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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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Home Front: 3 October 1918 – Edie Chadwick

31 October 1918 - Dorothea Winwood

03/10/2018

3 October 1918 – Edie Chadwick

BBC Radio 4 - Home Front, 3 October 1918 – Edie Chadwick

On this day in 1918, new German Chancellor Prince Max von Baden was tasked with ending hostilities, while at Folkestone Library, Edie is trying to quell the unstoppable Mrs Edkins.

On this day in 1918, Prince Max von Baden was appointed German Chancellor and tasked with bringing hostilities to an end, while at Folkestone Library, Edie is trying to quell the unstoppable Mrs Edkins.

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Edie ..... Kathryn Beaumont
Mrs Edkins ..... Rachel Davies
Mr Snook ….. Dominic Mafham
Dilys ..... Ellie Piercy
Marion ..... Laura Elphinstone

Written by Katie Hims
Directed by Ciaran Bermingham
Sound: Martha Littlehailes
Editor: Jessica Dromgoole

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