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

Joyce confronts two of her demons.Written by Sarah Daniels
Directed and produced by Lucy Collingwood
Sound: Martha Littlehailes
Editor: Jessica Dromgoole.

Joyce confronts two of her demons. Written by Sarah Daniels Directed and produced by Lucy Collingwood Sound: Martha Littlehailes Editor: Jessica Dromgoole.

23 March 1915 - Luke Lyle

Edie wants excitement in her life, and finds it in an odd place, when an exotic and exciting cargo washes up on Long Sands in Tynemouth.Written by Sarah Daniels
Directed by Jessica Dromgoole
Sound: Martha Littlehailes

Edie wants excitement in her life, and finds it in an odd place, when an exotic and exciting cargo washes up on Long Sands in Tynemouth. Written by Sarah Daniels Directed by Jessica Dromgoole Sound: Martha Littlehailes

20 March 1915 - Edie Chadwick

Heaven has no rage like love to hatred turned, Nor Hell a fury like Joyce Lyle scornedWritten by Sarah Daniels
Directed by Jessica Dromgoole
Sound: Martha Littlehailes

Heaven has no rage like love to hatred turned, Nor Hell a fury like Joyce Lyle scorned Written by Sarah Daniels Directed by Jessica Dromgoole Sound: Martha Littlehailes

19 March 1915 - Joyce Lyle

Some particularly mean bullying on the factory floor reveals an extraordinary truth.Written by Sarah Daniels
Directed by Jessica Dromgoole
Sound: Martha Littlehailes

Some particularly mean bullying on the factory floor reveals an extraordinary truth. Written by Sarah Daniels Directed by Jessica Dromgoole Sound: Martha Littlehailes

18 March 1915 - Alan Lowther

Cressida hits the roof when she realises what her mother and aunt have kept from her. Written by Sarah Daniels
Directed by Jessica Dromgoole
Sound: Martha Littlehailes

Cressida hits the roof when she realises what her mother and aunt have kept from her. Written by Sarah Daniels Directed by Jessica Dromgoole Sound: Martha Littlehailes

17 March 1915 - Cressida Marshall

Kitty's life feels like a Gothic novel, complete with footprints in the snow, and a haunted lake.Written by Sarah Daniels
Directed by Jessica Dromgoole
Sound: Martha Littlehailes

Kitty's life feels like a Gothic novel, complete with footprints in the snow, and a haunted lake. Written by Sarah Daniels Directed by Jessica Dromgoole Sound: Martha Littlehailes

16 March 1915 - Kitty Lumley

The men at Marshalls are spoiling for a fight. Written by Richard Monks
Directed and produced by Lucy Collingwood
Sound: Martha Littlehailes
Editor: Jessica Dromgoole.

The men at Marshalls are spoiling for a fight. Written by Richard Monks Directed and produced by Lucy Collingwood Sound: Martha Littlehailes Editor: Jessica Dromgoole.

13 March 1915 - Davy Wardle

Collingwood Park is prepared for a home coming.Written by Richard Monks
Directed by Jessica Dromgoole
Sound: Martha Littlehailes

Collingwood Park is prepared for a home coming. Written by Richard Monks Directed by Jessica Dromgoole Sound: Martha Littlehailes

12 March 1915 - Phyllis Marshall

The Lyles are in for a nasty shock.Written by Richard Monks
Directed by Jessica Dromgoole
Sound: Martha Littlehailes

The Lyles are in for a nasty shock. Written by Richard Monks Directed by Jessica Dromgoole Sound: Martha Littlehailes

11 March 1915 - Luke Lyle

Luke refuses to tow the line with his father.Written by Richard Monks
Directed and produced by Lucy Collingwood
Sound: Martha Littlehailes
Editor: Jessica Dromgoole.

Luke refuses to tow the line with his father. Written by Richard Monks Directed and produced by Lucy Collingwood Sound: Martha Littlehailes Editor: Jessica Dromgoole.

10 March 1915 - Robert Lyle

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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