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18-22 September 1917

The final omnibus of Season 11, Broken and Mad, set in the week in 1917 when free treatment was recommended for all invalided soldiers, and Dorothea prepares to return to work.

The final omnibus of Season 11, Broken and Mad, set in Folkestone, in the week, in 1917, when the National Health Insurance Commission recommended free treatment for all invalided soldiers and sailors, and in Folkestone, Dorothea prepares for her first day back at the Bevan hospital.

Written by Shaun McKenna and Katie Hims
Directed by Allegra McIlroy
Editor: Jessica Dromgoole

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

Home Front returns on 13 November with a new season set in Tynemouth.

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58 minutes

Last on

Sat 11 Nov 201703:00
BBC Radio 4 Extra

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Credits

Ulysses PilchardKhalid Abdalla
Phyllis MarshallChristine Absalom
WaitressChristine Absalom
Norman HarrisSean Baker
Isabel GrahamKeely Beresford
Gabriel GrahamMichael Bertenshaw
Howard ArgentGunnar Cauthery
OwenLiam Christian
Sylvia GrahamJoanna David
Silas MorrowShaun Dooley
Oscar HendrickxPierre Elliott
Albert WilsonJamie Foreman
Hotel ManagerTom Forrister
ManagerTom Forrister
Jessie MooreLucy Hutchinson
Cressida MarshallBettrys Jones
Maisie HarrisCassie Layton
Victor LumleyJoel MacCormack
Kitty LumleyAmi Metcalf
Ralph WinwoodNicholas Murchie
Harry PankhurstSean Murray
Bessie JosephRhiannon Neads
Eric MortonPaul Rainbow
Adeline LumleyHelen Schlesinger
Dorothea WinwoodRachel Shelley
Alec PooleTom Stuart
Dennis MonkSam Swann
Ivy LaytonLizzy Watts
Charles SummerRufus Wright
WriterShaun McKenna
WriterKatie Hims
DirectorAllegra McIlroy
Series EditorJessica Dromgoole

Broadcasts

  • Fri 22 Sep 201721:00
    BBC Radio 4
  • Fri 10 Nov 201710:00
    BBC Radio 4 Extra
  • Fri 10 Nov 201715:00
    BBC Radio 4 Extra
  • Sat 11 Nov 201703:00
    BBC Radio 4 Extra

The Characters

The Characters

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

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  • Home Front - Omnibus

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