Home Front - Omnibus

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Home Front - Omnibus episodes

December 01, 2017 27 November - 1 December 1917
The third omnibus of Season 12, Giddy with Possibility, set in Tynemouth, in the week, in 1917, when Germany and the new Russian government began a cessation of hostilities.
Cast
Kitty Lumley ..... Ami Metcalf
Sarah Illingworth ..... Naomi Frederick
Isabel Graham ..... Keely Beresford
Iris Reed ..... Charlie Hardwick
Phyllis Marshall ..... Christine Absalom
Adeline Lumley ..... Helen Schlesinger
Bill McCracken ..... Caolan McCarthy
Cressida Marshall ..... Isabella Inchbald
Ethel Manning ..... Sophie Scott
Edie Chadwick ..... Kathryn Beaumont
Eva Reynolds ..... Sophie Scott
Johnnie Marshall ..... Paul Ready
Kenny Stokoe ..... Dean Logan
Lester Reed ..... Trevor Fox
Marion Wardle ..... Laura Elphinstone
Matilda James ..... Hannah Wood
Maud Drummond ..... Vineeta Rishi
Molly Duckett ..... Victoria Bewick
Peggy Tanney ..... Abbie Andrews
Joyce Lyle ..... Tracy Whitwell
Lad 1 ..... Edmund Wiseman
Lad 2 ..... Philip Correia
Stanley Hobbs ..... David Nellist
Beatrice Marshall ..... Eviee Lavery
Cristine de Groot ..... Ysabelle Cooper
Gussie Marshall ..... Grace Doherty
Peter Lumley ..... Bea White
Written by Sarah Daniels
Directed by Jessica Dromgoole
Story-led by Shaun McKenna
Sound: Martha Littlehailes
Composer: Matthew Strachan
Consultant Historian: Maggie Andrews.
57 min
November 24, 2017 20-24 November 1917
The second omnibus of Season 12, Giddy with Possibility, set in the week, in 1917, when the Battle of Cambrai marked the first mass use of tanks.
Cast
Edie Chadwick ..... Kathryn Beaumont
Sarah Illingworth ..... Naomi Frederick
Marion Wardle ..... Laura Elphinstone
Fraser Chadwick ..... Edmund Wiseman
Lester Reed ..... Trevor Fox
Alan Lowther ..... David Seddon
Duncan Chadwick ..... Mark Stobbart
Ethel Manning ..... Sophie Scott
Iris Reed ..... Charlie Hardwick
Johnnie Marshall ..... Paul Ready
Joyce Lyle ..... Tracy Whitwell
Judith Turner ..... Kate Okello
Kenny Stokoe ..... Dean Logan
Matilda James ..... Hannah Wood
Maud Drummond ..... Vineeta Rishi
Molly Duckett ..... ictoria Bewick
Neil McCaul ..... Hodges
Stanley Hobbs ..... David Nellist
Trevor Lamb ..... Phillip Correia
Written by Sebastian Baczkiewicz
Directed by Allegra McIlroy
Editor: Jessica Dromgoole
Story-led by Shaun McKenna
Sound: Martha Littlehailes
Composer: Matthew Strachan
Consultant Historian: Maggie Andrews.
58 min
November 17, 2017 13-17 November 1917 (Season 12 start)
The first omnibus of Season 12, Giddy with Possibility, set in Tynemouth, in the week, in 1917, when the Finnish Parliament declared their independence from Russia.
Written by Sebastian Baczkiewicz
Directed by Jessica Dromgoole
Story-led by Shaun McKenna
Sound: Martha Littlehailes
Composer: Matthew Strachan
Consultant Historian: Maggie Andrews.
57 min
November 09, 2017 Home Front – Omnibus returns on 17 November 2017
The lead writer of Home Front's Season 12, Shaun McKenna, reveals what to expect as the drama returns to Tyneside where people are feeling giddy with possibility. In the shadow of the Russian Revolution, there is growing discontent amongst workers at the Marshalls munitions factory, while its munitionettes football team are on a winning streak.
3 min
September 22, 2017 18-22 September 1917
The final omnibus of Season 11, Broken and Mad, set in Folkestone, in the week, in 1917, when the National Health Insurance Commission recommended free treatment for all invalided soldiers and sailors, and in Folkestone, Dorothea prepares for her first day back at the Bevan hospital.
Written by Shaun McKenna and Katie Hims
Directed by Allegra McIlroy
Editor: Jessica Dromgoole
Sound: Martha Littlehailes
Composer: Matthew Strachan
Consultant Historian: Maggie Andrews
Home Front returns on 13 November with a new season set in Tynemouth.
57 min
September 15, 2017 11-15 September 1917
The seventh omnibus of Season 11, Broken and Mad, set in Folkestone, in the week, in 1917, when Kerensky's provisional government proclaimed a Russian republic following Kornilov's failed coup.
Written by Sebastian Baczkiewicz
Directed by Jessica Dromgoole
Story led by Katie Hims
Sound: Martha Littlehailes
Composer: Matthew Strachan
Consultant Historian: Maggie Andrews.
57 min
September 08, 2017 4-8 September 1917
The sixth omnibus of Season 11, Broken and Mad, set in the week, in 1917, when the entire French cabinet resigned over widespread army mutinies.
Cast
Maisie Harris ..... Cassie Layton
Howard Argent ..... Gunnar Cauthery
Alice Macknade ..... Claire-Louise Cordwell
Isabel Graham ..... Keely Beresford
Alec Poole ..... Tom Stuart
Ulysses Pilchard ..... Khalid Abdalla
Phyllis Marshall ..... Christine Absalom
Esme Macknade ..... Katie Angelou
Norman Harris ..... Sean Baker
Gabriel Graham ..... Michael Bertenshaw
Isabel Graham ..... Keely Beresford
Juliet Cavendish ..... Lizzie Bourne
Howard Argent ..... Gunnar Cauthery
Alice Macknade ..... Claire-Louise Cordwell
Bill Macknade ..... Ben Crowe
Mrs Edkins ..... Rachel Davies
Sylvia Graham ..... Joanna David
Silas Morrow ..... Shaun Dooley
Oscar Hendrickx ..... Pierre Elliott
Hilary Pearce ..... Craige Els
Chester Matthews ..... Samuel James
Victor Lumley ..... Joel MacCormack
Lily Mott ..... Sanchia McCormack
Ralph Winwood ..... Nicholas Murchie
Eric Morton ..... Paul Rainbow
Hugh Cavendish ..... Guy Raunchey
Johnnie Marshall ..... Paul Ready
Pippa ..... Susie Riddell
Marieke Argent ..... Olivia Ross
Alec Poole ..... Tom Stuart
Edna Harris ..... Lara J West
Charles Summer ..... Rufus Wright
Connie Marshall ..... Darcey Brown
Grace Cavendish ..... Grace Doherty
Written by Sarah Daniels
Directed by Allegra McIlroy
Editor: Jessica Dromgoole
Story led by Katie Hims
Sound: Martha Littlehailes
Composer: Matthew Strachan
Consultant Historian: Maggie Andrews.
57 min
September 01, 2017 28 August - 1 September 1917
The fifth omnibus of Season 11, Broken and Mad, set in Folkestone, in the week, in 1917, when Wilfred Owen wrote 'Many of us who came to the Hydro slightly ill are now getting dangerously well'.
Cast
Jessie Moore ..... Lucy Hutchinson
Esme Macknade ..... Katie Angelou
Howard Argent ..... Gunnar Cauthery
Florrie Wilson ..... Claire Rushbrook
Adeline Lumley ..... Helen Schlesinger
Ulysses Pilchard ..... Khalid Abdalla
Phyllis Marshall ..... Christine Absalom
Norman Harris ..... Sean Baker
Gabriel Graham ..... Michael Bertenshaw
Juliet Cavendish ..... Lizzie Bourne
Alice Macknade ..... Claire Louise Cordwell
Sylvia Graham ..... Joanna David
Joan Edkins ..... Rachel Davies
Silas Morrow ..... Shaun Dooley
Oscar Hendrickx ..... Pierre Elliot
Hilary Pearce ..... Craige Els
Albert Wilson ..... Jamie Foreman
Chester Matthews ..... Samuel James
Maisie Harris ..... Cassie Layton
Victor Lumley ..... Joel McCormack
Lily Mott ..... Sanchia MacCormack
Kitty Lumley ..... Ami Metcalf
Clemmie Crayford ..... Joanna Monro
Olive Hargreaves ..... Rhiannon Neads
Jane Underdown ..... Susan Porrett
Agnes Hemmings ..... Jane Slavin
Dennis Monk ..... Sam Swann
Ivy Layton ..... Lizzy Watts
Charles Summer ..... Rufus Wright
Written by Mike Walker
Directed by Jessica Dromgoole
Story led by Katie Hims
Sound: Martha Littlehailes
Composer: Matthew Strachan
Consultant Historian: Maggie Andrews.
57 min
August 25, 2017 21-25 August 1917
The fourth omnibus of Season 11, Broken and Mad, set in Folkestone, in the week, in 1917, when the French Army regained territory in a new offensive at Verdun.
Written by Mike Walker
Directed by Ciaran Bermingham
Editor: Jessica Dromgoole
Story led by Katie Hims
Sound: Martha Littlehailes
Composer: Matthew Strachan
Consultant Historian: Maggie Andrews.
57 min
August 18, 2017 14-18 August 1917
The third omnibus of Season 11, Broken and Mad, set in Folkestone, in the week, in 1917, when poets Wilfred Owen and Siegfried Sassoon met in Craiglockhart Hospital.
Cast
Howard Argent ..... Gunnar Cauthery
Juliet Cavendish ..... Lizzie Bourne
Ulysses Pilchard ..... Khalid Abdalla
Adeline Lumley ..... Helen Schlesinger
Norman Harris ..... Sean Baker
Phyllis Marshall ..... Christine Absalom
Isabel Graham ..... Keely Beresford
Gabriel Graham ..... Michael Bertenshaw
James ..... Charlie Clements
Sylvia Graham ..... Joanna David
Silas Morrow ..... Shaun Dooley
Barman ..... Philip Fox
Chester Matthews ..... Samuel James
Maisie Harris ..... Cassie Layton
Major Love ..... Simon Ludders
Victor Lumley ..... Joel MacCormack
Kitty Lumley ..... Ami Metcalf
Harry Pankhurst ..... Sean Murray
Olive Hargreaves ..... Rhiannon Neads
Phillip Sassoon ..... Luke Newberry
Anna White ..... Ellie Piercy
Eric Morton ..... Paul Rainbow
Marieke Argent ..... Olivia Ross
Dorothea Winwood ..... Rachel Shelley
Dennis Monk ..... Sam Swann
Edna Harris ..... Lara J West
Connie Marshall ..... Darcy Brown
Grace Cavendish ..... Grace Doherty
Written by Katie Hims
Directed by Jessica Dromgoole
Sound: Martha Littlehailes
Composer: Matthew Strachan
Consultant Historian: Maggie Andrews.
57 min

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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.