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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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Lucy Hutchinson

Billy Kennedy

Jade Briggs

James Lailey

Lizzy Watts

Paul Ready

Shaun McKenna

Katie Hims

Jessica Dromgoole

Home Front: 9 September 1916 - Jessie Moore

8 August 1916 - Sylvia Graham (Season 8 start)

09/09/2016

9 September 1916 - Jessie Moore

BBC Radio 4 - Home Front, 9 September 1916 - Jessie Moore

Jessie and Adam enter a singing contest on the pier.

Two people die by hand grenade in Glasgow after a woman challenged a wounded ex-soldier to a fight, and Jessie and Adam enter a singing contest on the pier.

On this day in 1916, two people died by hand grenade in Glasgow, after a woman challenged a wounded ex-soldier to a fight, and Jessie and Adam enter a singing contest on the pier. 

Written by Shaun McKenna & Katie Hims
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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