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Playhouse•Season 8•Episode 15

How Many Miles to Babylon?

Feb 26, 1982111 min

Wealthy Alexander Moore and working-class Jerry Crowe are childhood friends and, in 1914, find themselves in the same Army unit – Alex as an officer and Jerry as a private. They still remain close, however, until Jerry is court-martialed for desertion, and Alex is put

Directed byMoira Armstrong

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Seasons8

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Season 8 Episodes35

Mrs. Reinhardt

Last Summer's Child

Autumn Sunshine

The Grudge Fight

Virginia Fly Is Drowning

Findings on a Late Afternoon

Dancing Country

The Combination

A Silly Little Habit

Aubrey

Preview

Out of Step

A Shilling Life

The Workshop

How Many Miles to Babylon?

The Pigman's Protégé

A Pocketful of Dreams

Keeping in Touch

The Guest

The Sidmouth Letters

The Queen of Annagh

By George

Lunch

Passing Through

Jake's End

Housewarming

Easy Money

Potatohead Blues

Irwin Shaw Triple Bill: The Man Who Married a French Wife / The Monument / The Girls in Their Summer Dresses

Chains

Come Into the Garden, Maud

A Song at Twilight

Fraulein Else

Imaginary Friends

Possibilities

Crew4

Innes Lloyd

Innes Lloyd

Producer

Moira Armstrong

Moira Armstrong

Director

D

Derek Mahon

Adaptation

J

Jennifer Johnston

Novel

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Episode Summary

"How Many Miles to Babylon?" is episode 15 of Playhouse season 8. Directed by Moira Armstrong, it aired on February 26, 1982.

Next: E16 · The Pigman's Protégé Best of Season 8