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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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Sam Swann

Sean Baker

Paul Rainbow

Amelia Lowdell

Lizzy Watts

Michael Bertenshaw

Ruben Hunter-MacKinnon

Shaun McKenna

Jessica Dromgoole

Home Front: 8 September 1916 - Dennis Monk

8 August 1916 - Sylvia Graham (Season 8 start)

08/09/2016

8 September 1916 - Dennis Monk

BBC Radio 4 - Home Front, 8 September 1916 - Dennis Monk

Dennis Monk tries to re-enter Folkestone life.

The Daily Mirror features amputee soldiers fitted with new limbs, and Dennis Monk tries to re-enter Folkestone life.

On this day in 1916, the Daily Mirror featured amputee soldiers fitted with new limbs, and Dennis Monk tries to re-enter Folkestone life. 

Written by Shaun McKenna 
Directed by Jessica Dromgoole
Sound: Martha Littlehailes

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