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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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Keely Beresford

Joanna Monro

Paul Ready

Marianne Oldham

Sarah Daniels

Jessica Dromgoole

Home Front: 11 May 1916 - Isabel Graham

4 April 1916 - Isaac Cox (Season 7 start)

11/05/2016

11 May 1916 - Isabel Graham

BBC Radio 4 - Home Front, 11 May 1916 - Isabel Graham

The Times reports that Sir Roger Casement is to be tried for High Treason for his involvement in the Easter Rising, and Isabel gets a lesson in relaxing.

On this day in 1916, The Times reported that Sir Roger Casement was to be tried for High Treason, for his involvement in the Easter Rising, and Isabel gets a lesson in relaxing.

Written by Sarah Daniels
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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