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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.

Anton Lesser

Matthew Beard

Nick Underwood

Sargon Yelda

Finn den Hertog

Max Bennett

Toby Bryant

Ryan Coath

Claire Sellers

Ewan Bailey

Richard Monks

Allegra McIlroy

Home Front: 20 May 1916 - Cyrus Colville

4 April 1916 - Isaac Cox (Season 7 start)

20/05/2016

20 May 1916 - Cyrus Colville

BBC Radio 4 - Home Front, 20 May 1916 - Cyrus Colville

In the county tribunal in Exeter, Cyrus Colville is on fiery form.

An air raid on Kent destroys a public house, while in the county tribunal in Exeter, Cyrus Colville is on fiery form.

On this day in 1916, an air raid on Kent destroyed a public house, while in the County Tribunal in Exeter, Cyrus Colville is on fiery form. 

Written by Richard Monks 
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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