Afternoon Play | Be My Baby

Based on Be My Baby by Amanda Whittington 

Amanda Whittington's drama-documentary combines the fictional stories of young women who gave up their illegitimate babies for adoption in the 1960s with the real stories of three adoptees, now in their forties, who have made contact with their mothers.

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Access

Licence: ERA Licence required

Content
  • Type: Adaptation
  • Channel: BBC Radio 4
  • Duration: 43'17''
  • Broadcast date: 2008
Usage

UK only
Staff and students of licensed education establishments only
Cannot be adapted

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