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Katie Angelou

Sean Baker

Michael Bertenshaw

Keely Beresford

Lizzie Bourne

John Bowler

Amelda Brown

Claire Louise Cordwell

Richard Curnow

Joanna David

Rachel Davis

Pierre Elliot

Craige Els

Jamie Foreman

Joseph Kloska

Cassie Layton

Amelia Lowdell

Ami Metcalf

Nicholas Murchie

Susan Porrett

Paul Rainbow

Sarah Ridgeway

Claire Rushbrook

Helen Schlesinger

Rachel Shelley

Tom Stuart

Simon Treves

Bea White

Katie Hims

Ciaran Bermingham

Jessica Dromgoole

Home Front - Omnibus: Episode 79: 5-9 June 1917

Drama

17-21 April 1917 (Season 10 start)

Episode 79

Episode 79: 5-9 June 1917

Home Front

5-9 June 1917

BBC Radio 4 - Home Front - Omnibus, 5-9 June 1917

In this week in 1917, the biggest man-made explosion in history removed Messines Ridge.

The final omnibus of Season 10 is set in the week in 1917 when the biggest man-made explosion in history removed Messines Ridge.

The final omnibus of Season 10, Our Daily Bread, set in Folkestone, in the week, in 1917, when biggest man-made explosion in history removed Messines Ridge.

Cast
Eric Morton ..... Paul Rainbow
Gabriel Graham ..... Michael Bertenshaw
Isabel Graham ..... Keely Beresford
Florrie Wilson ..... Claire Rushbrook
Ralph Winwood ..... Nick Murchie
Mrs Grimes ..... Amelda Brown
Anna White ..... Amelia Lowdell 
Kitty Wilson ..... Ami Metcalf
Maisie Harris ..... Cassie Layton
Alice Macknade ..... Claire Louise Cordwell
Hilary Pearce ..... Craige Els 
Adeline Lumley ..... Helen Schlesinger
Albert Wilson ..... Jamie Foreman
Sylvia Graham ..... Joanna David
Reporter ..... John Bowler
Walter Hamilton ..... Joseph Kloska
Juliet Cavendish ..... Lizzie Bourne
Esme Macknade ..... Katie Angelou
Gabriel Graham ..... Michael Bertenshaw
Oscar Hendrickx ..... Pierre Elliot
Joan Edkins ..... Rachel Davis 
Dorothea Winwood ..... Rachel Shelley
Alfred Norris ..... Richard Curnow
Eleanor Tanney ..... Sarah Ridgeway 
Norman Harris ..... Sean Baker
Wampach ..... Simon Treves
Jane Underdown ..... Susan Porrett
Alec Poole ..... Tom Stuart
Peter Lumley ..... Bea White 

Written by Katie Hims
Directed by Ciaran Bermingham & Jessica Dromgoole

Story-led by Sarah Daniels
Sound: Martha Littlehailes
Composer: Matthew Strachan
Consultant Historian: Maggie Andrews

NOTES:
The next season (Season 11) focuses on Madness and Trauma, and is set in Folkestone from 31 July to 22 September 1917.

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