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24 September 1915 - Kitty Lumley
11 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW
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Kitty makes a strategic decision to keep her friends close. Show more
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4 January 1918 - Adeline Lumley
11 minutes
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On this day in 1918, the SS Birtley was sunk returning from Dunkirk, losing 18 crew, and in Tynemouth, old friends arrive seeking safety. Show more
Home Front - Omnibus
Episode 95: 1-5 January 1918
58 minutes
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Final omnibus of Season 12, Giddy with Possibility, set in the week in 1918 when Kaiser Wilhelm the Second said, 'We face, with firm confidence and an iron will, the year 1918.'. Show more
Home Front
27 March 1918 - Adeline Lumley
11 minutes
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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
Home Front
18 July 1918 - Howard Argent
11 minutes
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This day in 1918 was declared Fag Day, raising money for cigarettes for the wounded, while in Seale Hayne, Howard tries to understand Doctor Hurst's unorthodox methods. Show more
Home Front
20 July 1918 - Kitty Lumley
11 minutes
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On this day in 1918, it was reported that Ben Tillett MP described the country as 98 per cent anti-German. In Devon, Kitty is called out in the middle of the night to see Dieter. Show more
Home Front - Omnibus
Episode 34: 21-25 September 1915
58 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 Extra
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Omnibus edition of the epic drama series set in Great War Britain over a week when Folkestone seems to be poisoned by the war. Show more
Home Front
25 January 1917 - Sylvia Graham
11 minutes
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On this day in 1917, 354 Canadian soldiers drowned when their ship hit a mine off the Irish coast, and Sylvia Graham does her best to steer her family through choppy waters. Show more
Home Front
26 January 1917 - Adeline Lumley
11 minutes
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On this day in 1917, the Speaker's Conference report recommended that women over 30 should get the vote, while in Tynemouth, Adeline makes sure she is heard loud and clear. Show more
Home Front - Omnibus
Episode 70: 23-27 January 1917
58 minutes
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In the week, in 1917, when the national press reported extensively on an explosion at an east London munitions factory, in Tynemouth, the workers are yet to have their story told. Show more
Home Front
7 June 1917 - Isabel Graham
11 minutes
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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
Home Front - Omnibus
Episode 79: 5-9 June 1917
58 minutes
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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
Home Front
31 July 1917 - Adeline Lumley (Season 11 start)
11 minutes
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31 July 1917 marked the first day of Passchendaele, and - at the Maudsley hospital in London - Adeline and Phyllis are on the offensive. Show more
Home Front
1 August 1917 - Dorothea Winwood
11 minutes
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On this day in 1917, Pope Benedict XV issued his Peace Note, describing the war as driven by a universal madness, and in Folkestone, Dorothea experiences a private sadness. Show more
Home Front
7 August 1917 - Howard Argent
11 minutes
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On this day in 1917, the dramatist Basil Hood died, having suffered from nervous exhaustion, and Captain Lumley returns to Folkestone a more fragile man. Show more
Home Front
10 August 1917 - Sylvia Graham
11 minutes
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On this day in 1917, the Labour party voted to send delegates to the Stockholm peace conference. In Folkestone, Sylvia Graham hosts wounded soldiers. Show more
Home Front
15 August 1917 - Juliet Cavendish
11 minutes
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On this day in 1917, an increase in wages for women munitions workers was introduced, and Juliet Cavendish finds her working conditions oppressive. Show more
Home Front
16 August 1917 - Ulysses Pilchard
11 minutes
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On this day in 1917, the idea of a channel tunnel was rejected, at least until the end of the war, while in Folkestone, Dr Pilchard gains ground with his electro-shock treatment. Show more
Home Front
17 August 1917 - Adeline Lumley
11 minutes
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On this day in 1917, Wilfred Owen met Siegfried Sassoon at Craiglockhart, and in Folkestone, Adeline and Victor Lumley both see clearly, but in different ways. Show more
Home Front
20 September 1917 - Adeline Lumley
11 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW
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On this day in 1917, 17-year-old Herbert Morris was shot at dawn for desertion in France, while in Folkestone, a traumatised soldier shares a day of small joys with Adeline Lumley. Show more