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Home Front - Omnibus

Episode 81: 7-11 August 1917

Duration: 58 minutes

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

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The second omnibus of Season 11, Broken and Mad, set in the week, in 1917, when many in Folkestone heard the explosions of an air raid on Dover, and watched 40 British planes encircle enemy aircraft over the channel.

Cast
Howard Argent ..... Gunnar Cauthery
Alice Macknade ..... Claire-Louise Cordwell
Alec Poole ..... Tom Stuart
Sylvia Graham ..... Joanna David
Dennis Monk ..... Sam Swann
Ulysses Pilchard ..... Khalid Abdalla
Phyllis Marshall ..... Christine Absalom
Esme Macknade ..... Katie Angelou
Norman Harris ..... Sean Baker
Isabel Graham ..... Keely Beresford
Gabriel Graham ..... Michael Bertenshaw
Juliet Cavendish ..... Lizzie Bourne
Mrs Grimes ..... Amelda Brown
Mr Williams ..... Charlie Clements
Solly Joseph ..... Stephen Critchlow
Bill Macknade ..... Ben Crowe
Silas Morrow ..... Shaun Dooley
Chairman ..... Emilio Doorgasingh
Oscar Hendrickx ..... Pierre Elliott
Hilary Pearce ..... Craige Els
Mr O'Hare ..... Tom Forrister
Jessie Moore ..... Lucy Hutchinson
Victor Lumley ..... Joel MacCormack
Kitty Lumley ..... Ami Metcalf
Ralph Winwood ..... Nicholas Murchie
Olive Hargreaves ..... Rhiannon Neads
Horace Woods ..... Luke Newberry
Marieke Argent ..... Olivia Ross
Adeline Lumley ..... Helen Schlesinger
Dorothea Winwood ..... Rachel Shelley
Mr Grand ..... David Sturzaker
Ivy Layton ..... Lizzy Watts
Charles Summer ..... Rufus Wright
Mathieu Argent ..... Bea White

Written by Katie Hims
Directed by Allegra McIlroy
Editor: Jessica Dromgoole

Sound: Martha Littlehailes
Composer: Matthew Strachan
Consultant Historian: Maggie Andrews. Show less

Contributors

Howard Argent:
Gunnar Cauthery
Victor Lumley:
Joel MacCormack
Adeline Lumley:
Helen Schlesinger
Phyllis Marshall:
Christine Absolom
Silas Morrow:
Shaun Dooley
Olive Hargreaves:
Rhiannon Neads
Kitty Lumley:
Ami Metcalf
Marieke Argent:
Olivia Ross
Mathieu Argent:
Bea White
Ulysses Pilchard:
Khalid Abdalla
Alice Macknade:
Claire-Louise Cordwell
Bill Macknade:
Ben Crowe
Esme Macknade:
Katie Angelou
Oscar Hendrickx:
Pierre Elliott
Mrs Grimes:
Amelda Brown
Hilary Pearce:
Craige Els
Isabel Graham:
Keely Beresford
Alec Poole:
Tom Stuart
Ralph Winwood:
Nicholas Murchie
Dorothea Winwood:
Rachel Shelley
Solly Joseph:
Stephen Critchlow
Sylvia Graham:
Joanna David
Gabriel Graham:
Michael Bertenshaw
Charles Summer:
Rufus Wright
Juliet Cavendish:
Lizzie Bourne
Dennis Monk:
Sam Swann
Jessie Moore:
Lucy Hutchinson
Ivy Layton:
Lizzy Watts
Norman Harris:
Sean Baker
Mr Williams:
Charlie Clements
Horace Woods:
Luke Newberry
Mr O'Hare:
Tom Forrister
Writer:
Katie Hims
Series Editor:
Jessica Dromgoole

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