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26 September 1918 - Phyllis Marshall

Duration: 11 minutes

First broadcast: Wed 26^th Sep 2018, 12:04 on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: Wed 26^th Sep 2018, 12:04 on BBC Radio 4 LW

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On this day in 1918, the Allies launched a concluding offensive on Meuse-Argonne and somewhere in the North Downs, Phyllis and Johnnie are still quite far from Folkestone. Show more

Contributors

Phyllis:: Christine Absalom
Johnnie:: Paul Ready
Sylvia:: Joanna David
Esme:: Katie Angelou
Adeline:: Helen Schlesinger
Nell:: Alice St Clair
Sophie:: Abbie Andrews
Writer:: Sarah Daniels
Director:: Ciaran Bermingham
Series Editor:: Jessica Dromgoole

Genres

DramaHistorical

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Home Front - Omnibus

Episode 42: 4-8 January 1916

Duration: 58 minutes

First broadcast: Fri 8^th Jan 2016, 21:00 on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: Fri 8^th Jan 2016, 21:00 on BBC Radio 4 LW

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In a week when compulsory Military service became almost inevitable, the Bevan hospital becomes a welcome alternative to home for Dorothea. Show more

Contributors

Adeline Lumley:: Helen Schlesinger
Alec Poole:: Tom Stuart
Bob Capeling:: Joe Sims
Dorothea Winwood:: Rachel Shelley
Edie Chadwick:: Kathryn Beaumont
Esme Macknade:: Katie Angelou
Florrie Wilson:: Claire Rushbrook
Gabriel Graham:: Michael Bertenshaw
Giles Herrin:: Luke Thompson
Harry Pankhurst:: Sean Murray
Hilary Pearce:: Craige Els
Isabel Graham:: Keely Beresford
Ivy Layton:: Lizzy Watts
Jessie Moore:: Lucy Hutchinson
Kitty Lumley:: Ami Metcalf
Lilian Frost:: Alex Tregear
Margaret Bishop:: Catherine Bailey
Marion Wardle:: Laura Elphinstone
Max Davenport:: Trevor White
Nell Kingsley:: Alice St Clair
Norman Harris:: Norman Baker
Olive Hargreaves:: Rhiannon Neads
Phyllis Marshall:: Christine Absalom
Roland Pemble:: Jack Holden
Ruby Tulliver:: Martine McCutcheon
Ruth Billings:: Katie Redford
Victor Lumley:: Joel MacCormack
Pigman:: Sean Murray
Nurse Ratched:: Debra Baker
Steward:: George Watkins
Soldier:: George Watkins
Driver:: Caolan McCarthy
Soldier:: Caolan McCarthy
Madam:: Debra Baker
Canadian Soldier:: Owen Clarke
Writer:: Mike Walker
Director:: Jessica Dromgoole

Genres

Drama

Series

Home Front - Omnibus

Episode 43: 11-15 January 1916

Duration: 58 minutes

First broadcast: Fri 15^th Jan 2016, 21:00 on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: Tue 29^th Mar 2016, 03:00 on BBC Radio 4 Extra

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In the week when the Welsh and Scottish Trades Unions voted to oppose conscription, there is pressure at the Bevan to return more wounded men to duty. Show more

Contributors

Adam Wilson:: Billy Kennedy
Adeline Lumley:: Helen Schlesinger
Alec Poole:: Tom Stuart
Alphonse Duvall:: Matthew Juul
Anna White:: Amelia Lowdell
Cristine:: Ysabelle Cooper
Dorothea Winwood:: Rachel Shelley
Dr Henry Streatfield:: Chris Pavlo
Emile Tourte:: Stephane Cornicard
Eric Morton:: Paul Rainbow
Esme Macknade:: Katie Angelou
Gabriel Graham:: Michael Bertenshaw
Hilary Pearce:: Craige Els
Isabel Graham:: Keely Beresford
Ivor Davies:: Alun Raglan
Ivy Layton:: Lizzy Watts
Len Reeves:: Darren Swift
Lilian Frost:: Alex Tregear
Nancy Parker:: Jane Whittenshaw
Nell Kingsley:: Alice St Clair
Norman Harris:: Sean Baker
Olive Hargreaves:: Rhiannon Neads
Phyllis Marshall:: Christine Absalom
Roland Pemble:: Jack Holden
Ruby Tulliver:: Martine McCutcheon
Ruth Billings:: Katie Redford
Sylvia Graham:: Joanna David
Winifred Dinsdale:: Alice Lowe
Anna White:: Amelia Lowdell
Eve:: Debra Baker
Evadne:: Evie Killip
Yvette:: Rebecca Hamilton
Auctioneer:: Gerard McDermott
Mr Martindale:: Ewan Bailey
Writer:: Sarah Daniels
Director:: Allegra McIlroy

Genres

Drama

Series

Home Front - Omnibus

Episode 34: 21-25 September 1915

Duration: 58 minutes

First broadcast: Fri 25^th Sep 2015, 21:00 on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: Sat 12^th Dec 2015, 03:00 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

Contributors

Esme:: Katie Angelou
Boy:: Alexander Aze
Edie:: Kathryn Beaumont
Stella:: Ava Bell
Ray:: Scarlet Bell
Gabriel:: Michael Bertenshaw
Juliet:: Lizzie Bourne
Mrs Grimes:: Amelda Brown
Peggy:: Victoria Brazier
Howard:: Gunnar Cauthery
Dolly:: Elaine Claxton
Sylvia:: Joanna David
Marion:: Laura Elphinstone
Adam:: Billy Kennedy
Kitty:: Ami Metcalf
Clemmie:: Joanna Monro
Ralph:: Nicholas Murchie
Albert:: Harry Myers
Johnnie:: Paul Ready
Florrie:: Claire Rushbrook
Adeline:: Helen Schlesinger
Dorothea:: Rachel Shelley
Woman:: Jane Slavin
Alec:: Tom Stuart
Lilian:: Alex Tregear
Mayor:: John Woodvine
Writer:: Katie Hims
Director:: Jessica Dromgoole

Genres

Drama

Series

Home Front

28 September 1915 - Adeline Lumley

Duration: 11 minutes

First broadcast: Mon 28^th Sep 2015, 12:04 on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: Mon 28^th Sep 2015, 12:04 on BBC Radio 4 LW

Available for 10 months

Mrs Crayford claims she can communicate with the dead, but cannot seem to get through to Adeline. Show more

Contributors

Adeline:: Helen Schlesinger
Esme:: Katie Angelou
Sylvia:: Joanna David
Kitty:: Ami Metcalf
Clemmie:: Joanna Monro
Writer:: Sarah Daniels
Director:: Jessica Dromgoole

Genres

DramaHistorical

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Docudramas

Brand

Home Front - Omnibus

Episode 35: 28 September - 2 October 1915

Duration: 58 minutes

First broadcast: Fri 2^nd Oct 2015, 21:00 on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: Tue 15^th Dec 2015, 03:00 on BBC Radio 4 Extra

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Omnibus edition of the epic drama series set in Great War Britain covering a week that the Wilson family could never have dreamed of. Show more

Contributors

Esme:: Katie Angelou
Sam:: Alexander Aze
Edie:: Kathryn Beaumont
Stella:: Ava Bell
Ray:: Scarlet Bell
Gabriel:: Michael Bertenshaw
Juliet:: Lizzie Bourne
Howard:: Gunnar Cauthery
Dolly:: Elaine Claxton
Station master:: Stephen Critchlow
Sylvia:: Joanna David
Harry:: Alec Fellows-Bennett
Roland:: Jack Holden
Adam:: Billy Kennedy
Kitty:: Ami Metcalf
Clemmie:: Joanna Monro
Ralph:: Nicholas Murchie
Albert:: Harry Myers
Sister:: Rhiannon Neads
Johnnie:: Paul Ready
Florrie:: Claire Rushbrook
Adeline:: Helen Schlesinger
Dorothea:: Rachel Shelley
Ken:: Joe Sims
Writer:: Sarah Daniels
Director:: Jessica Dromgoole

Genres

Drama

Series

Home Front

6 October 1915 - Gabriel Graham

Duration: 11 minutes

First broadcast: Tue 6^th Oct 2015, 12:04 on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: Tue 6^th Oct 2015, 12:04 on BBC Radio 4 LW

Available for 10 months

Gabriel begins to suspect Dolly Clout may not be the real thing. Show more

Contributors

Gabriel:: Michael Bertenshaw
Esme:: Katie Angelou
Norman Harris:: Sean Baker
Roy:: Tim Beckmann
Juliet:: Lizzie Bourne
Dolly:: Elaine Claxton
Alice:: Claire-Louise Cordwell
Solly:: Stephen Critchlow
Sylvia:: Joanna David
Adeline:: Helen Schlesinger
Maggie:: Hollie Thoupos
Ivy:: Lizzy Watts
Audience 1:: Rhiannon Neads
Audience 2:: Jane Slavin
Writer:: Sarah Daniels
Director:: Allegra McIlroy

Genres

DramaHistorical

Formats

Docudramas

Brand

Home Front

8 October 1915 - Sylvia Graham

Duration: 11 minutes

First broadcast: Thu 8^th Oct 2015, 12:06 on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: Thu 8^th Oct 2015, 12:06 on BBC Radio 4 LW

Available for 10 months

Sylvia Graham finds her family at the centre of an unexpected theatrical incident. Show more

Contributors

Sylvia:: Joanna David
Esme:: Katie Angelou
Norman Harris:: Sean Baker
Gabriel:: Michael Bertenshaw
Juliet:: Lizzie Bourne
Mrs Grimes:: Amelda Brown
Sid:: Gerry Hinks
Adeline:: Helen Schlesinger
Ivy:: Lizzy Watts
Audience 1:: Rhiannon Neads
Audience 2:: Jane Slavin
Audience 3:: Alex Tregear
Audience 4:: Clive Hayward
Writer:: Sarah Daniels
Producer:: Allegra McIlroy

Genres

DramaHistorical

Formats

Docudramas

Brand

Home Front - Omnibus

Episode 36: 5-9 October 1915

Duration: 58 minutes

First broadcast: Fri 9^th Oct 2015, 21:00 on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: Wed 16^th Dec 2015, 03:00 on BBC Radio 4 Extra

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Epic drama series set in Great War Britain. Individual losses and grief increasingly fuel an interest in spiritualism. Show more

Contributors

Adam:: Billy Kennedy
Adeline:: Helen Schlesinger
Alec:: Tom Stuart
Alice:: Claire-Louise Cordwell
Audience 1:: Rhiannon Neads
Audience 2:: Jane Slavin
Audience 3:: Alex Tregear
Audience 4:: Clive Hayward
Basil:: Gerry Hinks
Dolly:: Elaine Claxton
Dorothea:: Rachel Shelley
Esme:: Katie Angelou
Gabriel:: Michael Bertenshaw
Ivy:: Lizzy Watts
Juliet:: Lizzie Bourne
Lilian:: Alex Tregear
Maggie:: Hollie Thoupos
Maisie:: Cassie Layton
Mrs Grimes:: Amelda Brown
Norman Harris:: Sean Baker
Percy:: Chris Pavlo
Roland:: Jack Holden
Roy:: Tim Beckmann
Pearl:: Tim Beckmann
Sam:: Alexander Aze
Sid:: Gerry Hinks
Solly:: Stephen Critchlow
Sylvia:: Joanna David
Tom:: Clive Hayward
Writer:: Sarah Daniels
Director:: Allegra McIlroy

Genres

Drama

Series

Home Front

12 October 1915 - Adeline Lumley

Duration: 11 minutes

First broadcast: Mon 12^th Oct 2015, 12:04 on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: Mon 12^th Oct 2015, 12:04 on BBC Radio 4 LW

Available for 11 months

Edith Cavell is shot by a German firing squad, and a letter arrives at the Grahams' with bad news. Show more

Contributors

Adeline:: Helen Schlesinger
Esme:: Katie Angelou
Gabriel:: Michael Bertenshaw
Sylvia:: Joanna David
Kitty:: Ami Metcalf
Nancy:: Jane Whittenshaw
Writer:: Sarah Daniels
Director:: Jessica Dromgoole

Genres

DramaHistorical

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Docudramas

Brand

Home Front

5 January 1916 - Adeline Lumley

Duration: 11 minutes

First broadcast: Tue 5^th Jan 2016, 12:04 on BBC Radio 4 FM

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On this day, Parliament had its first reading of the Compulsory Military Service Bill, and Adeline Lumley brings her son home. Show more

Contributors

Adeline Lumley:: Helen Schlesinger
Phyllis Marshall:: Christine Absalom
Victor Lumley:: Joel MacCormack
Isabel Graham:: Keely Beresford
Olive Hargreaves:: Rhiannon Neads
Dorothea Winwood:: Rachel Shelley
Gabriel Graham:: Michael Bertenshaw
Esme Macknade:: Katie Angelou
Nurse Ratched:: Debra Baker
Steward:: George Watkins
Driver:: Caolan McCarthy
Canadian Soldier:: Owen Clarke
Writer:: Mike Walker
Director:: Jessica Dromgoole

Genres

DramaHistorical

Formats

Docudramas

Brand

Home Front - Omnibus

Episode 74: 1-5 May 1917

Duration: 58 minutes

First broadcast: Fri 5^th May 2017, 21:00 on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: Sat 22^nd Jul 2017, 03:00 on BBC Radio 4 Extra

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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
Singer:: Charles Gibbs
Croucher:: Nicholas Murchie
Writer:: Sebastian Baczkiewicz
Director:: Allegra McIlroy
Series Editor:: Jessica Dromgoole

Genres

Drama

Series

Home Front

7 June 1917 - Isabel Graham

Duration: 11 minutes

First broadcast: Wed 7^th Jun 2017, 12:04 on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: Wed 7^th Jun 2017, 12:04 on BBC Radio 4 LW

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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

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
Director:: Jessica Dromgoole

Genres

DramaHistorical

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Docudramas

Brand

Home Front - Omnibus

Episode 79: 5-9 June 1917

Duration: 58 minutes

First broadcast: Fri 9^th Jun 2017, 21:00 on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: Sat 29^th Jul 2017, 03:00 on BBC Radio 4 Extra

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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

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
Director:: Ciaran Bermingham
Director:: Jessica Dromgoole

Genres

Drama

Series

Home Front

25 August 1917 - Sylvia Graham

Duration: 11 minutes

First broadcast: Fri 25^th Aug 2017, 12:04 on BBC Radio 4 FM

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On this day in 1917, 400,000 Moscow workers went on strike in defiance of the State Conference, while in Folkestone, Sylvia canvasses for support. Show more

Contributors

Sylvia Graham:: Joanna David
Gabriel Graham:: Michael Bertenshaw
Juliet Cavendish:: Lizzie Bourne
Phyllis Marshall:: Christine Absalom
Esme Macknade:: Katie Angelou
Adeline Lumley:: Helen Schlesinger
Isabel Graham:: Keely Beresford
Phillip Sassoon:: Luke Newberry
Writer:: Mike Walker
Director:: Ciaran Bermingham
Series Editor:: Jessica Dromgoole

Genres

DramaHistorical

Formats

Docudramas

Brand

Home Front - Omnibus

Episode 81: 7-11 August 1917

Duration: 58 minutes

First broadcast: Fri 11^th Aug 2017, 21:00 on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: Fri 3^rd Nov 2017, 03:00 on BBC Radio 4 Extra

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The second omnibus of Season 11, Broken and Mad, set in the week, in 1917, when many in Folkestone watched 40 British planes encircle enemy aircraft over the channel. Show more

Contributors

Howard Argent:: Gunnar Cauthery
Victor Lumley:: Joel MacCormack
Adeline Lumley:: Helen Schlesinger
Phyllis Marshall:: Christine Absolom
Silas Morrow:: Shaun Dooley
Olive Hargreaves:: Rhiannon Neads
Kitty Lumley:: Ami Metcalf
Marieke Argent:: Olivia Ross
Mathieu Argent:: Bea White
Ulysses Pilchard:: Khalid Abdalla
Alice Macknade:: Claire-Louise Cordwell
Bill Macknade:: Ben Crowe
Esme Macknade:: Katie Angelou
Oscar Hendrickx:: Pierre Elliott
Mrs Grimes:: Amelda Brown
Hilary Pearce:: Craige Els
Isabel Graham:: Keely Beresford
Alec Poole:: Tom Stuart
Ralph Winwood:: Nicholas Murchie
Dorothea Winwood:: Rachel Shelley
Solly Joseph:: Stephen Critchlow
Sylvia Graham:: Joanna David
Gabriel Graham:: Michael Bertenshaw
Charles Summer:: Rufus Wright
Juliet Cavendish:: Lizzie Bourne
Dennis Monk:: Sam Swann
Jessie Moore:: Lucy Hutchinson
Ivy Layton:: Lizzy Watts
Norman Harris:: Sean Baker
Chairman:: Emilio Doorgasingh
Mr Williams:: Charlie Clements
Mr Grand:: David Sturzaker
Horace Woods:: Luke Newberry
Mr O'Hare:: Tom Forrister
Writer:: Katie Hims
Director:: Allegra McIlroy
Series Editor:: Jessica Dromgoole

Genres

Drama

Series