Episodes
1: Where's Home Really... for Stephen K Amos?
‘We moved quite a bit: my parents thought they were property developers, we thought we were in the witness protection programme!’ Comedian and actor Stephen K Amos joins Jimi to discuss how - as a second generation Nigerian in London - he’s subverted perceptions of his heritage to...
2: Where's Home Really... for Asma Khan?
"I was fat and dark and not very pretty and not graceful. And that was so very different to how girls were supposed to be in my family.” Star of Netflix's Chef's Table, author, and acclaimed restaurateur Asma Khan is known for London’s popular Darjeeling Express - where her all-women ki...
3: Where's Home Really... for Big Zuu?
“I gave Harry Redknapp plantain. The man who fielded the most African players, and not one of them ever said “Here’s some stew?!” That was my ting.” Jimi welcomes the larger-than-life rapper, musician, and star of the award-winning TV show, ‘Big Zuu’s Big E...
4: Where's Home Really... for Evelyn Mok?
“I fell in love with Wetherspoons when I discovered ‘Steak Club’. I then took my parents and my dad loved it so much that he tried to steal a menu to show his friends!” Stand-up comedian, writer and actor in films like ‘Spider-Man: Far From Home’, Evelyn Mok take...
5: Where's Home Really... for Babatunde Aleshe?
"I make sure my son knows he is of both heritage - so he has both a Nigerian and Jamaican football kit!" Comedian, writer and actor, Babatunde Aleshe also shares the sofa with his best mate Mo Gilligan on 'Celebrity Gogglebox' and was a campmate in 2022's 'I’m A Celebrity Get Me Out of ...
6: Where's Home Really... for Andrew Wong?
“My dad went through a phase trying to speak like British aristocracy, and looked like he had marbles in his mouth!” Jimi catches up with the acclaimed British-born chef behind the only Chinese restaurant outside Asia with two Michelin stars, Andrew Wong. Discover the memorable role a r...
7: Where's Home Really... for Nihal Arthanayake?
“My first ever racist exchange was such an underwhelming experience for everyone involved!’ Jimi talks to BBC 5Live broadcaster, and former DJ and rapper Nihal Arthanayake, who takes us on a journey from Sri Lanka, to Harlow in Essex - via White Hart Lane and his beloved Tottenham Hotsp...
8: Where's Home Really... for Melissa Hemsley?
"Take That wanted us to cook for them on tour so I said to my sister: ‘I like to be in bed early!’ Plus, I don’t know if it’s our Filipino blood but we aren’t big drinkers.” Best-selling cookery writer, chef, TV presenter and self-labelled "real food activi...
9: Where's Home Really... for Rickie Haywood-Williams?
"The overriding factor that drew me to support Liverpool FC was John Barnes… he had Jamaican heritage, my dad’s Jamaican, he was a phenomenal player, and he looked like me!" Jimi is joined by presenter and BBC Radio 1 DJ Rickie Haywood-Williams for an entertaining journey from his prou...
10: Where's Home Really... for Charlene White?
“I could do an all-black episode of ‘Loose Women’ and all four of us would get a torrent of vitriol and hate – mostly from people who don’t watch the show anyway!” Jimi wraps up the first series of Where's Home Really? with ITV news anchor and ‘Loose Women&...