Famous, Rich And In The Slums with Comic Relief
2011 · 60m · Documentary · Reality
Lenny Henry, Samantha Womack, Reggie Yates and Angela Rippon experience unimaginable poverty as they spend a week living it for real in this ground-breaking, two-part documentary for Comic Relief.
Episodes
1. Part 160m · Lenny Henry, Samantha Womack, Reggie Yates and Angela Rippon experience unimaginable poverty as they spend a week living it for real in this ground-breaking documentary.
2. Part 260m · Documentary series exploring life in Africa's largest slum. Lenny Henry, Samantha Womack, Reggie Yates and Angela Rippon spend time living with residents of Kibera.More Like This
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