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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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Matthew Beard

Joanna Monro

Brian Protheroe

Paul Ready

Ben Callon

Jonny Holden

Toby Bryant

Lucy Catherine

Jessica Dromgoole

Home Front: 29 April 1916 - Alexander Gidley

4 April 1916 - Isaac Cox (Season 7 start)

29/04/2016

29 April 1916 - Alexander Gidley

BBC Radio 4 - Home Front, 29 April 1916 - Alexander Gidley

In Deanscombe Quarry, Alexander gets his first taste of being foreman.

General Townshend surrenders, ending the Siege of Kut, and in Deanscombe Quarry, Alexander gets his first taste of being foreman.

On this day in 1916, General Townshend surrendered, ending the Siege of Kut, and in Deanscombe Quarry, Alexander gets his first taste of being foreman.

Written by Lucy Catherine
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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