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Home Front
By BBC Radio 4
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Drama serial tracking the fortunes of a group of characters on the home front as they try to maintain normality while Britain is involved in the First World War.
Drama serial tracking the fortunes of a group of characters on the home front as they try to maintain normality while Britain is involved in the First World War.
Home Front: A Fragile Peace
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Home Front
A special edition of Home Front, Radio 4's epic drama series marking the centenaries of the First World War. It’s 10 November, 1919, a year and a day after the last episode, and Folkestone is preparing for the first Remembrance Day, and contemplating a new post-war world.
Cast
Florrie Wilson ..... Claire Rushbrook
Albert Wilson ..... Jamie Foreman
Kitty Lumley ..... Ami Metcalf
Victor Lumley ..... Joel MacCormack
Adam Wilson ..... Billy Kennedy
Jessie Moore ..... Lucy Hutchinson
Alice Macknade ..... Claire Louise Cordwell
Esme Macknade ..... Katie Angelou
Gabriel Graham ..... Michael Bertenshaw
Isabel Summer ..... Keely Beresford
Charles Summer ..... Rufus Wright
Ralph Winwood ..... Nick Murchie
Mrs Edkins ..... Rachel Davies
Bill Macknade ..... Ben Crowe
Norman Harris ..... Sean Baker
Marion Wardle ..... Laura Elphinstone
Edie Chadwick ..... Kathryn Beaumont
Other roles ..... Bea White, Rex Wood, Jonah Collingwood Harrold, Isobel Barry, Olivia Wales, Emma Handy, John Lightbody, Sean Murray, Ryan Whittle and Lewis Bray
Written by Katie Hims
Directed by Jessica Dromgoole
Producer: Ciaran Bermingham
Assistant Producer: Hannah Ratcliffe
Production Coordinator: Sarah Morrison
Production Management Assistant: Leanne Allen
Production Management Assistant: Graham Eveleigh
Sound: Martha Littlehailes
Composer: Matthew Strachan
01:11:42
12:25
12:14
12:22
12:07
12:14
11:55
12:23
12:13
12:15
12:05
29 October 1918 - Jessie Moore
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Home Front
On this day in 1918, Austria Hungary declared itself ready to negotiate peace, and in Folkestone, Jessie is looking for a new deal.
Cast
Jessie ..... Lucy Hutchinson
Adam ..... Billy Kennedy
Isabel ..... Keely Beresford
Jack ..... Ashley Kumar
Marion ..... Laura Elphinstone
Ray ..... Isabel Barry
Stella ..... Olivia Wales
Horatio ..... Lewis Bray
Written by Sarah Daniels
Directed by Jessica Dromgoole
Sound: Martha Littlehailes
12:04
11:55
26 October 1918 - Howard Argent
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Home Front
On this day in 1918, the President of the Board of Agriculture intimated that his successor might be a woman, while in Folkestone, Juliet has her eye on a different succession.
Cast
Howard ..... Gunnar Cauthery
Connie ..... Darcey Brown
Gabriel ..... Michael Bertenshaw
Grace ..... Grace Doherty
Juliet ..... Lizzie Bourne
Mathieu ..... Bea White
Ralph ..... Nicholas Murchie
Sylvia ..... Joanna David
Chastagner ..... Stephane Cornicard
Written by Sebastian Baczkiewicz
Directed by Jessica Dromgoole
Sound: Martha Littlehailes
11:55
12:20
25 October 1918 - Norman Harris
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Home Front
On this day in 1918, the Battle of the Selle ended in victory for the Allied forces, and in Folkestone, Norman Harris joins a strange alliance.
Cast
Norman ..... Sean Baker
Adeline ..... Helen Schlesinger
Eric ..... Paul Rainbow
Forrester ..... Nigel Hastings
Gabriel ..... Michael Bertenshaw
Hilary ..... Craige Els
Phyllis ..... Christine Absalom
Maisie ..... Cassie Layton
Written by Sebastian Baczkiewicz
Directed by Jessica Dromgoole
Sound: Martha Littlehailes
12:20
12:17
24 October 1918 - Sylvia Graham
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Home Front
On this day in 1918, the House of Commons voted in favour of female MPs, and in Folkestone, Sylvia wishes there were no news.
Cast
Sylvia ..... Joanna David
Connie ..... Darcey Brown
Mrs Edkins ..... Rachel Davies
Esme ..... Katie Angelou
Gabriel ..... Michael Bertenshaw
Grace ..... Grace Doherty
Juliet ..... Lizzie Bourne
Laurie ..... Will Howard
Mathieu ..... Bea White
Written by Sebastian Baczkiewicz
Directed by Jessica Dromgoole
Sound: Martha Littlehailes
12:17
12:15
23 October 1918 - Adeline Lumley
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Home Front
On this day in 1918, Parliament was set to have its electric lighting replaced with candles, and in Folkestone, Keepers Lodge faces a fine for infringing the lighting restrictions.
Cast
Adeline ..... Helen Schlesinger
Forrester ..... Nigel Hastings
Howard ..... Gunnar Cauthery
Nell ..... Alice St Clair
Phyllis ..... Christine Absalom
Silas ..... Shaun Dooley
EJ Thomas ..... Sean Murray
Edward Morris ..... John Lightbody
Private Hims ..... Ryan Whittle
Written by Sebastian Baczkiewicz
Directed by Jessica Dromgoole
Sound: Martha Littlehailes
12:14
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