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Home Front - Omnibus

Episode 20: 2-6 March 1915

Duration: 58 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 Extra

Available for 6 months

A hundred years ago this week, Germany declared a submarine blockage of Great Britain, and - for reasons of their own - our characters begin to feel hemmed in.

Written by Richard Monks
Story-led by Shaun McKenna
Consultant Historian: Professor Maggie Andrews
Music: Matthew Strachan
Sound: Martha Littlehailes
Directed by Jessica Dromgoole. Show less

Contributors

Josseff al-Assadi:
Paul Chahidi
Mrs Baxter:
Bettrys Jones
Edie Chadwick:
Kathryn Beaumont
Duncan Chadwick:
Mark Stobbart
Fraser Chadwick:
Edmund Wiseman
Gabriel Graham:
Michael Bertenshaw
Sylvia Graham:
Barbara Flynn
Alan Lowther:
David Seddon
Kitty Lumley:
Ami Metcalf
Robert Lyle:
Deka Walmsley
Joyce Lyle:
Tracy Whitwell
Luke Lyle:
Richard Riddell
Johnnie Marshall:
Paul Ready
Geoffrey Marshall:
Dominic Mafham
Cressida Marshall:
Bettrys Jones
Phyllis Marshall:
Christine Absalom
Esther O'Leary:
Amy Cameron
Violet O'Leary:
Jacqueline Phillips
Mr Potter:
Sam Dale
Amy Robinson:
Jane Slavin
Kenny Stokoe:
Dean Logan
Mary Threlkeld:
Hannah Wood
Marion Wardle:
Laura Elphinstone
Davy Wardle:
Stephen O'Raullian
Florrie Wilson:
Claire Rushbrook
Adam Wilson:
Leo Montague
Albert Wilson:
Harry Myers
Stationmaster:
Joe Caffrey

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