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Kathryn Beaumont

Elizabeth Bennett

Keely Beresford

Michael Bertenshaw

Lizzie Bourne

Gunnar Cauthery

Claire Louise Cordwell

Joanna David

Giovanni del Vecchio

Grace Doherty

Laura Elphinstone

Tom Forrister

Felix Lailey

Ami Metcalf

Paul Ready

Rachel Shelley

Hollie Thoupos

Nick Underwood

John Woodvine

Alex Wyndham

Sarah Daniels

Jessica Dromgoole

Home Front - Omnibus: Episode 56: 8-12 August 1916 (Season 8 start)

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8 August 1916 - Sylvia Graham (Season 8 start)

Episode 56

Episode 56: 8-12 August 1916 (Season 8 start)

Home Front

8-12 August 1916 (Season 8 start)

BBC Radio 4 - Home Front - Omnibus, 8-12 August 1916 (Season 8 start)

Extraordinary good fortune disrupts the lives of the Graham household.

In the week in 1916 when the film The Battle of the Somme set box offices records for British cinema, extraordinary good fortune disrupts the lives of the Graham household.

The first omnibus edition of Home Front's Season 8: In the week in 1916 when the film The Battle of the Somme set box offices records for British cinema, extraordinary good fortune disrupts the lives of the Graham household. 

Written by Sarah Daniels 
Directed by Jessica Dromgoole

Story-led by Katie Hims
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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