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Drama serial charting life on the home front during 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.

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Alun Raglan

Deborah Findlay

Stephen Critchlow

Ami Metcalf

Sebastian Baczkiewicz

Jessica Dromgoole

Home Front: 19 August 1914 - Victor Lumley

4 August 1914 - Kitty Wilson

19/08/2014

19 August 1914 - Victor Lumley

BBC Radio 4 - Home Front, 19 August 1914 - Victor Lumley

Lt Victor Lumley is devastated that he cannot go to war.

Lt Lumley is devastated that he cannot go to war, not least because life at home is so complicated.

Lt Lumley is devastated that he can't go to war, not least because life at home is so complicated.

Written by Sebastian Baczkiewicz
Music: Matthew Strachan
Directed by Jessica Dromgoole
Sound: Martha Littlehailes

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