Programme Index

Duration: 11 minutes

First broadcast: Thu 24^th Sep 2015, 12:04 on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: Thu 24^th Sep 2015, 12:04 on BBC Radio 4 LW

Available for 10 months

Kitty makes a strategic decision to keep her friends close. Show more

Home Front - Omnibus

Episode 88: 13-17 November 1917 (Season 12 start)

Duration: 58 minutes

First broadcast: Fri 17^th Nov 2017, 21:00 on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: Thu 22^nd Feb 2018, 03:00 on BBC Radio 4 Extra

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The first omnibus of Season 12, Giddy with Possibility, in Tynemouth, when the Finnish Parliament declared its independence from Russia. From November 2017. Show more

Contributors

Phyllis Marshall:: Christine Absalom
Edie Chadwick:: Kathryn Beaumont
Gladys Lynch:: Elaine Claxton
Dougie Baxter:: Kris Deedigan
Gussie Marshall:: Grace Doherty
Marion Wardle:: Laura Elphinstone
Lester Reed:: Trevor Fox
Sarah Illingworth:: Naomi Frederick
Iris Reed:: Charlie Hardwick
Cressida Marshall:: Isabella Inchbald
Beatrice Marshall:: Eviee Lavery
Kenny Stokoe:: Dean Logan
Dan:: Caolan McCarthy
Stanley Hobbs:: David Nellist
Johnnie Marshall:: Paul Ready
Matthew Ash:: David Reakes
Maud Drummond:: Vineeta Rishi
Adeline Lumley:: Helen Schlesinger
Ethel Manning:: Sophie Scott
Alan Lowther:: David Seddon
Duncan Chadwick:: Mark Stobbart
Waiter:: Barnaby Taylor
Joyce Lyle:: Tracy Whitwell
Fraser Chadwick:: Edmund Wiseman
Matilda James:: Hannah Wood
Writer:: Sebastian Baczkiewicz
Director:: Jessica Dromgoole

Genres

Drama

Series

Home Front - Omnibus

Episode 90: 27 November - 1 December 1917

Duration: 58 minutes

First broadcast: Fri 1^st Dec 2017, 21:00 on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: Sat 24^th Feb 2018, 03:00 on BBC Radio 4 Extra

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The third omnibus of Season 12, Giddy with Possibility, set in Tynemouth, in the week in 1917 when Germany and the new Russian government began a cessation of hostilities. Show more

Contributors

Phyllis Marshall:: Christine Absalom
Peggy Tanney:: Abbie Andrews
Edie Chadwick:: Kathryn Beaumont
Isabel Graham:: Keely Beresford
Molly Duckett:: Victoria Bewick
Cristine de Groot:: Ysabelle Cooper
Lad 2:: Philip Correia
Gussie Marshall:: Grace Doherty
Marion Wardle:: Laura Elphinstone
Lester Reed:: Trevor Fox
Sarah Illingworth:: Naomi Frederick
Iris Reed:: Charlie Hardwick
Cressida Marshall:: Isabella Inchbald
Beatrice Marshall:: Eviee Lavery
Kenny Stokoe:: Dean Logan
Bill McCracken:: Caolan McCarthy
Kitty Lumley:: Ami Metcalf
Stanley Hobbs:: David Nellist
Johnnie Marshall:: Paul Ready
Maud Drummond:: Vineeta Rishi
Adeline Lumley:: Helen Schlesinger
Ethel Manning:: Sophie Scott
Eva Reynolds:: Sophie Scott
Peter Lumley:: Bea White
Joyce Lyle:: Tracy Whitwell
Lad 1:: Edmund Wiseman
Matilda James:: Hannah Wood
Writer:: Sarah Daniels
Director:: Jessica Dromgoole

Genres

Drama

Series

Home Front - Omnibus

Episode 95: 1-5 January 1918

Duration: 58 minutes

First broadcast: Fri 5^th Jan 2018, 21:00 on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: Sat 3^rd Mar 2018, 03:00 on BBC Radio 4 Extra

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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

Contributors

Phyllis Marshall:: Christine Absalom
Peggy Tanney:: Abbie Andrews
Stella Wardle:: Morgan Armstrong
Edie Chadwick:: Kathryn Beaumont
Isabel Graham:: Keely Beresford
Gabriel Graham:: Michael Bertenshaw
Gladys Lynch:: Elaine Claxton
Cristine de Groot:: Ysabelle Cooper
Trevor Lamb:: Philip Correia
Sylvia Graham:: Joanna David
Mac:: Oliver Devoti
Gussie Marshall:: Grace Doherty
Marion Wardle:: Laura Elphinstone
Policeman:: Bill Fellows
Sarah Illingworth:: Naomi Frederick
Cressida Marshall:: Isabella Inchbald
Sergei Federov:: Tayla Kovacevic-Ebong
Beatrice Marshall:: Eviee Lavery
Kenny Stokoe:: Dean Logan
Kitty Lumley:: Ami Metcalf
Judith Turner:: Kate Okello
Dilys Walker:: Ellie Piercy
Joseph:: Shaun Prendergast
Johnnie Marshall:: Paul Ready
Adeline Lumley:: Helen Schlesinger
Ethel Manning:: Sophie Scott
Alan Lowther:: David Seddon
Duncan Chadwick:: Mark Stobbart
Ray Wardle:: Cole Wealleans-Watts
Peter Lumley:: Beatrice White
Joyce Lyle:: Tracy Whitwell
Fraser Chadwick:: Edmund Wiseman
Matilda James:: Hannah Wood
Writer:: Katie Hims
Director:: Allegra McIlroy
Series Editor:: Jessica Dromgoole

Genres

Drama

Series

Home Front - Omnibus

Episode 103: 23-27 April 1918

Duration: 58 minutes

First broadcast: Fri 27^th Apr 2018, 21:00 on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: Sat 16^th Jun 2018, 03:00 on BBC Radio 4 Extra

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Final omnibus of Season 13, A Woman's Place, set in the week when a general strike was held in Dublin in protest against plans for Irish conscription. Show more

Contributors

Gabriel Graham:: Michael Bertenshaw
Esme Macknade:: Katie Angelou
Terence Wentworth:: Jack Lowden
Juliet Cavendish:: Lizzie Bourne
Norman Harris:: Sean Baker
Howard Argent:: Gunnar Cauthery
Rev Alec Poole:: Tom Stuart
Olive Hargreaves:: Rhiannon Neads
Alice Macknade:: Claire-Louise Cordwell
Rev Ralph Winwood:: Nicholas Murchie
Dorothea Winwood:: Rachel Shelley
Dennis Monk:: Sam Swann
Edie Chadwick:: Kathryn Beaumont
Dilys Walker:: Ellie Piercy
Rose Allatini:: Phoebe Fildes
Kitty Lumley:: Ami Metcalf
Marion Wardle:: Laura Elphinstone
Private Hodge:: Sam Swann
Eleanor Tanney:: Aimee-Ffion Edwards
Florrie Wilson:: Claire Rushbrook
Adeline Lumley:: Helen Schlesinger
Nell Kingsley:: Alice St Clair
Undertaker:: Sean Baker
Isabel Graham:: Keely Beresford
Charles Summer:: Rufus Wright
Writer:: Sarah Daniels
Director:: Jessica Dromgoole

Genres

Drama

Series

Home Front - Omnibus

Episode 40: 21-25 December 1915 (Season 6 start)

Duration: 58 minutes

First broadcast: Fri 25^th Dec 2015, 21:00 on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: Fri 25^th Dec 2015, 21:00 on BBC Radio 4 LW

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The first omnibus edition of Season 6 covering a week following a huge landslide at the Warren and when the townsfolk are preparing for Christmas. Show more

Contributors

Adam Wilson:: Billy Kennedy
Adeline Lumley:: Helen Schlesinger
Albert Wilson:: Jamie Foreman
Alec Poole:: Tom Stuart
Bob Capeling:: Joe Sims
Cora Gidley:: Joanna Monro
Dolly Clout:: Elaine Claxton
Dorothea Winwood:: Rachel Shelley
Edie Chadwick:: Kathryn Beaumont
Eric Morton:: Paul Rainbow
Florrie Wilson:: Claire Rushbrook
Gabriel Graham:: Michael Bertenshaw
Dr Streatfield:: Chris Pavlo
Isabel Graham:: Keely Beresford
Johnnie Marshall:: Paul Ready
June Grey:: Aimee-Ffion Edwards
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:: Sean Baker
Olive Hargreaves:: Rhiannon Neads
Peggy Jeffrey:: Jane Slavin
Phyllis Marshall:: Christine Absolom
Roland Pemble:: Jack Holden
Ruth Billings:: Katie Redford
Stuart McVey:: George Watkins
Sylvia Graham:: Joanna David
Timpson:: David Hounslow
Soldier:: Caolan McCarthy
Foreman:: Richard Pepple
Soldier:: Leo Wan
Orderly:: David Hounslow
Nurse:: Katie Redford
Writer:: Richard Monks
Director:: Jessica Dromgoole

Genres

Drama

Series

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 44: 18-22 January 1916

Duration: 58 minutes

First broadcast: Fri 22^nd Jan 2016, 21:00 on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: Wed 30^th Mar 2016, 03:00 on BBC Radio 4 Extra

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In the week of the first concerted attempt to break the Siege of Kut, Folkestone's characters are all looking for release. Show more

Contributors

Adam Wilson:: Billy Kennedy
Adeline Lumley:: Helen Schlesinger
Albert Wilson:: Jamie Foreman
Alec Poole:: Tom Stuart
Anna White:: Amelia Lowdell
Bob Capeling:: Joe Sims
Clemmie Crayford:: Joanna Monro
Cristine:: Ysabelle Cooper
Dorothea Winwood:: Rachel Shelley
Edie Chadwick:: Kathryn Beaumont
Edward Easton:: Raymond Wilson
Emile Tourte:: Stephane Cornicard
Florrie Wilson:: Claire Rushbrook
Isabel Graham:: Keely Beresford
Jessie Moore:: Lucy Hutchinson
Mr Mottershead:: Gerard McDermott
Johnnie Marshall:: Paul Ready
Kitty Lumley:: Ami Metcalf
Marion Wardle:: Laura Elphinstone
Nell Kingsley:: Alice St Clair
Nev Cotton:: Leo Wan
Olive Hargreaves:: Rhiannon Neads
Phyllis Marshall:: Christine Absalom
Ralph Winwood:: Nicholas Murchie
Victor Lumley:: Joel MacCormack
Winifred Dinsdale:: Alice Lowe
Nurse Wright:: Isobel Rogers
Writer:: Sarah Daniels
Director:: Jessica Dromgoole

Genres

Drama

Series

Home Front - Omnibus

Episode 45: 25-29 January 1916

Duration: 58 minutes

First broadcast: Fri 29^th Jan 2016, 21:00 on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: Thu 31^st Mar 2016, 03:00 on BBC Radio 4 Extra

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In the week when President Woodrow Wilson declared, 'The world is on fire, and sparks are likely to drop anywhere', pressures begin to tell at the Bevan hospital too. Show more

Contributors

Adam Wilson:: Billy Kennedy
Adeline Lumley:: Helen Schlesinger
Alec Poole:: Tom Stuart
Beryl Roche:: Rebecca Hamilton
Bob Capeling:: Joe Sims
Carl Larkin:: Richard Pepple
Dorothea Winwood:: Rachel Shelley
Dr Streatfield:: Chris Pavlo
Edie Chadwick:: Kathryn Beaumont
Gabriel Graham:: Michael Bertenshaw
Hilary Pearce:: Craige Els
Ivy Layton:: Lizzy Watts
Kitty Lumley:: Ami Metcalf
Marion Wardle:: Laura Elphinstone
Millie Mumford:: Jessica Turner
Nell Kingsley:: Alice St Clair
Olive Hargreaves:: Rhiannon Neads
Patrick Bunting:: Jack Ashton
Phyllis Marshall:: Christine Absalom
Ruby Tulliver:: Martine McCutcheon
Sylvia Graham:: Joanna David
Victor Lumley:: Joel MacCormack
Private Bunce:: Ewan Bailey
Private Fynn:: Caolan McCarthy
Private Kelly:: Leo Wan
Private Lensfield:: George Watkins
Writer:: Claudine Toutoungi
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

Available for years

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 - Omnibus

Episode 68: 9-13 January 1917

Duration: 58 minutes

First broadcast: Fri 13^th Jan 2017, 21:00 on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: Wed 12^th Apr 2017, 03:00 on BBC Radio 4 Extra

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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
Actor:: Oliver Devoti
Dougie Baxter:: Kris Deedigan
Anthony Yates:: John Dougall
Marion Wardle:: Laura Elphinstone
Lester Reed:: Trevor Fox
JJ Saltz:: John Guerrasio
Iris Reed:: Charlie Hardwick
Cressida Marshall:: Bettrys Jones
Edvin:: Joseph Kloska
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
Writer:: Claudine Toutoungi
Director:: Allegra McIlroy

Genres

Drama

Series

Home Front - Omnibus

Episode 69: 16-20 January 1917

Duration: 58 minutes

First broadcast: Fri 20^th Jan 2017, 21:00 on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: Thu 13^th Apr 2017, 03:00 on BBC Radio 4 Extra

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In the week in 1917 when a munitions factory explosion in Silvertown killed 73 workers, the after effects of the Marshalls explosion are still rippling through Tyneside. Show more

Contributors

Phyllis Marshall:: Christine Absalom
Jean Claude Lengela:: Fiston Barek
Edie Chadwick:: Kathryn Beaumont
Isabel Graham:: Keely Beresford
Postman:: John Bowler
Evelina White:: Rosie Cavaliero
Josseff al-Assadi:: Paul Chahidi
Gladys Lynch:: Elaine Claxton
Sylvia Graham:: Joanna David
Marion Wardle:: Laura Elphinstone
Lester Reed:: Trevor Fox
Ada Stokoe:: Hannah Genesius
Thomas Dixon:: Neil Grainger
JJ Saltz:: John Guerrasio
Squeezebox:: Colin Guthrie
Iris Reed:: Charlie Hardwick
Cressida Marshall:: Bettrys Jones
Gregory:: Luke MacGregor
Kitty Lumley:: Ami Metcalf
Stanley Hobbs:: David Nellist
DR Walker:: Ellie Piercy
Matron:: Colleen Prendergast
Vincent Surtees:: Shaun Prendergast
Adeline Lumley:: Helen Schlesinger
Alan Lowther:: David Seddon
Joyce Lyle:: Tracy Whitwell
Daisy Jenkins:: Hannah Wood
Stella:: Morgan Armstrong
Ray:: Cole Wealleans-Watts
Cristine:: Ysabelle Cooper
Gussie:: Grace Doherty
Beatrice:: Eviee Lavery
Rosamund:: Albee Hunter MacKinnon
Writer:: Sarah Daniels
Director:: Jessica Dromgoole

Genres

Drama

Series

Home Front - Omnibus

Episode 70: 23-27 January 1917

Duration: 58 minutes

First broadcast: Fri 27^th Jan 2017, 21:00 on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: Fri 14^th Apr 2017, 03:00 on BBC Radio 4 Extra

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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

Contributors

Phyllis Marshall:: Christine Absalom
Isabel Graham:: Keely Beresford
Edie Chadwick:: Kathryn Beaumont
Gabriel Graham:: Michael Bertenshaw
Lord Mayor:: John Bowler
Ella:: Amy Cameron
Evelina White:: Rosie Cavaliero
Josseff al-Assadi:: Paul Chahidi
Gladys Lynch:: Elaine Claxton
Sylvia Graham:: Joanna David
Dougie Baxter:: Kris Deedigan
Marion Wardle:: Laura Elphinstone
Lester Reed:: Trevor Fox
JJ Saltz:: John Guerrasio
Iris Reed:: Charlie Hardwick
Cressida Marshall:: Bettrys Jones
Kenny Stokoe:: Dean Logan
Kitty Lumley:: Ami Metcalf
Stanley Hobbs:: David Nellist
Martha Lamb:: Freya Parker
DR Walker:: Ellie Piercy
Freda:: Colleen Prendergast
Vincent Surtees:: Shaun Prendergast
Alan Lowther:: David Seddon
Adeline Lumley:: Helen Schlesinger
Edgar Bates:: David Sterne
Marjorie:: Tracy Whitwell
Daisy Jenkins:: Hannah Wood
Fraser Chadwick:: Edmund Wiseman
Bobby:: Hope Alice Cairns
Jacob:: Jake Lawson
Gussie:: Grace Doherty
Peter:: Albee Hunter MacKinnon
Writer:: Katie Hims
Director:: Allegra McIlroy
Series Editor:: Jessica Dromgoole

Genres

Drama

Series

Home Front

16 September 1915 - Kitty Lumley

Duration: 11 minutes

First broadcast: Wed 16^th Sep 2015, 12:04 on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: Wed 16^th Sep 2015, 12:04 on BBC Radio 4 LW

Available for 10 months

A letter from Marion and the bairns sets Kitty's heart racing. Show more

Contributors

Kitty:: Ami Metcalf
Edie:: Kathryn Beaumont
Stella:: Ava Bell
Ray:: Scarlet Bell
Mrs Edkins:: Rachel Davies
Marion:: Laura Elphinstone
Adeline:: Helen Schlesinger
Writer:: Sebastian Baczkiewicz
Director:: Allegra McIlroy

Genres

DramaHistorical

Formats

Docudramas

Brand

Home Front

Home Front - Omnibus

Episode 33: 14-18 September 1915

Duration: 58 minutes

First broadcast: Fri 18^th Sep 2015, 21:00 on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: Fri 11^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 sees a week of evasions, diversions and new arrivals. Show more

Contributors

Adeline:: Helen Schlesinger
Alice:: Claire-Louise Cordwell
Beau:: Stephen Critchlow
Solly:: Stephen Critchlow
Dolly:: Elaine Claxton
Dorothea:: Rachel Shelley
Edie:: Kathryn Beaumont
Edna:: Lara West
Gabriel:: Michael Bertenshaw
Howard:: Gunnar Cauthery
Ivy:: Lizzy Watts
Jessie:: Lucy Hutchinson
Juliet:: Lizzie Bourne
Kitty:: Ami Metcalf
Lilian:: Alex Tregear
Marion:: Laura Elphinstone
Mrs Edkins:: Rachel Davies
Nancy:: Jane Whittenshaw
Ralph:: Nicholas Murchie
Roland:: Jack Holden
Ray:: Scarlet Bell
Roy:: Tim Beckmann
Sally:: Sarah Thom
Stella:: Ava Bell
Sylvia:: Joanna David
Writer:: Sebastian Baczkiewicz
Director:: Allegra McIlroy

Genres

Drama

Series

Home Front

13 October 1915 - Kitty Lumley

Duration: 11 minutes

First broadcast: Tue 13^th Oct 2015, 12:04 on BBC Radio 4 FM

Available for 11 months

Kitty is shocked to discover a whole world she knew nothing about. Show more

Contributors

Kitty:: Ami Metcalf
Edie:: Kathryn Beaumont
Stella:: Ava Bell
Ray:: Scarlet Bell
Isabel:: Keely Beresford
Mrs Edkins:: Rachel Davies
Marion:: Laura Elphinstone
Johnnie:: Paul Ready
Adeline:: Helen Schlesinger
Writer:: Sarah Daniels
Director:: Jessica Dromgoole

Genres

DramaHistorical

Formats

Docudramas

Brand

Home Front

Home Front - Omnibus

Episode 37: 12-16 October 1915

Duration: 58 minutes

First broadcast: Fri 16^th Oct 2015, 21:00 on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: Thu 17^th Dec 2015, 03:00 on BBC Radio 4 Extra

Available for years

Omnibus edition of the epic drama series set in Great War Britain covering a week when the dead seem more present than ever. Show more

Contributors

Sergeant:: David Acton
Esme:: Katie Angelou
Sam:: Alexander Aze
Norman Harris:: Sean Baker
Edie:: Kathryn Beaumont
Stella:: Ava Bell
Ray:: Scarlet Bell
Isabel:: Keely Beresford
Gabriel:: Michael Bertenshaw
Sylvia:: Joanna David
Mrs Edkins:: Rachel Davies
Passer-by 1:: Mark Edel-Hunt
Marion:: Laura Elphinstone
Sergeant Major:: David Hounslow
Jessie:: Lucy Hutchinson
Adam:: Billy Kennedy
Kitty:: Ami Metcalf
Soldier:: Neet Mohan
Clemmie:: Joanna Monro
Olive:: Rhiannon Neads
Albert:: Harry Myers
Johnnie:: Paul Ready
Florrie:: Claire Rushbrook
Adeline:: Helen Schlesinger
Dorothea:: Rachel Shelley
Ken:: Joe Sims
Margaret:: Jane Slavin
Flora:: Jessica Turner
Nancy:: Jane Whittenshaw
Writer:: Sarah Daniels
Director:: Jessica Dromgoole

Genres

Drama

Series

Home Front

25 August 1916 - Kitty Wilson

Duration: 11 minutes

First broadcast: Thu 25^th Aug 2016, 12:04 on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: Thu 25^th Aug 2016, 12:04 on BBC Radio 4 LW

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Air raids on the east coast resulted in 29 casualties, and Kitty discovers that anyone communicating in secret code runs the risk of being labelled a spy. Show more

Contributors

Kitty Lumley:: Ami Metcalf
Johnnie Marshall:: Paul Ready
Marion Wardle:: Laura Elphinstone
Captain Phillip Valentine:: Nick Underwood
Mrs Edkins:: Rachel Davies
Ethel Johnson:: Nicola Ferguson
Mary Mote:: Kirsty Oswald
Writer:: Katie Hims
Director:: Jessica Dromgoole

Genres

DramaHistorical

Formats

Docudramas

Brand

Home Front

Home Front - Omnibus

Episode 101: 9-13 April 1918

Duration: 58 minutes

First broadcast: Fri 13^th Apr 2018, 21:00 on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: Thu 14^th Jun 2018, 03:00 on BBC Radio 4 Extra

Available for years