The Last Chihoro
Drama of the Week
BBC
3.9 • 1.9K Ratings
🗓️ 15 December 2023
⏱️ 45 minutes
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Summary
By Tonderai Munyevu
A touching story based on true events. Tonde returns to his place of birth in Zimbabwe to bury his mother as she wished. But traditional funeral rites mean this is far more difficult than he ever imagined.
This unique drama, with original music is a powerful meditation on grief, tradition, and love.
Cast:
Tonde ..... Tonderai Munyevu Aunty/Mo ..... Pamela Nomvete Sekuru ..... Femi Elufowoju Jr. Dee ..... Chipo Kureya Medium/Cousin ..... Estella Daniels Partner ..... John Lightbody
Original music by Tendai Humphrey Sitima
Singing by the cast and Tendai Humphrey Sitima
Produced and directed by Jessica Mitic Sound by Alison Craig, Andy Garratt and Sue Stonestreet Production co-ordination by Pippa Day
A BBC Audio Drama North production An EcoAudio certified production
Transcript
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| 0:36.8 | What I'm about to tell you is a true story. It happened. It happened to me. It's about a mother and a son. My mother and me me her son. |
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| 0:58.0 | I hate Monday's. |
| 1:01.0 | A family joke has it that whenever I hate Mondays. |
| 1:08.0 | A family joke has it that whenever I was comfortable, happy, enjoying life, a bit of weight would bob itself around my tummy, always the tummy, |
| 1:12.0 | to give me the look of a lollipopop man. |
| 1:14.0 | Well, I have recently been very happy. |
| 1:19.0 | I have a partner now, so I'm no longer required to go on the pool. I now allow myself a |
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| 1:36.2 | A routine that must be conducted every Monday morning. I was starting to look trim and happy |
| 1:45.0 | ready for a new beginning. I stopped picturing what it would be like to be reunited with mom back in Harare. It's from home. |
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