Life & Rhymes

Name: Life & Rhymes
Released: 2020-10-30T00:00:00.000Z
Cast: Benjamin Zephaniah

TV Show · Documentary

A celebration of the spoken word, shining a spotlight on British voices with inspiring performances from both established and new talent.

2020 · 35m

EPISODE 1

Episode 1

Talented spoken word performers, like Henry Beckwith, Jasmine Gardosi, Tanaka Fuego, Bex Gordon, and Emilie Epperlein, offer their poetic takes on veganism, misgendering, disability and feminism.
EPISODE 2

Episode 2

Riaz Moola, Miss Yankey, Zia Ahmed, Christy Ku and Jamie Merrick turn up the volume with pieces about the hell of text dating, the challenges of finding your place in the world, body consciousness and being broke in London.
EPISODE 3

Episode 3

Performers including Lemn Sissay cover topics such as relationships, identity, losing a loved one, homelessness and more.
EPISODE 4

Episode 4

Top UK spoken word artists and randomly selected audience members perform heartfelt pieces covering breakups, men's mental health, love and more.
EPISODE 5

Episode 5

For the final episode in the series, issues such as life choices, mental health and identity are explored in heartfelt performances.