A radio play reflecting Africa's love affair with the English Premiership has won this year's BBC African Performance competition. Dear Mr Lampard tells the story of a young Zimbabwean boy who strikes up a relationship with the Chelsea star Frank Lampard. Dear Mr Lampard and the runner-up plays can be heard on BBC World Service radio from Thursday 10 July or online at bbcworldservice.com. The winning play, Dear Mr Lampard, tells the moving story of a 15-year-old Zimbabwean called Fortune. His obsession with English Premiership team Chelsea prompts him to write repeatedly to his favourite player, Frank Lampard. To his surprise Frank Lampard writes back, enclosing a ticket to an England v South Africa game in Johannesburg. Fortune then embarks on an incident-filled adventure to get to the match, overcoming huge obstacles to...
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