Home Front

The Belgian refugees, escaping the atrocities at home, pour into Folkestone and present a new challenge for the townsfolk.

Written by Sebastian Baczkiewicz

Lt Lumley is devastated that he can't go to war, not least because life at home is so complicated.

Written by Sebastian Baczkiewicz

Where there's war, there's brass, and Hilary Pearce has the makings of a real operator.

Written by: Sebastian Baczkiewicz

At Folkestone harbour, the Grahams bid a fond farewell to Freddie.

Written by: Katie Hims & Sean Moffatt

On the Folkestone Leas, an unlikely pair are brought together to promote the town's flagging tourism.

Written by: Katie Hims & Sean Moffatt

The squadron of the First Royal Flying Corps leaves for France and a local Folkestone newspaper starts a rumour...

Written by: Katie Hims & Sean Moffatt

As Britain and France declare war on Austria- Hungary, two cousins from Folkestone can't wait to join in.

Written by: Katie Hims & Sean Moffatt

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, as the search for the missing boys continues, Folkestone's local police find their resources terribly stretched...

Written by: Katie Hims & Sean Moffatt

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 offering to mark the centenaries of World War One.

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.

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, there is perfect weather for the Sunday School picnic.

Written by: Katie Hims

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, when a postman drops dead in the Post Office, the life of Reverend Mr Winwood takes an unexpected turn.

Written by: Katie Hims