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Benjamin Zephaniah

Benjamin Zephaniah is a person from the UK, active from 1958.

Person GB 1958–2023 poet dub poetry
TOTAL PLAYS
80
SONGS PLAYED
31
STATIONS
4
FIRST PLAYED
2008-12-16 23:03 · Radio 1 — "Be Nice To Your Turkey"
LAST PLAYED
5 months ago · 6 Music — "Talking Turkeys!!"
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◦ ACTIVITY

Plays per year

2008 — 2025
30 23 15 8 0
'08 '11 '14 '17 '20 '23
◦ WHERE

By station

6 Music 75 94%
Radio 1 2 3%
1Xtra 2 3%
Radio 2 1 1%
◦ WHEN

Common hour

0006121823

Peak hour: 21:00

◦ THE SONGS

Top tracks

BY PLAY COUNT
#TITLEPLAYSLAST
1 Earth Liberation Sound 15 2025-08-26
2 Earth Liberation Sounds 5 2023-12-16
3 I Am A Revolutionary 5 2020-10-31
4 What Stephen Lawrence Has Taught Us 5 2020-10-17
5 Talking Turkeys!! 3 2025-12-21
6 Talking Turkeys 3 2024-12-22
7 Things We Say 3 2024-02-25
8 Uptown Downtown 3 2021-08-09
9 Revolutionary Minds 3 2019-05-11
10 Riot In Progress (Radio 1 Session, 1 Feb 1983) 3 2016-06-28
11 Upsrising Downtown 3 2011-10-07
12 Dis Policeman 3 2011-10-07
◦ THE LOG

Recent plays

2025-12-21 00:28 Talking Turkeys!! 6 Music
2025-12-20 23:03 Christmas Wise 6 Music
2025-10-04 20:29 President 6 Music
2025-08-26 10:42 Earth Liberation Sound 6 Music
2025-08-24 10:57 Earth Liberation Sound 6 Music
2025-01-25 21:22 Earth Liberation Sound 6 Music
2024-12-22 00:27 Talking Turkeys 6 Music
2024-02-25 16:23 Things We Say 6 Music
2023-12-28 23:45 No Politicians 6 Music
2023-12-24 00:27 Talking Turkeys 6 Music
2023-12-16 21:42 Earth Liberation Sounds 6 Music
2023-12-10 11:55 Earth Liberation Sound 6 Music
◦ EVERY TRACK

All songs played

31 UNIQUE TRACKS · A–Z
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Be Nice To Your Turkey — 1 ▶
Christmas Wise — 1 ▶
Dis Policeman — 3 ▶
Do It — 1 ▶
Earth Liberation Sound — 15 ▶
Earth Liberation Sounds — 5 ▶
Extract from Refugee Boy — 1 ▶
Hot Like Jamaica — 1 ▶
I Am A Revolutionary — 5 ▶
Interlude — 1 ▶
No Politicians — 1 ▶
President — 2 ▶
Rasta — 1 ▶
Raven — 1 ▶
Revolutionary Minds — 3 ▶
Riot In Progress — 3 ▶
Riot In Progress (Radio 1 Session, 1 Feb 1983) — 3 ▶
Rong Radio — 2 ▶
Rong Radio Station — 1 ▶
Roots And Culture — 1 ▶
Talking Turkeys — 3 ▶
Talking Turkeys!! — 3 ▶
The Boat — 3 ▶
The Boat (Radio 1 Session, 1 Feb 1983) — 2 ▶
Things We Say — 3 ▶
Touch — 1 ▶
Upsrising Downtown — 3 ▶
Upsrising Downtown (Radio 1 Session, 1 Feb 1983) — 1 ▶
Uptown Downtown — 3 ▶
What Stephen Lawrence Has Taught Us — 5 ▶
What Stephen Lawrence Has Taught Us [edit] — 1 ▶