The first season of an epic drama series set in Great War Britain exactly one hundred days before its original broadcast on BBC Radio 4. In this episode, Folkestone has woken up to new responsibilities as a part of the war machine.Written by: Katie Hims
Music: Matthew Strachan
Directed by Editor: Jessica Dromgoole
Sound: Martha Littlehailes

The first season of an epic drama series set in Great War Britain exactly one hundred days before its original broadcast on BBC Radio 4. In this episode, Folkestone has woken up to new responsibilities as a part of the war machine. Written by: Katie Hims Music: Matthew Strachan Directed by Editor: Jessica Dromgoole Sound: Martha Littlehailes

5 August 1914 - Gabriel Graham

Epic new drama series set in Great War Britain on this day a hundred years ago. As Britain waits for Germany's response to their ultimatum, in Folkestone, Kitty Wilson has a deadline of her own.

Written by: Katie Hims
Music: Matthew Strachan
Directed by Editor: Jessica Dromgoole

Home Front is a ground-breaking new Radio Four radio drama - its biggest ever at around 600 episodes - set in Britain during the Great War, playing a central role in the BBC's comprehensive World War One offering.

An enthralling fiction, set against a backdrop of fact. Each episode is set a hundred years to the day before broadcast, and follows one character's day. Together they create a mosaic of experience from a wide cross-section of British society, and a playful treasure hunt, with at least one historical truth hidden in each story.

Season One is set in Folkestone, a fashionable Edwardian seaside resort that quickly became one of the hubs of the military machine, and close enough to France to hear the fighting. Future seasons will be set in Newcastle and Devon, telling the major stories of wartime Britain.

Marking major and minor events of the time, Home Front charts the strategies that ordinary people found for managing life in wartime, and how, together, they ensured that the Home Front didn't break down.

Epic new drama series set in Great War Britain on this day a hundred years ago. As Britain waits for Germany's response to their ultimatum, in Folkestone, Kitty Wilson has a deadline of her own. Written by: Katie Hims Music: Matthew Strachan Directed by Editor: Jessica Dromgoole Home Front is a ground-breaking new Radio Four radio drama - its biggest ever at around 600 episodes - set in Britain during the Great War, playing a central role in the BBC's comprehensive World War One offering. An enthralling fiction, set against a backdrop of fact. Each episode is set a hundred years to the day before broadcast, and follows one character's day. Together they create a mosaic of experience from a wide cross-section of British society, and a playful treasure hunt, with at least one historical truth hidden in each story. Season One is set in Folkestone, a fashionable Edwardian seaside resort that quickly became one of the hubs of the military machine, and close enough to France to hear the fighting. Future seasons will be set in Newcastle and Devon, telling the major stories of wartime Britain. Marking major and minor events of the time, Home Front charts the strategies that ordinary people found for managing life in wartime, and how, together, they ensured that the Home Front didn't break down.

4 August 1914 - Kitty Wilson

Minister of munitions, David Lloyd George made an official visit to armaments factories in Newcastle, and it is Dorothea's first day at the Bevan Hospital.Written by Richard Monks
Directed by Jessica Dromgoole
Sound: Martha Littlehailes

Minister of munitions, David Lloyd George made an official visit to armaments factories in Newcastle, and it is Dorothea's first day at the Bevan Hospital. Written by Richard Monks Directed by Jessica Dromgoole Sound: Martha Littlehailes

22 December 1915 - Dorothea Winwood

The first episode of Season 6: on this day, as Folkestone began to recover from a major landslide, it appears that the Wilsons have all developed little rituals.Written by Richard Monks
Directed by Jessica Dromgoole
Sound: Martha Littlehailes

The first episode of Season 6: on this day, as Folkestone began to recover from a major landslide, it appears that the Wilsons have all developed little rituals. Written by Richard Monks Directed by Jessica Dromgoole Sound: Martha Littlehailes

21 December 1915 - Florrie Wilson (Season 6 start)

On this day, as Folkestone began to recover from a major landslide, it appears that the Wilsons have all developed little rituals.


Written by Richard Monks
Directed by Jessica Dromgoole.

On this day, as Folkestone began to recover from a major landslide, it appears that the Wilsons have all developed little rituals. Written by Richard Monks Directed by Jessica Dromgoole.

21 December 1915 - Florrie Wilson

The Dardanelles Committee of the British Cabinet decide to wind down the Gallipoli campaign, and in the last episode of Season 5 Kitty Lumley feels like pulling out of Folkestone.Written by Richard Monks
Directed by Jessica Dromgoole
Sound: Martha Littlehailes

The Dardanelles Committee of the British Cabinet decide to wind down the Gallipoli campaign, and in the last episode of Season 5 Kitty Lumley feels like pulling out of Folkestone. Written by Richard Monks Directed by Jessica Dromgoole Sound: Martha Littlehailes

30 October 1915 - Kitty Lumley

Folkestone is almost washed away by the rain.Written by Richard Monks
Directed by Jessica Dromgoole
Sound: Martha Littlehailes

Folkestone is almost washed away by the rain. Written by Richard Monks Directed by Jessica Dromgoole Sound: Martha Littlehailes

29 October 1915 - Nancy Parker

Private Lavoie sees an opportunity to escape court martial. Written by Richard Monks
Directed by Jessica Dromgoole
Sound: Martha Littlehailes

Private Lavoie sees an opportunity to escape court martial. Written by Richard Monks Directed by Jessica Dromgoole Sound: Martha Littlehailes

28 October 1915 - Roy Lavoie

Two year old Mathieu Dupont goes missing.Written by Richard Monks
Directed by Jessica Dromgoole
Sound: Martha Littlehailes

Two year old Mathieu Dupont goes missing. Written by Richard Monks Directed by Jessica Dromgoole Sound: Martha Littlehailes

27 October 1915 - Alec Poole

Folkestone's most respected medium is troubled by a new and insistent spirit.Written by Richard Monks
Directed by Jessica Dromgoole
Sound: Martha Littlehailes

Folkestone's most respected medium is troubled by a new and insistent spirit. Written by Richard Monks Directed by Jessica Dromgoole Sound: Martha Littlehailes

26 October 1915 - Clemmie Crayford

On this day German cruiser Prinz Aldalbert was sunk by an Allied submarine losing most of its crew, and Albert Wilson has to make an impossible decision.Written by Richard Monks
Directed by Allegra McIlroy
Sound: Martha Littlehailes
Editor: Jessica Dromgoole

On this day German cruiser Prinz Aldalbert was sunk by an Allied submarine losing most of its crew, and Albert Wilson has to make an impossible decision. Written by Richard Monks Directed by Allegra McIlroy Sound: Martha Littlehailes Editor: Jessica Dromgoole

23 October 1915 - Albert Wilson

On this day a British subject was found guilty of spying for Germany and sentenced to a lifetime of penal servitude, and Florrie and Albert take a trip to the pictures Written by Richard Monks
Directed by Allegra McIlroy
Sound: Martha Littlehailes
Editor: Jessica Dromgoole

On this day a British subject was found guilty of spying for Germany and sentenced to a lifetime of penal servitude, and Florrie and Albert take a trip to the pictures Written by Richard Monks Directed by Allegra McIlroy Sound: Martha Littlehailes Editor: Jessica Dromgoole

22 October 1915 - Adam Wilson

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.

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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.

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