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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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Tom Stuart

Billy Kennedy

James Lailey

Ben Crowe

Gunnar Cauthery

Rachel Shelley

Lee Ross

Paul Rider

Shaun McKenna

Allegra McIlroy

Home Front: 29 August 1916 - Alec Poole

8 August 1916 - Sylvia Graham (Season 8 start)

29/08/2016

29 August 1916 - Alec Poole

BBC Radio 4 - Home Front, 29 August 1916 - Alec Poole

Paul von Hindenberg becomes German Chief of Staff, and in Folkestone, Alec Poole's loyalties are stretched.

On this day in 1916, Paul von Hindenberg became German Chief of Staff, and in Folkestone, Alec Poole's loyalties are stretched.

Written by Shaun McKenna
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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