for him back in the US . She goes on one last journey in Ghana and makes a startling discovery about her family's descent. Narrator, Maya – Adjoa Andoh Maya – Pippa Bennett-Warner Dieter – Erich Redman Torvash - Uriel Emil Nana Nketsia - Cyril Nri Ewe Woman - Gbemisola Ikumelo Dramatised by Patricia Cumper Produced and directed by Pauline Harris

Maya and supporters march in Ghana to echo Martin Luther King’s 1963 monumental march in Washington DC. Their yearning for full citizenship in the US is laid bare once more. She and her group of ex-pats are inspired by a visit from Malcolm X. Narrator, Maya – Adjoa Andoh Maya – Pippa Bennett-Warner Julian Mayfield – Cyril Nri Vicki - Gbemisola Ikumelo Malcolm X – Don Gilet Dramatized by Patricia Cumper Produced and directed by Pauline Harris

Maya continues her quest to assimilate into Ghanaian life. She hires a boy whose true identity takes her by surprise, and when she dates a rich Mali trader, Sheikhali, there’s a clash of cultures. Narrator, Maya – Adjoa Andoh Maya – Pippa Bennett-Warner Sheikhali - Danny Sapani Kojo – JP Opong Otu – Cyril Nri Kojo’s Grandfather –Ben Onwukwe Dramatised by Patricia Cumper Produced and directed by Pauline Harris

After a run in with European professors at the university where Maya works, she’s humbled by an older local servant who offers wise advice. Maya also befriends a local hairdresser, who believes she's been cursed. Narrator, Maya – Adjoa Andoh Maya – Pippa Bennett-Warner Steward – Ben Onwukwe Comfort - Gbemisola Ikumelo Mamali/TD – Cyril Nri Dramatised by Patricia Cumper Produced and directed by Pauline Harris

After her son’s road accident, Maya’s helped by the kindness of Ghana’s famous poet and playwright Efua Sutherland. She’s also helped by ex-pat’s living close by, whom she names as the ‘revolutionary returnees’. As a group of Black Americans they are all hoping to assimilate into Ghanaian life, but it’s not quite as they expected. Narrator – Maya – Adjoa Andoh Maya – Pippa Bennett Warner Guy – Tristan Slowly Julian Mayfield – Cyril Nri Efua Sutherland - Gbemisola Ikumelo Dramatised by...

Writer and poet Maya Angelou reflects on her life and career, in conversation with Mark Lawson. She discusses her six volume autobiography, which began with I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings, a book which is now taught in schools around the world. Dr Angelou is frank about her extraordinary life, family and the issue of race in modern America. Produced by Penny Murphy. First broadcast in April, 2013.

Maya and her son Guy join Vus in Egypt. She takes a job as Associate Editor of a newspaper, and faces some difficult truths about Vus. Narrator Maya – Adjoa Andoh Maya – Pippa Bennett-Warner Vusumzi Make – Danny Sapani Guy – Tristan Slowley David Dubois – Don Gilet Zein Negati – Steve Toussaint Omonadia – Saffron Coomber Dramatised by Janice Okoh Produced and directed by Pauline Harris

Maya’s civil marriage to South African freedom fighter Vusumzi Make is going well. She helps organise a demonstration after the execution of the first legally elected prime minister of the Republic of Congo, Patrice Lumumba. But it gets out of hand and turns out to be much bigger than anticipated. It leads to her first meeting with Malcolm X. Narrator Maya – Adjoa Andoh Maya – Pippa Bennett-Warner Rosa – Saffron Coomber Malcolm X – Don Gilet Vusumzi Make – Danny Sapani Dramatised by...

Whilst working for Martin Luther King jr at the SCLC in New York, Maya becomes engaged to Thomas, a local man, and at the same time falls in love with South African freedom fighter, Vusumzi Make. After knowing him only a week, she is forced to choose between the two men. Narrator Maya – Adjoa Andoh Maya – Pippa Bennett-Warner Martin Luther King Jr. – Steve Toussaint Vusumzi Make – Danny Sapani Thomas – Don Gilet Hazel – Saffron Coomber Dramatised by Janice Okoh Produced and Directed...

It's 1959 and Maya has moved to New York, to develop her writing but also to get involved in civil rights. She's inspired by seeing Martin Luther King Jr give a speech in a local church, and decides to create a show in support of his movement, the Southern Christian Leadership Conference. Narrator Maya – Adjoa Andoh Maya – Pippa Bennett-Warner Martin Luther King Jr. – Steve Toussaint John Killens – Don Gilet Stanley Levinson – Lewis Bray Guy – Will Romain Dramatised by Janice...

It's the late 1950's and Maya has moved to L.A. She receives an unexpected visit from singing legend Billie Holiday. Billie came back a further four times to spend her evenings with Maya and Maya's son Guy, shortly before she died. Maya - Narrator - Adjoa Andoh Maya - Pippa Bennett-Warner Billie Holiday - Nina Sosanya Guy - Will Romain Wilkie - Steve Toussaint Dramatised by Janice Okoh Produced and directed by Pauline Harris

Writer and civil rights campaigner Maya Angelou tells Professor Anthony Clare about the influences on her life. From September 1984. Psychiatrist Dr Anthony Clare's in-depth interviews with prominent people from different walks of life. Born in Dublin, author Anthony held a doctorate in medicine, a master's degree in philosophy and was a fellow of the Royal College of Psychiatrists. After becoming a regular on BBC Radio 4's Stop the Week in the 1980s, he became Britain's best-known...

Maya is sent to the brink of despair by the adverse effects her absence has had at home.

Maya has an eventful time on tour with Gershwin's famous black opera, Porgy and Bess.

Surprised Maya gets to audition for Porgy and Bess, with the prospect of a world tour.

Maya gets a job as a dancer in a strip bar - the first black dancer they've employed.

Drama based on Maya's Angelou's third volume of vivid memoirs set in the early 1950's

Maya Angelou inherited her love of music from her grandmother, who used to sing to her as a child at the family home in the southern United States. The first volume of her autobiography, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, was a bestseller, describing her life as singer, actress, stripper, dancer and writer. In conversation with Michael Parkinson (first broadcast in 1988), she looks back on a remarkable career and chooses eight records she would take to the mythical island.

Maya slips into the world of prostitution and narcotics