Self Portrait UK

Series 1 Episode 1
First Broadcast: 10.20AM Mon 16 March 2009

Acclaimed poet and writer Benjamin Zephaniah presents his self portrait 'Naked' as one of a series of diverse and provocative self-portraits.

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