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Home Front

27 March 1918 - Adeline Lumley

Duration: 11 minutes

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

Available for years

On this day in 1918, Winston Churchill called for munition workers to forego an Easter break, and in Folkestone, Adeline is distracted by something else in the newspaper. Show more

Contributors

Adeline Lumley:
Helen Schlesinger
Gabriel Graham:
Michael Bertenshaw
Sylvia Graham:
Joanna David
Sophie Beckwith:
Abbie Andrews
Annie Fear:
Kathleen Cranham
Rev Walter Hamilton:
Joseph Kloska
Nell Kingsley:
Alice St Clair
Kitty Lumley:
Ami Metcalf
Writer:
Katie Hims
Series Editor:
Jessica Dromgoole

Home Front

12 April 1918 - Walter Hamilton

Duration: 11 minutes

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

Available for years

On this day in 1918, the Women's National Anti-Suffrage League was officially dissolved, and in Folkestone, Walter has reconsidered his position. Show more

Contributors

Rev Walter Hamilton:
Joseph Kloska
Adeline Lumley:
Helen Schlesinger
Sophie Beckwith:
Abbie Andrews
Annie Fear:
Kathleen Cranham
Emma Markham:
Susie Riddell
Adam Wilson:
Billy Kennedy
Jessie Moore:
Lucy Hutchinson
Jack Wilson:
Ashley Kumar
Dolly Clout:
Elaine Claxton
Dicky Manchester:
Roy Hudd
Series Editor:
Jessica Dromgoole

Home Front - Omnibus

Episode 68: 9-13 January 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 Sylvia Pankhurst was threatened with libel for reporting the conditions of female munitions workers, emotions run high for those at Marshall's factory. Show more

Contributors

Phyllis Lumley:
Christine Absolom
Jean Claude Lengela:
Fiston Barek
Edie Chadwick:
Kathryn Beaumont
Gabriel Graham:
Michael Bertenshaw
Evelina White:
Rosie Cavaliero
Josseff al-Assadi:
Paul Chahidi
Gladys Lynch:
Elaine Claxton
Dougie Baxter:
Kris Deedigan
Anthony Yates:
John Dougall
Marion Wardle:
Laura Elphinstone
Lester Reed:
Trevor Fox
Cressida Marshall:
Bettrys Jones
Kenny Stokoe:
Dean Logan
Trevor Lamb:
Luke MacGregor
Kitty Lumley:
Ami Metcalf
Martha Lamb:
Freya Parker
DR Walker:
Ellie Piercy
Yevgeny Zamyatin:
Simon Scardifield
Adeline Lumley:
Helen Schlesinger
Timothy Ryker:
Leon Scott
Alan Lowther:
David Seddon
Fraser Chadwick:
Edmund Wiseman
Harmonica Guy:
Colin Guthrie

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Home Front - Omnibus

Episode 74: 1-5 May 1917

Duration: 58 minutes

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

Available for years

Third omnibus of Season 10, Our Daily Bread, set in Folkestone, in the week, in 1917, when the Archbishop of Canterbury warned, 'We mean to come out of this war with clean hands.'. Show more

Contributors

Kitty Lumley:
Ami Metcalf
Ralph Winwood:
Nicholas Murchie
Howard Argent:
Gunnar Cauthery
Nancy Parker:
Jane Whittenshaw
Cynthia Hamilton:
Fenella Woolgar
Milly Manchester:
Annette Badland
Reg Roach:
Arthur Smith
Alfred Vane:
Charlie Clements
Mabel Thatcher:
Chetna Pandya
Florrie Wilson:
Claire Rushbrook
Dolly Clout:
Elaine Claxton
Noah Hamilton:
Finn Monteath
Grace Cavendish:
Grace Doherty
Adeline Lumley:
Helen Schlesinger
Albert Wilson:
Jamie Foreman
Sylvia Graham:
Joanna David
Walter Hamilton:
Joseph Kloska
Esme Macknade:
Katie Angelou
Ruby Tulliver:
Katie Redford
Juliet Cavendish:
Lizzie Bourne
Gabriel Graham:
Michael Bertenshaw
Marieke Dupont:
Olivia Ross
Oscar Hendrickx:
Pierre Elliot
Alec Poole:
Tom Stuart
Dorothea Winwood:
Rachel Shelley
Evelina White:
Rosie Cavaliero
Dicky Manchester:
Roy Hudd
Series Editor:
Jessica Dromgoole

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Home Front

7 June 1917 - Isabel Graham

Duration: 11 minutes

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

Available for years

On this day in 1917, in the early hours of the morning, people as far away as Dublin were woken by the detonation of Messines Ridge, the biggest man-made explosion in history. Show more

Contributors

Isabel Graham:
Keely Beresford
Gabriel Graham:
Michael Bertenshaw
Juliet Cavendish:
Lizzie Bourne
Sylvia Graham:
Joanna David
Esme Macknade:
Katie Angelou
Adeline Lumley:
Helen Schlesinger
Mrs Grimes:
Amelda Brown
Walter Hamilton:
Joseph Kloska
Alec Poole:
Tom Stuart
Dorothea Winwood:
Rachel Shelley
Writer:
Katie Hims

Home Front - Omnibus

Episode 79: 5-9 June 1917

Duration: 58 minutes

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

Available for years

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

Contributors

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

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Home Front - Omnibus

Episode 72: 17-21 April 1917 (Season 10 start)

Duration: 58 minutes

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

Available for years

The first omnibus of Season 10, Our Daily Bread, set in Folkestone, in the week, in 1917, when the Chinese Labour Corps set up camp in Folkestone. Show more

Contributors

Ralph Winwood:
Nicholas Murchie
Alec Poole:
Tom Stuart
Maisie Harris:
Cassie Layton
Noah Hamilton:
Finn Monteath
Sylvia Graham:
Joanna David
Lilian Pemble:
Alex Tregear
Mrs Grimes:
Amelda Brown
Reg Roach:
Arthur Smith
Mathieu Winwood:
Bea Riddell
Adam Wilson:
Billy Kennedy
Florrie Wilson:
Claire Rushbrook
Hilary Pearce:
Craige Els
Tang Chi-chang:
David Tse
Dolly Clout:
Elaine Claxton
Cynthia Hamilton:
Fenella Woolgar
Howard Argent:
Gunnar Cauthery
Maggie Macknade:
Hollie Thoupos
William Stokes:
James Lailey
Constance Peel:
Jane Slavin
Nancy Parker:
Jane Whittenshaw
Walter Hamilton:
Joseph Kloska
Esme Macknade:
Katie Angelou
Isabel Graham:
Keely Beresford
Edna Harris:
Lara West
Juliet Cavendish:
Lizzie Bourne
Jessie Moore:
Lucy Hutchinson
Gabriel Graham:
Michael Bertenshaw
Oscar Hendrickx:
Pierre Elliott
Dorothea Winwood:
Rachel Shelley
Mrs Edkins:
Rachel Davies
Florence Rumsey:
Sarah Ridgeway
Cristine de Groot:
Ysabelle Cooper
Series Editor:
Jessica Dromgoole

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Home Front - Omnibus

Episode 75: 8-12 May 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 10 is set in the week in 1917 when the Stockholm Conference refused entry to anyone on the side of the German imperialists. Show more

Contributors

Norman Harris:
Norman Baker
Isabel Graham:
Keely Beresford
Gabriel Graham:
Michael Bertenshaw
Juliet Cavendish:
Lizzie Bourne
Mrs Grimes:
Amelda Brown
Evelina White:
Rosie Cavaliero
May Arnold:
Lois Chimimba
Carson Martindale:
Stephen Critchlow
Sylvia Graham:
Joanna David
Joan Edkins:
Rachel Davies
Forsyth:
John Dougall
Oscar Hendrickx:
Pierre Elliott
Hilary Pearce:
Craige Els
Reg (singer):
Charles Gibbs
Walter Hamilton:
Joseph Kloska
Victor Lumley:
Joel MacCormack
Kitty Lumley:
Ami Metcalf
Noah Hamilton:
Finn Monteath
Ralph Winwood:
Nicholas Murchie
Switchboard:
Chetna Pandya
Ruby Pearce:
Katie Redford
Florrie Wilson:
Claire Rushbrook
Dorothea Winwood:
Rachel Shelley
Reg Roach:
Arthur Smith
Alec Poole:
Tom Stuart
Lilian Frost:
Alex Tregear
Nancy Parker:
Jane Whittenshaw
Cynthia Hamilton:
Fenella Woolgar

Genres

Home Front

17 May 1917 - Walter Hamilton

Duration: 11 minutes

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

Available for years

On this day in 1917, a special thanksgiving service was held at Westminster Cathedral in aid of the Red Cross, and in Folkestone, Walter Hamilton's generosity is stretched. Show more

Contributors

Walter Hamilton:
Joseph Kloska
Cynthia Hamilton:
Fenella Woolgar
Dolly Clout:
Elaine Claxton
Gabriel Graham:
Michael Bertenshaw
Sylvia Graham:
Joanna David
Mrs Joan Edkins:
Rachel Davies
Jessie Moore:
Lucy Hutchinson
Noah Hamilton:
Finn Monteath
Series Editor:
Jessica Dromgoole

Home Front - Omnibus

Episode 76: 15-19 May 1917

Duration: 58 minutes

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

Available for years

Set in the week in 1917 when sugar queues were reported in London, with supplies believed to be at their lowest yet. Written by Sarah Daniels. Show more

Contributors

Esme Macknade:
Katie Angelou
Mildred Manchester:
Annette Badland
Isabel Graham:
Keely Beresford
Gabriel Graham:
Michael Bertenshaw
Evelina White:
Rosie Cavaliero
May Arnold:
Lois Chimimba
Dolly Clout:
Elaine Claxton
Alfred Vane:
Charlie Clements
Sylvia Graham:
Joanna David
Mrs Joan Edkins:
Rachel Davies
Oscar Hendrickx:
Pierre Elliot
Mrs Herrin:
Georgie Glen
Dicky Manchester:
Roy Hudd
Jessie Moore:
Lucy Hutchinson
Walter Hamilton:
Joseph Kloska
Victor Lumley:
Joel MacCormack
Kitty Lumley:
Ami Metcalf
Noah Hamilton:
Finn Monteath
Mabel Thatcher:
Chetna Pandya
Florrie Wilson:
Claire Rushbrook
Adeline Lumley:
Helen Schlesinger
Reg Roach:
Arthur Smith
Alec Poole:
Tom Stuart
Maggie Macknade:
Hollie Thoupos
Nancy Parker:
Jane Whittenshaw
Cynthia Hamilton:
Fenella Woolgar
Series Editor:
Jessica Dromgoole

Genres

Home Front

5 April 1918 - Ivy Monk

Duration: 11 minutes

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

Available for years

On this day in 1918, the Michael Offensive comes to an end, and in Folkestone, it is the opening night of Jezebel. Show more

Contributors

Ivy Monk:
Lizzy Watts
Constance Pettigrew:
Phoebe Frances Brown
Dennis Monk:
Sam Swann
Dicky Manchester:
Roy Hudd
Mrs Edkins:
Rachel Davies
Hilary Pearce:
Craige Els
Jessie Moore:
Lucy Hutchinson
Rev Walter Hamilton:
Joseph Kloska
Ruby Tulliver:
Katie Redford
Sylvia Graham:
Joanna David
Terence Wentworth:
Jack Lowden
Writer:
Katie Hims

Home Front - Omnibus

Episode 98: 19-23 March 1918

Duration: 58 minutes

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

Available for years

The third omnibus of Season 13, A Woman's Place, set in Folkestone, in the week in 1918 when the greatest German offensive began. Show more

Contributors

Dorothea Winwood:
Rachel Shelley
Dolly Clout:
Elaine Claxton
Elizabeth Chance:
Kika Markham
Isabel Graham:
Keely Beresford
Rev Ralph Winwood:
Nicholas Murchie
Rev Alec Poole:
Tom Stuart
Rev Walter Hamilton:
Joseph Kloska
Olive Hargreaves:
Rhiannon Neads
Kitty Lumley:
Ami Metcalf
Florrie Wilson:
Claire Rushbrook
Dilys Walker:
Ellie Piercy
Mrs Edkins:
Rachel Davies
Mr Snook:
Carl Prekopp
Adam Wilson:
Billy Kennedy
Peter Lumley:
Beatrice White
Bill Macknade:
Ben Crowe
Alice Macknade:
Claire-Louise Cordwell
Oscar Hendrickx:
Pierre Elliott
Charles Summer:
Rufus Wright
Jeanie Jones:
Kerry Gooderson
Esme Macknade:
Katie Angelou
Adeline Lumley:
Helen Schlesinger
Gabriel Graham:
Michael Bertenshaw
Sophie Beckwith:
Abbie Andrews
Otto Marx:
Paul Chahidi
William McGowan:
Rupert Holliday-Evans
Jessie Moore:
Lucy Hutchinson
Jack Wilson:
Ashley Kumar
Dennis Monk:
Sam Swann
Writer:
Katie Hims

Genres

Home Front - Omnibus

Episode 100: 2-6 April 1918

Duration: 58 minutes

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

Available for years

The fifth omnibus of Season 13, A Woman's Place, set in Folkestone in the week in 1918 when the German Army's Operation Michael came to an end. Show more

Contributors

Oscar Hendrickx:
Pierre Elliott
Esme Macknade:
Katie Angelou
Alice Macknade:
Claire-Louise Cordwell
Bessie Joseph:
Rhiannon Neads
Francois van Gremooter:
Cokey Falkow
Fraser Chadwick:
Edmund Wiseman
Sylvia Graham:
Joanna David
Gabriel Graham:
Michael Bertenshaw
Mrs Edkins:
Rachel Davies
Terence Wentworth:
Jack Lowden
Rev Ralph Winwood:
Nicholas Murchie
Dorothea Winwood:
Rachel Shelley
Victor Lumley:
Joel MacCormack
Kitty Lumley:
Ami Metcalf
Eric Morton:
Paul Rainbow
Ivy Monk:
Lizzy Watts
Constance Pettigrew:
Phoebe Frances Brown
Dennis Monk:
Sam Swann
Dicky Manchester:
Roy Hudd
Hilary Pearce:
Craige Els
Jessie Moore:
Lucy Hutchinson
Rev Walter Hamilton:
Joseph Kloska
Ruby Tulliver:
Katie Redford
Elizabeth Chance:
Kika Markham
Ivy Monk:
Izzy Watts
Writer:
Katie Hims

Genres

Home Front - Omnibus

Episode 101: 9-13 April 1918

Duration: 58 minutes

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

Available for years

The sixth omnibus of Season 13, A Woman's Place, set in Folkestone in the week in 1918 when Maud Allen's controversial production of Salome was cancelled. Show more

Contributors

Edie Chadwick:
Kathryn Beaumont
Dilys Walker:
Ellie Piercy
Rose Allatini:
Phoebe Fildes
Marion Wardle:
Laura Elphinstone
Kitty Lumley:
Ami Metcalf
Hugh Cavendish:
Pip Carter
Marieke Argent:
Olivia Ross
Howard Argent:
Gunnar Cauthery
Olive Hargreaves:
Rhiannon Neads
Charles Summer:
Rufus Wright
Juliet Cavendish:
Lizzie Bourne
Alice Macknade:
Claire-Louise Cordwell
Bill Macknade:
Ben Crowe
Esme Macknade:
Katie Angelou
Mickey Macknade:
Reece Buttery
Rev Alec Poole:
Tom Stuart
Frankie:
Jane Slavin
Isabel Graham:
Keely Beresford
Rev Walter Hamilton:
Joseph Kloska
Adeline Lumley:
Helen Schlesinger
Sophie Beckwith:
Abbie Andrews
Annie Fear:
Kathleen Cranham
Emma Markham:
Susie Riddell
Adam Wilson:
Billy Kennedy
Jessie Moore:
Lucy Hutchinson
Jack Wilson:
Ashley Kumar
Dolly Clout:
Elaine Claxton
Dicky Manchester:
Roy Hudd
Gabriel Graham:
Michael Bertenshaw
Hilary Pearce:
Craige Els
Sylvia Graham:
Joanna David
Norman Harris:
Sean Baker
Mrs Edkins:
Rachel Davies
Constance Pettigrew:
Phoebe Frances Brown
Eric Morton:
Paul Rainbow
Inspector Forrester:
Nigel Hastings
Nell Kingsley:
Alice St Clair
Series Editor:
Jessica Dromgoole

Genres

Home Front

29 March 1918 - Ivy Monk

Duration: 11 minutes

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

Available for years

On this day in 1918, Easter Intercession services were held around the country, and in Folkestone, Ivy Monk is praying that everything runs smoothly at the Pleasure Gardens theatre. Show more

Contributors

Ivy Monk:
Lizzy Watts
Rev Walter Hamilton:
Joseph Kloska
Jessie Moore:
Lucy Hutchinson
Dicky Manchester:
Roy Hudd
Constance Pettigrew:
Phoebe Frances Brown
Dennis Monk:
Sam Swann
Rev Ralph Winwood:
Nicholas Murchie
Rufus Sweeney:
Ryan Early
Writer:
Katie Hims
Series Editor:
Jessica Dromgoole

Home Front - Omnibus

Episode 99: 26-30 March 1918

Duration: 58 minutes

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

Available for years

The fourth omnibus of Season 13, A Woman's Place, set in Folkestone, in the week in 1918 when footballer Walter Tull was killed in the Spring Offensive. Show more

Contributors

Alice Macknade:
Claire-Louise Cordwell
Private Casey:
Ryan Early
Harry Toomer:
Ian Masters
Esme Macknade:
Katie Angelou
Bill Macknade:
Ben Crowe
Captain Morrison:
Clive Hayward
Gabriel Graham:
Michael Bertenshaw
Eric Morton:
Paul Rainbow
Hilary Pearce:
Craige Els
Inspector Forrester:
Nigel Hastings
Adeline Lumley:
Helen Schlesinger
Sylvia Graham:
Joanna David
Sophie Beckwith:
Abbie Andrews
Annie Fear:
Kathleen Cranham
Rev Walter Hamilton:
Joseph Kloska
Nell Kingsley:
Alice St Clair
Kitty Lumley:
Ami Metcalf
Marion Wardle:
Laura Elphinstone
Fraser Chadwick:
Edmund Wiseman
Edie Chadwick:
Kathryn Beaumont
Ray Wardle:
Isabel Barry
Hermione:
Amber Aga
Fryn Tennyson-Jesse:
Fenella Woolgar
Stella Wardle:
Olivia Wales
Dilys Walker:
Ellie Piercy
Rose Allatini:
Phoebe Fildes
Ivy Monk:
Lizzy Watts
Jessie Moore:
Lucy Hutchinson
Dicky Manchester:
Roy Hudd
Constance Pettigrew:
Phoebe Frances Brown
Dennis Monk:
Sam Swann
Rev Ralph Winwood:
Nicholas Murchie
Rufus Sweeney:
Ryan Early
Howard Argent:
Gunnar Cauthery
Olive Hargreaves:
Rhiannon Neads
Hugh Cavendish:
Pip Carter
Marieke Argent:
Olivia Ross
Juliet Cavendish:
Lizzie Bourne
Writer:
Katie Hims
Series Editor:
Jessica Dromgoole

Genres

Home Front - Omnibus

Episode 65: 19-23 December 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 debate raged nationally over the treatment of foreign workers, there is unrest throughout Tyneside. Show more

Contributors

Phyllis Marshall:
Christine Absalom
Heinrich Fischer:
Ewan Bailey
Jean Claude Lengela:
Fiston Barek
Esther O'Leary:
Amy Cameron
Evelina White:
Rosie Cavaliero
Gladys Lynch:
Elaine Claxton
Marion Wardle:
Laura Elphinstone
Lester Reed:
Trevor Fox
Thomas Dixon:
Neil Grainger
Geoffrey Marshall:
Anthony Howell
Cressida Marshall:
Bettrys Jones
Kenny Stokoe:
Dean Logan
Kitty Lumley:
Ami Metcalf
Stanley Hobbs:
David Nellist
Martha Lamb:
Freya Parker
DR Walker:
Ellie Piercy
Yevgeny Zamyatin:
Simon Scardifield
Adeline Lumley:
Helen Schlesinger
Loomis:
Leon Scott
Alan Lowther:
David Seddon
Mhairi Marchant:
Jane Slavin

Genres

Duration: 15 minutes

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

Available for years

When Hester is offered a merger to cancel all her debts, she finds a neat but risky solution. Starring Lyndsey Marshal. Show more

Contributors

Margaret Oliphant:
Penelope Wilton
Hester Vernon:
Lyndsey Marshal
Harry Sellon:
Ben Crowe
Farrington:
Patrick Brennan
Mildmay Vernon:
Paul Stonehouse
Miss Vernon-Ridgeway:
Sarah Thom
Miss Matilda Vernon-Ridgeway:
Liza Sadovy
Edward Vernon:
Joseph Kloska
Lady Ellen Vernon:
Jasmine Hyde
Labourer:
Adam Nagaitis
Adaptor:
Kate Clanchy
Adaptor:
Zena Forster

Genres

Duration: 15 minutes

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

Available for years

Widower Edward Vernon can no longer resist speculating - putting Hester's bank at risk. Stars Joseph Kloska. Show more

Contributors

Margaret Oliphant:
Penelope Wilton
Hester Vernon:
Lyndsey Marshal
Edward Vernon:
Joseph Kloska
Miss Halifax:
Stephanie Racine
Miss Letitia:
Sarah Thom
Miss Letitia:
Liza Sadovy
Despatch Rider:
Joe Sims
Old Merridew:
Robert Blythe
Adaptor:
Kate Clanchy
Adaptor:
Zena Forster

Genres

Home Front

5 May 1917 - Cynthia Hamilton

Duration: 11 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FM

Available for years

On this day in 1917, Russian anti-war protests were reported in Britain as 'some trouble caused by soldiers and workmen', while at St Stephen's, the repairs are nearly complete. Show more

Contributors

Cynthia Hamilton:
Fenella Woolgar
Dicky Manchester:
Roy Hudd
Milly Manchester:
Annette Badland
Noah Hamilton:
Finn Monteath
Walter Hamilton:
Joseph Kloska
Ruby Tulliver:
Katie Redford
Dolly Clout:
Elaine Claxton
Series Editor:
Jessica Dromgoole