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Home Front

8 January 1916 - Ruth Billings

Duration: 11 minutes

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

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This day marked the ending of the Dardanelles campaign, as the last troops evacuated Gallipoli, and finds Ruth Billings cold and hungry, and unsure how to survive.

Written by Mike Walker
Directed by Jessica Dromgoole
Sound: Martha Littlehailes

SECRET SHAKESPEARE
A Shakespeare quote is hidden in each Home Front episode that is set in 1916. These were first broadcast in 2016, the 400th anniversary year of the playwright's death. Can you spot them all? Show less

Contributors

Ruth Billings:
Katie Redford
Marion Wardle:
Laura Elphinstone
Bob Capeling:
Joe Sims
Max Davenport:
Trevor White
Margaret Bishop:
Catherine Bailey
Norman Harris:
Norman Baker
Alec Poole:
Tom Stuart

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