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Home Front

31 August 1916 - Juliet Argent

Duration: 11 minutes

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

Available for years

The Battle of Verdun finally comes to a close, and in Folkestone, Juliet Cavendish's marriage is on fragile ground. Show more

Contributors

Juliet Cavendish:
Lizzie Bourne
Hugh Cavendish:
Alex Wyndham
Bentley Graham:
Matthew Needham
Mrs Briggs:
Adie Allen
Gabriel Graham:
Michael Bertenshaw
Sylvia Graham:
Joanna David

Home Front

1 June 1915 - Juliet Cavendish

Duration: 11 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FM

Available for 6 months

It is Councillor Graham's birthday, and Juliet has a surprise for him. Show more

Contributors

Juliet Cavendish:
Lizzie Bourne
Gabriel Graham:
Michael Bertenshaw
Sylvia Graham:
Barbara Flynn
Hugh Cavendish:
Alex Wyndham
Connie Cavendish:
Natasha Raphael
Grace Cavendish:
Chloe Raphael
Ralph Winwood:
Nicholas Murchie
Howard Argent:
Toby Jones

Home Front

27 September 1916 - Juliet Cavendish

Duration: 11 minutes

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

Available for years

On this day in 1916, a woman in London was charged with child trafficking, and in Folkestone, the Cavendish family face another parting. Show more

Contributors

Juliet Cavendish:
Lizzie Bourne
Hugh Cavendish:
Alex Wyndham
Connie Cavendish:
Felix Lailey
Grace Cavendish:
Grace Doherty
Howard Argent:
Gunnar Cauthery
Marieke Dupont:
Olivia Ross
Gabriel Graham:
Michael Bertenshaw
Isabel Graham:
Keely Beresford
Sylvia Graham:
Joanna David

Home Front

13 September 1916 - Hugh Cavendish

Duration: 11 minutes

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

Available for years

On this day in 1916, the town of Tennessee publicly hanged Mary the circus elephant for the death of her trainer, and Lieutenant Cavendish faces Dr Argent at the Grand Hotel. Show more

Contributors

Hugh Cavendish:
Alex Wyndham
Howard Argent:
Gunnar Cauthery
Juliet Cavendish:
Lizzie Bourne
Clifford:
Tom Forrister
Mr Torrance:
Tom Stuart

Home Front

22 September 1916 - Juliet Cavendish

Duration: 11 minutes

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

Available for years

On this day in 1916, a German seaplane was spotted over Dover, and Hugh and Juliet Cavendish try to create a perfect day. Show more

Contributors

Juliet Cavendish:
Lizzie Bourne
Lt Hugh Cavendish:
Alex Wyndham
Albert Wilson:
Lee Ross
Connie Cavendish:
Felix Lailey
Grace Cavendish:
Grace Doherty

Home Front

16 August 1916 - Hugh Cavendish

Duration: 11 minutes

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

Available for years

On this day in 1916, the French gained a mile of trenches at the Somme, and in Folkestone, Hugh Cavendish resists the incursions of Cecil Cameron. Show more

Contributors

Hugh Cavendish:
Alex Wyndham
Juliet Argent:
Lizzie Bourne
Gabriel Graham:
Michael Bertenshaw
Sylvia Graham:
Joanna David
Cecil Cameron:
Justin Salinger
Connie Cavendish:
Felix Lailey
Grace Cavendish:
Grace Doherty
Marieke Dupont:
Olivia Ross
Esme Macknade:
Katie Angelou
Johnnie Marshall:
Paul Ready
Writer:
Katie Hims

Home Front

22 August 1916 - Juliet Cavendish

Duration: 1 hour

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

Available for years

15,000 pilgrims gather at Lourdes to pray for the safe return of their fathers from war, and Juliet finds it hard to reconcile her delight and her fears. Show more

Contributors

Juliet Cavendish:
Lizzie Bourne
Howard Argent:
Gunnar Cauthery
Hugh Cavendish:
Alex Wyndham
Reginald Church:
John Dougall
Marieke Dupont:
Olivia Ross
Gabriel Graham:
Michael Bertenshaw
Sylvia Graham:
Joanna David
Connie Cavendish:
Felix Lailey
Grace Cavendish:
Grace Doherty
Writer:
Katie Hims

Tommies

21 October 1914

Duration: 45 minutes

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

Mickey's plan to be a battlefield tourist is undone by an artillery captain on a mission. By Jonathan Ruffle. Show more

Contributors

Mickey Bliss:
Lee Ross
Commentator:
Indira Varma
Maberly Dunster:
Alex Wyndham
Horace Greenwood:
Mark Edel-Hunt
Jacca Nancarrow:
Joseph Kloska
Captain Paddon:
Damian Lynch
Captain Richardson:
Monty d'Inverno
Colonel Firmin:
Michael Bertenshaw
Pipe Major Maclaurin:
David Cann
Producer:
David Hunter
Director:
David Hunter

Brand

Tommies

Home Front

10 August 1916 - Gabriel Graham

Duration: 11 minutes

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

Available for years

A letter from Lloyd George exhorts the nation to watch the new film, The Battle of the Somme, and in Folkestone, the Grahams face an impossible situation. Show more

Contributors

Gabriel Graham:
Michael Bertenshaw
Sylvia Graham:
Joanna David
Howard Argent:
Gunnar Cauthery
Juliet Argent:
Lizzie Bourne
Hugh Cavendish:
Alex Wyndham
Mayor Penfold:
John Woodvine
Connie Cavendish:
Felix Lailey
Grace Cavendish:
Grace Doherty

Home Front

11 August 1916 - Juliet Argent

Duration: 11 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FM

Available for years

Italy drives Germany back nine miles from Gorizia with 32,000 losses, and Juliet Argent faces losing her husband. Show more

Contributors

Juliet Argent:
Lizzie Bourne
Hugh Cavendish:
Alex Wyndham
Howard Argent:
Gunnar Cauthery
Dorothea Winwood:
Rachel Shelley
Connie Cavendish:
Felix Lailey
Grace Cavendish:
Grace Doherty

Home Front - Omnibus

Episode 56: 8-12 August 1916 (Season 8 start)

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 the film The Battle of the Somme set box offices records for British cinema, extraordinary good fortune disrupts the lives of the Graham household. Show more

Contributors

Esme Macknade:
Katie Angelou
Edie Chadwick:
Kathryn Beaumont
Isabel Graham:
Keely Beresford
Gabriel Graham:
Michael Bertenshaw
Juliet Argent:
Lizzie Bourne
Howard Argent:
Gunnar Cauthery
Alice Macknade:
Claire Louise Cordwell
Sylvia Graham:
Joanna David
Fredo Franzoni:
Giovanni del Vecchio
Grace Cavendish:
Grace Doherty
Marion Wardle:
Laura Elphinstone
Connie Cavendish:
Felix Lailey
Kitty Lumley:
Ami Metcalf
Johnnie Marshall:
Paul Ready
Dorothea Winwood:
Rachel Shelley
Maggie Macknade:
Hollie Thoupos
Mayor Penfold:
John Woodvine
Hugh Cavendish:
Alex Wyndham

Genres

Home Front - Omnibus

Episode 58: 22-26 August 1916

Duration: 58 minutes

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

Available for years

The east and south east coasts are terrorised by air raids, and Folkestone seems brimful of secrets and lies. Show more

Contributors

Isabel Graham:
Keely Beresford
Gabriel Graham:
Michael Bertenshaw
Juliet Cavendish:
Lizzie Bourne
Howard Argent:
Gunnar Cauthery
Dolly Clout:
Elaine Claxton
Sylvia Graham:
Joanna David
Mrs Edkins:
Rachel Davies
Grace Cavendish:
Grace Doherty
Reginald Church:
John Dougall
Oscar Hendrickx:
Pierre Elliott
Marion Wardle:
Laura Elphinstone
Hilary Pearce:
Craige Els
Ethel Johnson:
Nicola Ferguson
Adam Wilson:
Billy Kennedy
Connie Cavendish:
Felix Lailey
Kitty Lumley:
Ami Metcalf
Mary Mote:
Kirsty Oswald
Johnnie Marshall:
Paul Ready
Frank Smith:
Paul Rider
Marieke Dupont:
Olivia Ross
Dorothea Winwood:
Rachel Shelley
Alec Poole:
Tom Stuart
Fred Ball:
Darren Swift
Lilian Pemble:
Alex Tregear
Captain Valentine:
Nick Underwood
Hugh Cavendish:
Alex Wyndham
Writer:
Katie Hims

Genres

Home Front - Omnibus

Episode 61: 12-16 September 1916

Duration: 58 minutes

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

Available for years

In the week when tanks are deployed for the first time with great optimism, it is a week of decisive action in Folkestone. Show more

Contributors

John Haste:
Sam Alexander
Norman Harris:
Sean Baker
Juliet Cavendish:
Lizzie Bourne
Howard Argent:
Gunnar Cauthery
Marion Wardle:
Laura Elphinstone
Hilary Pearce:
Craige Els
Clifford:
Tom Forrister
Jessie Moore:
Lucy Hutchinson
Adam Wilson:
Billy Kennedy
Maisie Harris:
Cassie Layton
Kitty Lumley:
Ami Metcalf
Olive Hargreaves:
Rhiannon Neads
Johnnie Marshall:
Paul Ready
Frank Smith:
Paul Rider
Albert Wilson:
Lee Ross
Florrie Wilson:
Claire Rushbrook
Mr Torrance:
Tom Stuart
Dennis Monk:
Sam Swann
Crowd Member:
Nick Underwood
Ivy Layton:
Lizzy Watts
Edna Harris:
Lara West
Hugh Cavendish:
Alex Wyndham

Genres

Home Front - Omnibus

Episode 62: 19-23 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 people began to believe that the latest innovation - tanks - might end the war, the people of Folkestone find new life, new death and new love. Show more

Contributors

John Haste:
Sam Alexander
Norman Harris:
Sean Baker
Juliet Cavendish:
Lizzie Bourne
Grace Cavendish:
Grace Doherty
General:
Gerry Hinks
Jessie Moore:
Lucy Hutchinson
Adam Wilson:
Billy Kennedy
Connie Cavendish:
Felix Lailey
Elizabeth Chance:
Kika Markham
Kitty Lumley:
Ami Metcalf
Clemmie Crayford:
Joanna Monro
Ralph Winwood:
Nicholas Murchie
Johnnie Marshall:
Paul Ready
Frank Smith:
Paul Rider
Albert Wilson:
Lee Ross
Marieke Dupont:
Olivia Ross
Florrie Wilson:
Claire Rushbrook
Dorothea Winwood:
Rachel Shelley
Alec Poole:
Tom Stuart
Dennis Monk:
Sam Swann
Captain Phillip Valentine:
Nick Underwood
Ivy Layton:
Lizzy Watts
Lt Hugh Cavendish:
Alex Wyndham

Genres

Home Front - Omnibus

Episode 63: 26-30 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 Lloyd George declared 'there is no end of the war in sight', in Folkestone, it is a week of parting and small miracles. Show more

Contributors

John Haste:
Sam Alexander
Esme Macknade:
Katie Angelou
Mr Castle:
Jason Barnett
Isabel Graham:
Keely Beresford
Gabriel Graham:
Michael Bertenshaw
Juliet Cavendish:
Lizzie Bourne
Howard Argent:
Gunnar Cauthery
Dolly Clout:
Elaine Claxton
Alice Macknade:
Claire-Louise Cordwell
Bill Macknade:
Ben Crowe
Sylvia Graham:
Joanna David
Grace Cavendish:
Grace Doherty
Oscar Hendrickx:
Pierre Elliott
Marion Wardle:
Laura Elphinstone
Jessie Moore:
Lucy Hutchinson
Connie Cavendish:
Felix Lailey
Maisie Harris:
Cassie Layton
Kitty Lumley:
Ami Metcalf
Olive Hargreaves:
Rhiannon Neads
Albert Wilson:
Lee Ross
Marieke Dupont:
Olivia Ross
Florrie Wilson:
Claire Rushbrook
Mrs Burns:
Jane Slavin
Mrs Walsh:
Jane Slavin
Dennis Monk:
Sam Swann
Ivy Layton:
Lizzy Watts
Edna Harris:
Lara West
Hugh Cavendish:
Alex Wyndham

Genres

Home Front - Omnibus

Episode 25: 1-5 June 1915

Duration: 58 minutes

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

Available for 9 months

Omnibus edition of the epic drama series set in Great War Britain. Folkestone is making the most of the influx of Canadian troops. Show more

Contributors

Howard Argent:
Toby Jones
Private Best:
Sam Valentine
Private Campbell:
Sam Valentine
Connie Cavendish:
Natasha Raphael
Grace Cavendish:
Chloe Raphael
Hugh Cavendish:
Alex Wyndham
Juliet Cavendish:
Lizzie Bourne
Marieke Dupont:
Olivia Ross
Gabriel Graham:
Michael Bertenshaw
Sylvia Graham:
Barbara Flynn
Muriel Grainger:
Hannah Tointon
Norman Harris:
Sean Baker
Ivy Layton:
Leah Brotherhead
Kitty Lumley:
Ami Metcalf
Cyril Lauter:
Jude Akuwudike
Alice Macknade:
Claire-Louise Cordwell
Mickey Macknade:
Reece Buttery
Hilda Moore:
Bella Hamblin
Jessie Moore:
Lucy Hutchinson
Pilgrim:
Paul Hilton
Thornton Tulliver:
Nigel Harman
Albert Wilson:
Harry Myers
Florrie Wilson:
Claire Rushbrook
Adam Wilson:
Leo Montague
Dorothea Winwood:
Rachel Shelley
Ralph Winwood:
Nicholas Murchie

Genres

Saturday Drama

Agatha Christie - And Then There Were None

Duration: 1 hour, 30 minutes

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

Ten guests travel to an island. Each is an unconvicted murderer and none will leave the island alive. Stars Geoffrey Whitehead. Show more

Contributors

Vera Claythorne:
Lyndsey Marshal
Captain Lombard:
Alex Wyndham
Emily Brent:
Joanna Monro
Dr Armstrong:
Sean Baker
Mr Justice Wargrave:
Geoffrey Whitehead
Anthony Marston:
Lloyd Thomas
Mr Blore:
Sam Dale
Narracott:
Adeel Akhtar
General MacArthur:
John Rowe
Mr Rogers:
Wayne Foskett
Mrs Rogers:
Sally Orrock
Gramophone Voice:
Jude Akuwudike
Director:
Mary Peate

Genres

Tommies

7 October 1914

Duration: 45 minutes

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

The German advance is just being held 60 miles north east of Paris, on the day Mickey Bliss arrives at war. By Michael Chaplin. Show more

Contributors

Mickey Bliss:
Lee Ross
Commentator:
Indira Varma
Walter Oddy:
Tony Pitts
Horace Greenwood:
Mark Edel-Hunt
Maberley Dunster:
Alex Wyndham
Catherine O'Neill:
Anneika Rose
Billy Seymour:
Matthew Wenham
Alphonse Minet:
Michael Bertenshaw
Producer:
David Hunter
Director:
David Hunter

Brand

Tommies

Duration: 1 hour

First broadcast: on BBC One HDLatest broadcast: on BBC One Wales

The atrocities of war are brought to the hospital's doorstep, and for the first time the girls witness the horror for themselves. Will they be able to rise to the challenge? Show more

Contributors

Kitty Trevelyan:
Oona Chaplin
Matron Grace Carter:
Hermione Norris
Lt Col Roland Brett:
Kevin Doyle
Pte Jackie Byeford:
Tommy McDonnell
Pte George Shoemaker:
Bradley John
Maj Edward Crecy:
Rupert Graves
Captain Miles Hesketh-Thorne:
Alex Wyndham
Captain Thomas Gillan:
Richard Rankin
Sister Joan Livesey:
Suranne Jones
Rosalie Berwick:
Marianne Oldham
Flora Marshall:
Alice St Clair
Noah Shoemaker:
Fraser James
Adelinde Crecy:
Jodhi May
Sister Margaret Quayle:
Kerry Fox
Nurse Helen Jesmond:
Lucinda Raikes
Corporal Peter Foley:
Jack Gordon
QMS Reggie Soper:
Jeremy Swift
Pte Cooper:
Alex Blake
Rosalie's Soldier:
Christopher Leveaux
Director:
David Evans

Duration: 1 hour

First broadcast: on BBC One HDLatest broadcast: on BBC One Wales

World War I drama series. Paranoia is rife as the hospital anticipates the court martial of a patient. Thomas's pioneering system brings him into conflict with a senior officer. Show more

Contributors

Kitty Trevelyan:
Oona Chaplin
Sister Joan Livesey:
Suranne Jones
Matron Grace Carter:
Hermione Norris
Lt Colonel Roland Brett:
Kevin Doyle
Captain Thomas Gillan:
Richard Rankin
Major Gerard Yelland:
Nicholas Burns
Private Albert Nicholls:
Phil Cheadle
Sergeant Aloysius McCafferty:
Lorcan Cranitch
Lance Corporal Enda Peache:
Kerr Logan
Rosalie Berwick:
Marianne Oldham
Sister Margaret Quayle:
Kerry Fox
Flora Marshall:
Alice St Clair
Captain Miles Hesketh Thorne:
Alex Wyndham
Jaco Tillens:
Daniel Betts
Mathilde Tillens:
Abigail Eames
Corporal Peter Foley:
Jack Gordon
Corporal Bryce Wingfield:
Jamie Ballard
Private Bernard Mostyn:
Jack Parry-Jones
QMS Reggie Soper:
Jeremy Swift
Director:
Richard Clark