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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

Keely Beresford

Paul Ready

Ami Metcalf

Toby Bryant

Richard Monks

Allegra McIlroy

Home Front: 16 May 1916 - Alexander Gidley

4 April 1916 - Isaac Cox (Season 7 start)

16/05/2016

16 May 1916 - Alexander Gidley

BBC Radio 4 - Home Front, 16 May 1916 - Alexander Gidley

In Staverton, Alexander Gidley is shaken by a letter from the War Office.

Three German steamers are torpedoed by Russian submarines, and in Staverton, Alexander Gidley is shaken by a letter from the War Office.

On this day in 1916, three German steamers were torpedoed by Russian submarines, and in Staverton, Alexander Gidley is shaken by a letter from the War Office.

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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