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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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Rachel Shelley

Chris Pavlo

Alice St Clair

Leo Wan

George Watkins

Ewan Bailey

Caolan McCarthy

Claudine Toutoungi

Allegra McIlroy

Home Front: 29 January 1916 - Olive Hargreaves

21-25 December 1915 (start of Season 6)

29/01/2016

29 January 1916 - Olive Hargreaves

BBC Radio 4 - Home Front, 29 January 1916 - Olive Hargreaves

At the Bevan hospital, Sister Hargreaves clashes with Dorothea.

On this day, a Canadian soldier was badly injured by a bus in Folkestone, and at the Bevan hospital, Sister Hargreaves clashes with Dorothea.

On this day a Canadian soldier was badly injured by a bus in Folkestone, and at the Bevan hospital Sister Hargreaves clashes with Dorothea.

Written by Claudine Toutoungi
Directed by Allegra McIlroy
Sound: Martha Littlehailes
Editor: Jessica Dromgoole.

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?

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