Home Front - Omnibus

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Home Front - Omnibus episodes

September 16, 2016 12-16 September 1916
In the week in 1916 when tanks were deployed for the first time with great optimism, it's a week of decisive action in Folkestone.
Written by Mike Walker
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 09, 2016 5-9 September 1916
In the week, in 1916, when ambulance driver Dorothie Feilding was the first woman to be awarded a Military Medal, there are some lesser but notable firsts in Folkestone.
Written by Shaun McKenna
Directed by Jessica Dromgoole
Story-led by Katie Hims
Sound: Martha Littlehailes
Composer: Matthew Strachan
Consultant Historian: Maggie Andrews.
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?
57 min
September 02, 2016 29 August - 2 September 1916
In the week in 1916 when the Battle of Verdun finally came to a close, emotions are volatile in Folkestone.
Written by Shaun McKenna
Directed by Allegra McIlroy
Editor: Jessica Dromgoole
Story-led by Katie Hims
Sound: Martha Littlehailes
Composer: Matthew Strachan
Consultant Historian: Maggie Andrews.
57 min
August 26, 2016 22-26 August 1916
In the week in 1916 when the East and South East coasts were terrorised by air raids, Folkestone seems brim-full of secrets and lies.
Written by Katie Hims
Directed by Jessica Dromgoole
Sound: Martha Littlehailes
Composer: Matthew Strachan
Consultant Historian: Maggie Andrews.
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?
57 min
August 19, 2016 15-19 August 1916
In the week, in 1916, when the king praised the "cheerful confidence" of the troops in France, courage and hope are hard-won in Folkestone.
Written by Katie Hims
Directed by Allegra McIlroy
Editor: Jessica Dromgoole
Story-led by Katie Hims
Sound: Martha Littlehailes
Composer: Matthew Strachan
Consultant Historian: Maggie Andrews.
57 min
August 12, 2016 8-12 August 1916 (Season 8 start)
The first omnibus edition of Home Front's Season 8: In the week in 1916 when the film The Battle of the Somme set box offices records for British cinema, extraordinary good fortune disrupts the lives of the Graham household.
Written by Sarah Daniels
Directed by Jessica Dromgoole
Story-led by Katie Hims
Sound: Martha Littlehailes
Composer: Matthew Strachan
Consultant Historian: Maggie Andrews.
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?
57 min
May 27, 2016 23-27 May 1916
In a week when President Wilson advocated the formation of an Association of Nations to ensure future peace, relations in Ashburton are very troubled.
Written by Richard Monks
Directed by Jessica Dromgoole
Sound: Martha Littlehailes
Composer: Matthew Strachan
Consultant Historian: Maggie Andrews.
57 min
May 20, 2016 16-20 May 1916
In the week, in 1916, when unified Russian and British forces drove the Turks from the banks of the Tigris, sands are shifting in Ashburton.
Cast
Hetty Cox ..... Adie Allen
Dieter Lippke ..... Felix Auer
Selleck ..... Ewan Bailey
Morris Battley ..... Sean Baker
Alexander Gidley ..... Matthew Beard
Bess Dyer ..... Clara Bermingham
Marcus Goodridge ..... Max Bennett
Isabel Graham ..... Keely Beresford
Emily Colville ..... Scarlett Brookes
Tobias Holden ..... Toby Bryant
John Rossiter ..... Mark Carey
Mrs Radley ..... Helen Clapp
William Fulford ..... Ryan Coath
Simeon Dyer ..... Josh Darcy
Edwin Lloyd ..... Finn den Hertog
Adam Wilson ..... Billy Kennedy
Isaac Cox ..... James Lailey
Cyrus Colville ..... Anton Lesser
Rose Fairweather ..... Helen Longworth
Kitty Lumley ..... Ami Metcalf
Cora Gidley ..... Joanna Monro
Oswald Dyer ..... Dean Nolan
Hector Gidley ..... Brian Protheroe
Johnnie Marshall ..... Paul Ready
Mrs Taylor ..... Claire Sellers
Effie Taverner ..... Lizzie Stables
Molly Dyer ..... Stevie Thompson
Elspeth Taverner ..... Kelly Williams
Bertram Colville ..... Nick Underwood
Burroughs ..... Sargon Yelda
Written by Richard Monks
Directed by Allegra McIlroy
Editor: Jessica Dromgoole
Sound: Martha Littlehailes
Composer: Matthew Strachan
Consultant Historian: Maggie Andrews.
57 min
May 13, 2016 9-13 May 1916
In a week when the Teachers Association strongly condemned the encouragement of child labour to replace conscripted men, much of the Ashburton community is on a steep learning curve.
Written by Sarah Daniels
Directed by Jessica Dromgoole
Story-led by Richard Monks
Sound: Martha Littlehailes
Composer: Matthew Strachan
Consultant Historian: Maggie Andrews.
57 min
May 06, 2016 2-6 May 1916
In the week, in 1916, when cheers met the announcement in Parliament that three Irish rebel leaders had been executed, it's a week of collisions in Ashburton.
Written by Shaun McKenna
Directed by Allegra McIlroy
Editor: Jessica Dromgoole
Story-led by Richard Monks
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.