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1 August 1917 - Dorothea Winwood20170801In Folkestone, Dorothea experiences a private sadness.

Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War.

1 August 1918 - Emily Colville20180801In 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 Marshall20171201In Collingwood, Phyllis is still counting her losses.

Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War.

1 January 1918 - Duncan Chadwick20180101Duncan Chadwick tries to make a new start.

Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War.

1 November 1918 - Adeline Lumley20181101

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
Adeline ..... Helen Schlesinger
Juliet ..... Lizzie Bourne
Nell ..... Alice St Clair
Silas ..... Shaun Dooley
Walter ..... Joseph Kloska

Written by Sarah Daniels
Directed by Jessica Dromgoole
Sound: Martha Littlehailes

Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War.

1 October 1918 \u2013 Adeline Lumley20181001

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.

Cast
Adeline ..... Helen Schlesinger
Eleanor

1 September 1917 - Adeline Lumley20170901Epic drama series set in Great War Britain.

Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War.

10 April 1918 - Marieke Argent20180410Epic 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 Graham20170810In Folkestone, Sylvia Graham hosts wounded soldiers.

Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War.

10 August 1918 - Alexander Gidley20180810In Ashburton, a war hero returns home.

Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War.

10 July 1918 - Ivan Jackson20180710On 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 Kingsley20181010

On this day in 1918, the Hindenburg Line was effectively smashed, while in Folkestone, Nell Kingsley's defences are lowered.

Cast
Nell ..... Alice St Clair
Adeline ..... Helen Schlesinger
Annie ..... Kathleen Cranham
Forrester ..... Nigel Hastings
Phyllis ..... Christine Absalom
Patrick ..... Jonny Holden

Written by Shaun McKenna
Directed by Jessica Dromgoole
Sound: Martha Littlehailes

Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War.

11 April 1918 - Alice Macknade20180411Epic drama series set in Great War Britain.

Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War.

11 August 1917 - Dennis Monk20170811Jessie 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 Wardle20171211Epic drama series set in Great War Britain.

Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War.

11 July 1918 - Kitty Lumley20180711In Devon, Kitty has plans to visit Dieter.

Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War.

11 October 1918 - Alice Macknade20181011

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
Alice ..... Claire Louise Cordwell
Bill ..... Ben Crowe
Esme ..... Katie Angelou
Walter ..... Joseph Kloska
Susan ..... Jane Slavin

Written by Shaun McKenna
Directed by Jessica Dromgoole
Sound: Martha Littlehailes

Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War.

11 September 1917 - Howard Argent20170911

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
Dr Howard Argent ..... Gunnar Cauthery
Marieke Argent ..... Olivia Ross
Victor Lumley ..... Joel MacCormack
Olive Hargreaves ..... Rhiannon Neads
Ulysses Pilchard ..... Khalid Abdalla

Written by Sebastian Baczkiewicz
Directed by Jessica Dromgoole.

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 Hamilton20180412Walter reconsiders his position.

Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War.

12 December 1917 - Iris Reed20171212In 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 Gidley20180712In 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 Poole20180312In 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 Lumley20181012

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
Victor ..... Joel MacCormack
Daniel ..... Jonathan Bailey
Isabel ..... Keely Beresford
Kitty ..... Ami Metcalf
Peter ..... Bea White
Phyllis ..... Christine Absalom

Written by Shaun McKenna
Directed by Jessica Dromgoole
Sound: Martha Littlehailes

Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War.

12 September 1917 - Alice Macknade20170912

On this day in 1917, British naval planes bombed Zeebrugge, and in Folkestone, Alice's birthday gets off to a terrible start.

Cast
Alice Macknade ..... Claire Louise Cordwell
Bill Macknade ..... Ben Crowe
Esme Macknade ..... Katie Angelou
Oscar Hendrickx ..... Pierre Elliott
Florrie Wilson ..... Claire Rushbrook
Kathy Marx ..... Sarah Ridgeway

Written by Sebastian Baczkiewicz
Directed by Jessica Dromgoole.

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 Graham20180413Epic drama series set in Great War Britain.

Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War.

13 December 1917 - Fraser Chadwick20171213In 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 Morrow20180713On 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 Lumley20180313In 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
Directed by Jessica Dromgoole

Notes
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.

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 Wilson20170913The Wilsons try to repair their damaged family.

Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War.

14 August 1917 - Howard Argent20170814Howard Argent plays mediator.

Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War.

14 December 1917 - Johnnie Marshall20171214In Tynemouth, Johnnie veers dangerously near defeat.

Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War.

14 March 1918, Sylvia Graham20180314Sylvia Graham establishes a new friendship.

Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War.

14 November 1917 - Joyce Lyle20171114There 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 Moore20170914

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
Jessie Moore ..... Lucy Hutchinson
Ivy Layton ..... Lizzy Watts
Eleanor Tanney ..... Sarah Ridgeway
Adam Wilson ..... Billy Kennedy
Norman Harris ..... Sean Baker

Written by Sebastian Baczkiewicz
Directed by Jessica Dromgoole.

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 Cavendish20170815Juliet Cavendish finds her working conditions oppressive.

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15 December 1917 - Dilys Walker20171215Dilys 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 Monk20180315Ivy Monk encounters some formidable women.

Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War.

15 November 1917 - Johnnie Marshall20171115

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
Johnnie Marshall ..... Paul Ready
Cressida Marshall ..... Isabella Inchbald
Sarah Illingworth ..... Naomi Frederick
Matthew Ash ..... David Reakes
Phyllis Marshall ..... Christine Absalom
Adeline Lumley ..... Helen Schlesinger
Beatrice Marshall ..... Eviee Lavery
Gussie Marshall ..... Grace Doherty

Written by Sebastian Baczkiewicz
Directed by Jessica Dromgoole.

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 Morrow20181015

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.

Cast
Silas

15 September 1917 - Ivy Layton20170915Ivy Layton's suspicions grow more acute.

Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War.

16 April 1918 - Sylvia Graham20180416Sylvia Graham suddenly feels very old.

Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War.

16 August 1917 - Ulysses Pilchard20170816Dr 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 Lumley20180716In 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 Lumley20180316In 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 Lowther20171116Anzac 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 Marshall20181016

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.

Cast
Johnnie

17 April 1918 - Edie Chadwick20180417Edie and Marion go undercover.

Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War.

17 August 1917 - Adeline Lumley20170817Adeline 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 Graham20180717On 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 Reed20171117In 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 Lumley20181017

On this day in 1918, a retreating German army surrendered Flanders to the Allies, and in Folkestone Victor has lost something important.

Cast
Kitty

18 April 1918 - Florrie Wilson20180418Adam Wilson needs to get away.

Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War.

18 August 1917 - Norman Harris20170818Sergeant 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 Chadwick20171218In 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 Argent20180718In 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
Directed by Jessica Dromgoole

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 Pearce20181018

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.

Cast
Hilary

18 September 1917 - Ralph Winwood20170918At 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 Macknade20180419One of Esme's wishes comes true.

Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War.

19 December 1917 - Alan Lowther20171219In Tynemouth, Alan Lowther feels the weight of responsibility.

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19 July 1918 - Elspeth Taverner20180719At 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 Lumley20180619In 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 Winwood20180319Dorothea puts together a mixed dinner party.

Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War.

19 October 1918 \u2013 Howard Argent20181019

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.

Cast
Howard

19 September 1917 - Kitty Lumley20170919Epic 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 Hendrickx20180402Oscar's life is about to change.

Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War.

2 August 1917 - Jessie Moore20170802In Folkestone, Jessie lives under a cloud.

Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War.

2 August 1918 - Effie Taverner20180802At 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 Marshall20180102At 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\u00e4dter20180702

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
Klaus Hofst䀀dter ..... Atilla Akinci
Moses Wickens ..... Ed Gaughan
Hector Gidley ..... Brian Protheroe
Isaac Cox ..... James Lailey
Ludwig Huber ..... Marcel Hagen

Written by Sebastian Baczkiewicz
Directed by Jessica Dromgoole.

All is not quiet in Deanscombe Quarry.

Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War.

2 November 1918 - Marion Wardle20181102

On this day in 1918, German troops withdrew from Serbia, and in Folkestone, Marion desperately doesn't want Edie to leave her.

Cast
Marion ..... Laura Elphinstone
Dilys ..... Ellie Piercy
Edie ..... Kathryn Beaumont
Mrs Edkins ..... Rachel Davies
Kitty ..... Ami Metcalf
Ray ..... Isabel Barry
Stella ..... Olivia Wales

Written by Sarah Daniels
Directed by Jessica Dromgoole
Sound: Martha Littlehailes

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2 October 1918 \u2013 Hilary Pearce20181002

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.

Cast
Hilary ..... Craige Els
Forrester ..... Nigel Hastings
Gabriel ..... Michael Bertenshaw
Waiter

20 April 1918 - Alice Macknade20180420Alice's life hits a new low.

Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War.

20 December 1917 - Judith Turner20171220Epic 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 Lumley20180720In 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 Walsh20180620Hardy 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 Lumley20180320Kitty Lumley encounters the sharp end of intolerance.

Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War.

20 November 1917 - Edie Chadwick20171120Epic drama series set in Great War Britain.

Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War.

20 September 1917 - Adeline Lumley20170920

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
Directed by Allegra McIlroy
Editor: Jessica Dromgoole.

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 Pilchard20170821Epic drama series set in Great War Britain.

Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War.

21 December 1917 - Matilda James20171221In 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 Ogden20180621In Ashburton, Clarence Ogden leads the school assembly.

Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War.

21 March 1918, Bill Macknade20180321Bill 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 Illingworth20171121Sarah Illingworth brings discipline to the Marshalls' munitionettes.

Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War.

21 September 1917 - Victor Lumley20170921Series 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 Graham20170822Epic drama series set in Great War Britain.

Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War.

22 December 1917 - Isabel Graham20171222

On this day in 1917, peace negotiations between Russia and Germany began at Brest-Litovsk, and at Collingwood too, relations are thawing.

Cast
Isabel Graham ..... Keely Beresford
Ada Stokoe ..... Victoria Bewick
Johnnie Marshall ..... Paul Ready
Kitty Lumley ..... Ami Metcalf
Phyllis Marshall ..... Christine Absalom
Lester Reed ..... Trevor Fox
Gabriel Graham ..... Michael Bertenshaw
Sylvia Graham ..... Joanna David
Cristine de Groot ..... Ysabelle Cooper

Written by Shaun McKenna
Directed by Allegra McIlroy
Editor: Jessica Dromgoole.

At Collingwood, relations are thawing.

Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War.

22 June 1918 - Cathy Lawrence20180622Epic drama series set in Great War Britain.

Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War.

22 March 1918, Adeline Lumley20180322Epic drama series set in Great War Britain.

Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War.

22 November 1917 - Marion Wardle20171122At Marshalls, the munitionettes take a stand.

Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War.

22 October 1918 - Florrie Wilson20181022

On this day in 1918, the Dundalk, an Irish steamer was torpedoed without warning, while in Folkestone, the Wilsons are marking an anniversary.

Cast
Florrie ..... Claire Rushbrook
Adam ..... Billy Kennedy
Jack ..... Ashley Kumar
Kitty ..... Ami Metcalf
Norman ..... Sean Baker
Phyllis ..... Christine Absalom

Written by Sebastian Baczkiewicz
Directed by Jessica Dromgoole
Sound: Martha Littlehailes

Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War.

22 September 1917 - Sylvia Graham20170922

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
Directed by Allegra McIlroy
Editor: Jessica Dromgoole.

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 Graham20180423Gabriel finds that nothing goes his way.

Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War.

23 August 1917 - Kitty Lumley20170823Kitty seeks to retrieve what she has lost.

Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War.

23 July 1918 - Emily Colville20180723In Devon, Emily Colville goes to the fair.

Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War.

23 March 1918, Jessie Moore20180323Epic 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 Chadwick20171123Fraser Chadwick asserts his authority.

Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War.

23 October 1918 - Adeline Lumley20181023

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
Adeline ..... Helen Schlesinger
Forrester ..... Nigel Hastings
Howard ..... Gunnar Cauthery
Nell ..... Alice St Clair
Phyllis ..... Christine Absalom
Silas ..... Shaun Dooley
EJ Thomas ..... Sean Murray
Edward Morris ..... John Lightbody
Private Hims ..... Ryan Whittle

Written by Sebastian Baczkiewicz
Directed by Jessica Dromgoole
Sound: Martha Littlehailes

Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War.

24 April 1918 - Alec Poole20180424Alec 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 Monk20170824Dennis Monk gives his advice away freely.

Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War.

24 July 1918 - Cathy Lawrence20180724On Dartmoor, Cathy Lawrence has nothing left.

Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War.

24 November 1917 - Lester Reed20171124In Tynemouth, the Reeds are watchful for Bolshevism.

Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War.

24 October 1918 - Sylvia Graham20181024

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
Sylvia ..... Joanna David
Connie ..... Darcey Brown
Mrs Edkins ..... Rachel Davies
Esme ..... Katie Angelou
Gabriel ..... Michael Bertenshaw
Grace ..... Grace Doherty
Juliet ..... Lizzie Bourne
Laurie ..... Will Howard
Mathieu ..... Bea White

Written by Sebastian Baczkiewicz
Directed by Jessica Dromgoole
Sound: Martha Littlehailes

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
Directed by Ciaran Bermingham
Editor: Jessica Dromgoole

Notes
Home Front returns to a bruised, but optimistic Folkestone for its fifteenth and final season. Amongst hushed rumours of peace, our characters dream about a brighter, democratic future, whilst struggling to maintain morale after four years of a seemingly endless war which has seeped into every aspect of civilian life and drawn in everyone.

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 Chadwick20180425In Folkestone, Edie and Dilys are feeling trapped.

Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War.

25 August 1917 - Sylvia Graham20170825Epic drama series set in Great War Britain.

Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War.

25 December 1917 - Sylvia Graham20171225

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
Directed by Jessica Dromgoole.

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 Lumley20180725In 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 Gidley20180625At 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 Harris20181025

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
Norman ..... Sean Baker
Adeline ..... Helen Schlesinger
Eric ..... Paul Rainbow
Forrester ..... Nigel Hastings
Gabriel ..... Michael Bertenshaw
Hilary ..... Craige Els
Phyllis ..... Christine Absalom
Maisie ..... Cassie Layton

Written by Sebastian Baczkiewicz
Directed by Jessica Dromgoole
Sound: Martha Littlehailes

Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War.

25 September 1918 - Isabel Summer20180925In Folkestone, Isabel returns in a defiant mood.

Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War.

26 April 1918 - Kitty Lumley20180426Kitty determines to lead a less selfish life.

Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War.

26 December 1917 - Lester Reed20171226

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
Directed by Jessica Dromgoole.

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 Argent20180726In Staverley Court, there is cause for celebration.

Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War.

26 June 1918 - Gabriel Graham20180626At 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 Macknade20180326Alice is not feeling enamoured with Bill.

Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War.

26 October 1918 - Howard Argent20181026

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
Howard ..... Gunnar Cauthery
Connie ..... Darcey Brown
Gabriel ..... Michael Bertenshaw
Grace ..... Grace Doherty
Juliet ..... Lizzie Bourne
Mathieu ..... Bea White
Ralph ..... Nicholas Murchie
Sylvia ..... Joanna David
Chastagner ..... Stephane Cornicard

Written by Sebastian Baczkiewicz
Directed by Jessica Dromgoole
Sound: Martha Littlehailes

Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War.

26 September 1918 - Phyllis Marshall20180926

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
Directed by Ciaran Bermingham
Editor: Jessica Dromgoole.

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 Graham20180427A 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 Chadwick20171227In North Shields, Fraser has an unusual offer.

Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War.

27 July 1918 - Cora Gidley20180727In 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 Colville20180627In 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 Lumley20180327Adeline 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 Lumley20171127Kitty 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 Wilson20180927

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
Directed by Ciaran Bermingham
Editor: Jessica Dromgoole.

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 Moore20170828Epic drama series set in Great War Britain.

Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War.

28 December 1917 - Marion Wardle20171228In 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 Lumley20180628At 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 Wardle20180328On the Leas, Marion feels far from home.

Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War.

28 November 1917 - Sarah Illingworth20171128In 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 Lumley20180928At 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 Macknade20170829In Folkestone, Esme Macknade craves a little peace.

Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War.

29 December 1917 - Joyce Lyle20171229In 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 Lawrence20180629Cathy finds an unexpected comrade at Hexworthy Bridge.

Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War.

29 March 1918, Ivy Monk20180329Ivy 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 Graham20171129Isabel 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 Moore20181029

On this day in 1918, Austria Hungary declared itself ready to negotiate peace, and in Folkestone, Jessie is looking for a new deal.

Cast
Jessie ..... Lucy Hutchinson
Adam ..... Billy Kennedy
Isabel ..... Keely Beresford
Jack ..... Ashley Kumar
Marion ..... Laura Elphinstone
Ray ..... Isabel Barry
Stella ..... Olivia Wales
Horatio ..... Lewis Bray

Written by Sarah Daniels
Directed by Jessica Dromgoole
Sound: Martha Littlehailes

Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War.

3 April 1918 - Sylvia Graham20180403Sylvia jeopardises her comfortable life.

Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War.

3 August 1917 - Kitty Lumley20170803Kitty discovers a vital clue.

Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War.

3 August 1918 - Adeline Lumley20180803At 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 Lowther20180103In Tynemouth, Alan Lowther is despondent.

Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War.

3 July 1918 - Primrose Holden20180703In 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 Chadwick20181003

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
Edie ..... Kathryn Beaumont
Mrs Edkins ..... Rachel Davies
Mr Snook

30 August 1917 - Howard Argent20170830Epic drama series set in Great War Britain.

Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War.

30 July 1918 - Ivan Jackson20180730In Devon, Ivan is working closely with Primrose.

Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War.

30 March 1918, Howard Argent20180330At 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 Reed20171130Iris 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 Cavendish20181030

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
Juliet ..... Lizzie Bourne
Adeline ..... Helen Schlesinger
Connie ..... Darcey Brown
Dicky ..... Roy Hudd
Grace ..... Grace Doherty
Isabel ..... Keely Beresford
Sylvia ..... Joanna David
Walter ..... Joseph Kloska

Written by Sarah Daniels
Directed by Jessica Dromgoole
Sound: Martha Littlehailes

Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War.

31 August 1917 - Florrie Wilson20170831Epic 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
Directed by Jessica Dromgoole
Sound: Martha Littlehailes

Notes
Home Front Season 11 focuses on madness and trauma, both military and civilian, and is subtitled 'Broken and Mad', a line from the Sassoon poem, Survivors

No doubt they'll soon get well; the shock and strain
Have caused their stammering, disconnected talk.
Of course they're 'longing to go out again,'-
These boys with old, scared faces, learning to walk.
They'll soon forget their haunted nights; their cowed
Subjection to the ghosts of friends who died,-
Their dreams that drip with murder; and they'll be proud
Of glorious war that shatter'd all their pride...
Men who went out to battle, grim and glad;
Children, with eyes that hate you, broken and mad.

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 Lawrence20180731At 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 Winwood20181031

On this day in 1918, Turkey surrendered unconditionally, and hostilities ceased at noon, while in Folkestone, Elizabeth still has some fight in her.

Cast
Dorothea ..... Rachel Shelley
Elizabeth ..... Kika Markham
Howard ..... Gunnar Cauthery
Ralph ..... Nicholas Murchie
Viraj ..... Liam Lau Fernadez
Mrs Hindell ..... Susie Riddell
Guard ..... Lewis Bray

Written by Sarah Daniels
Directed by Jessica Dromgoole
Sound: Martha Littlehailes

Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War.

4 April 1918 - Victor Lumley20180404Victor 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 Pearce20170804A 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 Chadwick20171204Epic 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 Lumley20180104In Tynemouth, old friends arrive seeking safety.

Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War.

4 July 1918 - Morris Battley20180704Epic drama series set in Great War Britain.

Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War.

4 October 1918 - Bill Macknade20181004

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.

Cast
Bill ..... Ben Crowe
Alec ..... Tom Stuart
Sophie

4 September 1917 - Maisie Harris20170904Maisie 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 Monk20180405In 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 Chadwick20171205In 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 Chadwick20180105

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
Directed by Allegra McIlroy
Editor: Jessica Dromgoole.

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 Graham20180705In 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)20180305On 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 Macknade20181105

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
Alice ..... Claire Louise Cordwell
Bill ..... Ben Crowe
Esme ..... Katie Angelou
Norman ..... Sean Baker
Walter ..... Joseph Kloska
Ryan ..... Ryan Whittle
Roy ..... Nathan Nolan

Written by Katie Hims
Directed by Jessica Dromgoole
Sound: Martha Littlehailes

Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War.

5 October 1918 \u2013 Kitty Lumley20181005

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
Kitty ..... Ami Metcalf
Eleanor

5 September 1917 - Howard Argent20170905Epic drama series set in Great War Britain.

Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War.

6 April 1918 - Walter Hamilton20180406It 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 Lumley20180806In 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 Lyle20171206

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
Directed by Ciaran Bermingham
Editor: Jessica Dromgoole.

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 Fairweather20180706At 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 Lumley20180306In Folkestone, Adeline takes her art class out.

Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War.

6 November 1918 - Gabriel Graham20181106

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
Gabriel ..... Michael Bertenshaw
Adeline ..... Helen Schlesinger
Cressida ..... Bettrys Jones
Eric ..... Paul Rainbow
Esme ..... Katie Angelou
Forrester ..... Nigel Hastings
Hilary ..... Craige Els
Johnnie ..... Paul Ready
Nell ..... Alice St Clair
Norman ..... Sean Baker
Phyllis ..... Christine Absalom
Sylvia ..... Joanna David

Written by Katie Hims
Directed by Jessica Dromgoole
Sound: Martha Littlehailes

Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War.

6 September 1917 - Alice Macknade20170906Epic drama series set in Great War Britain.

Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War.

7 August 1917 - Howard Argent20170807Captain 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 Taverner20180807On Halecot Farm, Effie resolves their labour problems.

Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War.

7 December 1917 - Marion Wardle20171207At 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 Chadwick20180307On 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 Winwood20181107

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
Ralph ..... Nicholas Murchie
Adam ..... Billy Kennedy
Alec ..... Tom Stuart
Charles ..... Rufus Wright
Dorothea ..... Rachel Shelley
Isabel ..... Keely Beresford
Olive ..... Rhiannon Neads

Written by Katie Hims
Directed by Jessica Dromgoole
Sound: Martha Littlehailes

Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War.

7 September 1917 - Isabel Graham20170907In 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 Macknade20170808In Folkestone, Alice feels less than charitable.

Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War.

8 August 1918 - Adeline Lumley20180808In Devon, Adeline launches a gentle offensive.

Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War.

8 December 1917 - Fraser Chadwick20171208At 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 Lumley20180308In 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 Marshall20181108

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
Johnnie ..... Paul Ready
Adeline ..... Helen Schlesinger
Albert ..... Jamie Foreman
Alice ..... Claire Louise Cordwell
Bill ..... Ben Crowe
Charles ..... Rufus Wright
Cressida ..... Bettrys Jones
Gabriel ..... Michael Bertenshaw
Isabel ..... Keely Beresford
Kitty ..... Ami Metcalf
Peter ..... Bea White
Phyllis ..... Christine Absalom
Valentine ..... Nick Underwood
Operator ..... Emma Handy

Written by Katie Hims
Directed by Jessica Dromgoole
Sound: Martha Littlehailes

Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War.

8 October 1918 - Isabel Summer20181008

On this day in 1918, an increase in bread consumption was blamed on tastier bread, while in Folkestone, the Grahams are having lunch.

Cast
Isabel

8 September 1917 - Alec Poole20170908Epic drama series set in Great War Britain.

Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War.

9 April 1918 - Edie Chadwick20180409On 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 Poole20170809Reverend Winwood soothes Alec Poole.

Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War.

9 August 1918 - Charles Summer20180809In 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 Taverner20180709At 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 Winwood20170609Ralph has a very early morning visitor.

Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War.

9 March 1918, Alice Macknade20180309In Folkestone, Alice's fortunes take a downturn.

Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War.

9 November 1918 - Kitty Lumley20181109

On this day in 1918, the German Kaiser was forced to abdicate, and in Folkestone, the Wilsons face an uncertain future.

Cast
Kitty ..... Ami Metcalf
Albert ..... Jamie Foreman
Daniel ..... Jonathan Bailey
Florrie ..... Claire Rushbrook
Jack ..... Ashley Kumar
Norman ..... Sean Baker
Peter ..... Bea White
Victor ..... Joel MacCormack

Written by Katie Hims
Directed by Jessica Dromgoole
Sound: Martha Littlehailes

Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War.

9 October 1918 - Florrie Wilson20181009

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
Florrie ..... Claire Rushbrook
Daniel ..... Jonathan Bailey
Eric ..... Paul Rainbow
Johnnie ..... Paul Ready
Kitty ..... Ami Metcalf
Norman ..... Sean Baker
Peter ..... Bea White
Arthur ..... Ryan Whittle
Ted ..... Jonny Holden
Wolfgang ..... Atilla Akinci
Isaac ..... Scout Ready

Written by Shaun McKenna
Directed by Jessica Dromgoole
Sound: Martha Littlehailes

Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War.

Home Front: A Fragile Peace20181110

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
Florrie Wilson ..... Claire Rushbrook
Albert Wilson ..... Jamie Foreman
Kitty Lumley ..... Ami Metcalf
Victor Lumley ..... Joel MacCormack
Adam Wilson ..... Billy Kennedy
Jessie Moore ..... Lucy Hutchinson
Alice Macknade ..... Claire Louise Cordwell
Esme Macknade ..... Katie Angelou
Gabriel Graham ..... Michael Bertenshaw
Isabel Summer ..... Keely Beresford
Charles Summer ..... Rufus Wright
Ralph Winwood ..... Nick Murchie
Mrs Edkins ..... Rachel Davies
Bill Macknade ..... Ben Crowe
Norman Harris ..... Sean Baker
Marion Wardle ..... Laura Elphinstone
Edie Chadwick ..... Kathryn Beaumont
Other roles ..... Bea White, Rex Wood, Jonah Collingwood Harrold, Isobel Barry, Olivia Wales, Emma Handy, John Lightbody, Sean Murray, Ryan Whittle and Lewis Bray

Written by Katie Hims
Directed by Jessica Dromgoole

Producer: Ciaran Bermingham
Assistant Producer: Hannah Ratcliffe
Production Coordinator: Sarah Morrison
Production Management Assistant: Leanne Allen
Production Management Assistant: Graham Eveleigh

Sound: Martha Littlehailes
Composer: Matthew Strachan

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 Peace2018111020221112 (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
Florrie Wilson ..... Claire Rushbrook
Albert Wilson ..... Jamie Foreman
Kitty Lumley ..... Ami Metcalf
Victor Lumley ..... Joel MacCormack
Adam Wilson ..... Billy Kennedy
Jessie Moore ..... Lucy Hutchinson
Alice Macknade ..... Claire Louise Cordwell
Esme Macknade ..... Katie Angelou
Gabriel Graham ..... Michael Bertenshaw
Isabel Summer ..... Keely Beresford
Charles Summer ..... Rufus Wright
Ralph Winwood ..... Nick Murchie
Mrs Edkins ..... Rachel Davies
Bill Macknade ..... Ben Crowe
Norman Harris ..... Sean Baker
Marion Wardle ..... Laura Elphinstone
Edie Chadwick ..... Kathryn Beaumont
Other roles ..... Bea White, Rex Wood, Jonah Collingwood Harrold, Isobel Barry, Olivia Wales, Emma Handy, John Lightbody, Sean Murray, Ryan Whittle and Lewis Bray

Written by Katie Hims
Directed by Jessica Dromgoole

Producer: Ciaran Bermingham
Assistant Producer: Hannah Ratcliffe
Production Coordinator: Sarah Morrison
Production Management Assistant: Leanne Allen
Production Management Assistant: Graham Eveleigh

Sound: Martha Littlehailes
Composer: Matthew Strachan

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.

014 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
Music: Matthew Strachan
Directed by Editor: Jessica Dromgoole
Sound: Martha Littlehailes

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.

025 August 1914 - Gabriel Graham20140805

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
Music: Matthew Strachan
Directed by Editor: Jessica Dromgoole
Sound: Martha Littlehailes

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.

036 August 1914 - Jimmy Macknade20140806

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
Music: Matthew Strachan
Directed by Editor: Jessica Dromgoole
Sound: Martha Littlehailes

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.

047 August 1914 - Ralph Winwood20140807

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
Music: Matthew Strachan
Directed by Editor: Jessica Dromgoole
Sound: Martha Littlehailes

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.

058 August 1914 - Adam Wilson20140808

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
Directed by Editor: Jessica Dromgoole
Sound: Martha Littlehailes

Perfect weather for the Sunday School picnic.

Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War.

0611 August 1914 - Norman Harris20140811

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
Music by: Matthew Strachan
Directed and produced by: Lucy Collingwood
Sound: Martha Littlehailes
Editor: Jessica Dromgoole

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.

0712 August 1914 - Victor Lumley20140812As 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.

0813 August 1914 - Florrie Wilson20140813The 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.

0914 August 1914 - Kitty Wilson20140814An 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.

1015 August 1914 - Isabel Graham20140815At Folkestone harbour, the Grahams bid a fond farewell to Freddie.

Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War.

1118 August 1914 - Hilary Pearce20140818Where 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.

1219 August 1914 - Victor Lumley20140819Lt Victor Lumley is devastated that he cannot go to war.

Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War.

1320 August 1914 - Ralph Winwood20140820Escaping the atrocities at home, the Belgian refugees pour into Folkestone.

Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War.

1421 August 1914 - Florrie Wilson20140821A boy's hat is discovered on the beach.

Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War.

1522 August 1914 - Jessie Moore20140822An eclipse brings tourists and townsfolk flocking to the seafront.

Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War.

1625 August 1914 - Isabel Graham20140825After 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.

1726 August 1914 - Adam Wilson20140826In Folkestone, the German Consulate is under surveillance.

Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War.

1827 August 1914 - Gabriel Graham20140827Gabriel 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.

1928 August 1914 - Dorothea Winwood20140828

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
Music: Matthew Strachan
Directed and produced by: Lucy Collingwood
Sound: Martha Littlehailes
Editor: Jessica Dromgoole.

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.

2029 August 1914 - Albert Wilson20140829In 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.

211 September 1914 - Florrie Wilson20140901

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
Consultant Historian: Professor Maggie Andrews
Music: Matthew Strachan
Directed by Jessica Dromgoole
Sound: Martha Littlehailes

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.

222 September 1914 - Ralph Winwood20140902The 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.

233 September 1914 - Marieke Dupont20140903A 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.

244 September 1914 - Norman Harris20140904The policeman's lot is a varied one in wartime Folkestone.

Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War.

255 September 1914 - Sylvia Graham20140905The 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.

268 September 1914 - Isabel Graham20140908As 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.

279 September 1914 - Gabriel Graham20140909With 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.

2810 September 1914 - Adam Wilson20140910Adam 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.

2911 September 1914 - Kitty Wilson20140911There 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.

3012 September 1914 - Alice Macknade20140912There's a birthday at the Macknades', but not much to celebrate.

Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War.

3115 September 1914 - Jack Wilson20140915It'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.

3216 September 1914 - Victor Lumley20140916Lieutenant Lumley is a man with a plan.

Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War.

3317 September 1914 - Gabriel Graham20140917Councillor Graham sees a new side to Folkestone.

Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War.

3418 September 1914 - Ralph Winwood20140918A momentous day for the Winwood household.

Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War.

3519 September 1914 - Kitty Wilson20140919Parenthood, marriage and death all feature in Kitty's day.

Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War.

3622 September 1914 - Adam Wilson20140922Adam and Jessie confront the mysterious man at the German consulate.

Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War.

3723 September 1914 - Ottoline Lambert20140923In 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.

3824 September 1914 - Sylvia Graham20140924In the Graham household, there is a speech to prepare.

Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War.

3925 September 1914 - Dorothea Winwood20140925Well-known suffragette Emmeline Pankhurst arrives in Folkestone to address a meeting.

Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War.

4026 September 1914 - Victor Lumley and Kitty Wilson20140926After 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.

4129 September 1914 - Gabriel Graham20140929Councillor 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.

4230 September 1914 - Alice Macknade20140930Alice 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.

431 October 1914 - Isabel Graham20141001Dorothea and Sylvia start to act entirely out of character.

Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War.

442 October 1914 - Ralph Winwood20141002Adam 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.

453 October 1914 - Florrie Wilson20141003In 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.

461 December 1914 - Sylvia Graham (Season 2 start)20141201The Graham household prepares for an arrival.

Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War.

472 December 1914 - Kitty Lumley20141202No news is good news, but for Kitty, good news is devastating.

Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War.

483 December 1914 - Dorothea Winwood20141203All 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.

494 December 1914 - Jessie Moore20141204Jessie 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.

505 December 1914 - Joe Macknade20141205Joe 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.

518 December 1914 - Ralph Winwood20141208A newcomer spells trouble for the inhabitants of St Jude's.

Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War.

529 December 1914 - Ivy Layton20141209The Pleasure Gardens Theatre in Folkestone prepares for its variety show.

Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War.

5310 December 1914 - Victor Lumley20141210The Graham family welcome a charming visitor.

Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War.

5411 December 1914 - Isabel Graham20141211Despite 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.

5512 December 1914 - Norman Harris20141212Epic drama series set in Britain during the First World War.

Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War.

5615 December 1914 - Hilary Pearce20141215A 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.

5716 December 1914 - Ralph Winwood20141216The day's events make Reverend Ralph Winwood question his own authority.

Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War.

5817 December 1914 - Archie Tulliver20141217The 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.

5918 December 1914 - Mervyn Harris20141218Maisie 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.

6019 December 1914 - Alice Macknade20141219A 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.

6122 December 1914 - Phyllis Marshall20141222Amidst 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.

6223 December 1914 - Sylvia Graham20141223The 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.

6324 December 1914 - Joe Macknade20141224It 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.

6425 December 1914 - Dorothea Winwood20141225At St Jude's Vicarage, not everyone is feeling the festive spirit.

Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War.

6526 December 1914 - Isabel Graham20141226The Grahams plan a quiet harmonious Boxing Day.

Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War.

6629 December 1914 - Joe Macknade20141229England cricketer Colin Blythe arrives on a recruitment drive in Folkestone.

Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War.

6730 December 1914 - Esme Macknade20141230Esme desperately needs a friend, and finds one in an unexpected place.

Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War.

68New Year's Eve 1914 - Albert and Florrie Wilson20141231Can the Wilsons draw a line under the terrible events of 1914?

Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War.

702 January 1915 - Ivor Davies20150102The 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.

715 January 1915 - Isabel Graham20150105The women of Folkestone struggle to help returning soldiers suffering from frostbite.

Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War.

726 January 1915 - Jack Wilson20150106A 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.

737 January 1915 - Ivy Layton20150107At Folkestone's Pleasure Gardens Theatre, someone is in for a surprise.

Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War.

748 January 1915 - Alice Macknade20150108The Folkestone community mourns the loss of one of its missing.

Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War.

759 January 1915 - Kitty Lumley20150109The 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.

762 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
Directed by Lucy Collingwood
Sound: Martha Littlehailes
Editor: Jessica Dromgoole

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.

773 February 1915 - Kitty Lumley20150203Kitty discovers that the further she travels, the less she understands.

Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War.

784 February 1915 - Geoffrey Marshall20150204Despite 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.

795 February 1915 - Cressida Marshall20150205Six 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.

806 February 1915 - Robert Lyle20150206Robert Lyle never expected today to bring this many challenges.

Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War.

819 February 1915 - Edie Chadwick20150209Edie 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.

8210 February 1915 - Johnnie Marshall20150210Not everyone at Collingwood Park is in favour of Marshalls manufacturing munitions.

Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War.

8311 February 1915 - Duncan Chadwick20150211There is unrest within the Chadwick family.

Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War.

8412 February 1915 - Esther O'Leary20150212Councillor Maud Burnett's controversial scheme is gathering pace.

Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War.

8513 February 1915 - Fraser Chadwick20150213A budding local reporter cannot believe his luck.

Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War.

8616 February 1915 - Cressida Marshall20150216Cressida 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.

8717 February 1915 - Johnnie Marshall20150217Johnnie's lowly ambitions meet resistance at all levels.

Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War.

8818 February 1915 - Fraser Chadwick20150218Fraser'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.

8919 February 1915 - Luke Lyle20150219Luke 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.

9020 February 1915 - Edie Chadwick20150220Johnnie Marshall's attentions to Edie do not go unnoticed.

Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War.

9123 February 1915 - Alan Lowther20150223At Marshalls, Alan's patience is being tested.

Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War.

9224 February 1915 - Phyllis Marshall20150224Phyllis readies herself for a particularly difficult meeting.

Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War.

9325 February 1915 - Johnnie Marshall20150225A pretty visitor turns heads at Marshalls factory.

Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War.

9426 February 1915 - Fraser Chadwick20150226The rift between the Chadwick twins deepens.

Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War.

9527 February 1915 - Robert O'Leary20150227Robert's careful equilibrium is shaken.

Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War.

962 March 1915 - Phyllis Marshall20150302The 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.

973 March 1915 - Fraser Chadwick20150303Fraser 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.

984 March 1915 - Robert Lyle20150304The 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.

995 March 1915 - Adam Wilson20150305Rosamund Marshall and Peter Samuel Lumley are welcomed into the church.

Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War.

1006 March 1915 - Esther O'Leary20150306Esther 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.

1019 March 1915 - Geoffrey Marshall20150309Some news close to home leaves Geoffrey reeling.

Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War.

10210 March 1915 - Robert Lyle20150310Luke refuses to tow the line with his father.

Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War.

10311 March 1915 - Luke Lyle20150311The Lyles are in for a nasty shock.

Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War.

10412 March 1915 - Phyllis Marshall20150312Collingwood Park is prepared for a homecoming.

Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War.

10513 March 1915 - Davy Wardle20150313The men at Marshalls are spoiling for a fight.

Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War.

10616 March 1915 - Kitty Lumley20150316Kitty'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.

10717 March 1915 - Cressida Marshall20150317Cressida 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.

10818 March 1915 - Alan Lowther20150318Some particularly mean bullying on the factory floor reveals an extraordinary truth.

Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War.

10919 March 1915 - Joyce Lyle20150319Heaven 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.

11020 March 1915 - Edie Chadwick20150320An exotic and exciting cargo washes up on Long Sands in Tynemouth.

Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War.

11123 March 1915 - Luke Lyle20150323Joyce confronts two of her demons.

Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War.

11224 March 1915 - Johnnie Marshall20150324A 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.

11325 March 1915 - Marion Wardle20150325Fraser has got the wrong idea about Marion altogether.

Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War.

11426 March 1915 - Adeline Lumley20150326A day of arrivals and departures in Collingwood Park.

Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War.

11527 March 1915 - Kitty Lumley20150327In 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.

11625 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
Directed by Jessica Dromgoole
Sound: Martha Littlehailes

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.

11726 May 1915 - Josiah King20150526There 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.

11827 May 1915 - Kitty Lumley20150527A cryptic parcel arrives for Kitty at the Wilsons.

Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War.

11928 May 1915 - Ralph Winwood20150528Reverend Winwood is finding his faith and his resilience tested.

Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War.

12029 May 1915 - Hilary Pearce20150529Hilary Pearce is making his quiet way up in the world.

Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War.

1211 June 1915 - Juliet Cavendish20150601It 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.

1222 June 1915 - Thornton Tulliver20150602A 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.

1233 June 1915 - Florrie Wilson20150603A 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.

1244 June 1915 - Howard Argent20150604Ralph is impressed by Howard's different approach to treating the wounded.

Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War.

1255 June 1915 - Jessie Moore20150605Even 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.

1268 June 1915 - Kitty Lumley20150608Florrie 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.

1279 June 1915 - Thornton Tulliver20150609Thornton 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.

12810 June 1915 - Gabriel Graham20150610Telegram 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.

12911 June 1915 - Ivy Layton20150611Time 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.

13012 June 1915 - Jessie Moore20150612Jessie and Adam find ingenious ways of making money.

Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War.

13115 June 1915 - Sylvia Graham20150615The 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.

13216 June 1915 - Josiah King20150616The 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.

13317 June 1915 - Alice Macknade20150617Despite trouble at home, Alice is swept off her feet at work.

Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War.

13418 June 1915 - Beau Tilley20150618Folkestone is in need of some Canadian diplomacy.

Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War.

13519 June 1915 - Kitty Lumley20150619Sergeant Harris has awkward news to break to the Wilsons.

Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War.

13622 June 1915 - Howard Argent20150622Howard 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.

13723 June 1915 - Dieter Lippke20150623A fugitive returns.

Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War.

13824 June 1915 - Mrs Florrie Wilson20150624Florrie gets a telegram.

Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War.

13925 June 1915 - Ivy Layton20150625Ivy goes for a quiet lunch with Hilary Pearce.

Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War.

14026 June 1915 - Marieke Dupont20150626Tempers wear very thin at St Jude's Vicarage.

Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War.

14129 June 1915 - Kitty Lumley20150629Kitty puts herself in danger for the man she loves.

Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War.

14230 June 1915 - Esme Macknade20150630The 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.

1431 July 1915 - Alice Macknade20150701In Folkestone, the Dominion Day celebrations are infectious.

Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War.

1442 July 1915 - Victor Lumley20150702Victor 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.

1453 July 1915 - Howard Argent20150703Howard throws caution to the wind.

Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War.

1466 July 1915 - Victor Lumley20150706Victor prepares for a meeting he only ever dreamed about before.

Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War.

1477 July 1915 - Hilary Pearce20150707Hilary is too impatient to settle for the long game, financially.

Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War.

1488 July 1915 - Mervyn Harris20150708When 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.

1499 July 1915 - Mickey Macknade20150709The day that Mickey Macknade put away childish things and grew up.

Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War.

15010 July 1915 - Ralph Winwood20150710Reverend 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.

15113 July 1915 - Howard Argent20150713A wartime celebrity makes an unexpected appearance in Folkestone.

Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War.

15214 July 1915 - Florrie Wilson20150714Victor brings shocking news to the Wilsons.

Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War.

15315 July 1915 - Norman Harris20150715The investigation into Police Constable King's murder gathers pace.

Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War.

15416 July 1915 - Juliet Cavendish20150716The 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.

15517 July 1915 - Thornton Tulliver20150717Expect fireworks at the grand opening of Hilary's latest venture.

Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War.

1567 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
Directed by Jessica Dromgoole
Sound: Martha Littlehailes

NOTES
Season Five of Home Front, story-led by Sarah Daniels, has at its heart a focus on Spiritualism*.

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.

1578 September 1915 - Alice Macknade20150908Alice 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.

1589 September 1915 - Juliet Argent20150909When 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.

15910 September 1915 - Maggie Macknade20150910Maggie 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.

16011 September 1915 - Florrie Wilson20150911Florrie agrees to accompany her neighbour Sally on a strange visit.

Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War.

16114 September 1915 - Sylvia Graham20150914In the Graham household, new science and technology offers some practical comfort.

Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War.

16215 September 1915 - Alice Macknade20150915Alice 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.

16316 September 1915 - Kitty Lumley20150916A letter from Marion and the bairns sets Kitty's heart racing.

Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War.

16417 September 1915 - Ralph Winwood20150917The big day finally arrives for Dorothea and Ralph.

Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War.

16518 September 1915 - Ivy Layton20150918Ivy Layton creates a theatrical novelty - Madame Aethyria.

Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War.

16621 September 1915 - Florrie Wilson20150921Albert 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.

16722 September 1915 - Dorothea Winwood20150922The Winwoods venture out for the first time with their new baby.

Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War.

16823 September 1915 - Juliet Argent20150923Juliet Argent makes an undercover visit.

Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War.

16924 September 1915 - Kitty Lumley20150924Kitty makes a strategic decision to keep her friends close.

Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War.

17025 September 1915 - Ralph Winwood20150925It 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.

17128 September 1915 - Adeline Lumley20150928Mrs 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.

17229 September 1915 - Kitty Lumley20150929Peter Lumley says his first words.

Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War.

17330 September 1915 - Sam Wilson20150930The war seems particularly far away for the Wilson family.

Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War.

1741 October 1915 - Florrie Wilson20151001Florrie and Albert can hardly speak for happiness.

Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War.

1752 October 1915 - Juliet Argent20151002Juliet's secret is growing out of control.

Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War.

1765 October 1915 - Alice Macknade20151005Roy takes a surprising step to avoid being identified as a deserter.

Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War.

1776 October 1915 - Gabriel Graham20151006Gabriel begins to suspect Dolly Clout may not be the real thing.

Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War.

1787 October 1915 - Dorothea Winwood20151007Dorothea 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.

1798 October 1915 - Sylvia Graham20151008Sylvia 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.

1809 October 1915 - Lilian Frost20151009Lilian 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.

18112 October 1915 - Adeline Lumley20151012Edith 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.

18213 October 1915 - Kitty Lumley20151013Kitty is shocked to discover a whole world she knew nothing about.

Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War.

18314 October 1915 - Adam Wilson20151014Adam cannot celebrate the family's good news with any enthusiasm.

Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War.

18415 October 1915 - Isabel Graham20151015The 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.

18516 October 1915 - Albert Wilson20151016Albert 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.

18619 October 1915 - Lilian Frost20151019Russia and Italy declare war on Bulgaria, and Lilian Frost tries to make amends.

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18720 October 1915 - Alice Macknade20151020Germany announces an assault on Riga, and Alice Macknade reluctantly hosts a dinner party.

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18821 October 1915 - Isabel Graham20151021Isabel and Dorothea put aside their differences to help Dolly Clout.

Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War.

18922 October 1915 - Adam Wilson20151022A 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.

19023 October 1915 - Albert Wilson20151023German 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.

19126 October 1915 - Clemmie Crayford20151026Folkestone'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.

19227 October 1915 - Alec Poole20151027Two-year-old Mathieu Dupont goes missing.

Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War.

19328 October 1915 - Roy Lavoie20151028Private Lavoie sees an opportunity to escape court martial.

Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War.

19429 October 1915 - Nancy Parker20151029Folkestone 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.

19530 October 1915 - Kitty Lumley20151030In 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.

19621 December 1915 - Florrie Wilson (Season 6 start)20151221Folkestone 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.

19722 December 1915 - Dorothea Winwood20151222David Lloyd George visits Newcastle, and it is Dorothea's first day at the Bevan.

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19823 December 1915 - Albert Wilson20151223In 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.

19924 December 1915 - Marion Wardle20151224The 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.

200Christmas Day 1915 - Adeline Lumley20151225Adeline Lumley makes a Christmas wish.

Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War.

20128 December 1915 - Ruth Billings20151228Ruth Billings's temper gets her into trouble.

Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War.

20229 December 1915 - Isabel Graham20151229The Grahams discover where Adeline and Phyllis have gone.

Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War.

20330 December 1915 - Nell Kingsley20151230At the Bevan Hospital an injured soldier avoids returning to duty.

Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War.

20431 December 1915 - Alec Poole20151231At the Bevan Hospital, patients prepare for New Year's Eve.

Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War.

2051 January 1916 - Hilary Pearce20160101

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
A Shakespeare quote is hidden in each Home Front episode that is set in 1916. These were first broadcast in 2016, the 400th anniversary year of the playwright's death. Can you spot them all?

Written by Richard Monks
Directed by Allegra McIlroy
Editor: Jessica Dromgoole

Story-led by Shaun McKenna
Sound: Martha Littlehailes
Composer: Matthew Strachan
Consultant Historian: Maggie Andrews.

The home secretary resigns, and Hilary Pearce makes an unexpected offer.

Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War.

2064 January 1916 - Dorothea Winwood20160104

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
Directed by Jessica Dromgoole
Sound: Martha Littlehailes

SECRET SHAKESPEARE
A Shakespeare quote is hidden in each Home Front episode that is set in 1916. These were first broadcast in 2016, the 400th anniversary year of the playwright's death. Can you spot them all?

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.

2075 January 1916 - Adeline Lumley20160105Adeline Lumley brings her son home.

Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War.

2086 January 1916 - Hilary Pearce20160106Hilary is caught up in the arrangements for celebrating the Derby Scheme.

Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War.

2097 January 1916 - Victor Lumley20160107Victor feels more hunted than hunter.

Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War.

2108 January 1916 - Ruth Billings20160108

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
Directed by Jessica Dromgoole
Sound: Martha Littlehailes

SECRET SHAKESPEARE
A Shakespeare quote is hidden in each Home Front episode that is set in 1916. These were first broadcast in 2016, the 400th anniversary year of the playwright's death. Can you spot them all?

Ruth Billings cold and hungry and unsure how to survive.

Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War.

21111 January 1916 - Dorothea Winwood20160111

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
Directed by Allegra McIlroy
Sound: Martha Littlehailes
Editor: Jessica Dromgoole.

SECRET SHAKESPEARE
A Shakespeare quote is hidden in each Home Front episode that is set in 1916. These were first broadcast in 2016, the 400th anniversary year of the playwright's death. Can you spot them all?

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.

21212 January 1916 - Sylvia Graham20160112Sylvia Graham has a change of heart.

Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War.

21313 January 1916 - Hilary Pearce20160113Shares 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.

21414 January 1916 - Isabel Graham20160114Isabel discovers Belgian refugees in Folkestone.

Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War.

21515 January 1916 - Norman Harris20160115

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
Directed by Allegra McIlroy
Sound: Martha Littlehailes
Editor: Jessica Dromgoole.

SECRET SHAKESPEARE
A Shakespeare quote is hidden in each Home Front episode that is set in 1916. These were first broadcast in 2016, the 400th anniversary year of the playwright's death. Can you spot them all?

There are new arrivals at the police station in Folkestone.

Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War.

21618 January 1916 - Ralph Winwood20160118

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
Directed by Jessica Dromgoole
Sound: Martha Littlehailes

SECRET SHAKESPEARE
A Shakespeare quote is hidden in each Home Front episode that is set in 1916. These were first broadcast in 2016, the 400th anniversary year of the playwright's death. Can you spot them all?

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.

21719 January 1916 - Alec Poole20160119The stalled Montenegro and Austria negotiations parallel events in the Winwood household.

Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War.

21820 January 1916 - Kitty Lumley20160120Kitty has a moment of hope for her missing brother.

Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War.

21921 January 1916 - Marion Wardle20160121Former factory workers Marion and Edie are feeling even more liberated.

Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War.

22022 January 1916 - Isabel Graham20160122

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
Directed by Jessica Dromgoole
Sound: Martha Littlehailes

SECRET SHAKESPEARE
A Shakespeare quote is hidden in each Home Front episode that is set in 1916. These were first broadcast in 2016, the 400th anniversary year of the playwright's death. Can you spot them all?

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.

22125 January 1916 - Bob Capeling20160125

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
Directed by Allegra McIlroy
Sound: Martha Littlehailes
Editor: Jessica Dromgoole.

SECRET SHAKESPEARE
A Shakespeare quote is hidden in each Home Front episode that is set in 1916. These were first broadcast in 2016, the 400th anniversary year of the playwright's death. Can you spot them all?

Bob Capeling finds himself in difficulties at the Bevan.

Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War.

22226 January 1916 - Kitty Lumley20160126At the Bevan, Victor is finding his recovery painfully slow.

Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War.

22327 January 1916 - Adeline Lumley20160127In Folkestone, Adeline and Phyllis do their best for Victor.

Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War.

22428 January 1916, Hilary Pearce20160128In Folkestone, Hilary is moved by Ruby Tulliver.

Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War.

22529 January 1916 - Olive Hargreaves20160129

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
Directed by Allegra McIlroy
Sound: Martha Littlehailes
Editor: Jessica Dromgoole.

SECRET SHAKESPEARE
A Shakespeare quote is hidden in each Home Front episode that is set in 1916. These were first broadcast in 2016, the 400th anniversary year of the playwright's death. Can you spot them all?

At the Bevan hospital, Sister Hargreaves clashes with Dorothea.

Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War.

2261 February 1916 - Nell Kingsley20160201

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
Directed by Jessica Dromgoole
Sound: Martha Littlehailes

SECRET SHAKESPEARE
A Shakespeare quote is hidden in each Home Front episode that is set in 1916. These were first broadcast in 2016, the 400th anniversary year of the playwright's death. Can you spot them all?

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.

2272 February 1916 - Isabel Graham20160202Isabel tries hard to find something for Cristine to do.

Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War.

2283 February 1916 - Hilary Pearce20160203Hilary Pearce sets out to catch a very particular fish.

Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War.

2294 February 1916 - Olive Hargreaves20160204Sister Hargreaves has a particularly bad day.

Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War.

2305 February 1916 - Florrie Wilson20160205

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
Directed by Jessica Dromgoole
Sound: Martha Littlehailes

SECRET SHAKESPEARE
A Shakespeare quote is hidden in each Home Front episode that is set in 1916. These were first broadcast in 2016, the 400th anniversary year of the playwright's death. Can you spot them all?

Tiredness and grief give Florrie Wilson a very short fuse.

Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War.

2318 February 1916 - Isabel Graham20160208

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
Directed by Allegra McIlroy
Sound: Martha Littlehailes
Editor: Jessica Dromgoole.

SECRET SHAKESPEARE
A Shakespeare quote is hidden in each Home Front episode that is set in 1916. These were first broadcast in 2016, the 400th anniversary year of the playwright's death. Can you spot them all?

Isabel finally finds a solution for the persistent young Cristine.

Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War.

2329 February 1916 - Norman Harris20160209Norman Harris receives wonderful news.

Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War.

23310 February 1916 - Victor Lumley20160210Victor Lumley is desperate to return to his men in France.

Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War.

23411 February 1916 - Kitty Lumley20160211The Wilson family struggle with their secrets.

Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War.

23512 February 1916 - Hilary Pearce20160212

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
Directed by Allegra McIlroy
Sound: Martha Littlehailes
Editor: Jessica Dromgoole.

SECRET SHAKESPEARE
A Shakespeare quote is hidden in each Home Front episode that is set in 1916. These were first broadcast in 2016, the 400th anniversary year of the playwright's death. Can you spot them all?

It is a day of celebrations in Folkestone.

Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War.

2364 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
Directed by Allegra McIlroy
Sound: Martha Littlehailes
Editor: Jessica Dromgoole

NOTES
This seventh season of Home Front is set in a farming community in South Devon, where Gabriel's sister Cora lives, and - coincidentally - where Adam Wilson headed at the end of Season Six, running away from his crime, and looking for Dieter. Our characters' stories take place against the backdrop of history, in this case, a notable shift in the preoccupations of the Home Front.

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.

2375 April 1916 - John Rossiter20160405At Spittal End Farm, conscription appears on the horizon.

Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War.

2386 April 1916 - Sylvia Graham20160406At 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.

2397 April 1916 - Elspeth Taverner20160407More old feuds are reignited at Halecot Farm.

Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War.

2408 April 1916 - Alexander Gidley20160408

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
Directed by Allegra McIlroy
Editor: Jessica Dromgoole

SECRET SHAKESPEARE
A Shakespeare quote is hidden in each Home Front episode that is set in 1916. These were first broadcast in 2016, the 400th anniversary year of the playwright's death. Can you spot them all?

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.

24111 April 1916 - Dieter Lippke20160411

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
Directed by Jessica Dromgoole
Sound: Martha Littlehailes

SECRET SHAKESPEARE
A Shakespeare quote is hidden in each Home Front episode that is set in 1916. These were first broadcast in 2016, the 400th anniversary year of the playwright's death. Can you spot them all?

Dieter's position at Buckfast Abbey is threatened.

Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War.

24212 April 1916 - Adam Wilson20160412

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
Directed by Jessica Dromgoole
Sound: Martha Littlehailes

SECRET SHAKESPEARE
A Shakespeare quote is hidden in each Home Front episode that is set in 1916. These were first broadcast in 2016, the 400th anniversary year of the playwright's death. Can you spot them all?

Adam Wilson finally meets up with an old friend.

Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War.

24313 April 1916 - Cora Gidley20160413

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
Cora Gidley ..... Joanna Monro
Alexander Gidley ..... Matthew Beard
Bertram Colville ..... Nick Underwood
Clarence Ogden ..... David Sterne
Cyrus Colville ..... Anton Lesser
Emily Colville ..... Scarlett Brookes
Gabriel Graham ..... Michael Bertenshaw
Hector Gidley ..... Brian Protheroe
John Rossiter ..... Mark Carey

Written by Sebastian Baczkiewicz
Directed by Jessica Dromgoole
Sound: Martha Littlehailes

SECRET SHAKESPEARE
A Shakespeare quote is hidden in each Home Front episode that is set in 1916. These were first broadcast in 2016, the 400th anniversary year of the playwright's death. Can you spot them all?

In Staverton, Cora Gidley has a domestic crisis.

Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War.

24414 April 1916 - Edwin Lloyd20160414

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
Edwin Lloyd ..... Finn den Hertog
Ambrose Nichols ..... Steve Clark
Donald Fox ..... Jayson Benovichi-Dicken
Emily Colville ..... Scarlett Brookes
Marcus Goodridge ..... Max Bennett
Tobias Holden ..... Toby Bryant
William Fulford ..... Ryan Coath

Written by Sebastian Baczkiewicz
Directed by Jessica Dromgoole
Sound: Martha Littlehailes

SECRET SHAKESPEARE
A Shakespeare quote is hidden in each Home Front episode that is set in 1916. These were first broadcast in 2016, the 400th anniversary year of the playwright's death. Can you spot them all?

Edwin Lloyd feels a long way from home.

Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War.

24515 April 1916 - Tobias Holden20160415

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
Tobias Holden ..... Toby Bryant
Alexander Gidley ..... Matthew Beard
Clarence Ogden ..... David Sterne
Hector Gidley ..... Brian Protheroe
Marcus Goodridge ..... Max Bennett
Moses Wickens ..... Ben Callon
Primrose Rutter ..... Jade Matthew
Usher ..... Ciaran Bermingham

Written by Sebastian Baczkiewicz
Directed by Jessica Dromgoole
Sound: Martha Littlehailes

SECRET SHAKESPEARE
A Shakespeare quote is hidden in each Home Front episode that is set in 1916. These were first broadcast in 2016, the 400th anniversary year of the playwright's death. Can you spot them all?

Tobias has a day of surprises.

Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War.

24618 April 1916 - Emily Colville20160418

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
Directed by Allegra McIlroy
Editor: Jessica Dromgoole
Sound: Martha Littlehailes

SECRET SHAKESPEARE
A Shakespeare quote is hidden in each Home Front episode that is set in 1916. These were first broadcast in 2016, the 400th anniversary year of the playwright's death. Can you spot them all?

In Ashburton, Emily Colville faces unexpected hostility.

Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War.

24719 April 1916, Rose Fairweather20160419On Blackfold Farm, Rose Fairweather feels trapped.

Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War.

24820 April 1916, Elspeth Taverner20160420The rift widens between Halecot and Blackfold farms.

Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War.

24921 April 1916 - Tobias Holden20160421Tobias Holden tries to mend bridges.

Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War.

25022 April 1916 - William Fulford20160422

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
Editor: Jessica Dromgoole
Sound: Martha Littlehailes

SECRET SHAKESPEARE
A Shakespeare quote is hidden in each Home Front episode that is set in 1916. These were first broadcast in 2016, the 400th anniversary year of the playwright's death. Can you spot them all?

In Ashburton, William Fulford is at odds with his parents.

Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War.

25125 April 1916 - Adam Wilson20160425

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
Directed by Jessica Dromgoole
Sound: Martha Littlehailes

SECRET SHAKESPEARE
A Shakespeare quote is hidden in each Home Front episode that is set in 1916. These were first broadcast in 2016, the 400th anniversary year of the playwright's death. Can you spot them all?

An unexpected visitor shatters the peace at Halecot Farm.

Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War.

25226 April 1916 - Emily Colville20160426

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
Directed by Jessica Dromgoole
Sound: Martha Littlehailes

Emily is losing her resolve with Edwin.

Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War.

25327 April 1916 - Johnnie Marshall20160427

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
Directed by Jessica Dromgoole
Sound: Martha Littlehailes

SECRET SHAKESPEARE
A Shakespeare quote is hidden in each Home Front episode that is set in 1916. These were first broadcast in 2016, the 400th anniversary year of the playwright's death. Can you spot them all?

In Buckfast, Johnnie is a man on a mission.

Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War.

25428 April 1916 - Isaac Cox20160428In Ashburton, Isaac discovers Lewis has not been working at Halecot Farm.

Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War.

25529 April 1916 - Alexander Gidley20160429

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
Directed by Jessica Dromgoole
Sound: Martha Littlehailes

SECRET SHAKESPEARE
A Shakespeare quote is hidden in each Home Front episode that is set in 1916. These were first broadcast in 2016, the 400th anniversary year of the playwright's death. Can you spot them all?

In Deanscombe Quarry, Alexander gets his first taste of being foreman.

Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War.

2562 May 1916 - Adam Wilson20160502

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
Directed by Allegra McIlroy
Sound: Martha Littlehailes
Editor: Jessica Dromgoole.

SECRET SHAKESPEARE
A Shakespeare quote is hidden in each Home Front episode that is set in 1916. These were first broadcast in 2016, the 400th anniversary year of the playwright's death. Can you spot them all?

A letter arrives for Lewis Cox.

Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War.

2573 May 1916 - Emily Colville20160503

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
Directed by Allegra McIlroy
Sound: Martha Littlehailes
Editor: Jessica Dromgoole.

In Ashburton, Emily is on course for collision with her fiance.

Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War.

2584 May 1916 - Alexander Gidley20160504

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
Directed by Allegra McIlroy
Sound: Martha Littlehailes
Editor: Jessica Dromgoole.

SECRET SHAKESPEARE
A Shakespeare quote is hidden in each Home Front episode that is set in 1916. These were first broadcast in 2016, the 400th anniversary year of the playwright's death. Can you spot them all?

Alexander Gidley continues to face resistance at the quarry.

Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War.

2595 May 1916 - Cora Gidley20160505

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
Directed by Allegra McIlroy
Sound: Martha Littlehailes
Editor: Jessica Dromgoole.

SECRET SHAKESPEARE
A Shakespeare quote is hidden in each Home Front episode that is set in 1916. These were first broadcast in 2016, the 400th anniversary year of the playwright's death. Can you spot them all?

Cora Gidley is on the defensive.

Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War.

2606 May 1916 - Johnnie Marshall20160506

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
Directed by Allegra McIlroy
Sound: Martha Littlehailes
Editor: Jessica Dromgoole.

SECRET SHAKESPEARE
A Shakespeare quote is hidden in each Home Front episode that is set in 1916. These were first broadcast in 2016, the 400th anniversary year of the playwright's death. Can you spot them all?

Johnnie Marshall is in pursuit of information.

Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War.

2619 May 1916 - Kitty Lumley20160509

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
Directed by Jessica Dromgoole
Sound: Martha Littlehailes

SECRET SHAKESPEARE
A Shakespeare quote is hidden in each Home Front episode that is set in 1916. These were first broadcast in 2016, the 400th anniversary year of the playwright's death. Can you spot them all?

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.

26210 May 1916 - Hetty Cox20160510Hetty is in unforgiving mood.

Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War.

26311 May 1916 - Isabel Graham20160511

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
Directed by Jessica Dromgoole
Sound: Martha Littlehailes

SECRET SHAKESPEARE
A Shakespeare quote is hidden in each Home Front episode that is set in 1916. These were first broadcast in 2016, the 400th anniversary year of the playwright's death. Can you spot them all?

Isabel gets a lesson in relaxing.

Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War.

26412 May 1916 - Edwin Lloyd20160512

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
Directed by Jessica Dromgoole
Sound: Martha Littlehailes

SECRET SHAKESPEARE
A Shakespeare quote is hidden in each Home Front episode that is set in 1916. These were first broadcast in 2016, the 400th anniversary year of the playwright's death. Can you spot them all?

In Ashburton, Edwin Lloyd is well enough to start work again.

Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War.

26513 May 1916 - Alexander Gidley20160513In Staverton, it is Alexander Gidley's birthday.

Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War.

26616 May 1916 - Alexander Gidley20160516

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
Directed by Allegra McIlroy
Sound: Martha Littlehailes
Editor: Jessica Dromgoole.

SECRET SHAKESPEARE
A Shakespeare quote is hidden in each Home Front episode that is set in 1916. These were first broadcast in 2016, the 400th anniversary year of the playwright's death. Can you spot them all?

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.

26717 May 1916 - Kitty Lumley20160517At Halecot Farm, old loyalties are strained.

Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War.

26818 May 1916 - Emily Colville20160518

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
Directed by Allegra McIlroy
Sound: Martha Littlehailes
Editor: Jessica Dromgoole.

SECRET SHAKESPEARE
A Shakespeare quote is hidden in each Home Front episode that is set in 1916. These were first broadcast in 2016, the 400th anniversary year of the playwright's death. Can you spot them all?

In Ashburton, Emily Colville resists her duty.

Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War.

27019 May 1916 - John Rossiter20160519

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
Directed by Allegra McIlroy
Sound: Martha Littlehailes
Editor: Jessica Dromgoole.

SECRET SHAKESPEARE
A Shakespeare quote is hidden in each Home Front episode that is set in 1916. These were first broadcast in 2016, the 400th anniversary year of the playwright's death. Can you spot them all?

At Spittal End Farm, John Rossiter begins to warm towards Rose.

Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War.

27120 May 1916 - Cyrus Colville20160520

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
Directed by Allegra McIlroy
Sound: Martha Littlehailes
Editor: Jessica Dromgoole.

SECRET SHAKESPEARE
A Shakespeare quote is hidden in each Home Front episode that is set in 1916. These were first broadcast in 2016, the 400th anniversary year of the playwright's death. Can you spot them all?

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.

27123 May 1916 - Emily Colville20160523

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
Directed by Jessica Dromgoole
Sound: Martha Littlehailes

SECRET SHAKESPEARE
A Shakespeare quote is hidden in each Home Front episode that is set in 1916. These were first broadcast in 2016, the 400th anniversary year of the playwright's death. Can you spot them all?

Lord Colville takes his daughter to the theatre.

Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War.

27224 May 1916 - Dieter Lippke20160524Epic 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.

27325 May 1916 - Oswald Dyer20160525Epic 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.

27426 May 1916 - Adam Wilson20160526The Wilsons prepare to leave Devonshire.

Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War.

27527 May 1916 - Kitty Lumley20160527

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
Directed by Jessica Dromgoole
Sound: Martha Littlehailes

SECRET SHAKESPEARE
A Shakespeare quote is hidden in each Home Front episode that is set in 1916. These were first broadcast in 2016, the 400th anniversary year of the playwright's death. Can you spot them all?

At Halecot Farm, relations are troubled.

Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War.

2768 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
Directed by Jessica Dromgoole
Sound: Martha Littlehailes

NOTES
This season (Season 8) of Home Front is set back in Folkestone, during the Battle of the Somme, and just after the death of Lord Kitchener in circumstances that provoked a number of conspiracy theories, and the execution of Sir Roger Casement for his role in the Easter Rising. 'Spyfever' was understandably at a pitch, and Folkestone was an important base for the newly formed Secret Service bureau. Both the Secret Intelligence Service and the War Office had bases in the town, recruiting and organising overseas intelligence gathering. Genuine players at the time include Captain Mansfield Cumming, codename C (Brian Protheroe), and Major Cecil Cameron, codename CF (Justin Salinger).

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
A Shakespeare quote is hidden in each Home Front episode that is set in 1916. These were first broadcast in 2016, the 400th anniversary year of the playwright's death. Can you spot them all?

The Graham household is concerned for Gabriel's mind.

Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War.

2779 August 1916 - Edie Chadwick20160809Edie, 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.

27810 August 1916 - Gabriel Graham20160810In Folkestone, the Grahams face an impossible situation.

Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War.

27911 August 1916 - Juliet Argent20160811Italy 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.

28012 August 1916 - Alice Macknade20160812Alice Macknade's life seems blessed.

Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War.

28115 August 1916 - Florrie Wilson20160815

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
Directed by Allegra McIlroy
Sound: Martha Littlehailes
Editor: Jessica Dromgoole

SECRET SHAKESPEARE
A Shakespeare quote is hidden in each Home Front episode that is set in 1916. These were first broadcast in 2016, the 400th anniversary year of the playwright's death. Can you spot them all?

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.

28216 August 1916 - Hugh Cavendish20160816Hugh Cavendish resists the incursions of Cecil Cameron.

Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War.

28317 August 1916 - Esme Macknade20160817Esme Macknade steels herself to face her father.

Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War.

28418 August 1916 - Johnnie Marshall20160818In Folkestone, British intelligence agencies compete for position.

Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War.

28519 August 1916 - Norman Harris20160819In Folkestone, Norman Harris's life changes direction.

Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War.

28622 August 1916 - Juliet Cavendish20160822

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
Directed by Jessica Dromgoole
Sound: Martha Littlehailes

SECRET SHAKESPEARE
A Shakespeare quote is hidden in each Home Front episode that is set in 1916. These were first broadcast in 2016, the 400th anniversary year of the playwright's death. Can you spot them all?

Juliet finds it hard to reconcile her delight and her fears.

Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War.

28723 August 1916 - Alec Poole20160823The Reverend Alec Poole has a complicated day.

Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War.

28824 August 1916 - Hilary Pearce20160824Following 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.

28925 August 1916 - Kitty Wilson20160825Kitty 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.

29026 August 1916 - Johnnie Marshall20160826Epic 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.

29129 August 1916 - Alec Poole20160829

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
Directed by Allegra McIlroy
Sound: Martha Littlehailes
Editor: Jessica Dromgoole

SECRET SHAKESPEARE
A Shakespeare quote is hidden in each Home Front episode that is set in 1916. These were first broadcast in 2016, the 400th anniversary year of the playwright's death. Can you spot them all?

Alec Poole's loyalties are stretched.

Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War.

29230 August 1916 - Esme Macknade20160830A new arrival at the Grahams' fractures Esme's peace of mind.

Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War.

29331 August 1916 - Juliet Argent20160831Juliet Cavendish's marriage is on fragile ground.

Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War.

2941 September 1916 - Dorothea Winwood20160901

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
Directed by Allegra McIlroy
Sound: Martha Littlehailes
Editor: Jessica Dromgoole

SECRET SHAKESPEARE
A Shakespeare quote is hidden in each Home Front episode that is set in 1916. These were first broadcast in 2016, the 400th anniversary year of the playwright's death. Can you spot them all?

Ralph Winwood returns home to a limited welcome.

Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War.

2952 September 1916 - Hilary Pearce20160902

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
Directed by Allegra McIlroy
Sound: Martha Littlehailes
Editor: Jessica Dromgoole

SECRET SHAKESPEARE
A Shakespeare quote is hidden in each Home Front episode that is set in 1916. These were first broadcast in 2016, the 400th anniversary year of the playwright's death. Can you spot them all?

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.

2965 September 1916 - Isabel Graham20160905Isabel's courage fails her.

Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War.

2976 September 1916 - Alice Macknade20160906Bill Macknade is back on fighting form.

Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War.

2987 September 1916 - Elizabeth Chance20160907

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
Directed by Jessica Dromgoole
Sound: Martha Littlehailes

SECRET SHAKESPEARE
A Shakespeare quote is hidden in each Home Front episode that is set in 1916. These were first broadcast in 2016, the 400th anniversary year of the playwright's death. Can you spot them all?

The Winwood household is finally ready for some truths.

Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War.

2998 September 1916 - Dennis Monk20160908Dennis Monk tries to re-enter Folkestone life.

Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War.

3009 September 1916 - Jessie Moore20160909

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
Directed by Jessica Dromgoole
Sound: Martha Littlehailes

SECRET SHAKESPEARE
A Shakespeare quote is hidden in each Home Front episode that is set in 1916. These were first broadcast in 2016, the 400th anniversary year of the playwright's death. Can you spot them all?

Jessie and Adam enter a singing contest on the pier.

Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War.

30112 September 1916 - Ivy Layton20160912

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
Directed by Allegra McIlroy
Sound: Martha Littlehailes
Editor: Jessica Dromgoole

SECRET SHAKESPEARE
A Shakespeare quote is hidden in each Home Front episode that is set in 1916. These were first broadcast in 2016, the 400th anniversary year of the playwright's death. Can you spot them all?

Ivy Layton enlists a film projectionist.

Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War.

30213 September 1916 - Hugh Cavendish20160913Lieutenant Cavendish faces Dr Argent at the Grand Hotel.

Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War.

30314 September 1916 - Kitty Lumley20160914

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
Directed by Allegra McIlroy
Sound: Martha Littlehailes
Editor: Jessica Dromgoole

SECRET SHAKESPEARE
A Shakespeare quote is hidden in each Home Front episode that is set in 1916. These were first broadcast in 2016, the 400th anniversary year of the playwright's death. Can you spot them all?

Kitty makes a painful decision.

Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War.

30415 September 1916 - Adam Wilson20160915In Folkestone, Adam Wilson finds himself caught up in war games.

Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War.

30516 September 1916 - Norman Harris20160916

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
Directed by Allegra McIlroy
Sound: Martha Littlehailes
Editor: Jessica Dromgoole

The Battle of the Somme film captivates Maisie Harris.

Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War.

30619 September 1916 - Florrie Wilson20160919

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
Directed by Jessica Dromgoole
Sound: Martha Littlehailes

SECRET SHAKESPEARE
A Shakespeare quote is hidden in each Home Front episode that is set in 1916. These were first broadcast in 2016, the 400th anniversary year of the playwright's death. Can you spot them all?

Florrie Wilson gets interesting news from Mrs Crayford.

Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War.

30720 September 1916 - Alec Poole20160920Alec Poole grows weary of his double life.

Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War.

30821 September 1916 - Ralph Winwood20160921

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
Directed by Jessica Dromgoole
Sound: Martha Littlehailes

SECRET SHAKESPEARE
A Shakespeare quote is hidden in each Home Front episode that is set in 1916. These were first broadcast in 2016, the 400th anniversary year of the playwright's death. Can you spot them all?

Dorothea deploys a surprise strategy for her father's memorial.

Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War.

30922 September 1916 - Juliet Cavendish20160922Hugh and Juliet Cavendish try to create a perfect day.

Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War.

31023 September 1916 - Dennis Monk20160923

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
Directed by Jessica Dromgoole
Sound: Martha Littlehailes

SECRET SHAKESPEARE
A Shakespeare quote is hidden in each Home Front episode that is set in 1916. These were first broadcast in 2016, the 400th anniversary year of the playwright's death. Can you spot them all?

In Folkestone, Dennis Monk is plagued by his own past.

Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War.

31126 September 1916 - Esme Macknade20160926Esme Macknade has captured Oscar's interest.

Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War.

31227 September 1916 - Juliet Cavendish20160927In Folkestone, the Cavendish family face another parting.

Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War.

31328 September 1916 - Ivy Layton20160928

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
Directed by Allegra McIlroy
Sound: Martha Littlehailes
Editor: Jessica Dromgoole

At the Pleasure Gardens Theatre, a small miracle occurs.

Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War.

31429 September 1916 - Isabel Graham20160929Isabel Graham summons her resolve.

Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War.

31530 September 1916 - Kitty Lumley20160930

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
Directed by Allegra McIlroy
Sound: Martha Littlehailes
Editor: Jessica Dromgoole

SECRET SHAKESPEARE
A Shakespeare quote is hidden in each Home Front episode that is set in 1916. These were first broadcast in 2016, the 400th anniversary year of the playwright's death. Can you spot them all?

It is a day of secrets and unexpected joy in Folkestone.

Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War.

31612 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
Directed by Allegra McIlroy
Sound: Martha Littlehailes
Editor: Jessica Dromgoole

NOTES
Season 9 of Home Front (Foreign Bodies) opens shortly after the Somme, on the day a war-weary Germany made a peace offer to the Allies via neutral America - an offer treated with suspicion by Lloyd George's new Government, formed only the day before.

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).

SECRET SHAKESPEARE
A phrase is hidden in every episode in 2016. If you spot one, tweet it using #BBCHomeFront.

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.

31713 December 1916 - Marion Wardle20161213

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
Directed by Allegra McIlroy
Sound: Martha Littlehailes
Editor: Jessica Dromgoole

SECRET SHAKESPEARE
A Shakespeare quote is hidden in each Home Front episode that is set in 1916. These were first broadcast in 2016, the 400th anniversary year of the playwright's death. Can you spot them all?

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.

31814 December 1916 - Lester Reed20161214Epic 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.

31915 December 1916 - Martha Lamb20161215

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
Directed by Allegra McIlroy
Sound: Martha Littlehailes
Editor: Jessica Dromgoole

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.

32016 December 1916 - Edgar Bates20161216At 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.

32119 December 1916 - Alan Lowther20161219

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
Directed by Jessica Dromgoole
Sound: Martha Littlehailes

Alan Lowther is increasingly caught in the middle at Marshalls'.

Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War.

32220 December 1916 - Adeline Lumley20161220On 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.

32321 December 1916 - Marion Wardle20161221There are grumblings in the Belgian colony in Birtley.

Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War.

32422 December 1916 - Evelina White20161222Evelina is determined to keep politics out of her toyshop.

Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War.

32523 December 1916 - DR Walker20161223Epic 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.

32626 December 1916 - Cressida Marshsall20161226At Marshall's factory, Boxing Day is a festive occasion.

Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War.

32727 December 1916 - Edie Chadwick20161227

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
Directed by Allegra McIlroy
Sound: Martha Littlehailes
Editor: Jessica Dromgoole

In Tyneside, the Marshall Girls say 'fiddlesticks to convention'.

Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War.

32828 December 1916 - Kitty Lumley20161228Epic 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.

32929 December 1916 - DR Walker20161229

On this day in 1916, Rasputin was assassinated in Russia, while in Tynemouth DR Walker discovers an unexpected ally.

Written by Shaun McKenna
Directed by Allegra McIlroy
Sound: Martha Littlehailes
Editor: Jessica Dromgoole

SECRET SHAKESPEARE
A Shakespeare quote is hidden in each Home Front episode that is set in 1916. These were first broadcast in 2016, the 400th anniversary year of the playwright's death. Can you spot them all?

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.

33030 December 1916 - Lester Reed20161230

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
Directed by Allegra McIlroy
Sound: Martha Littlehailes
Editor: Jessica Dromgoole

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.

3312 January 1917 - Phyllis Marshall20170102Marshalls' munitions factory is busy with visitors.

Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War.

3323 January 1917 - Gabriel Graham20170103There 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.

3334 January 1917 - Edie Chadwick20170104Epic 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.

3345 January 1917 - Kenny Stokoe20170105In Tynemouth, Kenny's allegiances come under scrutiny.

Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War.

3356 January 1917 - Alan Lowther20170106In Tynemouth, Alan Lowther finds himself under attack from all sides.

Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War.

3369 January 1917 - Anthony Yates20170109Despite 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.

33710 January 1917 - JJ Saltz20170110

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
Directed by Allegra McIlroy
Sound: Martha Littlehailes
Editor: Jessica Dromgoole

In Tynemouth, Mr Saltz is feeling insubordinate.

Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War.

33811 January 1917 - Lester Reed20170111Lester Reed continues to point the finger at Tynemouth's enemies within.

Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War.

33912 January 1917 - Marion Wardle20170112Riots 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.

34013 January 1917 - Alan Lowther20170113Alan Lowther struggles under a burden of responsibility.

Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War.

34116 January 1917 - Sylvia Graham20170116In Tynemouth, Sylvia Graham finds an unlikely ally.

Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War.

34217 January 1917 - Iris Reed20170117In North Shields, Iris Reed plans some entertainment.

Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War.

34318 January 1917 - DR Walker20170118Journalist 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.

34419 January 1917 - Marion Wardle20170119In North Shields, Marion is still shaken by recent events.

Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War.

34520 January 1917 - Adeline Lumley20170120At Collingwood Park, Adeline has some wonderful news.

Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War.

34623 January 1917 - Kenny Stokoe20170123In Tynemouth, injured veteran Kenny Stokoe tries to make amends.

Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War.

34724 January 1917 - Alan Lowther20170124In Tynemouth, Alan Lowther is besieged from all sides.

Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War.

34825 January 1917 - Sylvia Graham20170125Sylvia Graham does her best to steer her family through choppy waters.

Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War.

34926 January 1917 - Adeline Lumley20170126In Tynemouth, Adeline makes sure she is heard loud and clear.

Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War.

35027 January 1917 - DR Walker20170127In Tynemouth, Edie Chadwick is publicly recognised for heroism.

Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War.

35130 January 1917 - Albert Wilson20170130In Tynemouth, Albert Wilson is disappointed.

Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War.

35231 January 1917 - Marion Wardle20170131In North Shields, Marion tells Edie Kitty's secret.

Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War.

3531 February 1917 - Cressida Marshall20170201In Tynemouth, Cressida makes a small but courageous step forwards.

Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War.

3542 February 1917 - DR Walker20170202In Tynemouth, Dilys works out how to win her fight.

Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War.

3553 February 1917 - Edie Chadwick20170203

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
Directed by Jessica Dromgoole
Sound: Martha Littlehailes

Note:
This is the final episode in Season 9 of Home Front (12 December 1916 to 3 February 1917).
Season 10 is set from 17 April to 9 June 1917.

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.

35617 April 1917, Ralph Winwood (season 10 Start)20170417On 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.

35718 April 1917 - Alec Poole20170418In Folkestone, Alec Poole offers spiritual sustenance to an unorthodox congregation.

Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War.

35819 April 1917 - Maisie Harris20170419

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
Directed by Allegra McIlroy
Sound: Martha Littlehailes
Editor: Jessica Dromgoole.

In Folkestone, Maisie Harris searches for the still, small voice.

Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War.

35920 April 1917 - Noah Hamilton20170420

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
Directed by Allegra McIlroy
Sound: Martha Littlehailes
Editor: Jessica Dromgoole.

In Folkestone, Noah Hamilton pursues small acts of resistance.

Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War.

40021 April 1917 - Sylvia Graham20170421Sylvia Graham's patriotism is invigorated.

Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War.

40124 April 1917 - Kitty Lumley20170424In Folkestone, there is a new start for Kitty.

Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War.

40225 April 1917 - Walter Hamilton20170425

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
Singers conducted by Sam Evans
Sound: Martha Littlehailes
Directed by Jessica Dromgoole.

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.

40326 April 1917 - Jessie Moore20170426Epic 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.

40427 April 1917 - Hilary Pearce20170427In Folkestone, Hilary gets his call up papers.

Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War.

40528 April 1917 - Ralph Winwood20170428The Winwoods host a dinner party.

Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War.

4061 May 1917 - Kitty Lumley20170501

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
Directed by Allegra McIlroy
Sound: Martha Littlehailes
Editor: Jessica Dromgoole.

In Folkestone, Kitty must keep her own counsel.

Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War.

4072 May 1917 - Ralph Winwood20170502

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
Directed by Allegra McIlroy
Sound: Martha Littlehailes
Editor: Jessica Dromgoole.

At St Jude's, Ralph is still doing penance.

Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War.

4083 May 1917 - Howard Argent20170503In Folkestone, Howard Argent happily surrenders.

Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War.

4094 May 1917 - Nancy Parker20170504In Folkestone, Nancy Parker's kitchen is invaded.

Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War.

4105 May 1917 - Cynthia Hamilton20170505

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
Directed by Allegra McIlroy
Sound: Martha Littlehailes
Editor: Jessica Dromgoole.

The repairs are nearly complete at St Stephen's.

Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War.

4118 May 1917 - Kitty Lumley20170508Victor Lumley arrives home on leave in need of a good steak.

Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War.

4129 May 1917 - Joan Edkins20170509Epic 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.

41310 May 1917 - Ralph Winwood20170510Ralph 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.

41411 May 1917 - Cynthia Hamilton20170511Dorothea and Cynthia swap quiet confidences.

Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War.

41512 May 1917 - Isabel Graham20170512

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
Organ ..... David Smith

Written by Sebastian Baczkiewicz
Singers conducted by Sam Evans
Sound: Martha Littlehailes
Directed by Jessica Dromgoole.

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.

41615 May 1917 - Victor Lumley20170515In Folkestone, Victor Lumley feels far from the action.

Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War.

41716 May 1917 - Kitty Lumley20170516In Folkestone, Kitty is in need of female friendship.

Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War.

41817 May 1917 - Walter Hamilton20170517In Folkestone, Walter Hamilton's generosity is stretched.

Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War.

41918 May 1917 - Esme Macknade20170518In Folkestone, Esme's patience is in short supply.

Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War.

42019 May 1917 - Noah Hamilton20170519In Folkestone, Noah Hamilton is tempted to disappear.

Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War.

42122 May 1917 - Maisie Harris20170522

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
Organ - David Smith

Written by Sarah Daniels
Singers conducted by Sam Evans
Sound: Martha Littlehailes
Directed by Jessica Dromgoole.

In Folkestone, Maisie Harris finds a real friend.

Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War.

42223 May 1917 - Esme Macknade20170523In Folkestone, the cookery competition yields unexpected results.

Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War.

42324 May 1917 - Jessie Moore20170524Folkestone celebrates Empire Day.

Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War.

42425 May 1917 - Kitty Lumley20170525Tontine Street in Folkestone is packed with shoppers preparing for Whitsun weekend.

Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War.

425Home Front: A Lightening20170525

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
Sound by Martha Littlehailes
Directed by Jessica Dromgoole

NOTES
Friday 25 May 1917 marked the beginning of the Whitsun weekend, and shoppers queued in Tontine Street outside Stokes Greengrocers, who had put word around town that they were stocking fresh potatoes on that day. A squadron of Gotha planes who had attempted an attack on London, were returning unsuccessful, and tried their luck bombing the railway line that took thousands of soldiers daily to the coast.

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.

42626 May 1917 - Alec Poole20170526People in Folkestone mourn their dead.

Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War.

42729 May 1917 - Alice Macknade20170529In 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.

42830 May 1917 - Kitty Lumley20170530The air raid offers a new start for Kitty Lumley,.

Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War.

42931 May 1917 - Gabriel Graham20170531In Folkestone, Gabriel Graham deals with the fallout of the aeroplane attacks.

Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War.

4301 June 1917 - Jessie Moore20170601Funerals 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.

4312 June 1917 - Dorothea Winwood20170602

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
Organ ..... David Smith
Conductor ..... Sam Evans

Written by Katie Hims
Directed by Allegra McIlroy
Sound: Martha Littlehailes
Editor: Jessica Dromgoole.

In Folkestone, Dorothea is on a mission for the truth.

Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War.

4325 June 1917 - Eric Morton20170605In 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.

4336 June 1917 - Gabriel Graham20170606In 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.

4347 June 1917 - Isabel Graham20170607

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
Organ - David Smith

Written by Katie Hims
Singers conducted by Sam Evans
Sound: Martha Littlehailes
Directed by Jessica Dromgoole.

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.

4358 June 1917 - Florrie Wilson20170608In Folkestone, Kitty only has eyes for baby May.

Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War.