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Home Front - Omnibus

Episode 1: 4-8 August 1914 (Season 1 start)

Duration: 58 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 Extra

Available for 3 days

An epic drama series set in Great War Britain. Folkestone comes to terms with being at the hub of Britain's war effort. Show more

Home Front - Omnibus

Episode 17: 9-13 February 1915

Duration: 58 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 Extra

Available for 6 months

The mayor of Tynemouth honours the first local soldier to be awarded a VC, and Edie shares the town's excitement. Show more

Contributors

Maud Burnett:
Carolyn Pickles
Duncan Chadwick:
Mark Stobbart
Edie Chadwick:
Kathryn Beaumont
Fraser Chadwick:
Edmund Wiseman
Frederick Dobson:
Ben Fiske
Mayor Gregg:
Joe Caffrey
Kitty Lumley:
Ami Metcalf
Joyce Lyle:
Tracy Whitwell
Robert Lyle:
Deka Walmsley
Luke Lyle:
Richard Riddell
Cressida Marshall:
Bettrys Jones
Geoffrey Marshall:
Dominic Mafham
Phyllis Marshall:
Christine Absalom
Johnnie Marshall:
Paul Ready
Esther O'Leary:
Amy Cameron
Violet O'Leary:
Jacqueline Phillips
Kenny Stokoe:
Dean Logan
Ada Stokoe:
Hannah Genesius
Pearl Thornton:
Sophie Scott
Davy Wardle:
Stephen O'Raullian
Marion Wardle:
Laura Elphinstone
Yevgeny Zamyatin:
Simon Scardifield
Loudhailer Man:
Kris Deedigan
Female Speaker:
Elaine Claxton

Home Front - Omnibus

Episode 71: 30 January-3 February 1917

Duration: 58 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 Extra

Available for years

In the week, in 1917, when America formally broke diplomatic relations with Germany, in Tynemouth, people are making small steps forwards. Show more

Contributors

Phyllis Marshall:
Christine Absalom
Jean Claude Lengela:
Fiston Barek
Edie Chadwick:
Kathryn Beaumont
Isabel Graham:
Keely Beresford
Gabriel Graham:
Michael Bertenshaw
Mr Milliard:
John Bowler
Maud Drummond:
Amy Cameron
Sylvia Graham:
Joanna David
Dougie Baxter:
Kris Deedigan
Marion Wardle:
Laura Elphinstone
Albert Wilson:
Jamie Foreman
Lester Reed:
Trevor Fox
Ada Stokoe:
Hannah Genesius
Cressida Marshall:
Bettrys Jones
Kenny Stokoe:
Dean Logan
Stanley Hobbs:
David Nellist
DR Walker:
Ellie Piercy
Alan Lowther:
David Seddon
Joyce Lyle:
Tracy Whitwell
Daisy Jenkins:
Hannah Wood
Beatrice:
Eviee Lavery
Writer:
Katie Hims

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Home Front - Omnibus

Episode 77: 22-26 May 1917

Duration: 58 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 Extra

Available for years

The sixth omnibus of Season 10, Our Daily Bread, set in Folkestone, in the week, in 1917, when Britain suffered its first ever airplane bombing raid. Show more

Contributors

Esme Macknade:
Katie Angelou
Isabel Graham:
Keely Beresford
Juliet Cavendish:
Lizzie Bourne
Evelina White:
Rosie Cavaliero
May Arnold:
Lois Chimimba
Lady Penfold:
Elaine Claxton
Alfred Vane:
Charlie Clements
Ernie Moore:
Sean Connolly
Alice Macknade:
Claire Louise Cordwell
Sylvia Graham:
Joanna David
Oscar Hendrickx:
Pierre Elliot
Hilda Moore:
Bella Hamblin
Jessie Moore:
Lucy Hutchinson
Adam Wilson:
Billy Kennedy
Walter Hamilton:
Joseph Kloska
Maisie Harris:
Cassie Layton
Kitty Lumley:
Ami Metcalf
Noah Hamilton:
Finn Monteath
Ralph Winwood:
Nicholas Murchie
Olive Hargreaves:
Rhiannon Neads
Claude Crombie:
Luke Newberry
Todd Merman:
Luke Newberry
Switchboard:
Chetna Pandya
Eric Morton:
Paul Rainbow
Rob MacDonald:
Finlay Robertson
Reg Roach:
Arthur Smith
Alec Poole:
Tom Stuart
Maggie Macknade:
Hollie Thoupos
Edna Harris:
Lara West
Nancy Parker:
Jane Whittenshaw
Mayor Stephen Penfold:
John Woodvine
Cynthia Hamilton:
Fenella Woolgar

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Home Front - Omnibus

Episode 55: 23-27 May 1916

Duration: 58 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 Extra

Available for years

In the week when President Wilson advocates the formation of an Association of Nations to ensure future peace, relations in Ashburton are very troubled. Show more

Contributors

Dieter Lippke:
Felix Auer
Alexander Gidley:
Matthew Beard
Isabel Graham:
Keely Beresford
Emily Colville:
Scarlett Brookes
Tobias Holden:
Toby Bryant
John Rossiter:
Mark Carey
Amos Rutter:
Richard Cotton
Simeon Dyer:
Josh Darcy
Cora Gidley:
Joanna Monro
Edwin Lloyd:
Finn den Hertog
Adam Wilson:
Billy Kennedy
Isaac Cox:
James Lailey
Cyrus Colville:
Anton Lesser
Rose Fairweather:
Helen Longworth
Primrose Rutter:
Jade Matthew
Kitty Lumley:
Ami Metcalf
Cora Gidley:
Joanna Monro
Oswald Dyer:
Dean Nolan
Hector Gidley:
Brian Protheroe
Soldier:
Sam Rix
Mayoress:
Jane Slavin
Effie Taverner:
Lizzie Stables
Molly Dyer:
Stevie Thompson
Elspeth Taverner:
Kelly Williams
Burroughs:
Sargon Yelda

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Home Front - Omnibus

Episode 49: 11-15 April 1916

Duration: 58 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 Extra

Available for years

In the week, in 1916, when reports reached Britain of a million Armenians massacred, the community in Ashburton find their world rocked by surprises. Show more

Contributors

Dieter Lippke:
Felix Auer
Brother Columban:
Sean Baker
Alexander Gidley:
Matthew Beard
Marcus Goodridge:
Max Bennett
Gabriel Graham:
Michael Bertenshaw
Emily Colville:
Scarlett Brookes
Brother Aloysius:
Toby Bryant
Moses Wickens:
Ben Callon
John Rossiter:
Mark Carey
Ambrose Nichols:
Steve Clark
William Fulford:
Ryan Coath
Dom Anscar Vonier:
Kenneth Collard
Amos Rutter:
Richard Cotton
Sylvia Graham:
Joanna David
Edwin Lloyd:
Finn den Hertog
Adam Wilson:
Billy Kennedy
Cyrus Colville:
Anton Lesser
Primrose Rutter:
Jade Matthew
Cora Gidley:
Joanna Monro
Hector Gidley:
Brian Protheroe
Gert Battley:
Maggie Steed
Clarence Ogden:
David Sterne
Bertram Colville:
Nick Underwood
Tobias Holden:
Toby Bryant
Elspeth Taverner:
Kelly Williams

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Home Front - Omnibus

Episode 60: 5-9 September 1916

Duration: 58 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 Extra

Available for years

In the week, in 1916, when ambulance driver Dorothie Feilding was the first woman to be awarded a Military Medal, there are some lesser but notable firsts in Folkestone. Show more

Contributors

Esme Macknade:
Katie Angelou
Norman Harris:
Sean Baker
Isabel Graham:
Keely Beresford
Gabriel Graham:
Michael Bertenshaw
Doris Tull:
Jade Briggs
Howard Argent:
Gunnar Cauthery
Dolly Clout:
Elaine Claxton
Alice Macknade:
Claire Louise Cordwell
Bill Macknade:
Ben Crowe
Sylvia Graham:
Joanna David
Jessie Moore:
Lucy Hutchinson
Adam Wilson:
Billy Kennedy
William Hall:
James Lailey
Anna White:
Amelia Lowdell
Elizabeth Chance:
Kika Markham
Ralph Winwood:
Nicholas Murchie
Eric Morton:
Paul Rainbow
Johnnie Marshall:
Paul Ready
Cecil Cameron:
Justin Salinger
Dorothea Winwood:
Rachel Shelley
Dennis Monk:
Sam Swann
Ivy Layton:
Lizzy Watts

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Home Front - Omnibus

Episode 91: 4-8 December 1917

Duration: 58 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 Extra

Available for years

The fourth omnibus of Season 12, Giddy with Possibility, set in Tynemouth, in the week in 1917 when Jerusalem was surrendered to the British. From December 2017. Show more

Contributors

Phyllis Marshall:
Christine Absolom
Peggy Tanney:
Abbie Andrews
Stella Wardle:
Morgan Armstrong
Hannah O'Leary:
Mia Bainbridge
Edie Chadwick:
Kathryn Beaumont
Esther O'Leary:
Anna Bolton
Trevor Lamb:
Philip Correia
Marion Wardle:
Laura Elphinstone
Lester Reed:
Trevor Fox
Sarah Illingworth:
Naomi Frederick
Kenny Stokoe:
Dean Logan
Judith Turner:
Kate Okello
Joseph Fannon:
Shaun Prendergast
Johnnie Marshall:
Paul Ready
Maud Drummond:
Vineeta Rishi
Ethel Manning:
Sophie Scott
Alan Lowther:
David Seddon
Duncan Chadwick:
Mark Stobbart
Joyce Lyle:
Tracy Whitwell
Fraser Chadwick:
Edmund Wiseman
Daisy Jenkins:
Hannah Wood
Matilda James:
Hannah Wood
Series Editor:
Jessica Dromgoole

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