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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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Paul Ready

Brian Protheroe

Justin Salinger

Keely Beresford

Pierre Elliott

Lucy Hutchinson

Nicola Ferguson

Katie Hims

Allegra McIlroy

Home Front: 18 August 1916 - Johnnie Marshall

8 August 1916 - Sylvia Graham (Season 8 start)

18/08/2016

18 August 1916 - Johnnie Marshall

BBC Radio 4 - Home Front, 18 August 1916 - Johnnie Marshall

In Folkestone, British intelligence agencies compete for position.

A clergyman's daughter is fined for sending photographs of German POW's to a newspaper, and in Folkestone, British intelligence agencies compete for position.

On this day in 1916, a clergyman's daughter was fined for sending photographs of German POW's to a newspaper, and in Folkestone, rival British intelligence agencies compete for position.

Written by Katie Hims
Directed by Allegra McIlroy
Sound: Martha Littlehailes
Editor: Jessica Dromgoole

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