Book at Bedtime | 4: How Many Miles to Babylon? (2013)

Based on How Many Miles to Babylon? by Jennifer Johnston 

Jerry is distraught when he receives a letter from his mother to say his father has been reported missing in France. She wants Jerry to find out what has happened to him.

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  • Type: Book Reading
  • Channel: BBC Radio 4
  • Duration: 13'44''
  • Broadcast date: 2013
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Other Archive resources
How Many Miles to Babylon? | BBC Radio Ulster | 2020

Storytellers | How Many Miles to Babylon?

Archive interview of Seamus McKee interviewing Jennifer Johnston on her novel, How Many Miles to Babylon?
How Many Miles to Babylon? | BBC Two | 1982

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