MF DOOM: Long Island to Leeds

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1. 5. MF DOOM in Leeds

   10 februari 2026 · 27 min

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   The final tragic years of MF DOOM’s eventful life were spent in Leeds. AFRODEUTSCHE and Adam Batty make their way to the city to track him down to unlikely spaces including a working men’s club and a remote-control car shop. The final episode of MF DOOM: Long Island to Leeds looks at the circumstances of Daniel Dumile’s passing, and sees the supervillain celebrated in death as an adopted son of the city that he would eventually call home. Lees meer

   Guests: Maddi Fearn and Rob Conlon.

   Presented by AFRODEUTSCHE and Adam Batty
   Writer and Producer: Adam Batty
   Senior Producer: Jarek Zaba
   Executive Producers: Ellie Clifford and Dino Sofos
   Original Score: Matt Helders
   Sound Designer and additional music: Jack Suddaby
   Artwork: Tom Cunningham
   Assistant Commissioner: Prabhjit Bains
   Commissioning Editor: Khaliq Meer

   MF DOOM: Long Island to Leeds is a Persephonica production with BBC Sounds Audio Lab.

   Thanks: Josh Bower, Matthew Young, Caillin McDaid, Eve Jones, Janis Law, Ian Moreno-Melgar, Jamie Groovement.

2. 4. DOOM in Exile

   10 februari 2026 · 20 min

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   Following a successful world tour MF DOOM finds himself barred from re-entry into the country that he has called home for the past four decades and is forced into exile. AFRODEUTSCHE and Adam Batty look at the extraordinary circumstances that led to MF DOOM being barred from the country that he called home for almost forty years, and seek to answer the question of how one of New York’s greatest rap talents found himself at odds with the US immigration system? Lees meer

   Speculation about his whereabouts runs wild online, with rumours and sightings of the rapper in Paris, the Caribbean and even further afield, before several curious encounters place the Supervillain in London…

   Guests: Thomas Crosbie and Alex De Mora.

   Presented by AFRODEUTSCHE and Adam Batty
   Writer and Producer: Adam Batty
   Senior Producer: Jarek Zaba
   Executive Producers: Ellie Clifford and Dino Sofos
   Original Score: Matt Helders
   Sound Designer and additional music: Jack Suddaby
   Artwork: Tom Cunningham
   Assistant Commissioner: Prabhjit Bains
   Commissioning Editor: Khaliq Meer

   MF DOOM: Long Island to Leeds is a Persephonica production with BBC Sounds Audio Lab.

   Thanks: Suzy Roylance, Clive Anderson, Danny Colligan, Sha Dessi, Katie Murphy.

3. 3. The Mask of DOOM

   10 februari 2026 · 21 min

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   For many people, their first encounter with MF DOOM comes not with the music, but with the rapper’s iconic mask and visual identity, which has taken on a life of its own. Adam Batty and AFRODEUTSCHE explore the cult appeal of this aspect of his character and meet with graffiti writers and bootleg artists that have taken the DOOM aesthetic and pushed it into the stratosphere, co-opting it into their own work. Lees meer

   Guests: Tyrone “T-Bone” Hyman and Peter “Digestor” Orsag.

   Presented by AFRODEUTSCHE and Adam Batty
   Writer and Producer: Adam Batty
   Senior Producer: Jarek Zaba
   Executive Producers: Ellie Clifford and Dino Sofos
   Original Score: Matt Helders
   Sound Designer and additional music: Jack Suddaby
   Artwork: Tom Cunningham
   Assistant Commissioner: Prabhjit Bains
   Commissioning Editor: Khaliq Meer

   MF DOOM: Long Island to Leeds is a Persephonica production with BBC Sounds Audio Lab.

4. 2. The Man Who Would Be DOOM

   10 februari 2026 · 20 min

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   Turning back the clock to explore the childhood and upbringing of the man who would be MF DOOM, Daniel Dumile, against the backdrop of the birth of hip-hop itself, in 1970s New York. AFRODEUTSCHE and Adam Batty also delve into the pop culture influences that made an indelible mark on Dumile. Lees meer

   Guests: MC Paul Barman and Juice Aleem.

   Presented by AFRODEUTSCHE and Adam Batty
   Writer and Producer: Adam Batty
   Senior Producer: Jarek Zaba
   Executive Producers: Ellie Clifford and Dino Sofos
   Original Score: Matt Helders
   Sound Designer and additional music: Jack Suddaby
   Artwork: Tom Cunningham
   Assistant Commissioner: Prabhjit Bains
   Commissioning Editor: Khaliq Meer

   MF DOOM: Long Island to Leeds is a Persephonica production with BBC Sounds Audio Lab.

   Thanks: David ‘Panda’ Brown.

5. 1. Discovering DOOM

   10 februari 2026 · 23 min

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   Who was MF DOOM? AFRODEUTSCHE and Adam Batty chart the life and work of the highly influential rapper, with help from DOOM super-fan Romesh Ranganathan. They crate-dig through the life and work of the self-proclaimed supervillain. Lees meer

   Presented by AFRODEUTSCHE and Adam Batty
   Writer and Producer: Adam Batty
   Senior Producer: Jarek Zaba
   Executive Producers: Ellie Clifford and Dino Sofos
   Original Score: Matt Helders
   Sound Designer and additional music: Jack Suddaby
   Artwork: Tom Cunningham
   Assistant Commissioner: Prabhjit Bains
   Commissioning Editor: Khaliq Meer

   MF DOOM: Long Island to Leeds is a Persephonica production with BBC Sounds Audio Lab.

   Thanks: Flo Howard, Olivia Strevens, Scott Gamble, Paul Hodgson, Jed Mountain.

6. Trailer

   9 februari 2026 · 2 min

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   A tribute to the enduring legacy of "your favourite rapper's favourite rapper", MF DOOM: Long Island To Leeds tells the tale of the surprising circumstances that led to one of the rap world's most idiosyncratic figures living out his final years in Yorkshire, England. Lees meer

   AFRODEUTSCHE and Adam Batty tell the story of how a New York-based icon of hip hop found himself living in relative obscurity in the north of England, with the help of guest appearances from well-known fans and celebrated contemporaries such as Romesh Ranganathan and MC Paul Barman. MF DOOM features a specially composed soundtrack by Matt Helders of Arctic Monkeys.

   Presented by AFRODEUTSCHE and Adam Batty
   Writer and Producer: Adam Batty
   Senior Producer: Jarek Zaba
   Executive Producers: Ellie Clifford and Dino Sofos
   Original Score: Matt Helders
   Sound Designer and additional music: Jack Suddaby
   Artwork: Tom Cunningham
   Assistant Commissioner: Prabhjit Bains
   Commissioning Editor: Khaliq Meer

   MF DOOM: Long Island to Leeds is a Persephonica production with BBC Sounds Audio Lab.

   Thanks: Alexia Mackey, Elspeth Morrison, Andy Worrell, George Yates, Romesh Ranganathan, MC Paul Barman, Juice Aleem, Tyrone "T-Bone" Hyman,Peter "Digestor" Orsag, Thomas Crosbie, Alex De Mora, Maddi Fearn, Rob Conlon, Flo Howard, Olivia Strevens, Scott Gamble, Paul Hodgson, Jed Mountain, David 'Panda' Brown, Suzy Roylance, Clive Anderson, Danny Colligan, Sha Dessi, Katie Murphy, Josh Bower, Matthew Young, Caillin McDaid, Eve Jones, Janis Law, Ian Moreno-Melgar, Jamie Groovement.