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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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Felix Auer

Richard Cotton

Sean Baker

Michael Bertenshaw

Joanna David

Toby Bryant

Kenneth Collard

Sebastian Baczkiewicz

Jessica Dromgoole

Home Front: 11 April 1916 - Dieter Lippke

4 April 1916 - Isaac Cox (Season 7 start)

11/04/2016

11 April 1916 - Dieter Lippke

BBC Radio 4 - Home Front, 11 April 1916 - Dieter Lippke

Dieter's position at Buckfast Abbey is threatened.

As reports come in of the German army crossing into the French trenches at Verdun, Dieter's position at Buckfast Abbey is threatened.

On this day in 1916, as reports came in of the German army crossing into the French trenches at Verdun, Dieter's position at Buckfast Abbey is threatened.

Written by Sebastian Baczkiewicz
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?

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