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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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Jessica Dromgoole

Home Front: 30 January 1917 - Albert Wilson

12 December 1916 - Geoffrey Marshall (Season 9 start)

30/01/2017

30 January 1917 - Albert Wilson

BBC Radio 4 - Home Front, 30 January 1917 - Albert Wilson

In Tynemouth, Albert Wilson is disappointed.

On this day in 1917, Lloyd George refused to meet a group of suffragettes at Downing St to discuss the extension of the vote, and in Tynemouth, Albert Wilson is disappointed.

On this day in 1917, a deputation of suffragettes went to Downing Street to discuss the extension of the vote, but the prime minister refused to meet with them, and in Tynemouth, Albert Wilson is also disappointed. 

Written by Katie Hims 
Directed by Jessica Dromgoole
Sound: Martha Littlehailes

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