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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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Lizzy Watts

Craige Els

Sam Alexander

Sam Swann

Sean Baker

Mike Walker

Allegra McIlroy

Home Front: 12 September 1916 - Ivy Layton

8 August 1916 - Sylvia Graham (Season 8 start)

12/09/2016

12 September 1916 - Ivy Layton

BBC Radio 4 - Home Front, 12 September 1916 - Ivy Layton

The papers reveal the arrest of an agent, in Rotterdam, for recruiting spies, and in Folkestone, Ivy Layton enlists a film projectionist.

On this day in 1916, the papers revealed the arrest of an agent, in Rotterdam, for recruiting spies, and in Folkestone, Ivy Layton enlists a film projectionist.

Written by Mike Walker
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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