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Home Front

1 February 1916 - Nell Kingsley

Duration: 11 minutes

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

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On this day, Britain woke up to news of a terrible series of zeppelin attacks on the East coast, leaving 59 dead, and Nell Kingsley looks set to lose the job she loved.

Written by Shaun McKenna
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

Nell Kingsley:
Alice St Clair
Marion Wardle:
Laura Elphinstone
Millie Mumford:
Jessica Turner
Dr Streatfield:
Chris Pavlo
Olive Hargreaves:
Rhiannon Neads
Dorothea Winwood:
Rachel Shelley

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