Home Front

30 December 1916 - Lester Reed


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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

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