Episodes
Episode | Title | First Broadcast | Repeated | Comments |
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1 August 1917 - Dorothea Winwood | 20170801 | In Folkestone, Dorothea experiences a private sadness. Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War. | ||
1 August 1918 - Emily Colville | 20180801 | In Devon, the doors of Engleby Hall are opened to mark the first day of harvest. Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War. | ||
1 December 1917 - Phyllis Marshall | 20171201 | In Collingwood, Phyllis is still counting her losses. Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War. | ||
1 January 1918 - Duncan Chadwick | 20180101 | Duncan Chadwick tries to make a new start. Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War. | ||
1 November 1918 - Adeline Lumley | 20181101 | On this day in 1918, details of a scheme for an Empire War Memorial were published, and in Folkestone, Adeline has a day to remember.
Cast
Written by Sarah Daniels
Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War. | ||
1 October 1918 \u2013 Adeline Lumley | 20181001 | On this day in 1918, British and Arab troops, joined by T.E. Lawrence, occupied Damascus, while at Keeper's Lodge, Adeline has a moment of sudden realisation.
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1 September 1917 - Adeline Lumley | 20170901 | Epic drama series set in Great War Britain. Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War. | ||
10 April 1918 - Marieke Argent | 20180410 | Epic drama series set in Great War Britain. Marieke Argent is fed up. Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War. | ||
10 August 1917 - Sylvia Graham | 20170810 | In Folkestone, Sylvia Graham hosts wounded soldiers. Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War. | ||
10 August 1918 - Alexander Gidley | 20180810 | In Ashburton, a war hero returns home. Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War. | ||
10 July 1918 - Ivan Jackson | 20180710 | On a train near Princetown, conscientious objector Ivan is taken to be an unwelcome pest. Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War. | ||
10 October 1918 - Nell Kingsley | 20181010 | On this day in 1918, the Hindenburg Line was effectively smashed, while in Folkestone, Nell Kingsley's defences are lowered.
Cast
Written by Shaun McKenna
Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War. | ||
11 April 1918 - Alice Macknade | 20180411 | Epic drama series set in Great War Britain. Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War. | ||
11 August 1917 - Dennis Monk | 20170811 | Jessie directs her powers of persuasion at Dennis Monk. Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War. | ||
11 December 1917 - Marion Wardle | 20171211 | Epic drama series set in Great War Britain. Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War. | ||
11 July 1918 - Kitty Lumley | 20180711 | In Devon, Kitty has plans to visit Dieter. Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War. | ||
11 October 1918 - Alice Macknade | 20181011 | On this day in 1918, CW Daniel, the publisher of Despised and Rejected, was fined ÂŁ460, while in Folkestone, Alice has a red letter day.
Cast
Written by Shaun McKenna
Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War. | ||
11 September 1917 - Howard Argent | 20170911 | On this day in 1917, Lt Douglas Malcolm was acquitted of murdering Count de Borch, his wife's Russian lover, despite having shot him, and in Folkestone, Dr Howard Argent's day is louder and brighter than usual.
Cast
Written by Sebastian Baczkiewicz
In Folkestone, Howard's day is brighter than usual. Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War. | ||
12 April 1918 - Walter Hamilton | 20180412 | Walter reconsiders his position. Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War. | ||
12 December 1917 - Iris Reed | 20171212 | In Tynemouth, Iris Reed is ambushed when she least expects it. Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War. | ||
12 July 1918 - Hector Gidley | 20180712 | In Devon, Hector witnesses an apparently authentic re-enactment of battle. Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War. | ||
12 March 1918, Alec Poole | 20180312 | In Folkestone, Alec Poole feels a bit put upon. Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War. | ||
12 October 1918 - Victor Lumley | 20181012 | On this day in 1918, On this day in 1918, Folkestone stepped up its Feed the Guns campaign, while Victor Lumley has a headache.
Cast
Written by Shaun McKenna
Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War. | ||
12 September 1917 - Alice Macknade | 20170912 | On this day in 1917, British naval planes bombed Zeebrugge, and in Folkestone, Alice's birthday gets off to a terrible start.
Cast
Written by Sebastian Baczkiewicz
Alice's birthday gets off to a terrible start. Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War. | ||
13 April 1918 - Gabriel Graham | 20180413 | Epic drama series set in Great War Britain. Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War. | ||
13 December 1917 - Fraser Chadwick | 20171213 | In North Shields, Fraser Chadwick feels like the least popular man in the world. Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War. | ||
13 July 1918 - Silas Morrow | 20180713 | On Dartmoor, Staff Sergeant Silas Morrow fights the so-called 'battle of Seale Hayne'. Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War. | ||
13 March 1918, Adeline Lumley | 20180313 | In Folkestone, Adeline furthers their interests in her own way. Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War. | ||
13 November 1917 - Edie Chadwick (Season 12 start) | 20171113 | The first episode of a new season, set in the North East, in the shadow of the Russian Revolution. On this day in 1917, in Petrograd, the Bolsheviks conclusively defeated Kerensky's counter-revolutionaries, and in Tynemouth, Edie Chadwick is looking for a fight.
Written by Sebastian Baczkiewicz
Notes
Season 12 of Home Front, 'Giddy with Possibility', is set back in the world of industrial Tyneside, at a time of unprecedented unrest and union activity, and where ladies' football is gaining a foothold in the national imagination.
Story-led by Shaun McKenna, Season 12 brings together the talents of Sebastian Baczkiewicz, Sarah Daniels, Caroline Horton and Katie Hims.
In Tynemouth, Edie Chadwick is looking for a fight. Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War. | ||
13 September 1917 - Albert Wilson | 20170913 | The Wilsons try to repair their damaged family. Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War. | ||
14 August 1917 - Howard Argent | 20170814 | Howard Argent plays mediator. Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War. | ||
14 December 1917 - Johnnie Marshall | 20171214 | In Tynemouth, Johnnie veers dangerously near defeat. Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War. | ||
14 March 1918, Sylvia Graham | 20180314 | Sylvia Graham establishes a new friendship. Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War. | ||
14 November 1917 - Joyce Lyle | 20171114 | There is a zealous new women's welfare officer in Tynemouth. Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War. | ||
14 September 1917 - Jessie Moore | 20170914 | On this day in 1917, Noel Chavasse became the only soldier to receive two VCs in the Great War, and in Folkestone, Jessie and Adam find themselves in the middle of events.
Cast
Written by Sebastian Baczkiewicz
Jessie and Adam find themselves in the middle of events. Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War. | ||
15 August 1917 - Juliet Cavendish | 20170815 | Juliet Cavendish finds her working conditions oppressive. Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War. | ||
15 December 1917 - Dilys Walker | 20171215 | Dilys arrives in Tynemouth on a peace-brokering mission. Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War. | ||
15 March 1918, Ivy Monk | 20180315 | Ivy Monk encounters some formidable women. Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War. | ||
15 November 1917 - Johnnie Marshall | 20171115 | On this day in 1917, the Finnish parliament declared their independence from Russia, and in Tynemouth, Johnnie sees more to Aunt Phyllis than he'd suspected.
Cast
Written by Sebastian Baczkiewicz
In Tynemouth, Johnnie sees more to Aunt Phyllis than he had suspected. Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War. | ||
15 October 1918 \u2013 Silas Morrow | 20181015 | On this day in 1918, German bombardment of Dunkirk was mistaken for an air raid along England's South Coast, and at the Military barracks in Shorncliffe, Silas Morrow has his sleep disturbed.
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15 September 1917 - Ivy Layton | 20170915 | Ivy Layton's suspicions grow more acute. Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War. | ||
16 April 1918 - Sylvia Graham | 20180416 | Sylvia Graham suddenly feels very old. Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War. | ||
16 August 1917 - Ulysses Pilchard | 20170816 | Dr Pilchard gains ground with his electro-shock treatment. Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War. | ||
16 July 1918 - Victor Lumley | 20180716 | In Devon, Victor and Daniel manage to get away for a while. Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War. | ||
16 March 1918, Kitty Lumley | 20180316 | In Folkestone, Kitty Lumley's dearest wish comes true. Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War. | ||
16 November 1917 - Alan Lowther | 20171116 | Anzac troops occupy Jaffa, and in Tynemouth, Alan Lowther is thinking of cake. Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War. | ||
16 October 1918 \u2013 Johnnie Marshall | 20181016 | On this day in 1918, Norah Elam told a rally in Folkestone that if the authorities would not intern all Germans in the town, then the public must do so themselves, while at the Grand, Johnnie is taking no prisoners in his search for the enemy.
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17 April 1918 - Edie Chadwick | 20180417 | Edie and Marion go undercover. Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War. | ||
17 August 1917 - Adeline Lumley | 20170817 | Adeline and Victor Lumley both see clearly, but in different ways. Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War. | ||
17 July 1918 - Isabel Graham | 20180717 | On this day in 1918, the Tsar of Russia and his family were executed in Ekaterinburg. Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War. | ||
17 November 1917 - Lester Reed | 20171117 | In Tynemouth, it is clear that Lester Reed has been thinking. Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War. | ||
17 October 1918 \u2013 Kitty Lumley | 20181017 | On this day in 1918, a retreating German army surrendered Flanders to the Allies, and in Folkestone Victor has lost something important.
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18 April 1918 - Florrie Wilson | 20180418 | Adam Wilson needs to get away. Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War. | ||
18 August 1917 - Norman Harris | 20170818 | Sergeant Harris marks the first anniversary of his sons' deaths. Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War. | ||
18 December 1917 - Edie Chadwick | 20171218 | In Tynemouth, Edie prepares for a charity football match. Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War. | ||
18 July 1918 - Howard Argent | 20180718 | In Seale Hayne, Howard tries to understand Doctor Hurst's unorthodox methods. Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War. | ||
18 June 1918 - Cora Gidley (Season 14 start) | 20180618 | On this day in 1918, the Times published plans for Alexandra Day, a project to sell pink roses to raise ÂŁ1m, while in Ashburton, Cora Gidley sees her roses differently.
Written by Lucy Catherine
Notes
The Home Front story returns to Devon, a county central to the country's desperate hopes for a good harvest, in which the upheavals and social schisms of WW1 were felt particularly keenly. Summer 1918 marks the point when Britain was on the brink of starvation, with the most important harvest of the war looming, both literally and metaphorically. Women, children, prisoners of war and wounded soldiers are all being put to work on the land. However, there are also those unable or unwilling to help the Government drive to feed the war effort. Dartmoor prison now houses 1000 conscientious objectors, much to the fury of local people with family away fighting, whilst at nearby Seale Hayne, a radical new hospital for shell-shocked soldiers has opened. Season 14 challenges notions of a harmonious rural idyll.
Season 14 of Home Front is story-led by Sebastian Baczkiewicz, and subtitled "Needs Must When the Devil Drives".
Lucy Catherine, Katie Hims and Sarah Daniels complete the writing team for this season, which will also feature the return of Anton Lesser, Matthew Beard and Maggie Steed, and guest appearances from Geoffrey Palmer, Mark Heap, Jonathan Bailey and Damien Molony.
Return of the epic drama series set in Great War Britain on this day a hundred years ago. Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War. | ||
18 October 1918 \u2013 Hilary Pearce | 20181018 | On this day in 1918, a recommendation that Church services should be held in daylight to save coal was dismissed, while in Folkestone Hilary is glowing with pride.
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18 September 1917 - Ralph Winwood | 20170918 | At St Jude's vicarage, Dorothea prepares for her first day back at the Bevan. Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War. | ||
19 April 1918 - Esme Macknade | 20180419 | One of Esme's wishes comes true. Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War. | ||
19 December 1917 - Alan Lowther | 20171219 | In Tynemouth, Alan Lowther feels the weight of responsibility. Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War. | ||
19 July 1918 - Elspeth Taverner | 20180719 | At Halecot Farm, Elspeth has all the help she needs. Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War. | ||
19 June 1918 - Adeline Lumley | 20180619 | In Devon, Adeline Lumley is hoping for a better return. Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War. | ||
19 March 1918, Dorothea Winwood | 20180319 | Dorothea puts together a mixed dinner party. Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War. | ||
19 October 1918 \u2013 Howard Argent | 20181019 | On this day in 1918, the Belgian Army retook the last of their occupied coastal towns, while in Folkestone Marieke has taken to her bed.
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19 September 1917 - Kitty Lumley | 20170919 | Epic drama series set in Great War Britain. Kitty Lumley feels trapped. Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War. | ||
2 April 1918 - Oscar Hendrickx | 20180402 | Oscar's life is about to change. Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War. | ||
2 August 1917 - Jessie Moore | 20170802 | In Folkestone, Jessie lives under a cloud. Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War. | ||
2 August 1918 - Effie Taverner | 20180802 | At Halecot Farm, Effie faces the grim prospect of reaping alone. Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War. | ||
2 January 1918 - Cressida Marshall | 20180102 | At Collingwood, Cressida Marshall remembers her late husband. Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War. | ||
2 July 1918 - Klaus Hofst\u00e4dter | 20180702 | On this day in 1918, the Allied countries launched an intervention into the Russian Civil War, and all is not quiet in Deanscombe Quarry.
Cast
Written by Sebastian Baczkiewicz
All is not quiet in Deanscombe Quarry. Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War. | ||
2 November 1918 - Marion Wardle | 20181102 | On this day in 1918, German troops withdrew from Serbia, and in Folkestone, Marion desperately doesn't want Edie to leave her.
Cast
Written by Sarah Daniels
Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War. | ||
2 October 1918 \u2013 Hilary Pearce | 20181002 | On this day in 1918, the German High Command told a shocked Reichstag to `abandon the war as a hopeless cause`, and at the Town Hall in Folkestone, Hilary has a surprising offer of lunch.
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20 April 1918 - Alice Macknade | 20180420 | Alice's life hits a new low. Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War. | ||
20 December 1917 - Judith Turner | 20171220 | Epic drama series set in Great War Britain. At Marshalls, the workers are united. Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War. | ||
20 July 1918 - Kitty Lumley | 20180720 | In Devon, Kitty is called out in the middle of the night to see Dieter. Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War. | ||
20 June 1918 - Hardy Walsh | 20180620 | Hardy Walsh finds his work more of a challenge than he expected. Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War. | ||
20 March 1918, Kitty Lumley | 20180320 | Kitty Lumley encounters the sharp end of intolerance. Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War. | ||
20 November 1917 - Edie Chadwick | 20171120 | Epic drama series set in Great War Britain. Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War. | ||
20 September 1917 - Adeline Lumley | 20170920 | On this day in 1917, Jamaican seventeen year old Herbert Morris, believed to be suffering from shell shock, was shot at dawn for desertion in France, while in Folkestone, a traumatised soldier shares a day of small joys with Adeline Lumley.
Written by Shaun McKenna & Katie Hims
A traumatised soldier shares a day of small joys with Adeline Lumley. Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War. | ||
21 August 1917 - Ulysses Pilchard | 20170821 | Epic drama series set in Great War Britain. Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War. | ||
21 December 1917 - Matilda James | 20171221 | In Tynemouth, it is the first shift back after the strike. Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War. | ||
21 June 1918 - Clarence Ogden | 20180621 | In Ashburton, Clarence Ogden leads the school assembly. Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War. | ||
21 March 1918, Bill Macknade | 20180321 | Bill Macknade is ready to get back on his feet. Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War. | ||
21 November 1917 - Sarah Illingworth | 20171121 | Sarah Illingworth brings discipline to the Marshalls' munitionettes. Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War. | ||
21 September 1917 - Victor Lumley | 20170921 | Series set in Great War Britain. At the Bevan hospital, Victor Lumley's day is volatile. Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War. | ||
22 August 1917 - Isabel Graham | 20170822 | Epic drama series set in Great War Britain. Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War. | ||
22 December 1917 - Isabel Graham | 20171222 | On this day in 1917, peace negotiations between Russia and Germany began at Brest-Litovsk, and at Collingwood too, relations are thawing.
Cast
Written by Shaun McKenna
At Collingwood, relations are thawing. Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War. | ||
22 June 1918 - Cathy Lawrence | 20180622 | Epic drama series set in Great War Britain. Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War. | ||
22 March 1918, Adeline Lumley | 20180322 | Epic drama series set in Great War Britain. Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War. | ||
22 November 1917 - Marion Wardle | 20171122 | At Marshalls, the munitionettes take a stand. Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War. | ||
22 October 1918 - Florrie Wilson | 20181022 | On this day in 1918, the Dundalk, an Irish steamer was torpedoed without warning, while in Folkestone, the Wilsons are marking an anniversary.
Cast
Written by Sebastian Baczkiewicz
Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War. | ||
22 September 1917 - Sylvia Graham | 20170922 | On this day in 1917, the National Health Insurance Commission recommended free treatment of all invalided soldiers and sailors, and in Folkestone, in the final episode of Season 11, Sylvia Graham tries to make amends.
Home Front returns on 13 November with a new season set in Tynemouth
Written by Shaun McKenna & Katie Hims
In the final episode of this season, Sylvia Graham tries to make amends. Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War. | ||
23 April 1918 - Gabriel Graham | 20180423 | Gabriel finds that nothing goes his way. Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War. | ||
23 August 1917 - Kitty Lumley | 20170823 | Kitty seeks to retrieve what she has lost. Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War. | ||
23 July 1918 - Emily Colville | 20180723 | In Devon, Emily Colville goes to the fair. Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War. | ||
23 March 1918, Jessie Moore | 20180323 | Epic drama series set in Great War Britain. In Folkestone, Jessie and Adam play house. Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War. | ||
23 November 1917 - Fraser Chadwick | 20171123 | Fraser Chadwick asserts his authority. Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War. | ||
23 October 1918 - Adeline Lumley | 20181023 | On this day in 1918, Parliament was set to have its electric lighting replaced with candles, and in Folkestone, Keepers Lodge faces a fine for infringing the lighting restrictions.
Cast
Written by Sebastian Baczkiewicz
Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War. | ||
24 April 1918 - Alec Poole | 20180424 | Alec Poole risks ending up with less than one wife. Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War. | ||
24 August 1917 - Dennis Monk | 20170824 | Dennis Monk gives his advice away freely. Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War. | ||
24 July 1918 - Cathy Lawrence | 20180724 | On Dartmoor, Cathy Lawrence has nothing left. Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War. | ||
24 November 1917 - Lester Reed | 20171124 | In Tynemouth, the Reeds are watchful for Bolshevism. Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War. | ||
24 October 1918 - Sylvia Graham | 20181024 | On this day in 1918, the House of Commons voted in favour of female MPs, and in Folkestone, Sylvia wishes there were no news.
Cast
Written by Sebastian Baczkiewicz
Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War. | ||
24 September 1918 - Adam Wilson (Season 15 start) | 20180924 | On this day in 1918, Allied forces launched a new attack on the Hindenburg line, and in Folkestone Adam is steaming towards the harbour.
Written by Sarah Daniels
Notes
Subtitled "Onward", Season 15 of Home Front is story-led by Katie Hims, with Sarah Daniels, Shaun McKenna and Sebastian Baczkiewicz completing the writing team. Onward is the troopship which goes up in flames on the first day, momentarily stopping soldiers from departing from Folkestone to the Western Front. It is also the Allies' movement towards a retreating German front; it is the tentative hopes of progress in a post-war Britain; it is the drive for a wounded community to find some kind of peace, however fragile.
In Folkestone, Adam is steaming towards the harbour. Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War. | ||
25 April 1918 - Edie Chadwick | 20180425 | In Folkestone, Edie and Dilys are feeling trapped. Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War. | ||
25 August 1917 - Sylvia Graham | 20170825 | Epic drama series set in Great War Britain. Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War. | ||
25 December 1917 - Sylvia Graham | 20171225 | On this day in 1917, plum pudding was made a regular ration for the troops for the first time, while at Collingwood Park, Sylvia wishes in vain for peace and goodwill.
Season 12 of Home Front, titled Giddy With Possibility, is set in the North East of England, in the shadow of the Russian Revolution. The excitement and fear provoked by the Bolshevik Revolution that overturned Russia, Britain's greatest ally in the war, rippled out around the world and - briefly - made people believe that anything was possible. In industrial Tyneside it is a time of unprecedented unrest and union activity, and where ladies' football is gaining a foothold in the national imagination.
Meanwhile, an unexpected announcement disrupts Christmas Day at the Marshall family home. Sylvia and Graham look on in disbelief. It is also the birthday of the relatively new head of the household, Johnnie. Isabel has lovingly wrapped a special present for him and commissioned a rare celebratory cake.
Written by Katie Hims
In Collingwood, Sylvia wishes in vain for peace and goodwill. Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War. | ||
25 July 1918 - Kitty Lumley | 20180725 | In Devon, there is a quiet gathering at Halecot Farm. Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War. | ||
25 June 1918 - Hector Gidley | 20180625 | At Staverley Court, Hector is sick and tired of his son's elusive correspondence. Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War. | ||
25 October 1918 - Norman Harris | 20181025 | On this day in 1918, the Battle of the Selle ended in victory for the Allied forces, and in Folkestone, Norman Harris joins a strange alliance.
Cast
Written by Sebastian Baczkiewicz
Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War. | ||
25 September 1918 - Isabel Summer | 20180925 | In Folkestone, Isabel returns in a defiant mood. Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War. | ||
26 April 1918 - Kitty Lumley | 20180426 | Kitty determines to lead a less selfish life. Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War. | ||
26 December 1917 - Lester Reed | 20171226 | On this day in 1917, the first Ladies' international football match was played in Belfast, and in Tynemouth, Lester Reed is finding it hard to celebrate. His sister can't console him and he leaves to drown his sorrows.
Season 12 of Home Front, titled Giddy With Possibility, is set in the North East of England, in the shadow of the Russian Revolution. The excitement and fear provoked by the Bolshevik Revolution that overturned Russia, Britain's greatest ally in the war, rippled out around the world and - briefly - made people believe that anything was possible. In industrial Tyneside it is a time of unprecedented unrest and union activity, and where ladies' football is gaining a foothold in the national imagination.
Meanwhile, at Collingwood Park the children are met with the confusing site of Father Christmas building a bonfire. Is this what he does with the leftover presents, they wonder. Things only get more perplexing when they are joined by adults from the house. An argument between them and Father Christmas ensues and Cressida, worried for everyone's safety, takes drastic action.
Written by Katie Hims
In Tynemouth, Lester Reed is finding it hard to celebrate. Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War. | ||
26 July 1918 - Howard Argent | 20180726 | In Staverley Court, there is cause for celebration. Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War. | ||
26 June 1918 - Gabriel Graham | 20180626 | At Newton Abbot train station, Gabriel arrives with hopes of reviving his marriage. Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War. | ||
26 March 1918, Alice Macknade | 20180326 | Alice is not feeling enamoured with Bill. Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War. | ||
26 October 1918 - Howard Argent | 20181026 | On this day in 1918, the President of the Board of Agriculture intimated that his successor might be a woman, while in Folkestone, Juliet has her eye on a different succession.
Cast
Written by Sebastian Baczkiewicz
Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War. | ||
26 September 1918 - Phyllis Marshall | 20180926 | On this day in 1918, the Allies launched a concluding offensive on Meuse-Argonne, the US Army's largest and deadliest ever battle. Somewhere in the North Downs, meanwhile, Phyllis and Johnnie are still quite far from Folkestone.
Written by Sarah Daniels
Somewhere in the North Downs, Phyllis and Johnnie are still quite far from Folkestone. Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War. | ||
27 April 1918 - Isabel Graham | 20180427 | A working girl is given in death all the respect she was denied in life. Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War. | ||
27 December 1917 - Fraser Chadwick | 20171227 | In North Shields, Fraser has an unusual offer. Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War. | ||
27 July 1918 - Cora Gidley | 20180727 | In Staverley Court, all thoughts are on one boy. Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War. | ||
27 June 1918 - Emily Colville | 20180627 | In Devon, Emily fears that the Engleby Estate is under siege. Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War. | ||
27 March 1918, Adeline Lumley | 20180327 | Adeline Lumley is distracted by something in the newspaper. Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War. | ||
27 November 1917 - Kitty Lumley | 20171127 | Kitty Lumley is on the trail of her missing daughter, May. Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War. | ||
27 September 1918 - Florrie Wilson | 20180927 | On this day in 1918, it was revealed that Despised and Rejected, an apparently "pernicious book" at the centre of a censorship trial, had been written by a woman, Rose Allatini, using an androgynous pseudonym. Meanwhile at the Wilson household, Jack has something controversial to tell Florrie and Adam.
Written by Sarah Daniels
Jack has something controversial to tell Florrie and Adam. Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War. | ||
28 August 1917 - Jessie Moore | 20170828 | Epic drama series set in Great War Britain. Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War. | ||
28 December 1917 - Marion Wardle | 20171228 | In North Shields, Marion is grateful for Kitty's generosity. Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War. | ||
28 June 1918 - Victor Lumley | 20180628 | At Seale Hayne Military Hospital, Victor is cynical about progress. Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War. | ||
28 March 1918, Marion Wardle | 20180328 | On the Leas, Marion feels far from home. Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War. | ||
28 November 1917 - Sarah Illingworth | 20171128 | In Marshalls' factory, Sarah Illingworth is disturbed by a declaration. Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War. | ||
28 September 1918 - Victor Lumley | 20180928 | At St Jude's, Kitty and Victor attend a christening which is anything but harmonious. Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War. | ||
29 August 1917 - Esme Macknade | 20170829 | In Folkestone, Esme Macknade craves a little peace. Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War. | ||
29 December 1917 - Joyce Lyle | 20171229 | In Tynemouth, Duncan gives Joyce a difficult start to her day. Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War. | ||
29 June 1918 - Cathy Lawrence | 20180629 | Cathy finds an unexpected comrade at Hexworthy Bridge. Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War. | ||
29 March 1918, Ivy Monk | 20180329 | Ivy Monk is praying that everything runs smoothly at the Pleasure Gardens theatre. Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War. | ||
29 November 1917 - Isabel Graham | 20171129 | Isabel Graham finds herself a bit out of her depth. Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War. | ||
29 October 1918 - Jessie Moore | 20181029 | On this day in 1918, Austria Hungary declared itself ready to negotiate peace, and in Folkestone, Jessie is looking for a new deal.
Cast
Written by Sarah Daniels
Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War. | ||
3 April 1918 - Sylvia Graham | 20180403 | Sylvia jeopardises her comfortable life. Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War. | ||
3 August 1917 - Kitty Lumley | 20170803 | Kitty discovers a vital clue. Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War. | ||
3 August 1918 - Adeline Lumley | 20180803 | At Seale Hayne in Devon, at least one patient is on the road to recovery. Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War. | ||
3 January 1918 - Alan Lowther | 20180103 | In Tynemouth, Alan Lowther is despondent. Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War. | ||
3 July 1918 - Primrose Holden | 20180703 | In Staverton Station, Primrose Holden has an unwelcome visitor. Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War. | ||
3 October 1918 \u2013 Edie Chadwick | 20181003 | On this day in 1918, Prince Max von Baden was appointed German Chancellor and tasked with bringing hostilities to an end, while at Folkestone Library, Edie is trying to quell the unstoppable Mrs Edkins.
Cast | ||
30 August 1917 - Howard Argent | 20170830 | Epic drama series set in Great War Britain. Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War. | ||
30 July 1918 - Ivan Jackson | 20180730 | In Devon, Ivan is working closely with Primrose. Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War. | ||
30 March 1918, Howard Argent | 20180330 | At the Bevan Hospital, Howard Argent is faced with a different epidemic. Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War. | ||
30 November 1917 - Iris Reed | 20171130 | Iris Reed is finding toffee in the strangest places. Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War. | ||
30 October 1918 - Juliet Cavendish | 20181030 | On this day in 1918, Lord Beaverbrook resigned as Minister for Information, and in Folkestone, Juliet is still chewing over the events of last week.
Cast
Written by Sarah Daniels
Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War. | ||
31 August 1917 - Florrie Wilson | 20170831 | Epic drama series set in Great War Britain. Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War. | ||
31 July 1917 - Adeline Lumley (Season 11 start) | 20170731 | 31 July 1917 marked the first day of Passchendaele, and - at the Maudsley hospital in London - Adeline and Phyllis are on the offensive.
Written by Katie Hims
Notes
No doubt they'll soon get well; the shock and strain
Folkestone is still recovering from the first Gotha Air Raid that struck suddenly and devastatingly on 25 May 1917, killing nearly a hundred citizens. At the heart of this narrative are three soldiers suffering war neurosis (shell shock), but the story refracts out to the madness of a town that has recently experienced significant trauma. The polarities of treatment for soldiers - from the talking cure of Dr Argent (& WH Rivers) to the 'punitive' methods of Dr Pilchard (& Lewis Yealland) - find a parallel in civilian manifestations. Post air raid anxiety, on a personal and a civic scale, can be treated by arrest and prosecution, or by accommodation and understanding.
At the Maudsley hospital in London, Adeline and Phyllis are on the offensive. Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War. | ||
31 July 1918 - Cathy Lawrence | 20180731 | At a nearby shepherd's hut in Dartmoor, Cathy is found in the wilderness. Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War. | ||
31 October 1918 - Dorothea Winwood | 20181031 | On this day in 1918, Turkey surrendered unconditionally, and hostilities ceased at noon, while in Folkestone, Elizabeth still has some fight in her.
Cast
Written by Sarah Daniels
Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War. | ||
4 April 1918 - Victor Lumley | 20180404 | Victor Lumley is called back to Folkestone by a letter. Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War. | ||
4 August 1917 - Hilary Pearce | 20170804 | A service is held on the Leas to mark the third anniversary of the outbreak of war. Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War. | ||
4 December 1917 - Duncan Chadwick | 20171204 | Epic drama series set in Great War Britain. Duncan is battling with his demons. Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War. | ||
4 January 1918 - Adeline Lumley | 20180104 | In Tynemouth, old friends arrive seeking safety. Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War. | ||
4 July 1918 - Morris Battley | 20180704 | Epic drama series set in Great War Britain. Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War. | ||
4 October 1918 - Bill Macknade | 20181004 | On this day in 1918, the carrier pigeon Cher Ami delivered a message which saved nearly 200 American soldiers, despite losing an eye and leg in the process, and in Folkestone Bill hopes to salvage the curate's shoes.
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4 September 1917 - Maisie Harris | 20170904 | Maisie Harris is fearful about the war coming home. Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War. | ||
5 April 1918 - Ivy Monk | 20180405 | In Folkestone, it is the opening night of Jezebel. Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War. | ||
5 December 1917 - Edie Chadwick | 20171205 | In North Shields, Edie Chadwick is unsure about her visit to Collingwood. Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War. | ||
5 January 1918 - Edie Chadwick | 20180105 | On this day in 1918, it was reported that in Grimsby, a 70 year old former member of the Rifle Brigade had attempted to enlist, and in Tynemouth, Edie Chadwick is still holding on to the past.
Home Front returns on 5 March with a new season set in Folkestone
Written by Katie Hims
In Tynemouth, Edie Chadwick is still holding on to the past. Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War. | ||
5 July 1918 - Sylvia Graham | 20180705 | In Devon, a schoolboy friendship is rekindled. Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War. | ||
5 March 1918, Sylvia Graham (season 13 Start) | 20180305 | On this day in 1918, the post office stated in the Times that it accepted no liability for post lost due to enemy action, and in Folkestone, Sylvia receives a letter from her son. Written by Sarah Daniels Directed by Jessica Dromgoole Notes By 1918, some of the inevitable consequences of creating a large, paid, female workforce, and relying more than ever on educated women to run organisations supporting the war, were beginning to scare the establishment horses. Women were too free, and their freedom was too dangerous. Creating an impossible ideal of womanhood, and then attacking all other women for their immorality (read freedom) was a means of control then, and hasn't entirely died out. And hand in hand with praise for women's femininity came the other side of the coin - a celebration of purely masculine men, with an inevitable condemnation of any femininity in men. Season Thirteen of Home Front - A Woman's Place - is set back in Folkestone, which feels overrun with women, and where anxious pillars of the establishment are flustered by the proximity of all these women to all these men. Women themselves are emboldened politically by the recent introduction of female suffrage, and suppressed in turn by various measures - including the draconian DORA 40D amendment empowering the police to detain and examine women suspected of giving venereal disease to members of His Majesty's Forces. The action of Season 13 revolves around three households - Meadowthorpe (a utopian female household), The Old Rectory (a brothel) and Keepers Lodge (a home for unmarried mothers) - which are popularly taken to be much of a muchness. Season 13 is story-led by Sarah Daniels, with episodes by Sarah, Lucy Catherine and Katie Hims. Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War. | ||
5 November 1918 - Alice Macknade | 20181105 | On this day in 1918, terms for the Armistice were agreed upon by the Allies at Versailles, and in Folkestone, it appears that Bill's ceasefire has been a fragile affair.
Cast
Written by Katie Hims
Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War. | ||
5 October 1918 \u2013 Kitty Lumley | 20181005 | On this day in 1918, the Daily Herald called for more houses to be built before the end of the war, and for the upper classes to share their spare rooms with workers. And in Folkestone, Kitty and Victor's homestead is overrun
Cast | ||
5 September 1917 - Howard Argent | 20170905 | Epic drama series set in Great War Britain. Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War. | ||
6 April 1918 - Walter Hamilton | 20180406 | It is Noah Hamilton's birthday, or would have been. Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War. | ||
6 August 1918 - Victor Lumley | 20180806 | In Seale Hayne, Daniel prepares to join the harvest. Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War. | ||
6 December 1917 - Joyce Lyle | 20171206 | On this day in 1917, French munitions ship the SS Mont-Blanc blew up in Halifax, Canada injuring 10,000 people and killing 2000 - the largest manmade explosion in history up until that point. And in Tynemouth Joyce is in a volatile frame of mind.
Written by Caroline Horton
In Tynemouth, Joyce is in a volatile frame of mind. Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War. | ||
6 July 1918 - Rose Fairweather | 20180706 | At Seale Hayne, Rose finds herself burning with indignation. Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War. | ||
6 March 1918, Adeline Lumley | 20180306 | In Folkestone, Adeline takes her art class out. Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War. | ||
6 November 1918 - Gabriel Graham | 20181106 | On this day in 1918, the revolutionary movement that began in Kiel spread to the whole of Germany, while in Folkestone, Gabriel takes part in a small insurrection.
Cast
Written by Katie Hims
Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War. | ||
6 September 1917 - Alice Macknade | 20170906 | Epic drama series set in Great War Britain. Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War. | ||
7 August 1917 - Howard Argent | 20170807 | Captain Lumley returns to Folkestone a more fragile man. Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War. | ||
7 August 1918 - Effie Taverner | 20180807 | On Halecot Farm, Effie resolves their labour problems. Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War. | ||
7 December 1917 - Marion Wardle | 20171207 | At Marshalls factory, Marion is speaking up for the workers. Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War. | ||
7 March 1918, Edie Chadwick | 20180307 | On this day in 1918, Germany signed a peace treaty with Finland, and in Folkestone, Edie and Marion negotiate some unforeseen challenges. Cast Edie Chadwick - Kathryn Beaumont Marion Wardle - Laura Elphinstone Kitty Lumley - Ami Metcalf Jack Wilson - Ashley Kumar Written by Sarah Daniels Directed by Jessica Dromgoole. In Folkestone, Edie and Marion negotiate some new challenges. Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War. | ||
7 November 1918 - Ralph Winwood | 20181107 | On this day in 1918, the military situation in Germany was becoming desperate, while in Folkestone, Ralph Winwood deals with despair on the Home Front.
Cast
Written by Katie Hims
Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War. | ||
7 September 1917 - Isabel Graham | 20170907 | In Folkestone, a traumatised soldier has the Grahams in disarray. Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War. | ||
8 August 1917 - Alice Macknade | 20170808 | In Folkestone, Alice feels less than charitable. Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War. | ||
8 August 1918 - Adeline Lumley | 20180808 | In Devon, Adeline launches a gentle offensive. Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War. | ||
8 December 1917 - Fraser Chadwick | 20171208 | At Marshalls, Fraser returns to a factory under siege. Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War. | ||
8 March 1918, Kitty Lumley | 20180308 | In Folkestone, Kitty is not in a party mood. Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War. | ||
8 November 1918 - Johnnie Marshall | 20181108 | On this day in 1918, On this day in 1918, the Church of England created a fund for Spiritual Reconstruction after the war, and in Folkestone, Johnnie is feeling dispirited.
Cast
Written by Katie Hims
Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War. | ||
8 October 1918 - Isabel Summer | 20181008 | On this day in 1918, an increase in bread consumption was blamed on tastier bread, while in Folkestone, the Grahams are having lunch.
Cast | ||
8 September 1917 - Alec Poole | 20170908 | Epic drama series set in Great War Britain. Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War. | ||
9 April 1918 - Edie Chadwick | 20180409 | On the edge of Folkestone, Edie wakes up to an unwelcome intrusion. Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War. | ||
9 August 1917 - Alec Poole | 20170809 | Reverend Winwood soothes Alec Poole. Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War. | ||
9 August 1918 - Charles Summer | 20180809 | In Ashburton, Charles wonders whether he is good enough. Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War. | ||
9 July 1918 - Elspeth Taverner | 20180709 | At Halecot farm, Dieter is going to bed after a hard night's work. Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War. | ||
9 June 1917 - Ralph Winwood | 20170609 | Ralph has a very early morning visitor. Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War. | ||
9 March 1918, Alice Macknade | 20180309 | In Folkestone, Alice's fortunes take a downturn. Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War. | ||
9 November 1918 - Kitty Lumley | 20181109 | On this day in 1918, the German Kaiser was forced to abdicate, and in Folkestone, the Wilsons face an uncertain future.
Cast
Written by Katie Hims
Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War. | ||
9 October 1918 - Florrie Wilson | 20181009 | On this day in 1918, a cavalryman called Fowler was discovered after being presumed dead since August 1914, and in Folkestone, Florrie has an unlikely visitor.
Cast
Written by Shaun McKenna
Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War. | ||
Home Front: A Fragile Peace | 20181110 | A special edition of Home Front, Radio 4's epic drama series marking the centenaries of the First World War. It's 10 November, 1919, a year and a day after the last episode, and Folkestone is preparing for the first Remembrance Day, and contemplating a new post-war world.
Cast
Written by Katie Hims
Producer: Ciaran Bermingham
Sound: Martha Littlehailes
Home Front special, set on 10 November 1919, the eve of Britain's first Remembrance Day. Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War. | ||
Home Front: A Fragile Peace | 20181110 | 20221112 (R4) | A special edition of Home Front, Radio 4's epic drama series marking the centenaries of the First World War. It's 10 November, 1919, a year and a day after the last episode, and Folkestone is preparing for the first Remembrance Day, and contemplating a new post-war world.
Cast
Written by Katie Hims
Producer: Ciaran Bermingham
Sound: Martha Littlehailes
Home Front special, set on 10 November 1919, the eve of Britain's first Remembrance Day. Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War. | |
01 | 4 August 1914 - Kitty Wilson (Season 1 start) | 20140804 | The first season of an epic drama series set in Great War Britain exactly one hundred days before its original broadcast on BBC Radio 4. In this first episode, as Britain waits for Germany's response to their ultimatum, in Folkestone, Kitty Wilson has a deadline of her own.
Written by: Katie Hims
Home Front is a ground-breaking new Radio Four radio drama - its biggest ever at around 600 episodes - set in Britain during the Great War, playing a central role in the BBC's comprehensive offering to mark the centenaries of World War One.
An enthralling fiction, set against a backdrop of fact. Each episode is set a hundred years to the day before broadcast, and follows one character's day. Together they create a mosaic of experience from a wide cross-section of British society, and a playful treasure hunt, with at least one historical truth hidden in each story.
Season One is set in Folkestone, a fashionable Edwardian seaside resort that quickly became one of the hubs of the military machine, and close enough to France to hear the fighting. Future seasons will be set in Newcastle and Devon, telling the major stories of wartime Britain.
Marking major and minor events of the time, Home Front charts the strategies that ordinary people found for managing life in wartime, and how, together, they ensured that the Home Front didn't break down.
As Britain waits for Germany's response to their ultimatum, Kitty has her own deadline. Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War. | |
02 | 5 August 1914 - Gabriel Graham | 20140805 | The first season of an epic drama series set in Great War Britain exactly one hundred days before its original broadcast on BBC Radio 4. In this episode, Folkestone has woken up to new responsibilities as a part of the war machine.
Written by: Katie Hims
Folkestone has woken up to new responsibilities as a part of the war machine. Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War. | |
03 | 6 August 1914 - Jimmy Macknade | 20140806 | The first season of an epic drama series set in Great War Britain exactly one hundred days before its original broadcast on BBC Radio 4. In this episode, in all the excitement of war, two seven year old boys fancy an adventure of their own.
Written by: Katie Hims
In all the excitement of war, two seven-year-old boys fancy an adventure of their own. Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War. | |
04 | 7 August 1914 - Ralph Winwood | 20140807 | The first season of an epic drama series set in Great War Britain exactly one hundred days before its original broadcast on BBC Radio 4. In this episode, when a postman drops dead in the Post Office, the life of Reverend Mr Winwood takes an unexpected turn.
Written by: Katie Hims
When a postman drops dead, the life of Reverend Mr Winwood takes an unexpected turn. Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War. | |
05 | 8 August 1914 - Adam Wilson | 20140808 | The first season of an epic drama series set in Great War Britain exactly one hundred days before its original broadcast on BBC Radio 4. In this episode, there is perfect weather for the Sunday School picnic.
Written by: Katie Hims
Perfect weather for the Sunday School picnic. Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War. | |
06 | 11 August 1914 - Norman Harris | 20140811 | The first season of an epic drama series set in Great War Britain exactly one hundred days before its original broadcast on BBC Radio 4. In this episode, as the search for the missing boys continues, Folkestone's local police find their resources terribly stretched...
Written by: Katie Hims & Sean Moffatt
Home Front is a ground-breaking new Radio Four radio drama - its biggest ever at around 600 episodes - set in Britain during the Great War, playing a central role in the BBC's comprehensive offering to mark the centenaries of World War One.
An enthralling fiction, set against a backdrop of fact. Each episode is set a hundred years to the day before broadcast, and follows one character's day. Together they create a mosaic of experience from a wide cross-section of British society, and a playful treasure hunt, with at least one historical truth hidden in each story.
Season One is set in Folkestone, a fashionable Edwardian seaside resort that quickly became one of the hubs of the military machine, and close enough to France to hear the fighting. Future seasons will be set in Newcastle and Devon, telling the major stories of wartime Britain.
Marking major and minor events of the time, Home Front charts the strategies that ordinary people found for managing life in wartime, and how, together, they ensured that the Home Front didn't break down.
The search for the missing boys continues, stretching the local police's resources. Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War. | |
07 | 12 August 1914 - Victor Lumley | 20140812 | As Britain and France declare war on Austria-Hungary, two cousins cannot wait to join in. Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War. | |
08 | 13 August 1914 - Florrie Wilson | 20140813 | The First Royal Flying Corps leaves for France, and a local newspaper starts a rumour. Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War. | |
09 | 14 August 1914 - Kitty Wilson | 20140814 | An unlikely pair are brought together to promote the town's flagging tourism. Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War. | |
10 | 15 August 1914 - Isabel Graham | 20140815 | At Folkestone harbour, the Grahams bid a fond farewell to Freddie. Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War. | |
11 | 18 August 1914 - Hilary Pearce | 20140818 | Where there's war, there's brass, and Hilary Pearce has the makings of a real operator. Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War. | |
12 | 19 August 1914 - Victor Lumley | 20140819 | Lt Victor Lumley is devastated that he cannot go to war. Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War. | |
13 | 20 August 1914 - Ralph Winwood | 20140820 | Escaping the atrocities at home, the Belgian refugees pour into Folkestone. Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War. | |
14 | 21 August 1914 - Florrie Wilson | 20140821 | A boy's hat is discovered on the beach. Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War. | |
15 | 22 August 1914 - Jessie Moore | 20140822 | An eclipse brings tourists and townsfolk flocking to the seafront. Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War. | |
16 | 25 August 1914 - Isabel Graham | 20140825 | After the influx of refugees from Belgium, initiatives are afoot at St Jude's to help. Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War. | |
17 | 26 August 1914 - Adam Wilson | 20140826 | In Folkestone, the German Consulate is under surveillance. Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War. | |
18 | 27 August 1914 - Gabriel Graham | 20140827 | Gabriel struggles to write an appropriate speech for the first British war wounded. Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War. | |
19 | 28 August 1914 - Dorothea Winwood | 20140828 | Epic new drama series set in Great War Britain on this day a hundred years ago. Britain were victorious in their first naval battle and in Folkestone, there are tears at the Vicarage.
Written by: Shaun McKenna
Britain is victorious in its first naval battle, and there are tears at the vicarage. Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War. | |
20 | 29 August 1914 - Albert Wilson | 20140829 | In Folkestone, the cake sale at St Jude's is in full swing. Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War. | |
21 | 1 September 1914 - Florrie Wilson | 20140901 | A retired Admiral, Charles Fitzgerald, conceived the notion of the White Feather movement in Folkestone. Local women are encouraged to join in the shaming of non-combatants, with more or less success.
Written by Shaun McKenna
The women of Folkestone are encouraged to join the White Feather movement. Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War. | |
22 | 2 September 1914 - Ralph Winwood | 20140902 | The complexities in the vicar's life threaten to catch up with him. Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War. | |
23 | 3 September 1914 - Marieke Dupont | 20140903 | A Belgian couple arrive claiming that Matthieu is their baby, but Marieke knows better. Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War. | |
24 | 4 September 1914 - Norman Harris | 20140904 | The policeman's lot is a varied one in wartime Folkestone. Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War. | |
25 | 5 September 1914 - Sylvia Graham | 20140905 | The fear of Victor's ruin in an ill-advised marriage becomes very real for his aunt. Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War. | |
26 | 8 September 1914 - Isabel Graham | 20140908 | As plans for the local regatta gather pace, life for the Grahams will never be the same. Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War. | |
27 | 9 September 1914 - Gabriel Graham | 20140909 | With the magistrate court in session and the local regatta, it's a busy day for Gabriel. Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War. | |
28 | 10 September 1914 - Adam Wilson | 20140910 | Adam and Jessie make an alarming discovery in the church yard at St Jude's. Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War. | |
29 | 11 September 1914 - Kitty Wilson | 20140911 | There is a storm brewing down at the harbour and no shelter for some. Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War. | |
30 | 12 September 1914 - Alice Macknade | 20140912 | There's a birthday at the Macknades', but not much to celebrate. Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War. | |
31 | 15 September 1914 - Jack Wilson | 20140915 | It's the day of the memorial service, and everyone brings their own grief. Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War. | |
32 | 16 September 1914 - Victor Lumley | 20140916 | Lieutenant Lumley is a man with a plan. Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War. | |
33 | 17 September 1914 - Gabriel Graham | 20140917 | Councillor Graham sees a new side to Folkestone. Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War. | |
34 | 18 September 1914 - Ralph Winwood | 20140918 | A momentous day for the Winwood household. Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War. | |
35 | 19 September 1914 - Kitty Wilson | 20140919 | Parenthood, marriage and death all feature in Kitty's day. Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War. | |
36 | 22 September 1914 - Adam Wilson | 20140922 | Adam and Jessie confront the mysterious man at the German consulate. Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War. | |
37 | 23 September 1914 - Ottoline Lambert | 20140923 | In Folkestone, the search for a comfortable home for two Belgian refugees continues. Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War. | |
38 | 24 September 1914 - Sylvia Graham | 20140924 | In the Graham household, there is a speech to prepare. Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War. | |
39 | 25 September 1914 - Dorothea Winwood | 20140925 | Well-known suffragette Emmeline Pankhurst arrives in Folkestone to address a meeting. Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War. | |
40 | 26 September 1914 - Victor Lumley and Kitty Wilson | 20140926 | After much negotiation, an amicable alliance is finally reached on the Leas in Folkestone. Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War. | |
41 | 29 September 1914 - Gabriel Graham | 20140929 | Councillor Graham develops a taste for tobacco and potatoes, and wishes for a New World. Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War. | |
42 | 30 September 1914 - Alice Macknade | 20140930 | Alice is released from prison, but really does not want to go home. Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War. | |
43 | 1 October 1914 - Isabel Graham | 20141001 | Dorothea and Sylvia start to act entirely out of character. Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War. | |
44 | 2 October 1914 - Ralph Winwood | 20141002 | Adam finally tells the whole truth, as all Reverend Winwood's chickens come home to roost. Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War. | |
45 | 3 October 1914 - Florrie Wilson | 20141003 | In the last Season 1 episode, the Wilson family wave Victor off to war. Another lost boy. Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War. | |
46 | 1 December 1914 - Sylvia Graham (Season 2 start) | 20141201 | The Graham household prepares for an arrival. Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War. | |
47 | 2 December 1914 - Kitty Lumley | 20141202 | No news is good news, but for Kitty, good news is devastating. Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War. | |
48 | 3 December 1914 - Dorothea Winwood | 20141203 | All is not well in the Winwood household, but Ralph cannot fathom why. Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War. | |
49 | 4 December 1914 - Jessie Moore | 20141204 | Jessie wants to do her bit for the war effort, but she cannot seem to find anything to do. Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War. | |
50 | 5 December 1914 - Joe Macknade | 20141205 | Joe Macknade dearly wants to enlist, but is it for glory, or to escape home? Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War. | |
51 | 8 December 1914 - Ralph Winwood | 20141208 | A newcomer spells trouble for the inhabitants of St Jude's. Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War. | |
52 | 9 December 1914 - Ivy Layton | 20141209 | The Pleasure Gardens Theatre in Folkestone prepares for its variety show. Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War. | |
53 | 10 December 1914 - Victor Lumley | 20141210 | The Graham family welcome a charming visitor. Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War. | |
54 | 11 December 1914 - Isabel Graham | 20141211 | Despite the best of intentions, things do not go to plan for Reverend Winwood. Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War. | |
55 | 12 December 1914 - Norman Harris | 20141212 | Epic drama series set in Britain during the First World War. Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War. | |
56 | 15 December 1914 - Hilary Pearce | 20141215 | A surprise visitor at Folkestone Town Hall shakes Hilary Pearce's easy confidence. Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War. | |
57 | 16 December 1914 - Ralph Winwood | 20141216 | The day's events make Reverend Ralph Winwood question his own authority. Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War. | |
58 | 17 December 1914 - Archie Tulliver | 20141217 | The recruitment drive takes a new and charming turn on the streets of Folkestone. Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War. | |
59 | 18 December 1914 - Mervyn Harris | 20141218 | Maisie Plackett takes very seriously the question 'Is your best boy in khaki?'. Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War. | |
60 | 19 December 1914 - Alice Macknade | 20141219 | A surprise turn of events in the Macknade household heralds a change in their fortunes. Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War. | |
61 | 22 December 1914 - Phyllis Marshall | 20141222 | Amidst a surge in drunken soldiers in town, a more refined visitor arrives at the station. Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War. | |
62 | 23 December 1914 - Sylvia Graham | 20141223 | The Christmas tea for the Belgian wounded does not go entirely to plan. Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War. | |
63 | 24 December 1914 - Joe Macknade | 20141224 | It is Christmas Eve, and one keen young man has an appointment to keep. Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War. | |
64 | 25 December 1914 - Dorothea Winwood | 20141225 | At St Jude's Vicarage, not everyone is feeling the festive spirit. Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War. | |
65 | 26 December 1914 - Isabel Graham | 20141226 | The Grahams plan a quiet harmonious Boxing Day. Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War. | |
66 | 29 December 1914 - Joe Macknade | 20141229 | England cricketer Colin Blythe arrives on a recruitment drive in Folkestone. Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War. | |
67 | 30 December 1914 - Esme Macknade | 20141230 | Esme desperately needs a friend, and finds one in an unexpected place. Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War. | |
68 | New Year's Eve 1914 - Albert and Florrie Wilson | 20141231 | Can the Wilsons draw a line under the terrible events of 1914? Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War. | |
70 | 2 January 1915 - Ivor Davies | 20150102 | The recruitment drive is bearing fruit for Sergeant Major Davies, but nothing is simple. Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War. | |
71 | 5 January 1915 - Isabel Graham | 20150105 | The women of Folkestone struggle to help returning soldiers suffering from frostbite. Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War. | |
72 | 6 January 1915 - Jack Wilson | 20150106 | A couple of visitors descend on the Wilsons, one more welcome than the other. Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War. | |
73 | 7 January 1915 - Ivy Layton | 20150107 | At Folkestone's Pleasure Gardens Theatre, someone is in for a surprise. Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War. | |
74 | 8 January 1915 - Alice Macknade | 20150108 | The Folkestone community mourns the loss of one of its missing. Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War. | |
75 | 9 January 1915 - Kitty Lumley | 20150109 | The Graham household is a hive of activity as they await a special delivery. Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War. | |
76 | 2 February 1915 - Albert Wilson (Season 3 start) | 20150202 | Season 3 of Radio 4's epic drama series set in Great War Britain, which was first broadcast exactly a hundred years after it is set, is based on Tyneside. In this first episode of Season 3, the Wilson household can only keep baby Peter a secret for so long.
Written by Shaun McKenna
The Wilson household can only keep baby Peter a secret for so long. Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War. | |
77 | 3 February 1915 - Kitty Lumley | 20150203 | Kitty discovers that the further she travels, the less she understands. Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War. | |
78 | 4 February 1915 - Geoffrey Marshall | 20150204 | Despite the profits of war, factory owner Geoffrey Marshall cannot rest on his laurels. Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War. | |
79 | 5 February 1915 - Cressida Marshall | 20150205 | Six weeks after the birth of her third baby, Cressida is ready to get back in the saddle. Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War. | |
80 | 6 February 1915 - Robert Lyle | 20150206 | Robert Lyle never expected today to bring this many challenges. Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War. | |
81 | 9 February 1915 - Edie Chadwick | 20150209 | Edie is excited about her new job, not least as it allows her to escape friction at home. Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War. | |
82 | 10 February 1915 - Johnnie Marshall | 20150210 | Not everyone at Collingwood Park is in favour of Marshalls manufacturing munitions. Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War. | |
83 | 11 February 1915 - Duncan Chadwick | 20150211 | There is unrest within the Chadwick family. Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War. | |
84 | 12 February 1915 - Esther O'Leary | 20150212 | Councillor Maud Burnett's controversial scheme is gathering pace. Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War. | |
85 | 13 February 1915 - Fraser Chadwick | 20150213 | A budding local reporter cannot believe his luck. Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War. | |
86 | 16 February 1915 - Cressida Marshall | 20150216 | Cressida wants to be at the forefront of the women's struggle but can't be taken seriously Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War. | |
87 | 17 February 1915 - Johnnie Marshall | 20150217 | Johnnie's lowly ambitions meet resistance at all levels. Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War. | |
88 | 18 February 1915 - Fraser Chadwick | 20150218 | Fraser's day is one of constant negotiation, and not just on union matters. Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War. | |
89 | 19 February 1915 - Luke Lyle | 20150219 | Luke has low expectations of an assignment, until he meets Esther O'Leary. Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War. | |
90 | 20 February 1915 - Edie Chadwick | 20150220 | Johnnie Marshall's attentions to Edie do not go unnoticed. Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War. | |
91 | 23 February 1915 - Alan Lowther | 20150223 | At Marshalls, Alan's patience is being tested. Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War. | |
92 | 24 February 1915 - Phyllis Marshall | 20150224 | Phyllis readies herself for a particularly difficult meeting. Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War. | |
93 | 25 February 1915 - Johnnie Marshall | 20150225 | A pretty visitor turns heads at Marshalls factory. Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War. | |
94 | 26 February 1915 - Fraser Chadwick | 20150226 | The rift between the Chadwick twins deepens. Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War. | |
95 | 27 February 1915 - Robert O'Leary | 20150227 | Robert's careful equilibrium is shaken. Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War. | |
96 | 2 March 1915 - Phyllis Marshall | 20150302 | The Grahams and Wilsons arrive in Tynemouth for the christenings of Peter and Rosamund. Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War. | |
97 | 3 March 1915 - Fraser Chadwick | 20150303 | Fraser finds being a union representative at Marshalls' the easiest part of his life. Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War. | |
98 | 4 March 1915 - Robert Lyle | 20150304 | The harmony of Robert's home life is threatened when he intervenes to help Davy's son. Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War. | |
99 | 5 March 1915 - Adam Wilson | 20150305 | Rosamund Marshall and Peter Samuel Lumley are welcomed into the church. Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War. | |
100 | 6 March 1915 - Esther O'Leary | 20150306 | Esther loves her new job, scavenging in Tynemouth, and is delighted to see her dad there. Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War. | |
101 | 9 March 1915 - Geoffrey Marshall | 20150309 | Some news close to home leaves Geoffrey reeling. Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War. | |
102 | 10 March 1915 - Robert Lyle | 20150310 | Luke refuses to tow the line with his father. Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War. | |
103 | 11 March 1915 - Luke Lyle | 20150311 | The Lyles are in for a nasty shock. Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War. | |
104 | 12 March 1915 - Phyllis Marshall | 20150312 | Collingwood Park is prepared for a homecoming. Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War. | |
105 | 13 March 1915 - Davy Wardle | 20150313 | The men at Marshalls are spoiling for a fight. Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War. | |
106 | 16 March 1915 - Kitty Lumley | 20150316 | Kitty's life feels like a gothic novel, complete with footprints in the snow. Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War. | |
107 | 17 March 1915 - Cressida Marshall | 20150317 | Cressida hits the roof when she realises what her mother and aunt have kept from her. Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War. | |
108 | 18 March 1915 - Alan Lowther | 20150318 | Some particularly mean bullying on the factory floor reveals an extraordinary truth. Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War. | |
109 | 19 March 1915 - Joyce Lyle | 20150319 | Heaven has no rage like love to hatred turned, nor Hell a fury like Joyce Lyle scorned. Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War. | |
110 | 20 March 1915 - Edie Chadwick | 20150320 | An exotic and exciting cargo washes up on Long Sands in Tynemouth. Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War. | |
111 | 23 March 1915 - Luke Lyle | 20150323 | Joyce confronts two of her demons. Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War. | |
112 | 24 March 1915 - Johnnie Marshall | 20150324 | A man's job and a woman's honour hang in the balance. Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War. | |
113 | 25 March 1915 - Marion Wardle | 20150325 | Fraser has got the wrong idea about Marion altogether. Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War. | |
114 | 26 March 1915 - Adeline Lumley | 20150326 | A day of arrivals and departures in Collingwood Park. Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War. | |
115 | 27 March 1915 - Kitty Lumley | 20150327 | In the final episode of Season 3, Marshalls loses two of its best female employees. Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War. | |
116 | 25 May 1915 - Ivy Layton (Season 4 start) | 20150525 | Season 4 of Radio 4's epic drama series set in Great War Britain, first broadcast exactly a hundred years after it is set. In the first episode of Season 4, Ivy is shocked at how much and how quickly Folkestone has changed.
Written by Sebastian Baczkiewicz
Ivy is shocked at how much and how quickly Folkestone has changed. Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War. | |
117 | 26 May 1915 - Josiah King | 20150526 | There is a new policeman in Folkestone, and he is determined to make his mark. Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War. | |
118 | 27 May 1915 - Kitty Lumley | 20150527 | A cryptic parcel arrives for Kitty at the Wilsons. Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War. | |
119 | 28 May 1915 - Ralph Winwood | 20150528 | Reverend Winwood is finding his faith and his resilience tested. Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War. | |
120 | 29 May 1915 - Hilary Pearce | 20150529 | Hilary Pearce is making his quiet way up in the world. Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War. | |
121 | 1 June 1915 - Juliet Cavendish | 20150601 | It is Councillor Graham's birthday, and Juliet has a surprise for him. Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War. | |
122 | 2 June 1915 - Thornton Tulliver | 20150602 | A day at the flapping, and Thornton has his eye on another prize in Folkestone. Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War. | |
123 | 3 June 1915 - Florrie Wilson | 20150603 | A succession of visitors to the Wilson household can't tempt Florrie out of doors. Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War. | |
124 | 4 June 1915 - Howard Argent | 20150604 | Ralph is impressed by Howard's different approach to treating the wounded. Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War. | |
125 | 5 June 1915 - Jessie Moore | 20150605 | Even Folkestone's younger residents make the most of the Canadians being in town. Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War. | |
126 | 8 June 1915 - Kitty Lumley | 20150608 | Florrie still isn't going out, but the Wilsons are learning to work around her. Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War. | |
127 | 9 June 1915 - Thornton Tulliver | 20150609 | Thornton can charm the birds out of the trees, and the money out of Canadian pockets. Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War. | |
128 | 10 June 1915 - Gabriel Graham | 20150610 | Telegram girls were employed in hopes of taking the sting out of the news they delivered. Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War. | |
129 | 11 June 1915 - Ivy Layton | 20150611 | Time moves so quickly, Ivy has not had the opportunity to mourn Archie. Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War. | |
130 | 12 June 1915 - Jessie Moore | 20150612 | Jessie and Adam find ingenious ways of making money. Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War. | |
131 | 15 June 1915 - Sylvia Graham | 20150615 | The Graham household is in chaos and certainly not prepared for any visitors. Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War. | |
132 | 16 June 1915 - Josiah King | 20150616 | The new police constable is on a mission to clean up Folkestone and won't accept excuses. Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War. | |
133 | 17 June 1915 - Alice Macknade | 20150617 | Despite trouble at home, Alice is swept off her feet at work. Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War. | |
134 | 18 June 1915 - Beau Tilley | 20150618 | Folkestone is in need of some Canadian diplomacy. Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War. | |
135 | 19 June 1915 - Kitty Lumley | 20150619 | Sergeant Harris has awkward news to break to the Wilsons. Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War. | |
136 | 22 June 1915 - Howard Argent | 20150622 | Howard discovers that he is being secretly cared for by the entire Winwood household. Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War. | |
137 | 23 June 1915 - Dieter Lippke | 20150623 | A fugitive returns. Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War. | |
138 | 24 June 1915 - Mrs Florrie Wilson | 20150624 | Florrie gets a telegram. Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War. | |
139 | 25 June 1915 - Ivy Layton | 20150625 | Ivy goes for a quiet lunch with Hilary Pearce. Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War. | |
140 | 26 June 1915 - Marieke Dupont | 20150626 | Tempers wear very thin at St Jude's Vicarage. Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War. | |
141 | 29 June 1915 - Kitty Lumley | 20150629 | Kitty puts herself in danger for the man she loves. Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War. | |
142 | 30 June 1915 - Esme Macknade | 20150630 | The Grahams have a plan to match-make Toby with their recently bereaved daughter, Juliet. Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War. | |
143 | 1 July 1915 - Alice Macknade | 20150701 | In Folkestone, the Dominion Day celebrations are infectious. Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War. | |
144 | 2 July 1915 - Victor Lumley | 20150702 | Victor is home on leave and hardly expected to have to fight a whole new set of battles. Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War. | |
145 | 3 July 1915 - Howard Argent | 20150703 | Howard throws caution to the wind. Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War. | |
146 | 6 July 1915 - Victor Lumley | 20150706 | Victor prepares for a meeting he only ever dreamed about before. Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War. | |
147 | 7 July 1915 - Hilary Pearce | 20150707 | Hilary is too impatient to settle for the long game, financially. Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War. | |
148 | 8 July 1915 - Mervyn Harris | 20150708 | When Mervyn returns home on leave, only Maisie is unchanged by war, for better or worse. Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War. | |
149 | 9 July 1915 - Mickey Macknade | 20150709 | The day that Mickey Macknade put away childish things and grew up. Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War. | |
150 | 10 July 1915 - Ralph Winwood | 20150710 | Reverend Winwood finds ministering to his flock far easier than to his own household. Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War. | |
151 | 13 July 1915 - Howard Argent | 20150713 | A wartime celebrity makes an unexpected appearance in Folkestone. Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War. | |
152 | 14 July 1915 - Florrie Wilson | 20150714 | Victor brings shocking news to the Wilsons. Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War. | |
153 | 15 July 1915 - Norman Harris | 20150715 | The investigation into Police Constable King's murder gathers pace. Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War. | |
154 | 16 July 1915 - Juliet Cavendish | 20150716 | The Grahams' engagement party for Howard and Juliet proves more eventful than planned. Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War. | |
155 | 17 July 1915 - Thornton Tulliver | 20150717 | Expect fireworks at the grand opening of Hilary's latest venture. Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War. | |
156 | 7 September 1915 - Gabriel Graham (Season 5 start) | 20150907 | This is the opening episode of Season Five of Home Front. The Graham household mark the day, a year on, when they lost their only son.
Written by Sebastian Baczkiewicz
NOTES
Unsurprisingly, the tide of grief and bereavement that visited Britain during the First World War brought with it a great flowering of spiritualism. Relatives wanted to be close to their loved ones in a way conventional religion was struggling to provide. For this reason many decided to extend their faith 'over the church wall', testing the waters of Spiritualism and psychical contact with the dead.
The Church was officially hostile, with the Bishop of London one of many who warned against the movement. Often the concern was less one of fraudulence - Spiritualism was compatible with Christianity - but rather that the mediums were meddling with dangerous forces and could easily be led astray. Accusations of charlatanism, pseudo-science and exploiting the bereaved were rife. It hardly helped that Spiritualism came in so many different guises. There was spiritualism as an industry, where palm-readers and mediums sold their services for profit; there was Spiritualism as a belief and philosophy; and there was the 'scientific' pursuit of psychical research, supported by leading thinkers like Sir Arthur Conan Doyle who referred to it as "a call of hope and of guidance to the human race at the time of its deepest affliction"
*Earlier seasons have focused on the Outbreak of War, Recruitment, Industry and Profiteering. All previous seasons are available to download from bbc.co.uk/homefront.
The Graham household mark the day, a year on, when they lost their only son. Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War. | |
157 | 8 September 1915 - Alice Macknade | 20150908 | Alice Macknade has to say farewell to the love of her life as he heads off to war. Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War. | |
158 | 9 September 1915 - Juliet Argent | 20150909 | When Juliet sees Dorothea struggling to cope with impending motherhood, she has an idea. Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War. | |
159 | 10 September 1915 - Maggie Macknade | 20150910 | Maggie is the only person who seems to understand the dangers of harbouring a deserter. Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War. | |
160 | 11 September 1915 - Florrie Wilson | 20150911 | Florrie agrees to accompany her neighbour Sally on a strange visit. Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War. | |
161 | 14 September 1915 - Sylvia Graham | 20150914 | In the Graham household, new science and technology offers some practical comfort. Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War. | |
162 | 15 September 1915 - Alice Macknade | 20150915 | Alice and Roy try to evade the inevitable in the hope Roy can escape transfer to France. Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War. | |
163 | 16 September 1915 - Kitty Lumley | 20150916 | A letter from Marion and the bairns sets Kitty's heart racing. Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War. | |
164 | 17 September 1915 - Ralph Winwood | 20150917 | The big day finally arrives for Dorothea and Ralph. Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War. | |
165 | 18 September 1915 - Ivy Layton | 20150918 | Ivy Layton creates a theatrical novelty - Madame Aethyria. Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War. | |
166 | 21 September 1915 - Florrie Wilson | 20150921 | Albert does not think he and Florrie should pass up on two free tickets to the theatre. Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War. | |
167 | 22 September 1915 - Dorothea Winwood | 20150922 | The Winwoods venture out for the first time with their new baby. Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War. | |
168 | 23 September 1915 - Juliet Argent | 20150923 | Juliet Argent makes an undercover visit. Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War. | |
169 | 24 September 1915 - Kitty Lumley | 20150924 | Kitty makes a strategic decision to keep her friends close. Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War. | |
170 | 25 September 1915 - Ralph Winwood | 20150925 | It is a day of ceremonies for the vicar of St Jude's. Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War. | |
171 | 28 September 1915 - Adeline Lumley | 20150928 | Mrs Crayford claims to speak with the dead, but cannot seem to get through to Adeline. Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War. | |
172 | 29 September 1915 - Kitty Lumley | 20150929 | Peter Lumley says his first words. Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War. | |
173 | 30 September 1915 - Sam Wilson | 20150930 | The war seems particularly far away for the Wilson family. Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War. | |
174 | 1 October 1915 - Florrie Wilson | 20151001 | Florrie and Albert can hardly speak for happiness. Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War. | |
175 | 2 October 1915 - Juliet Argent | 20151002 | Juliet's secret is growing out of control. Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War. | |
176 | 5 October 1915 - Alice Macknade | 20151005 | Roy takes a surprising step to avoid being identified as a deserter. Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War. | |
177 | 6 October 1915 - Gabriel Graham | 20151006 | Gabriel begins to suspect Dolly Clout may not be the real thing. Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War. | |
178 | 7 October 1915 - Dorothea Winwood | 20151007 | Dorothea writes a letter to Ralph with news that will shake their marriage. Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War. | |
179 | 8 October 1915 - Sylvia Graham | 20151008 | Sylvia Graham finds her family at the centre of an unexpected theatrical incident. Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War. | |
180 | 9 October 1915 - Lilian Frost | 20151009 | Lilian Frost sees Roland in a new light as they share a day of photographic discoveries. Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War. | |
181 | 12 October 1915 - Adeline Lumley | 20151012 | Edith Cavell is shot, and a letter arrives at the Grahams' with bad news. Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War. | |
182 | 13 October 1915 - Kitty Lumley | 20151013 | Kitty is shocked to discover a whole world she knew nothing about. Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War. | |
183 | 14 October 1915 - Adam Wilson | 20151014 | Adam cannot celebrate the family's good news with any enthusiasm. Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War. | |
184 | 15 October 1915 - Isabel Graham | 20151015 | The Battle of Loos has ended, but the war has changed Isabel Graham irrevocably. Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War. | |
185 | 16 October 1915 - Albert Wilson | 20151016 | Albert has the good fortune to be up and out early as the troops march to the harbour. Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War. | |
186 | 19 October 1915 - Lilian Frost | 20151019 | Russia and Italy declare war on Bulgaria, and Lilian Frost tries to make amends. Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War. | |
187 | 20 October 1915 - Alice Macknade | 20151020 | Germany announces an assault on Riga, and Alice Macknade reluctantly hosts a dinner party. Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War. | |
188 | 21 October 1915 - Isabel Graham | 20151021 | Isabel and Dorothea put aside their differences to help Dolly Clout. Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War. | |
189 | 22 October 1915 - Adam Wilson | 20151022 | A British subject is found guilty of spying, and Florrie and Albert go to the pictures. Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War. | |
190 | 23 October 1915 - Albert Wilson | 20151023 | German cruiser Prinz Aldalbert is sunk, and Albert has to make an impossible decision. Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War. | |
191 | 26 October 1915 - Clemmie Crayford | 20151026 | Folkestone's most respected medium is troubled by a new and insistent spirit. Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War. | |
192 | 27 October 1915 - Alec Poole | 20151027 | Two-year-old Mathieu Dupont goes missing. Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War. | |
193 | 28 October 1915 - Roy Lavoie | 20151028 | Private Lavoie sees an opportunity to escape court martial. Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War. | |
194 | 29 October 1915 - Nancy Parker | 20151029 | Folkestone is hit by a storm, and Nancy and Dolly seek the high ground of the drawing room Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War. | |
195 | 30 October 1915 - Kitty Lumley | 20151030 | In the last episode of Season 5, Kitty Lumley feels like leaving Folkestone forever. Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War. | |
196 | 21 December 1915 - Florrie Wilson (Season 6 start) | 20151221 | Folkestone begins to recover from a major landslide and the Wilsons develop little rituals Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War. | |
197 | 22 December 1915 - Dorothea Winwood | 20151222 | David Lloyd George visits Newcastle, and it is Dorothea's first day at the Bevan. Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War. | |
198 | 23 December 1915 - Albert Wilson | 20151223 | In Folkestone, Albert tries to lift the curse on the house of Wilson. Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War. | |
199 | 24 December 1915 - Marion Wardle | 20151224 | The Turkish attack the British Indian garrison at Kut al Amara, and Marion meets a soldier Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War. | |
200 | Christmas Day 1915 - Adeline Lumley | 20151225 | Adeline Lumley makes a Christmas wish. Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War. | |
201 | 28 December 1915 - Ruth Billings | 20151228 | Ruth Billings's temper gets her into trouble. Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War. | |
202 | 29 December 1915 - Isabel Graham | 20151229 | The Grahams discover where Adeline and Phyllis have gone. Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War. | |
203 | 30 December 1915 - Nell Kingsley | 20151230 | At the Bevan Hospital an injured soldier avoids returning to duty. Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War. | |
204 | 31 December 1915 - Alec Poole | 20151231 | At the Bevan Hospital, patients prepare for New Year's Eve. Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War. | |
205 | 1 January 1916 - Hilary Pearce | 20160101 | On this day the Home Secretary resigned as the first draft of the Compulsory Military Service Bill was considered by the Cabinet, and in Folkestone Hilary Pearce makes an unexpected offer.
SECRET SHAKESPEARE
Written by Richard Monks
Story-led by Shaun McKenna
The home secretary resigns, and Hilary Pearce makes an unexpected offer. Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War. | |
206 | 4 January 1916 - Dorothea Winwood | 20160104 | On this day, Lord Derby published a report that over 650,000 fit single men hadn't offered themselves for service, and Dorothea Winwood is getting into the rhythm of work at the Bevan.
Written by Mike Walker
SECRET SHAKESPEARE
Dorothea Winwood is getting into the rhythm of work at the Bevan. Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War. | |
207 | 5 January 1916 - Adeline Lumley | 20160105 | Adeline Lumley brings her son home. Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War. | |
208 | 6 January 1916 - Hilary Pearce | 20160106 | Hilary is caught up in the arrangements for celebrating the Derby Scheme. Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War. | |
209 | 7 January 1916 - Victor Lumley | 20160107 | Victor feels more hunted than hunter. Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War. | |
210 | 8 January 1916 - Ruth Billings | 20160108 | This day marked the ending of the Dardanelles campaign, as the last troops evacuated Gallipoli, and finds Ruth Billings cold and hungry, and unsure how to survive.
Written by Mike Walker
SECRET SHAKESPEARE
Ruth Billings cold and hungry and unsure how to survive. Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War. | |
211 | 11 January 1916 - Dorothea Winwood | 20160111 | On this day the Allies occupied the Kaiser's villa on Corfu, and Nell is shocked by news of a patient close to her heart.
Written by Sarah Daniels
SECRET SHAKESPEARE
Nell is shocked by news of a patient close to her heart. Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War. | |
212 | 12 January 1916 - Sylvia Graham | 20160112 | Sylvia Graham has a change of heart. Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War. | |
213 | 13 January 1916 - Hilary Pearce | 20160113 | Shares in the Pleasure Gardens Theatre are auctioned, and Hilary Pearce is disappointed. Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War. | |
214 | 14 January 1916 - Isabel Graham | 20160114 | Isabel discovers Belgian refugees in Folkestone. Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War. | |
215 | 15 January 1916 - Norman Harris | 20160115 | On this day Emmeline Pankhurst was detained in New York after arriving for a tour of North America, and in Folkestone there are new arrivals at the Police station.
Written by Sarah Daniels
SECRET SHAKESPEARE
There are new arrivals at the police station in Folkestone. Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War. | |
216 | 18 January 1916 - Ralph Winwood | 20160118 | On this day, the battle of Sheik Sa'ad represented the first of several efforts to relieve the Siege of Kut, and Ralph Winwood has a mission of his own.
Written by Sarah Daniels
SECRET SHAKESPEARE
On the day of the battle of Sheik Sa'ad, Ralph Winwood has a mission of his own. Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War. | |
217 | 19 January 1916 - Alec Poole | 20160119 | The stalled Montenegro and Austria negotiations parallel events in the Winwood household. Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War. | |
218 | 20 January 1916 - Kitty Lumley | 20160120 | Kitty has a moment of hope for her missing brother. Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War. | |
219 | 21 January 1916 - Marion Wardle | 20160121 | Former factory workers Marion and Edie are feeling even more liberated. Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War. | |
220 | 22 January 1916 - Isabel Graham | 20160122 | On this day, the Dublin police raided several houses, seizing arms and a printing press, and Isabel is unhappy witness to a raid on the Belgian restaurant.
Written by Sarah Daniels
SECRET SHAKESPEARE
Isabel is the unhappy witness to a raid on the Belgian restaurant. Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War. | |
221 | 25 January 1916 - Bob Capeling | 20160125 | On this day a conference on shell shock began at the Royal Society of Medicine, and Bob Capeling finds himself in difficulties at the Bevan.
Written by Claudine Toutoungi
SECRET SHAKESPEARE
Bob Capeling finds himself in difficulties at the Bevan. Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War. | |
222 | 26 January 1916 - Kitty Lumley | 20160126 | At the Bevan, Victor is finding his recovery painfully slow. Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War. | |
223 | 27 January 1916 - Adeline Lumley | 20160127 | In Folkestone, Adeline and Phyllis do their best for Victor. Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War. | |
224 | 28 January 1916, Hilary Pearce | 20160128 | In Folkestone, Hilary is moved by Ruby Tulliver. Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War. | |
225 | 29 January 1916 - Olive Hargreaves | 20160129 | On this day a Canadian soldier was badly injured by a bus in Folkestone, and at the Bevan hospital Sister Hargreaves clashes with Dorothea.
Written by Claudine Toutoungi
SECRET SHAKESPEARE
At the Bevan hospital, Sister Hargreaves clashes with Dorothea. Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War. | |
226 | 1 February 1916 - Nell Kingsley | 20160201 | On this day, Britain woke up to news of a terrible series of zeppelin attacks on the East coast, leaving 59 dead, and Nell Kingsley looks set to lose the job she loved.
Written by Shaun McKenna
SECRET SHAKESPEARE
Britain wakes up to news of zeppelin attacks, and Nell looks set to lose the job she loved Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War. | |
227 | 2 February 1916 - Isabel Graham | 20160202 | Isabel tries hard to find something for Cristine to do. Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War. | |
228 | 3 February 1916 - Hilary Pearce | 20160203 | Hilary Pearce sets out to catch a very particular fish. Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War. | |
229 | 4 February 1916 - Olive Hargreaves | 20160204 | Sister Hargreaves has a particularly bad day. Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War. | |
230 | 5 February 1916 - Florrie Wilson | 20160205 | On this day, it was proposed that munitions workers be exempted from the conscription bill, and tiredness and grief give Florrie Wilson a very short fuse.
Written by Shaun McKenna
SECRET SHAKESPEARE
Tiredness and grief give Florrie Wilson a very short fuse. Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War. | |
231 | 8 February 1916 - Isabel Graham | 20160208 | On this day the siege of Kut al Amara entered its 63rd day, and Isabel finally finds a solution for the persistent young Cristine.
Written by Shaun McKenna
SECRET SHAKESPEARE
Isabel finally finds a solution for the persistent young Cristine. Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War. | |
232 | 9 February 1916 - Norman Harris | 20160209 | Norman Harris receives wonderful news. Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War. | |
233 | 10 February 1916 - Victor Lumley | 20160210 | Victor Lumley is desperate to return to his men in France. Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War. | |
234 | 11 February 1916 - Kitty Lumley | 20160211 | The Wilson family struggle with their secrets. Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War. | |
235 | 12 February 1916 - Hilary Pearce | 20160212 | On this day a secret meeting of the Non-Conscription fellowship was held in Kentish town, while in Folkestone it's a day of celebrations.
Written by Shaun McKenna
SECRET SHAKESPEARE
It is a day of celebrations in Folkestone. Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War. | |
236 | 4 April 1916 - Isaac Cox (Season 7 start) | 20160404 | On this day in 1916, strikers returned to work at the Clyde shipyards, and at Halecot Farm the future of Isaac Cox's family hangs in the balance.
Written by Sebastian Baczkiewicz
NOTES
April 1916 marks the moment in the First World War when recruitment was no longer voluntary, and conscription into the military began to take hold. And with conscription came objection, and the war witnessed over two million tribunals looked into the merits of men appealing against the draft. Devon was one of the counties most resistant to joining up, voluntarily or not.
Season 7 of Home Front is story-led by Richard Monks (STONE, INQUEST) and written by Sebastian Baczkiewicz (PILGRIM, MR RAINBOW), Lucy Catherine (THE MASTER AND MARGARITA, RIOT GIRLS), Shaun McKenna (THE FORSYTES, THE COMPLETE SMILEY), and Sarah Daniels (THE CAZALETS, EATING FOR ENGLAND).
At Halecot Farm, the future of Isaac Cox's family hangs in the balance. Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War. | |
237 | 5 April 1916 - John Rossiter | 20160405 | At Spittal End Farm, conscription appears on the horizon. Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War. | |
238 | 6 April 1916 - Sylvia Graham | 20160406 | At Staverley Court, Sylvia Graham wants to enjoy an English summer's day. Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War. | |
239 | 7 April 1916 - Elspeth Taverner | 20160407 | More old feuds are reignited at Halecot Farm. Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War. | |
240 | 8 April 1916 - Alexander Gidley | 20160408 | On this day in 1916, an escaped German POW was re-captured, and Alexander Gidley is shaken by an encounter with a young war hero.
Written by Sebastian Baczkiewicz
SECRET SHAKESPEARE
Alexander Gidley is shaken by an encounter with a young war hero. Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War. | |
241 | 11 April 1916 - Dieter Lippke | 20160411 | On this day in 1916, as reports came in of the German army crossing into the French trenches at Verdun, Dieter's position at Buckfast Abbey is threatened.
Written by Sebastian Baczkiewicz
SECRET SHAKESPEARE
Dieter's position at Buckfast Abbey is threatened. Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War. | |
242 | 12 April 1916 - Adam Wilson | 20160412 | On this day in 1916, Glasgow revolutionary John Maclean was imprisoned for breaches of the Defence of the Realm Act, and Adam Wilson finally meets up with an old friend.
Written by Sebastian Baczkiewicz
SECRET SHAKESPEARE
Adam Wilson finally meets up with an old friend. Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War. | |
243 | 13 April 1916 - Cora Gidley | 20160413 | On this day in 1916, the Mexican government requested a withdrawal of American troops from their territory, and in Staverton, Cora Gidley has a domestic crisis.
Cast
Written by Sebastian Baczkiewicz
SECRET SHAKESPEARE
In Staverton, Cora Gidley has a domestic crisis. Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War. | |
244 | 14 April 1916 - Edwin Lloyd | 20160414 | On this day in 1916, British airmen who had bombarded Constantinople, all returned safely from the 300 mile round flight, and Edwin Lloyd feels a long way from home.
Cast
Written by Sebastian Baczkiewicz
SECRET SHAKESPEARE
Edwin Lloyd feels a long way from home. Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War. | |
245 | 15 April 1916 - Tobias Holden | 20160415 | On this day in 1916, the cabinet met in Downing street to discuss the problems of conscription and recruitment, and Tobias has a day of surprises.
Cast
Written by Sebastian Baczkiewicz
SECRET SHAKESPEARE
Tobias has a day of surprises. Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War. | |
246 | 18 April 1916 - Emily Colville | 20160418 | On this day in 1916, dissent divided the cabinet over the extension of conscription, while in Ashburton Emily Colville faces unexpected hostility.
Written by Lucy Catherine
SECRET SHAKESPEARE
In Ashburton, Emily Colville faces unexpected hostility. Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War. | |
247 | 19 April 1916, Rose Fairweather | 20160419 | On Blackfold Farm, Rose Fairweather feels trapped. Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War. | |
248 | 20 April 1916, Elspeth Taverner | 20160420 | The rift widens between Halecot and Blackfold farms. Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War. | |
249 | 21 April 1916 - Tobias Holden | 20160421 | Tobias Holden tries to mend bridges. Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War. | |
250 | 22 April 1916 - William Fulford | 20160422 | On this day in 1916, Emmeline Pankhurst condemned her daughter Sylvia's involvement in an anti-conscription rally, and in Ashburton, William Fulford too is at odds with his parents.
Directed by Allegra McIlroy
SECRET SHAKESPEARE
In Ashburton, William Fulford is at odds with his parents. Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War. | |
251 | 25 April 1916 - Adam Wilson | 20160425 | On this day in 1916, German cruisers bombarded Lowestoft, damaging 200 homes, and an unexpected visitor shatters the peace at Halecot Farm.
Written by Lucy Catherine
SECRET SHAKESPEARE
An unexpected visitor shatters the peace at Halecot Farm. Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War. | |
252 | 26 April 1916 - Emily Colville | 20160426 | On this day in 1916 the Conference of the Independent Labour Party resolved that 'socialists of all nations should refuse support to every war entered into by any government.' And in Ashburton, Emily is losing her resolve under Edwin's spell.
Written by Lucy Catherine
Emily is losing her resolve with Edwin. Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War. | |
253 | 27 April 1916 - Johnnie Marshall | 20160427 | On this day in 1916, Irish rebels stormed the town of Enniscorthy, and in Buckfast, Johnnie is a man on a mission.
Written by Lucy Catherine
SECRET SHAKESPEARE
In Buckfast, Johnnie is a man on a mission. Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War. | |
254 | 28 April 1916 - Isaac Cox | 20160428 | In Ashburton, Isaac discovers Lewis has not been working at Halecot Farm. Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War. | |
255 | 29 April 1916 - Alexander Gidley | 20160429 | On this day in 1916, General Townshend surrendered, ending the Siege of Kut, and in Deanscombe Quarry, Alexander gets his first taste of being foreman.
Written by Lucy Catherine
SECRET SHAKESPEARE
In Deanscombe Quarry, Alexander gets his first taste of being foreman. Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War. | |
256 | 2 May 1916 - Adam Wilson | 20160502 | On this day in 1916, A Zeppelin raid on the north east and southern Scottish coasts killed 36, and a letter arrives for Lewis Cox.
Written by Shaun McKenna
SECRET SHAKESPEARE
A letter arrives for Lewis Cox. Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War. | |
257 | 3 May 1916 - Emily Colville | 20160503 | On this day in 1916, cheers met the announcement in Parliament that three Irish rebel leaders had been executed, and in Ashburton Emily Colville is on course for collision with her fianc退.
Written by Shaun McKenna
In Ashburton, Emily is on course for collision with her fiance. Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War. | |
258 | 4 May 1916 - Alexander Gidley | 20160504 | On this day in 1916, the papers reported the extension of conscription to include all men between the ages of 18 and 41, and Alexander Gidley continues to face resistance at the quarry.
Written by Shaun McKenna
SECRET SHAKESPEARE
Alexander Gidley continues to face resistance at the quarry. Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War. | |
259 | 5 May 1916 - Cora Gidley | 20160505 | On this day in 1916, the Western Times reported the French were gaining ground at Verdun, while Cora Gidley is on the defensive.
Written by Shaun McKenna
SECRET SHAKESPEARE
Cora Gidley is on the defensive. Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War. | |
260 | 6 May 1916 - Johnnie Marshall | 20160506 | On this day in 1916, two conscientious objectors were arrested in Newton Abbot, and Johnnie Marshall is in pursuit of information.
Written by Shaun McKenna
SECRET SHAKESPEARE
Johnnie Marshall is in pursuit of information. Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War. | |
261 | 9 May 1916 - Kitty Lumley | 20160509 | On this day in 1916, the Summer Time Bill was introduced to parliament, and Kitty and Dieter get to make hay, metaphorically.
Written by Sarah Daniels
SECRET SHAKESPEARE
The Summer Time Bill is introduced, and Kitty and Dieter get to make hay, metaphorically. Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War. | |
262 | 10 May 1916 - Hetty Cox | 20160510 | Hetty is in unforgiving mood. Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War. | |
263 | 11 May 1916 - Isabel Graham | 20160511 | On this day in 1916, The Times reported that Sir Roger Casement was to be tried for High Treason, for his involvement in the Easter Rising, and Isabel gets a lesson in relaxing.
Written by Sarah Daniels
SECRET SHAKESPEARE
Isabel gets a lesson in relaxing. Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War. | |
264 | 12 May 1916 - Edwin Lloyd | 20160512 | On this day in 1916, the papers reported food shortages in Germany at a dire level, and in Ashburton, Edwin Lloyd is well enough to start work again.
Written by Sarah Daniels
SECRET SHAKESPEARE
In Ashburton, Edwin Lloyd is well enough to start work again. Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War. | |
265 | 13 May 1916 - Alexander Gidley | 20160513 | In Staverton, it is Alexander Gidley's birthday. Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War. | |
266 | 16 May 1916 - Alexander Gidley | 20160516 | On this day in 1916, three German steamers were torpedoed by Russian submarines, and in Staverton, Alexander Gidley is shaken by a letter from the War Office.
Written by Richard Monks
SECRET SHAKESPEARE
In Staverton, Alexander Gidley is shaken by a letter from the War Office. Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War. | |
267 | 17 May 1916 - Kitty Lumley | 20160517 | At Halecot Farm, old loyalties are strained. Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War. | |
268 | 18 May 1916 - Emily Colville | 20160518 | On this day in 1916 seven members of the No Conscription Fellowship were sentenced to imprisonment, and in Ashburton, Emily Colville resists her duty.
Written by Richard Monks
SECRET SHAKESPEARE
In Ashburton, Emily Colville resists her duty. Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War. | |
270 | 19 May 1916 - John Rossiter | 20160519 | On this day in 1916, unified Russian and British forces drove the Turks from the banks of the Tigris, while at Spittal End Farm, John Rossiter begins to warm towards Rose.
Written by Richard Monks
SECRET SHAKESPEARE
At Spittal End Farm, John Rossiter begins to warm towards Rose. Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War. | |
271 | 20 May 1916 - Cyrus Colville | 20160520 | On this day in 1916, an air raid on Kent destroyed a public house, while in the County Tribunal in Exeter, Cyrus Colville is on fiery form.
Written by Richard Monks
SECRET SHAKESPEARE
In the county tribunal in Exeter, Cyrus Colville is on fiery form. Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War. | |
271 | 23 May 1916 - Emily Colville | 20160523 | On this day in 1916, the Devon and Exeter Gazette advertised the training of women in the lighter branches of farm work. And Lord Colville takes his daughter to the theatre.
Written by Richard Monks
SECRET SHAKESPEARE
Lord Colville takes his daughter to the theatre. Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War. | |
272 | 24 May 1916 - Dieter Lippke | 20160524 | Epic drama series set in Great War Britain on this day a hundred years ago. Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War. | |
273 | 25 May 1916 - Oswald Dyer | 20160525 | Epic drama series set in Great War Britain on this day a hundred years ago. Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War. | |
274 | 26 May 1916 - Adam Wilson | 20160526 | The Wilsons prepare to leave Devonshire. Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War. | |
275 | 27 May 1916 - Kitty Lumley | 20160527 | On this day in 1916, President Wilson advocated the formation of an Association of Nations to ensure future peace, and at Halecot Farm, relations are troubled.
Written by Richard Monks
SECRET SHAKESPEARE
At Halecot Farm, relations are troubled. Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War. | |
276 | 8 August 1916 - Sylvia Graham (Season 8 start) | 20160808 | On this day in 1916, the Daily Mirror reported 22 deaths from heatstroke on a hospital ship, and the Graham household is concerned for Gabriel's mind.
Written by Sarah Daniels
NOTES
The film, 'The Battle of the Somme' was released on 10 August, and became Britain's biggest selling film until Star Wars. Around 20 million people - almost half the population, saw the film during the summer of 1916.
Season 8 of Home Front is story-led by Katie Hims (MARTIN BECK, KING DAVID) and written by Sarah Daniels (THE CAZALETS, EATING FOR ENGLAND), Shaun McKenna (THE FORSYTES, THE COMPLETE SMILEY), Mike Walker (THE STUARTS, THE ROMANOVS) and Sebastian Baczkiewicz (PILGRIM, MR RAINBOW).
SECRET SHAKESPEARE
The Graham household is concerned for Gabriel's mind. Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War. | |
277 | 9 August 1916 - Edie Chadwick | 20160809 | Edie, thus far economical with the truth, is forced to open her heart. Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War. | |
278 | 10 August 1916 - Gabriel Graham | 20160810 | In Folkestone, the Grahams face an impossible situation. Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War. | |
279 | 11 August 1916 - Juliet Argent | 20160811 | Italy drives Germany back nine miles from Gorizia. Juliet Argent faces losing her husband. Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War. | |
280 | 12 August 1916 - Alice Macknade | 20160812 | Alice Macknade's life seems blessed. Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War. | |
281 | 15 August 1916 - Florrie Wilson | 20160815 | On this day in 1916, the King praised the 'spirit of cheerful confidence' he found amongst the troops in France, while in Folkestone, optimism eludes Florrie Wilson.
Written by Katie Hims
SECRET SHAKESPEARE
The King praises the troops in France, while optimism eludes Florrie Wilson. Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War. | |
282 | 16 August 1916 - Hugh Cavendish | 20160816 | Hugh Cavendish resists the incursions of Cecil Cameron. Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War. | |
283 | 17 August 1916 - Esme Macknade | 20160817 | Esme Macknade steels herself to face her father. Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War. | |
284 | 18 August 1916 - Johnnie Marshall | 20160818 | In Folkestone, British intelligence agencies compete for position. Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War. | |
285 | 19 August 1916 - Norman Harris | 20160819 | In Folkestone, Norman Harris's life changes direction. Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War. | |
286 | 22 August 1916 - Juliet Cavendish | 20160822 | On this day in 1916, 15,000 pilgrims gathered at Lourdes to pray for the safe return of their fathers from war, and Juliet is finding it hard to reconcile her delight and her fears.
Written by Katie Hims
SECRET SHAKESPEARE
Juliet finds it hard to reconcile her delight and her fears. Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War. | |
287 | 23 August 1916 - Alec Poole | 20160823 | The Reverend Alec Poole has a complicated day. Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War. | |
288 | 24 August 1916 - Hilary Pearce | 20160824 | Following zeppelin raids on the south east coast, Hilary Pearce is all set to go to war. Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War. | |
289 | 25 August 1916 - Kitty Wilson | 20160825 | Kitty finds that anyone communicating in secret code runs the risk of being called a spy. Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War. | |
290 | 26 August 1916 - Johnnie Marshall | 20160826 | Epic drama series set in Great War Britain on this day a hundred years ago. Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War. | |
291 | 29 August 1916 - Alec Poole | 20160829 | On this day in 1916, Paul von Hindenberg became German Chief of Staff, and in Folkestone, Alec Poole's loyalties are stretched.
Written by Shaun McKenna
SECRET SHAKESPEARE
Alec Poole's loyalties are stretched. Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War. | |
292 | 30 August 1916 - Esme Macknade | 20160830 | A new arrival at the Grahams' fractures Esme's peace of mind. Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War. | |
293 | 31 August 1916 - Juliet Argent | 20160831 | Juliet Cavendish's marriage is on fragile ground. Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War. | |
294 | 1 September 1916 - Dorothea Winwood | 20160901 | On this day in 1916, Bertrand Russell received notice restricting his access to military areas, and Ralph Winwood returns home to a limited welcome.
Written by Shaun McKenna
SECRET SHAKESPEARE
Ralph Winwood returns home to a limited welcome. Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War. | |
295 | 2 September 1916 - Hilary Pearce | 20160902 | On this day in 1916, two cases of the plague were confirmed in Hull, and in Folkestone, a rumour begins to take hold.
Written by Shaun McKenna
SECRET SHAKESPEARE
Cases of the plague are confirmed in Hull, and in Folkestone, a rumour begins to take hold Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War. | |
296 | 5 September 1916 - Isabel Graham | 20160905 | Isabel's courage fails her. Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War. | |
297 | 6 September 1916 - Alice Macknade | 20160906 | Bill Macknade is back on fighting form. Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War. | |
298 | 7 September 1916 - Elizabeth Chance | 20160907 | On this day in 1916, a repatriated prisoner of war reported German propaganda claiming the destruction of the Houses of Parliament by zeppelins, and the Winwood household is finally ready for some truths.
Written by Shaun McKenna
SECRET SHAKESPEARE
The Winwood household is finally ready for some truths. Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War. | |
299 | 8 September 1916 - Dennis Monk | 20160908 | Dennis Monk tries to re-enter Folkestone life. Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War. | |
300 | 9 September 1916 - Jessie Moore | 20160909 | On this day in 1916, two people died by hand grenade in Glasgow, after a woman challenged a wounded ex-soldier to a fight, and Jessie and Adam enter a singing contest on the pier.
Written by Shaun McKenna & Katie Hims
SECRET SHAKESPEARE
Jessie and Adam enter a singing contest on the pier. Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War. | |
301 | 12 September 1916 - Ivy Layton | 20160912 | On this day in 1916, the papers revealed the arrest of an agent, in Rotterdam, for recruiting spies, and in Folkestone, Ivy Layton enlists a film projectionist.
Written by Mike Walker
SECRET SHAKESPEARE
Ivy Layton enlists a film projectionist. Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War. | |
302 | 13 September 1916 - Hugh Cavendish | 20160913 | Lieutenant Cavendish faces Dr Argent at the Grand Hotel. Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War. | |
303 | 14 September 1916 - Kitty Lumley | 20160914 | On this day in 1916, a munitions factory in Essex exploded killing seven and injuring 72, and in Folkestone, Kitty makes a painful decision
Written by Mike Walker
SECRET SHAKESPEARE
Kitty makes a painful decision. Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War. | |
304 | 15 September 1916 - Adam Wilson | 20160915 | In Folkestone, Adam Wilson finds himself caught up in war games. Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War. | |
305 | 16 September 1916 - Norman Harris | 20160916 | On this day in 1916, papers reported the successful first deployment of 'a new type of heavy armoured car' called a tank, which might change the course of the war, and in Folkestone, Maisie Harris is captivated by the Battle of the Somme film.
Written by Mike Walker
The Battle of the Somme film captivates Maisie Harris. Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War. | |
306 | 19 September 1916 - Florrie Wilson | 20160919 | On this day in 1916, the Times celebrated a boy scout whose information helped catch a spy and sink a submarine, and Florrie Wilson gets interesting news from Mrs Crayford.
Written by Mike Walker
SECRET SHAKESPEARE
Florrie Wilson gets interesting news from Mrs Crayford. Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War. | |
307 | 20 September 1916 - Alec Poole | 20160920 | Alec Poole grows weary of his double life. Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War. | |
308 | 21 September 1916 - Ralph Winwood | 20160921 | On this day in 1916, the British Army took two lines of enemy trenches, and Dorothea deploys a surprise strategy for her father's memorial.
Written by Mike Walker
SECRET SHAKESPEARE
Dorothea deploys a surprise strategy for her father's memorial. Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War. | |
309 | 22 September 1916 - Juliet Cavendish | 20160922 | Hugh and Juliet Cavendish try to create a perfect day. Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War. | |
310 | 23 September 1916 - Dennis Monk | 20160923 | On this day in 1916, two Zeppelins were brought down in Essex, and in Folkestone, Dennis Monk is plagued by his own past.
Written by Mike Walker
SECRET SHAKESPEARE
In Folkestone, Dennis Monk is plagued by his own past. Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War. | |
311 | 26 September 1916 - Esme Macknade | 20160926 | Esme Macknade has captured Oscar's interest. Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War. | |
312 | 27 September 1916 - Juliet Cavendish | 20160927 | In Folkestone, the Cavendish family face another parting. Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War. | |
313 | 28 September 1916 - Ivy Layton | 20160928 | On this day in 1916, an inquest in Paddington heard a charwoman was killed dusting an unexploded German shell on a mantelpiece, while at the Pleasure Gardens Theatre, a small miracle occurs.
Written by Sebastian Baczkiewicz
At the Pleasure Gardens Theatre, a small miracle occurs. Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War. | |
314 | 29 September 1916 - Isabel Graham | 20160929 | Isabel Graham summons her resolve. Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War. | |
315 | 30 September 1916 - Kitty Lumley | 20160930 | On this day in 1916, the papers carried complaints about British men marrying German women, and in Folkestone, it's a day of secrets and unexpected joy.
Written by Sebastian Baczkiewicz
SECRET SHAKESPEARE
It is a day of secrets and unexpected joy in Folkestone. Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War. | |
316 | 12 December 1916 - Geoffrey Marshall (Season 9 start) | 20161212 | On this day in 1916, Germany offered peace terms to the Allies via neutral America, and in Tynemouth, Geoffrey Marshall builds a new alliance with a New York steel magnate.
Written by Sebastian Baczkiewicz
NOTES
After two and a half years of war, and against a backdrop of the British Empire Union's "Intern Them All" rallies, anxieties about foreigners were beginning to simmer ever closer to the surface across Britain. There were real fears of a "hidden hand", networks of "Hunnish" sympathisers going up to the highest level of Government, with an agenda to destroy the country from within. Newspapers and politicians called for public lists of both naturalised and unnaturalised "aliens", whose patriotism was constantly questioned. In Tyneside, a crucible of foreign sailors, munitions factories and a tradition of dissent, paranoia about foreign bodies was most keenly felt.
Season 9 of Home Front is story-led by Sebastian Baczkiewicz (PILGRIM, MR RAINBOW) and written by Sarah Daniels (THE CAZALETS, EATING FOR ENGLAND), Katie Hims (MARTIN BECK, KING DAVID), Shaun McKenna (THE FORSYTES) and Claudine Toutoungi (SLIPPING).
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Geoffrey Marshall builds a new alliance with a New York steel magnate. Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War. | |
317 | 13 December 1916 - Marion Wardle | 20161213 | On this day in 1916, French President Briand dismissed Germany's peace offer, while in Tynemouth, Marion rekindles an old friendship, and builds a new one.
Written by Sebastian Baczkiewicz
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In Tynemouth, Marion rekindles an old friendship, and builds a new one. Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War. | |
318 | 14 December 1916 - Lester Reed | 20161214 | Epic drama series set in Great War Britain on this day a hundred years ago. Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War. | |
319 | 15 December 1916 - Martha Lamb | 20161215 | On this day in 1916, the Women's Imperial Defence Council discussed fears of "the hidden hand", and at Marshall's factory, Martha Lamb is determined that the women's voices are heard.
Written by Sebastian Baczkiewicz
At Marshall's, Martha Lamb is determined that the women's voices are heard. Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War. | |
320 | 16 December 1916 - Edgar Bates | 20161216 | At the Examiner, Edgar Bates's new reporter is not what he had been expecting. Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War. | |
321 | 19 December 1916 - Alan Lowther | 20161219 | On this day in 1916, the Committee for the Relief of Belgians announced that 8 million envelopes would be left on British Christmas tables for donations, and in Tynemouth, Alan Lowther has a lot on his plate.
Written by Sebastian Baczkiewicz
Alan Lowther is increasingly caught in the middle at Marshalls'. Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War. | |
322 | 20 December 1916 - Adeline Lumley | 20161220 | On the day German peace proposals are published, Adeline has negotiations of her own. Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War. | |
323 | 21 December 1916 - Marion Wardle | 20161221 | There are grumblings in the Belgian colony in Birtley. Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War. | |
324 | 22 December 1916 - Evelina White | 20161222 | Evelina is determined to keep politics out of her toyshop. Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War. | |
325 | 23 December 1916 - DR Walker | 20161223 | Epic drama series set in Great War Britain on this day a hundred years ago. Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War. | |
326 | 26 December 1916 - Cressida Marshsall | 20161226 | At Marshall's factory, Boxing Day is a festive occasion. Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War. | |
327 | 27 December 1916 - Edie Chadwick | 20161227 | On this day in 1916, the Sheffield Independent praised local munitionettes' "invasion of man's vigorous pursuits" at a ladies football match, and in Tyneside too the Marshall Girls say "fiddlesticks to convention"
Written by Shaun McKenna
In Tyneside, the Marshall Girls say 'fiddlesticks to convention'. Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War. | |
328 | 28 December 1916 - Kitty Lumley | 20161228 | Epic drama series set in Great War Britain on this day a hundred years ago. Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War. | |
329 | 29 December 1916 - DR Walker | 20161229 | On this day in 1916, Rasputin was assassinated in Russia, while in Tynemouth DR Walker discovers an unexpected ally.
Written by Shaun McKenna
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On the day Rasputin is assassinated in Russia, DR Walker discovers an unexpected ally. Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War. | |
330 | 30 December 1916 - Lester Reed | 20161230 | On this day in 1916, the Allies formally rejected the German peace proposals as "less an offer of peace than a war manoeuvre", and in Tynemouth, Lester Reed stirs up the fighting spirit in those at home.
Written by Shaun McKenna
The Allies reject the German peace proposals, and Lester Reed stirs up the fighting spirit Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War. | |
331 | 2 January 1917 - Phyllis Marshall | 20170102 | Marshalls' munitions factory is busy with visitors. Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War. | |
332 | 3 January 1917 - Gabriel Graham | 20170103 | There is heavy German bombardment at Verdun, and the people of Tynemouth feel badly shaken Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War. | |
333 | 4 January 1917 - Edie Chadwick | 20170104 | Epic drama series set in Great War Britain on this day a hundred years ago. Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War. | |
334 | 5 January 1917 - Kenny Stokoe | 20170105 | In Tynemouth, Kenny's allegiances come under scrutiny. Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War. | |
335 | 6 January 1917 - Alan Lowther | 20170106 | In Tynemouth, Alan Lowther finds himself under attack from all sides. Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War. | |
336 | 9 January 1917 - Anthony Yates | 20170109 | Despite efforts to smooth the waters, tensions continue to run high at Marshall's. Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War. | |
337 | 10 January 1917 - JJ Saltz | 20170110 | On this day in 1917, "The Silent Sentinels" began their suffrage protest outside the White House, which would last over two years, and in Tynemouth Mr Saltz is feeling insubordinate.
Written by Claudine Toutoungi and Sebastian Baczkiewicz
In Tynemouth, Mr Saltz is feeling insubordinate. Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War. | |
338 | 11 January 1917 - Lester Reed | 20170111 | Lester Reed continues to point the finger at Tynemouth's enemies within. Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War. | |
339 | 12 January 1917 - Marion Wardle | 20170112 | Riots erupt in Hamburg over food shortages, and there is unrest in Tynemouth too. Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War. | |
340 | 13 January 1917 - Alan Lowther | 20170113 | Alan Lowther struggles under a burden of responsibility. Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War. | |
341 | 16 January 1917 - Sylvia Graham | 20170116 | In Tynemouth, Sylvia Graham finds an unlikely ally. Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War. | |
342 | 17 January 1917 - Iris Reed | 20170117 | In North Shields, Iris Reed plans some entertainment. Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War. | |
343 | 18 January 1917 - DR Walker | 20170118 | Journalist DR Walker finds that all the stories she pursues come back to one thing. Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War. | |
344 | 19 January 1917 - Marion Wardle | 20170119 | In North Shields, Marion is still shaken by recent events. Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War. | |
345 | 20 January 1917 - Adeline Lumley | 20170120 | At Collingwood Park, Adeline has some wonderful news. Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War. | |
346 | 23 January 1917 - Kenny Stokoe | 20170123 | In Tynemouth, injured veteran Kenny Stokoe tries to make amends. Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War. | |
347 | 24 January 1917 - Alan Lowther | 20170124 | In Tynemouth, Alan Lowther is besieged from all sides. Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War. | |
348 | 25 January 1917 - Sylvia Graham | 20170125 | Sylvia Graham does her best to steer her family through choppy waters. Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War. | |
349 | 26 January 1917 - Adeline Lumley | 20170126 | In Tynemouth, Adeline makes sure she is heard loud and clear. Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War. | |
350 | 27 January 1917 - DR Walker | 20170127 | In Tynemouth, Edie Chadwick is publicly recognised for heroism. Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War. | |
351 | 30 January 1917 - Albert Wilson | 20170130 | In Tynemouth, Albert Wilson is disappointed. Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War. | |
352 | 31 January 1917 - Marion Wardle | 20170131 | In North Shields, Marion tells Edie Kitty's secret. Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War. | |
353 | 1 February 1917 - Cressida Marshall | 20170201 | In Tynemouth, Cressida makes a small but courageous step forwards. Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War. | |
354 | 2 February 1917 - DR Walker | 20170202 | In Tynemouth, Dilys works out how to win her fight. Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War. | |
355 | 3 February 1917 - Edie Chadwick | 20170203 | On this day in 1917, America formally broke diplomatic relations with Germany, and in North Shields, Marshalls Munitionettes Football Team have a challenge of their own.
Written by Katie Hims
Note:
Final episode of this season of Radio 4's epic drama set in Great War Britain. Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War. | |
356 | 17 April 1917, Ralph Winwood (season 10 Start) | 20170417 | On this day in 1917, newspapers reported that food prices had risen 94% since the start of the war, and Ralph Winwood returns from France to a Folkestone he doesn't recognise. Written by Shaun McKenna Directed by Allegra McIlroy Sound: Martha Littlehailes Editor: Jessica Dromgoole NOTES ~Home Front SEASON 10: OUR DAILY BREAD Season Ten has as its theme the Church and Class. By April 1917, food shortages were becoming a focus of Great War Britain. In Berlin, the day before our season opens, there were food riots and strikes in protest against food rationing. Meanwhile in Britain, discussions were beginning about voluntary rationing for the upper classes, and the working classes struggled to afford what food there was. Nearly three years into the war, with no prospect of peace on the horizon, and many, many families touched by loss and grief, the desire to memorialise the fallen took hold, and the debate about intercessionary prayers (i.e. for the dead) raged. Just after the season's close, the Archbishop of Canterbury controversially included an intercessionary prayer in his new prayer book. Out of nowhere, on 25 May 1917, a fleet of Gothas attacked the South coast of Britain, specifically Folkestone, in the first ever air raid on Britain, causing the greatest number of civilian casualties of the war to date. A special edition of Home Front: A LIGHTENING, written by Sarah Daniels and directed by Jessica Dromgoole, was broadcast as Radio 4's Afternoon Drama on 25 May 2017 to mark this anniversary. Season 10 of Home Front is story-led by Sarah Daniels (THE CAZALETS, EATING FOR ENGLAND), and written by Shaun McKenna (THE FORSYTES), Sebastian Baczkiewicz (PILGRIM, MR RAINBOW), and Katie Hims (LOST PROPERTY, BLACK DOG). Ralph Winwood returns from France to a Folkestone he does not recognise. Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War. | |
357 | 18 April 1917 - Alec Poole | 20170418 | In Folkestone, Alec Poole offers spiritual sustenance to an unorthodox congregation. Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War. | |
358 | 19 April 1917 - Maisie Harris | 20170419 | On this day in 1917, a report from Russia claimed the revolutionary movement was spreading in the south with "tranquility" that was "almost miraculous", while in Folkestone, Maisie Harris searches for the still, small voice.
Written by Shaun McKenna
In Folkestone, Maisie Harris searches for the still, small voice. Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War. | |
359 | 20 April 1917 - Noah Hamilton | 20170420 | On this day in 1917, a special American service was held at St Paul's Cathedral to mark the US entry into the war, and in Folkestone, the new vicar's son, Noah Hamilton, pursues small acts of resistance.
Written by Shaun McKenna
In Folkestone, Noah Hamilton pursues small acts of resistance. Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War. | |
400 | 21 April 1917 - Sylvia Graham | 20170421 | Sylvia Graham's patriotism is invigorated. Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War. | |
401 | 24 April 1917 - Kitty Lumley | 20170424 | In Folkestone, there is a new start for Kitty. Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War. | |
402 | 25 April 1917 - Walter Hamilton | 20170425 | On this day in 1917, there were protests in Plymouth against the light treatment of conscientious objectors, while in Folkestone, Reverend Hamilton is feeling less lenient.
Singers ..... Nancy Cole, Ksynia Loeffler, Stephen Jeffes, Tom Raskin, Charles Gibbs
Written by Shaun McKenna
Epic drama series set in Great War Britain on this day a hundred years ago. Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War. | |
403 | 26 April 1917 - Jessie Moore | 20170426 | Epic drama series set in Great War Britain on this day a hundred years ago. Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War. | |
404 | 27 April 1917 - Hilary Pearce | 20170427 | In Folkestone, Hilary gets his call up papers. Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War. | |
405 | 28 April 1917 - Ralph Winwood | 20170428 | The Winwoods host a dinner party. Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War. | |
406 | 1 May 1917 - Kitty Lumley | 20170501 | On this day in 1917, the Bishop of London demanded the Church "do more than talk and preach about the need for more men for the army", while in Folkestone, Kitty Lumley must keep her own counsel.
Written by Sebastian Baczkiewicz
In Folkestone, Kitty must keep her own counsel. Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War. | |
407 | 2 May 1917 - Ralph Winwood | 20170502 | On this day in 1917, the Archbishop of Canterbury warned, "the Christian Judgement of England is that when we come out of this war, we mean to come out with clean hands", while at St Jude's, Ralph Winwood is still doing penance.
Written by Sebastian Baczkiewicz
At St Jude's, Ralph is still doing penance. Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War. | |
408 | 3 May 1917 - Howard Argent | 20170503 | In Folkestone, Howard Argent happily surrenders. Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War. | |
409 | 4 May 1917 - Nancy Parker | 20170504 | In Folkestone, Nancy Parker's kitchen is invaded. Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War. | |
410 | 5 May 1917 - Cynthia Hamilton | 20170505 | On this day in 1917, Russian anti-war protests, led by Lenin, were reported in Britain as 'some trouble caused by soldiers and workmen', while at St Stephen's vicarage, the repairs are nearly complete.
Written by Sebastian Baczkiewicz
The repairs are nearly complete at St Stephen's. Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War. | |
411 | 8 May 1917 - Kitty Lumley | 20170508 | Victor Lumley arrives home on leave in need of a good steak. Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War. | |
412 | 9 May 1917 - Joan Edkins | 20170509 | Epic drama series set in Great War Britain on this day a hundred years ago. Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War. | |
413 | 10 May 1917 - Ralph Winwood | 20170510 | Ralph Winwood sets about trying to put together a roll of honour for St Jude's. Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War. | |
414 | 11 May 1917 - Cynthia Hamilton | 20170511 | Dorothea and Cynthia swap quiet confidences. Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War. | |
415 | 12 May 1917 - Isabel Graham | 20170512 | On this day in 1917, the War Office announced that it would open voluntary attestation to men up to the age of 50, and Isabel assembles a mixed choir.
Singers ..... Nancy Cole, Ksynia Loeffler, Stephen Jeffes, Tom Raskin, Charles Gibbs
Written by Sebastian Baczkiewicz
Epic drama series set in Great War Britain on this day a hundred years ago. Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War. | |
416 | 15 May 1917 - Victor Lumley | 20170515 | In Folkestone, Victor Lumley feels far from the action. Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War. | |
417 | 16 May 1917 - Kitty Lumley | 20170516 | In Folkestone, Kitty is in need of female friendship. Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War. | |
418 | 17 May 1917 - Walter Hamilton | 20170517 | In Folkestone, Walter Hamilton's generosity is stretched. Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War. | |
419 | 18 May 1917 - Esme Macknade | 20170518 | In Folkestone, Esme's patience is in short supply. Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War. | |
420 | 19 May 1917 - Noah Hamilton | 20170519 | In Folkestone, Noah Hamilton is tempted to disappear. Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War. | |
421 | 22 May 1917 - Maisie Harris | 20170522 | On this day in 1917, Christabel Pankhurst addressed a meeting of the Women's Socialist and Political Union, and in Folkestone, Maisie Harris finds a real friend.
Singers ..... Nancy Cole, Ksynia Loeffler, Stephen Jeffes, Tom Raskin, Charles Gibbs
Written by Sarah Daniels
In Folkestone, Maisie Harris finds a real friend. Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War. | |
422 | 23 May 1917 - Esme Macknade | 20170523 | In Folkestone, the cookery competition yields unexpected results. Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War. | |
423 | 24 May 1917 - Jessie Moore | 20170524 | Folkestone celebrates Empire Day. Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War. | |
424 | 25 May 1917 - Kitty Lumley | 20170525 | Tontine Street in Folkestone is packed with shoppers preparing for Whitsun weekend. Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War. | |
425 | Home Front: A Lightening | 20170525 | By Sarah Daniels. A special edition of Home Front, marking the centenary of Britain's first Gotha Air Raid, which devastated Folkestone on 25 May 1917. Weaving real historical figures and testimony with the stories and characters of Home Front, Sarah Daniels pays tribute to the people who died in this sudden, shocking atrocity.
Written by Sarah Daniels
NOTES
Some planes attacked Shorncliffe Camp, killing 18, mainly Canadians, while others swept east across the town. A single bomb was dropped on Tontine Street at 6.22pm (breaking the clock of the Congregational Church). It killed 63 - 10 men, 28 women and 25 children. More than 100 were injured.
On Thursday 25 May 2017, the first plaque commemorating the victims will be unveiled in Folkestone.
A special edition of Home Front, marking the centenary of Britain's first Gotha Air Raid. Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War. | |
426 | 26 May 1917 - Alec Poole | 20170526 | People in Folkestone mourn their dead. Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War. | |
427 | 29 May 1917 - Alice Macknade | 20170529 | In Folkestone the first seven funerals for victims of the great air raid take place. Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War. | |
428 | 30 May 1917 - Kitty Lumley | 20170530 | The air raid offers a new start for Kitty Lumley,. Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War. | |
429 | 31 May 1917 - Gabriel Graham | 20170531 | In Folkestone, Gabriel Graham deals with the fallout of the aeroplane attacks. Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War. | |
430 | 1 June 1917 - Jessie Moore | 20170601 | Funerals are held for more victims of the air raid, and Jessie Moore confronts her loss. Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War. | |
431 | 2 June 1917 - Dorothea Winwood | 20170602 | On this day in 1917, Canadian flying ace Billy Bishop shot down three German planes on a solo flight behind enemy lines, and in Folkestone, Dorothea Winwood's on a mission for the truth.
Singers ..... Nancy Cole, Ksynia Loeffler, Stephen Jeffes, Tom Raskin, Charles Gibbs
Written by Katie Hims
In Folkestone, Dorothea is on a mission for the truth. Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War. | |
432 | 5 June 1917 - Eric Morton | 20170605 | In Folkestone, the police station continues to deal with the fallout of the air raid. Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War. | |
433 | 6 June 1917 - Gabriel Graham | 20170606 | In Folkestone, Gabriel Graham's tempestuous journey leads to a flash of inspiration. Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War. | |
434 | 7 June 1917 - Isabel Graham | 20170607 | 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. In Folkestone, it's deafening.
Singers ..... Nancy Cole, Ksynia Loeffler, Stephen Jeffes, Tom Raskin, Charles Gibbs
Written by Katie Hims
Epic drama series set in Great War Britain on this day a hundred years ago. Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War. | |
435 | 8 June 1917 - Florrie Wilson | 20170608 | In Folkestone, Kitty only has eyes for baby May. Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War. |