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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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Billy Kennedy

Felix Auer

Lizzie Stables

Kelly Williams

Mark Carey

Ami Metcalf

Helen Longworth

Richard Monks

Jessica Dromgoole

Home Front: 26 May 1916 - Adam Wilson

4 April 1916 - Isaac Cox (Season 7 start)

26/05/2016

26 May 1916 - Adam Wilson

BBC Radio 4 - Home Front, 26 May 1916 - Adam Wilson

The Bishop of Liverpool tells conscientious objectors that they should leave the country if they refuse to fight, and the Wilsons prepare to leave Devonshire.

On this day in 1916, the Bishop of Liverpool told conscientious objectors that they should leave the country if they refused to fight, and the Wilsons prepare to leave Halecot Farm. 

Written by Richard Monks 
Directed by Jessica Dromgoole
Sound: Martha Littlehailes

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