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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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Ryan Coath

Sarah Daniels

Jessica Dromgoole

Home Front: 12 May 1916 - Edwin Lloyd

4 April 1916 - Isaac Cox (Season 7 start)

12/05/2016

12 May 1916 - Edwin Lloyd

BBC Radio 4 - Home Front, 12 May 1916 - Edwin Lloyd

In Ashburton, Edwin Lloyd is well enough to start work again.

The papers report food shortages in Germany at a dire level, and in Ashburton, Edwin Lloyd is well enough to start work again.

On this day in 1916, the papers reported food shortages in Germany at a dire level, and in Ashburton, Edwin Lloyd is well enough to start work again. 

Written by Sarah Daniels
Directed by Jessica Dromgoole
Sound: Martha Littlehailes

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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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