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The Last Train, by Jo Baker

Episode 1 of 3

Vienna 1939. Leah is hurried through the city's streets by her mother to try and catch the last kindertransport. Read by Bryony Hannah.

A multi-contributor series of specially-commissioned radio stories about this most beguiling of cities. To the outsider, Vienna can be a state of mind as much as an actual place.

Episode 1 (of 3): The Last Train by Jo Baker
Vienna 1939. Leah is hurried through the streets by her mother to try and catch the last Kindertransport (the means by which thousands of children were evacuated from mainland Europe) out of the city.

Jo Baker was educated at Oxford and Queen's University, Belfast. She is the author of several novels, most recently 'Longbourn' in 2013. Jo lives in Lancaster.

Reader: Bryony Hannah

Produced by Jeremy Osborne
A Sweet Talk Production for 成人快手 Radio 4.

14 minutes

Last on

Sat 25 Jul 2020 21:45

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Credits

Role Contributor
Reader Bryony Hannah
Writer Jo Baker
Producer Jeremy Osborne

Broadcasts

  • Sun 21 Dec 2014 19:45
  • Mon 26 Mar 2018 11:00
  • Mon 26 Mar 2018 21:00
  • Sat 25 Jul 2020 21:45