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31 July - 4 August 1917 (Season 11 start)

The first omnibus of Season 11, Broken and Mad, set in Folkestone, in the week, in 1917, when the battle of Passchendaele began.

Written by Katie Hims
Directed by Jessica Dromgoole

Sound: Martha Littlehailes
Composer: Matthew Strachan
Consultant Historian: Maggie Andrews.

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58 minutes

Last on

Thu 2 Nov 201703:00
BBC Radio 4 Extra

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Credits

Adeline LumleyHelen Schlesinger
Dorothea WinwoodRachel Shelley
Jessie MooreLucy Hutchinson
Kitty LumleyAmi Metcalf
Hilary PearceCraige Els
Phyllis MarshallChristine Absalom
Gabriel GrahamMichael Bertenshaw
Howard ArgentGunnar Cauthery
OwenLiam Christian
Ernie MooreSean Connolly
Alice MacknadeClaire Louise Cordwell
Solly JosephStephen Critchlow
Sylvia GrahamJoanna David
Mrs EdkinsRachel Davies
Adam WilsonBilly Kennedy
Mrs FryerDebbie Korley
Maisie HarrisCassie Layton
Victor LumleyJoel MacCormack
Ralph WinwoodNicholas Murchie
Olive HargreavesRhiannon Neads
NurseSusie Riddell
Ivy LaytonLizzy Watts
Mayor PenfoldJohn Woodvine
Sir Frederick MottPhilip Fox
Hilda MooreBella Hamblin
Ralph WinwoodNick Murchie
Harry TatePhilip Fox
Biago RossiPhilip Fox
CarolineDebbie Korley
Albert WilsonJamie Foreman
WriterKatie Hims
DirectorJessica Dromgoole

Broadcasts

  • Fri 4 Aug 201721:00
    BBC Radio 4
  • Wed 1 Nov 201710:00
    BBC Radio 4 Extra
  • Wed 1 Nov 201715:00
    BBC Radio 4 Extra
  • Thu 2 Nov 201703:00
    BBC Radio 4 Extra

The Characters

The Characters

Set in Folkestone, Tyneside and Devon, meet Home Front's characters.

Podcast

  • Home Front - Omnibus

    Epic drama series charting the lives of a group of characters on the home front during WWI