Lemn Sissay

Biography

Lemn Sissay MBE is an English author and broadcaster. Sissay was the official poet of the 2012 London Olympics, has been chancellor of the University of Manchester since 2015, and joined the Foundling Museum's board of trustees two years later, having previously been appointed one of the museum's fellows.

Known For

Caroline Aherne: Queen of Comedy
Caroline Aherne: Queen of Comedy
Art Matters
Art Matters
Cold War Steve Meets the Outside World
Cold War Steve Meets the Outside World
Rhyme & Reason: BBC Introducing Arts
Rhyme & Reason: BBC Introducing Arts

Filmography

2024 Art Matters
as Self
2023 Caroline Aherne: Queen of Comedy
as Self
2021 Winter Walks
as Self
2020 Cold War Steve Meets the Outside World
as Self
2020 Alma's Not Normal
as Jerry
2019 Rhyme & Reason: BBC Introducing Arts
as Self - Presenter
2017 Richard Osman's House of Games
as Self - Contestant
2010 Burning Ice
as Self
2003 Grumpy Old Men
as Self
1990 Have I Got News for You
as Self - Panellist
---- We Belong Here: Poetry and spoken word documentary
as Themselves
---- Have I Got a Bit More News for You
as Self - Panellist