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Batman was an orphan; Lisbeth Salander, The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo, was an orphan; Superman was an orphan and a foundling. Cinderella was a foster child. And Harry Potter. Lemn Sissay takes a comic and poetic look at the treatment of children raised in care, orphans and foster children in popular culture, comparing them with reality. Lemn will explore the gap between fiction and reality, based on his own experiences of growing up in care, comparing them to the life of Harry Potter. First broadcast on Lemn Sissay's Origin Stories, 3 October 2016.
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