Home Front - Omnibus

Home Front - Omnibus

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Home Front - Omnibus episodes

  • 23-27 July 1918

    The sixth omnibus of Season 14, Needs Must When the Devil Drives, set in Devon, in the week, in 1918, when an outbreak of flu was reported at a PoW camp in Bramley, affecting a third of the 3,000 prisoners.

    Cast

    Emily Colville ..... Scarlett Brookes
    Cathy Lawrence ..... Debbie Korley
    Kitty Lumley ..... Ami Metcalf
    Howard Argent ..... Gunnar Cauthery
    Cora Gidley ..... Joanna Monro
    Klaus Hofstadter ..... Atilla Akinci
    Hetty Cox ..... Adie Allen
    Daniel Marriot ..... Jonathan Bailey
    Morris Battley ..... Sean Baker
    Gabriel Graham ..... Michael Bertenshaw
    Juliet Cavendish ..... Lizzie Bourne
    Lauren ..... Lauren Cornelius
    Sylvia Graham ..... Joanna David
    Stallholder ..... Ryan Early
    Moses Wickens ..... Ed Gaughan
    Ludwig Huber ..... Marcel Hagen
    Isaac Cox ..... James Lailey
    Cyrus Colville ..... Anton Lesser
    Victor Lumley ..... Joel MacCormack
    Hardy Walsh ..... Damien Molony
    Mr Buckle ..... Sean Murray
    Hector Gidley ..... Brian Protheroe
    Susie ..... Susie Riddell
    Marieke Argent ..... Olivia Ross
    Adeline Lumley ..... Helen Schlesinger
    Eli Lawrence ..... Michael Shelford
    Effie Taverner ..... Lizzie Stables
    Bertram Colville ..... Nick Underwood
    Elspeth Taverner ..... Kelly Williams
    Connie Cavendish ..... Darcey Brown
    Grace Cavendish ..... Grace Doherty
    Teddy Lawrence ..... Florence Duncalf
    Peter Lumley ..... Beatrice White

    Written by Katie Hims

    Story-led by Sebastian Baczkiewicz
    Directed by Jessica Dromgoole

    Sound: Martha Littlehailes

    Composer: Matthew Strachan
    Consultant Historian: Maggie Andrews.

    58 min
  • 16-20 July 1918

    The fifth omnibus of Season 14, Needs Must When the Devil Drives, set in Devon, in the week, in 1918, when the Board of Agriculture reported an increase in German PoW farm workers from 800 to 10,000.

    Cast

    Victor Lumley ..... Joel MacCormack
    Isabel Graham ..... Keely Beresford
    Howard Argent ..... Gunnar Cauthery
    Elspeth Taverner ..... Kelly Williams
    Kitty Lumley ..... Ami Metcalf
    Klaus Hofstadter ..... Atilla Akinci
    Hetty Cox ..... Adie Allen
    Daniel Marriott ..... Jonathan Bailey
    Juliet Cavendish ..... Lizzie Bourne
    Howard Argent ..... ..... Gunnar Cauthery
    Sylvia Graham ..... Joanna David
    Silas Morrow ..... Shaun Dooley
    Arthur Hurst ..... Mark Heap
    Isaac Cox ..... James Lailey
    Rose Fairweather ..... Helen Longworth
    Victor Lumley ..... Joel MacCormack
    Betty Newcombe ..... Annie McKenzie
    Cora Gidley ..... Joanna Monro
    Adeline Lumley ..... Helen Schlesinger
    Dieter Lippke ..... Joe Sims
    Mrs Ferrier ..... Jane Slavin
    Effie Taverner ..... Lizzie Stables
    Charles Summer ..... Rufus Wright
    Connie Cavendish ..... Darcey Brown
    Grace Cavendish ..... Grace Doherty
    Peter Lumley ..... Beatrice White

    Written by Katie Hims

    Story-led by Sebastian Baczkiewicz
    Directed by Jessica Dromgoole

    Sound: Martha Littlehailes

    Composer: Matthew Strachan
    Consultant Historian: Maggie Andrews.

    58 min
  • 9-13 July 1918

    The fourth omnibus of Season 14, Needs Must When the Devil Drives, set in Devon, in the week, in 1918, when the Russian Soviet Republic adopted its first constitution, containing the slogan 'He who does not work, neither shall he eat!'. At Halecot Farm, meanwhile, Dieter has been toiling all night.

    Cast

    Elspeth Taverner ..... Kelly Williams
    Ivan Jackson ..... Lloyd Thomas
    Kitty Lumley ..... Ami Metcalf
    Hector Gidley ..... Brian Protheroe
    Silas Morrow ..... Shaun Dooley
    Klaus Hofstadter ..... Atilla Akinci
    Daniel Marriott ..... Jonathan Bailey
    Gabriel Graham ..... Michael Bertenshaw
    Howard Argent ..... Gunnar Cauthery
    Amos Rutter ..... Richard Cotton
    Moses Wickens ..... Ed Gaughan
    Ludwig Huber ..... Marcel Hagen
    Arthur Hurst ..... Mark Heap
    Cathy Lawrence ..... Debbie Korley
    Isaac Cox ..... James Lailey
    Vernon Goodman ..... John Lightbody
    Rose Fairweather ..... Helen Longworth
    Victor Lumley ..... Joel MacCormack
    Primrose Holden ..... Jade Matthew
    Cora Gidley ..... Joanna Monro
    Robin Bowder ..... Sean Murray
    Sid Butler ..... Nigel Pilkington
    Adeline Lumley ..... Helen Schlesinger
    Dieter Lippke ..... Joe Sims
    Effie Taverner ..... Lizzie Stables
    Clarence Ogden ..... David Sterne
    Peter Lumley ..... Beatrice White

    Written by Sebastian Baczkiewicz

    Directed by Ciaran Bermingham
    Editor: Jessica Dromgoole

    Sound: Martha Littlehailes

    Composer: Matthew Strachan
    Consultant Historian: Maggie Andrews.

    57 min
  • 2-6 July 1918

    The third omnibus of Season 14, Needs Must When the Devil Drives, set in Devon, in the week, in 1918, when the Allied countries launched an intervention into the Russian Civil War.

    Cast

    Klaus Hofstadter ..... Atilla Akinci
    Primrose Holden ..... Jade Matthew
    Morris Battley ..... Sean Baker
    Sylvia Graham ..... Joanna David
    Rose Fairweather ..... Helen Longworth
    Daniel Marriott ..... Jonathan Bailey
    Gabriel Graham ..... Michael Bertenshaw
    Amos Rutter ..... Richard Cotton
    Moses Wickens ..... Ed Gaughan
    Ludwig Huber ..... Marcel Hagen
    Arthur Hurst ..... Mark Heap
    Jocelyn Ogden ..... Christine Kavanagh
    Isaac Cox ..... James Lailey
    Victor Lumley ..... Joel MacCormack
    Kitty Lumley ..... Ami Metcalf
    Hardy Walsh ..... Damien Molony
    Cora Gidley ..... Joanna Monro
    Lionel Summer ..... Geoffrey Palmer
    Hector Gidley ..... Brian Protheroe
    Eli Lawrence ..... Michael Shelford
    Dieter Lippke ..... Joe Sims
    Effie Taverner ..... Lizzie Stables
    Gert Battley ..... Maggie Steed
    Ivan Jackson ..... Lloyd Thomas
    Elspeth Taverner ..... Kelly Williams
    Charles Summer ..... Rufus Wright

    Written by Sebastian Baczkiewicz

    Directed by Jessica Dromgoole

    Sound: Martha Littlehailes

    Composer: Matthew Strachan
    Consultant Historian: Maggie Andrews.

    58 min
  • 25-29 June 1918

    The second omnibus of Season 14, Needs Must When the Devil Drives, set in Devon, in the week, in 1918, when the War Office called for 10,000 wounded, unfit and older men to help with the looming harvest. At Staverley Court, meanwhile, Hector and Cora receive a field postcard.

    Written by Lucy Catherine

    Story-led by Sebastian Baczkiewicz
    Directed by Ciaran Bermingham
    Editor: Jessica Dromgoole

    Sound: Martha Littlehailes

    Composer: Matthew Strachan
    Consultant Historian: Maggie Andrews.

    57 min
  • 18-22 June 1918 (Season 14 start)

    The first omnibus of Season 14, Needs Must When the Devil Drives, set in Devon in 1918, in the week that Viscount Grey published a pamphlet supporting President Wilson's proposal to establish a League of Nations.

    Written by Lucy Catherine

    Story-led by Sebastian Baczkiewicz
    Directed by Jessica Dromgoole

    Sound: Martha Littlehailes

    Composer: Matthew Strachan
    Consultant Historian: Maggie Andrews.

    57 min
  • 23-27 April 1918

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

    Cast

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

    Written by Sarah Daniels

    Directed by Jessica Dromgoole

    Sound: Martha Littlehailes

    Composer: Matthew Strachan
    Consultant Historian: Maggie Andrews.

    57 min
  • 16-20 April 1918

    The seventh omnibus of Season 13, A Woman's Place, set in Folkestone, in the week, in 1918, when suffragist Nina Boyle claimed a 'moral triumph' after her nomination to run as an MP was rejected.

    Cast

    Sylvia Graham ..... Joanna David
    Edie Chadwick ..... Kathryn Beaumont
    Florrie Wilson ..... Claire Rushbrook
    Esme Macknade ..... Katie Angelou
    Alice Macknade ..... Claire-Louise Cordwell
    Private Royal ..... Luke Bailey
    Norman Harris ..... Sean Baker
    Isabel Graham ..... Keely Beresford
    Gabriel Graham ..... Michael Bertenshaw
    Bill Macknade ..... Ben Crowe
    Mrs Edkins ..... Rachel Davies
    Recruit ..... Ryan Early
    Waitress ..... Aimee-Ffion Edwards
    Marion Wardle ..... Laura Elphinstone
    Sergeant Smith ..... Rupert Holliday-Evans
    Albert Wilson ..... Jamie Foreman
    Jeanie Jones ..... Kerry Gooderson
    Mr Baker ..... Clive Hayward
    Jessie Moore ..... Lucy Hutchinson
    Adam Wilson ..... Billy Kennedy
    Jack Wilson ..... Ashley Kumar
    Kitty Lumley ..... Ami Metcalf
    Sergeant Caines ..... Nicholas Murchie
    Nora Thatcher ..... Chetna Pandya
    Dilys Walker ..... Ellie Piercy
    Lilian Pemble ..... Alex Tregear
    Charles Summer ..... Rufus Wright
    Peter Lumley ..... Beatrice White

    Written by Lucy Catherine

    Story-led by Sarah Daniels
    Directed by Jessica Dromgoole

    Sound: Martha Littlehailes

    Composer: Matthew Strachan
    Consultant Historian: Maggie Andrews.

    57 min
  • 9-13 April 1918

    The sixth omnibus of Season 13, A Woman's Place, set in Folkestone, in the week, in 1918, when Maud Allen's production of Salome was cancelled following accusations of "moral perversity" involving 47,000 English traitors.

    Cast

    Edie Chadwick ..... Kathryn Beaumont
    Marieke Argent ..... Olivia Ross
    Alice Macknade ..... Claire-Louise Cordwell
    Rev. Walter Hamilton ..... Joseph Kloska
    Gabriel Graham ..... Michael Bertenshaw
    Sophie Beckwith ..... Abbie Andrews
    Esme Macknade ..... Katie Angelou
    Norman Harris ..... Sean Baker
    Isabel Graham ..... Keely Beresford
    Juliet Cavendish ..... Lizzie Bourne
    Constance Pettigrew ..... Phoebe Frances Brown
    Mickey Macknade ..... Reece Buttery
    Hugh Cavendish ..... Pip Carter
    Howard Argent ..... Gunnar Cauthery
    Dolly Clout ..... Elaine Claxton
    Annie Fear ..... Kathleen Cranham
    Bill Macknade ..... Ben Crowe
    Sylvia Graham ..... Joanna David
    Mrs Edkins ..... Rachel Davies
    Marion Wardle ..... Laura Elphinstone
    Hilary Pearce ..... Craige Els
    Rose Allatini ..... Phoebe Fildes
    Inspector Forrester ..... Nigel Hastings
    Dicky Manchester ..... Roy Hudd
    Jessie Moore ..... Lucy Hutchinson
    Adam Wilson ..... Billy Kennedy
    Jack Wilson ..... Ashley Kumar
    Kitty Lumley ..... Ami Metcalf
    Olive Hargreaves ..... Rhiannon Neads
    Dilys Walker ..... Ellie Piercy
    Eric Morton ..... Paul Rainbow
    Emma ..... Susie Riddell
    Adeline Lumley ..... Helen Schlesinger
    Frankie ..... Jane Slavin
    Nell Kingsley ..... Alice St Clair
    Rev. Alec Poole ..... Tom Stuart
    Charles Summer ..... Rufus Wright

    Written by Lucy Catherine

    Story-led by Sarah Daniels
    Directed by Ciaran Bermingham
    Editor: Jessica Dromgoole

    Sound: Martha Littlehailes

    Composer: Matthew Strachan
    Consultant Historian: Maggie Andrews.

    57 min

About Home Front - Omnibus

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Omnibus editions of the epic drama series tracking the fortunes of characters on the home front as they try to maintain normality while Britain is involved in the First World War.

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