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Ysabelle Cooper

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Rachel Davies

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Jessica Dromgoole

Home Front - Omnibus: Episode 58: 22-26 August 1916

Drama

8 August 1916 - Sylvia Graham (Season 8 start)

Episode 58

Episode 58: 22-26 August 1916

Home Front

22-26 August 1916

BBC Radio 4 - Home Front - Omnibus, 22-26 August 1916

Folkestone seems brimful of secrets and lies.

The east and south east coasts are terrorised by air raids, and Folkestone seems brimful of secrets and lies.

In the week in 1916 when the East and South East coasts were terrorised by air raids, Folkestone seems brim-full of secrets and lies. 

Written by Katie Hims 
Directed by Jessica Dromgoole

Sound: Martha Littlehailes
Composer: Matthew Strachan
Consultant Historian: Maggie Andrews.

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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