3. A Grenfell Story

Have You Heard George's Podcast?

BBC

Personal Journals, Society & Culture, History

4.8 • 1.5K Ratings

🗓️ 2 September 2019

⏱️ 27 minutes

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Summary

A young teacher's daily struggles provide the backdrop for this harrowing reflection on the Grenfell Tower tragedy. In a move from journalism to drama, George departs with the documentary-style narration of previous episodes to deliver a heart-wrenching story of resilience and neglect in London's inner city. Enlisting the help of rising star Jade Alleyne, poet Sophia Thakur as well as his own brothers, Freddie, Michael and Kenny Mpanga, George introduces a small universe of characters whose witty exchanges offer insight into their respective environments. Featured songs: Chika Dole - Touch Abi Ocia - Running Written by George the Poet Original score by Benbrick Produced by Benbrick and George The Poet

Transcript

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0:00.0	Hello and welcome to episode three of Have You Heard George's podcast.
0:04.0	The next 25 minutes contains some strong material, so be warned.
0:10.0	Come, let's get into it.
0:16.0	Miss. probability trees ain't relevant to my life plan.
0:19.0	About life plan, you're just trying to marry a rich white man.
0:22.0	Actually, I'm going to employ myself then retire
0:25.1	when I'm 30 and enjoy my wealth. Okay everyone is on the board now.
0:28.8	How are you going to retire when you're 30 be? I'll let you know when I'm hiring you can
0:32.3	work for me.
0:33.0	Come on Savannah I'm going to set up a laundry business it's going to wash the mandems clothes and I don't get me
0:38.7	Savannah enough! But miss I'm just saying I've got plans to be belty and I don't see how this lesson's going to actually help me.
0:45.0	Let me get this straight, Savannah.
0:48.0	Your whole plan is to loan the dirty money for a road man.
0:52.0	Nah, not for A road road man for the whole gang.
0:54.4	But you don't think you need to pay attention in math still? Miss this is
1:00.9	probability that's, just no.
1:04.0	So you plan to run a business handling cash without a basic understanding of maths.
1:10.0	But Miss, my business is about helping guys stop doing crime and start doing positivity
1:15.2	What's that got to do probability
1:16.7	Savannah if you let me teach this do you know what it is everyone's got the lane
1:21.5	Do you know what I'm saying?
1:22.8	Tell her Savannah.
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