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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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Ellie Piercy

Neil Grainger

David Nellist

Jane Slavin

Simon Scardifield

Ewan Bailey

Leon Scott

Sebastian Baczkiewicz

Jessica Dromgoole

Home Front: 23 December 1916 - DR Walker

12 December 1916 - Geoffrey Marshall (Season 9 start)

23/12/2016

23 December 1916 - DR Walker

BBC Radio 4 - Home Front, 23 December 1916 - DR Walker

Epic drama series set in Great War Britain on this day a hundred years ago.

The Russian icebreaker the St Alexander Nevsky is launched on the Tyne, but it is not the story Dilys wants to cover.

On this day in 1916, the Russian Icebreaker, the St. Alexander Nevsky is launched on the Tyne but it isn't the story Dilys wants to cover.

Written by Sebastian Baczkiewicz
Directed by Jessica Dromgoole
Sound: Martha Littlehailes

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