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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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Scarlett Brookes

Joanna Monro

Anton Lesser

Finn den Hertog

Brian Protheroe

John Heffernan

Richard Monks

Jessica Dromgoole

Home Front: 23 May 1916 - Emily Colville

4 April 1916 - Isaac Cox (Season 7 start)

23/05/2016

23 May 1916 - Emily Colville

BBC Radio 4 - Home Front, 23 May 1916 - Emily Colville

Lord Colville takes his daughter to the theatre.

The Devon and Exeter Gazette advertises the training of women in the lighter branches of farm work, and Lord Colville takes his daughter to the theatre.

On this day in 1916, the Devon and Exeter Gazette advertised the training of women in the lighter branches of farm work. And Lord Colville takes his daughter to the theatre. 

Written by Richard Monks 
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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