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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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Kathryn Beaumont

Laura Elphinstone

Elaine Claxton

Neil Grainger

Tracy Whitwell

Oliver Devoti

David Seddon

Ellie Piercy

Claudine Toutoungi

Jessica Dromgoole

Home Front: 4 January 1917 - Edie Chadwick

12 December 1916 - Geoffrey Marshall (Season 9 start)

04/01/2017

4 January 1917 - Edie Chadwick

BBC Radio 4 - Home Front, 4 January 1917 - Edie Chadwick

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

On this day in 1917, the Russian battleship Peresvyet sank after hitting a German mine, and Edie Chadwick surveys Tynemouth's own wreckage.

On this day in 1917, the Russian battleship "Peresvyet" sank after hitting a German mine, and Edie Chadwick surveys Tynemouth's own wreckage. 

Written by Claudine Toutoungi
Directed by Jessica Dromgoole
Sound: Martha Littlehailes

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