Home Front

By BBC Radio 4Fiction Drama

Home Front episodes

January 19, 2016 19 January 1916 - Alec Poole
On this day, negotiations between Montenegro and Austria were broken off, and it appears to parallel events in the Winwood household.
Written by Sarah Daniels
Directed by Jessica Dromgoole
Sound: Martha Littlehailes
13 min
January 18, 2016 18 January 1916 - Ralph Winwood
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?
13 min
January 15, 2016 15 January 1916 - Norman Harris
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?
12 min
January 14, 2016 14 January 1916 - Isabel Graham
On this day four Germans were recaptured after attempting to escape a Prisoner of War Camp, and Isabel discovers Belgian refugees in Folkestone.
Written by Sarah Daniels
Directed by Allegra McIlroy
Sound: Martha Littlehailes
Editor: Jessica Dromgoole.
13 min
January 13, 2016 13 January 1916 - Hilary Pearce
On this day shares in the Pleasure Gardens Theatre were auctioned, and Hilary Pearce is disappointed.
Written by Sarah Daniels
Directed by Allegra McIlroy
Sound: Martha Littlehailes
Editor: Jessica Dromgoole.
12 min
January 12, 2016 12 January 1916 - Sylvia Graham
On this day the South Wales Miners voted to oppose conscription, and in Folkestone Sylvia Graham has a change of heart.
Written by Sarah Daniels
Directed by Allegra McIlroy
Sound: Martha Littlehailes
Editor: Jessica Dromgoole.
12 min
January 11, 2016 11 January 1916 - Dorothea Winwood
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?
13 min
January 08, 2016 8 January 1916 - Ruth Billings
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?
12 min
January 07, 2016 7 January 1916 - Victor Lumley
On this day, Lord Selbourne made an appeal for more game to be donated to hospitals, before the end of the shooting season, and Victor feels more hunted than hunter.
Written by Mike Walker
Directed by Jessica Dromgoole
Sound: Martha Littlehailes
13 min
January 06, 2016 6 January 1916 - Hilary Pearce
On this day, General Aylmer led the first relief attempt in the Siege of Kut, and Hilary is caught up in the arrangements for celebrating the Derby Scheme.
Written by Mike Walker
Directed by Jessica Dromgoole
Sound: Martha Littlehailes
13 min

About Home Front

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Drama serial tracking the fortunes of a group of characters on the home front as they try to maintain normality while Britain is involved in the First World War.