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Home Front

10 February 1916 - Victor Lumley

Duration: 11 minutes

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

Available for years

On this day, conscription came into effect, and Victor Lumley is desperate to return to his men in France. Show more

Contributors

Victor Lumley:
Joel MacCormack
Adeline Lumley:
Helen Schlesinger
Dr Streatfield:
Chris Pavlo
Isabel Graham:
Keely Beresford

Home Front

Christmas Day 1915 - Adeline Lumley

Duration: 11 minutes

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

Available for years

On this day, JM Barrie presented the Peter Pan cup to a 13-year-old who swam the Serpentine, and Adeline Lumley makes a Christmas wish. Show more

Contributors

Adeline Lumley:
Helen Schlesinger
Cora Gidley:
Joanna Monro
Gabriel Graham:
Michael Bertenshaw
Isabel Graham:
Keely Beresford
Johnnie Marshall:
Paul Ready
Kitty Lumley:
Ami Metcalf
Phyllis Marshall:
Christine Absolom
Sylvia Graham:
Joanna David
Soldier:
Leo Wan

Home Front

20 September 1917 - 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 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

Contributors

Adeline Lumley:
Helen Schlesinger
Silas Morrow:
Shaun Dooley
Oscar Hendrickx:
Pierre Elliott
Harry Pankhurst:
Sean Murray
Writer:
Katie Hims
Series Editor:
Jessica Dromgoole

Home Front

21 September 1917 - Victor Lumley

Duration: 11 minutes

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

Available for years

On this day in 1917, 27 were killed in a munitions factory explosion in Arklow, Ireland, and at the Bevan hospital, Victor Lumley's day is volatile. Show more

Contributors

Victor Lumley:
Joel MacCormack
Kitty Lumley:
Ami Metcalf
Adeline Lumley:
Helen Schlesinger
Ulysses Pilchard:
Khalid Abdalla
Howard Argent:
Gunnar Cauthery
Writer:
Katie Hims
Series Editor:
Jessica Dromgoole

Home Front

22 September 1917 - Sylvia 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, free treatment was recommended for all invalided soldiers and sailors, and in the final episode of this season, Sylvia Graham tries to make amends. Show more

Contributors

Sylvia Graham:
Joanna David
Charles Summer:
Rufus Wright
Gabriel Graham:
Michael Bertenshaw
Isabel Graham:
Keely Beresford
Adeline Lumley:
Helen Schlesinger
Phyllis Marshall:
Christine Absalom
Cressida Marshall:
Bettrys Jones
Hotel Manager:
Tom Forrister
Writer:
Katie Hims
Series Editor:
Jessica Dromgoole

Home Front - Omnibus

Episode 87: 18-22 September 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 11, Broken and Mad, set in the week in 1917 when free treatment was recommended for all invalided soldiers, and Dorothea prepares to return to work. Show more

Contributors

Ulysses Pilchard:
Khalid Abdalla
Phyllis Marshall:
Christine Absalom
Norman Harris:
Sean Baker
Isabel Graham:
Keely Beresford
Gabriel Graham:
Michael Bertenshaw
Howard Argent:
Gunnar Cauthery
Sylvia Graham:
Joanna David
Silas Morrow:
Shaun Dooley
Oscar Hendrickx:
Pierre Elliott
Albert Wilson:
Jamie Foreman
Hotel Manager:
Tom Forrister
Jessie Moore:
Lucy Hutchinson
Cressida Marshall:
Bettrys Jones
Maisie Harris:
Cassie Layton
Victor Lumley:
Joel MacCormack
Kitty Lumley:
Ami Metcalf
Ralph Winwood:
Nicholas Murchie
Harry Pankhurst:
Sean Murray
Bessie Joseph:
Rhiannon Neads
Eric Morton:
Paul Rainbow
Adeline Lumley:
Helen Schlesinger
Dorothea Winwood:
Rachel Shelley
Alec Poole:
Tom Stuart
Dennis Monk:
Sam Swann
Ivy Layton:
Lizzy Watts
Charles Summer:
Rufus Wright
Writer:
Katie Hims
Series Editor:
Jessica Dromgoole

Genres

Home Front - Omnibus

Episode 59: 29 August - 2 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 the Battle of Verdun finally came to a close, emotions are volatile in Folkestone. Show more

Contributors

Mrs Briggs:
Adie Allen
Esme Macknade:
Katie Angelou
Isabel Graham:
Keely Beresford
Gabriel Graham:
Michael Bertenshaw
Juliet Cavendish:
Lizzie Bourne
Howard Argent:
Gunnar Cauthery
Alice Macknade:
Claire-Louise Cordwell
Bill Macknade:
Ben Crowe
Sylvia Graham:
Joanna David
Mrs Edkins:
Rachel Davies
Oscar Hendrickx:
Pierre Elliott
Hilary Pearce:
Craige Els
Roland Pemble:
Jack Holden
Adam Wilson:
Billy Kennedy
William Hall:
James Lailey
Elizabeth Chance:
Kika Markham
Ralph Winwood:
Nicholas Murchie
Bentley Graham:
Matthew Needham
Albert Wilson:
Lee Ross
Marieke Dupont:
Olivia Ross
Frank Smith:
Paul Rider
Florrie Wilson:
Claire Rushbrook
Dorothea Winwood:
Rachel Shelley
Alec Poole:
Tom Stuart
Lilian Pemble:
Alex Tregear
Nancy Parker:
Jane Whittenshaw
Hugh Cavendish:
Alex Wyndham

Genres

Home Front

2 September 1916 - Hilary Pearce

Duration: 11 minutes

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

Available for years

Two cases of the plague are confirmed in Hull, and in Folkestone, a rumour begins to take hold. Show more

Contributors

Hilary Pearce:
Craige Els
Lilian Pemble:
Alex Tregear
Roland Pemble:
Jack Holden
Oscar Hendrickx:
Pierre Elliott
Esme Macknade:
Katie Angelou
Mrs Edkins:
Rachel Davies
Gabriel Graham:
Michael Bertenshaw
Sylvia Graham:
Joanna David

Home Front

18 April 1917 - Alec Poole

Duration: 11 minutes

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

Available for years

On this day in 1917, German strikers returned to work after protesting food shortages, and in Folkestone, Alec Poole offers spiritual sustenance to an unorthodox congregation. Show more

Contributors

Alec Poole:
Tom Stuart
Reg Roach:
Arthur Smith
Mrs Edkins:
Rachel Davies
Isabel Graham:
Keely Beresford
Gabriel Graham:
Michael Bertenshaw
Series Editor:
Jessica Dromgoole

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

Genres

Home Front

9 June 1915 - Thornton Tulliver

Duration: 11 minutes

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

Available for 7 months

Thornton can charm the birds out of the trees, and the money out of Canadian pockets. Show more

Contributors

Thornton Tulliver:
Nigel Harman
Muriel Grainger:
Hannah Tointon
Mrs Edkins:
Rachel Davies
Ivy Layton:
Leah Brotherhead
Mickey Macknade:
Reece Buttery
Hilary Pearce:
Craige Els
Drunk man:
Mark Edel-Hunt

Home Front - Omnibus

Episode 26: 8-12 June 1915

Duration: 58 minutes

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

Available for 9 months

The third omnibus edition of Season 4 of the epic drama series set in Great War Britain. Show more

Contributors

Juliet Cavendish:
Lizzie Bourne
Mrs Edkins:
Rachel Davies
Gabriel Graham:
Michael Bertenshaw
Sylvia Graham:
Barbara Flynn
Muriel Grainger:
Hannah Tointon
Ivy Layton:
Leah Brotherhead
Kitty Lumley:
Ami Metcalf
Josiah King:
Daniel Kendrick
Esme Macknade:
Katie Angelou
Maggie Macknade:
Hollie Thoupos
Mickey Macknade:
Reece Buttery
Jessie Moore:
Lucy Hutchinson
Hilary Pearce:
Craige Els
Beau Tilley:
Stephen Critchlow
Thornton Tulliver:
Nigel Harman
Adam Wilson:
Leo Montague
Albert Wilson:
Harry Myers
Florrie Wilson:
Claire Rushbrook
Ralph Winwood:
Nicholas Murchie
Peggy Jeffery:
Jane Slavin
Flora Jeffery:
Jessica Turner
Dolly Clout:
Elaine Claxton
Private Stanton:
Nathan Nolan
Private Ross:
Owen Clark
Attendant:
Mark Edel-Hunt

Genres

John Galsworthy - The Forsyte Saga

The Forsytes Returns

Episode 3

Duration: 15 minutes

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

Soames accompanies Fleur abroad where a chance encounter reawakens old passions. Starring Joseph Millson and Jessica Raine. Show more

John Galsworthy - The Forsyte Saga

The Forsytes Returns

Episode 5

Duration: 15 minutes

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

Fleur is playing a dangerous game when she revisits an old haunt. Epic family saga starring Jessica Raine and Ben Lambert. Show more

Home Front

3 February 1916 - Hilary Pearce

Duration: 11 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FM

Available for years

On this day, a wrecked zeppelin was spotted in the North Sea by a British trawler, and Hilary Pearce sets out to catch a very particular fish. Show more

Contributors

Hilary Pearce:
Craige Els
Ruby Tulliver:
Martine McCutcheon
Norman Harris:
Sean Baker
Anna White:
Amelia Lowdell
Winifred Dinsdale:
Alice Lowe
Elsie Buss:
Tracy Wiles
Fred Apps:
Ewan Bailey

Home Front - Omnibus

Episode 46: 1-5 February 1916

Duration: 58 minutes

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

Available for years

In the week when Britain suffered the worst zeppelin raid thus far in the war, all of Folkestone is jumpy. Show more

Contributors

Adam Wilson:
Billy Kennedy
Albert Wilson:
Jamie Foreman
Alec Poole:
Tom Stuart
Anna White:
Amelia Lowdell
Billy Barstow:
David Hounslow
Dorothea Winwood:
Rachel Shelley
Edie Chadwick:
Kathryn Beaumont
Elsie Buss:
Tracy Wiles
Florrie Wilson:
Claire Rushbrook
Fred Apps:
Ewan Bailey
Gabriel Graham:
Michael Bertenshaw
Dr Streatfield:
Chris Pavlo
Hilary Pearce:
Craige Els
Isabel Graham:
Keely Beresford
Johnnie Marshall:
Paul Ready
Kitty Lumley:
Ami Metcalf
Marion Wardle:
Laura Elphinstone
Millie Mumford:
Jessica Turner
Nell Kingsley:
Alice St Clair
Norman Harris:
Sean Baker
Olive Hargreaves:
Rhiannon Neads
Queenie Penfold:
Lorna Nickson Brown
Ruby Tulliver:
Martine McCutcheon
Sylvia Graham:
Joanna David
Victor Lumley:
Joel MacCormack
Winifred Dinsdale:
Alice Lowe
Town Clerk:
Leo Wan
Councillor Pepper:
Ewan Bailey

Genres

Home Front

9 February 1916 - Norman Harris

Duration: 11 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FM

Available for years

On this day, four bombs were dropped near a girls' school in Kent causing three casualties, while Norman Harris receives wonderful news. Show more

Contributors

Norman Harris:
Sean Baker
Maisie Harris:
Cassie Layton
Anna White:
Amelia Lowdell
Winifred Dinsdale:
Alice Lowe
Eric Morton:
Paul Rainbow
Ruth Billings:
Katie Redford
Sylvia Graham:
Joanna David
Gabriel Graham:
Michael Bertenshaw
Elsie Buss:
Tracy Wiles
Charles Chaplin:
Owen Clarke

Doctors

Series 16

Episode 44: In the Blood

Duration: 28 minutes

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

Drama series. A history student whose grandmother survived a Nazi concentration camp is thrilled to find her old wartime diary. Show more

Contributors

Dr Jimmi Clay:
Adrian Lewis Morgan
Dr Emma Reid:
Dido Miles
Mrs Tembe:
Lorna Laidlaw
Rob Hollins:
Chris Walker
Josh Robson:
Matthew Wait
Anna Muller:
Helen Coles
Henry Keeling:
Edward Harrison
Professor Lewis Harper:
Charles Armstrong
Director:
Adrian Bean
Producer:
Peter Bullock
Series Producer:
Mike Hobson
Series Producer:
Peter Eryl Lloyd

John Galsworthy - The Forsyte Saga

The Forsytes Returns

Episode 4

Duration: 15 minutes

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

It's 1926 and the General Strike brings Fleur face to face with her past. Starring Jessica Raine and Jonathan Bailey. Show more

John Galsworthy - The Forsyte Saga

The Forsytes Returns

Episode 6

Duration: 15 minutes

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

Feelings are running high at Ascot as the Forsytes gather to watch the family horse in its debut race. Starring Jessica Raine. Show more