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Radio 4 Extra,19 May 2017,58 mins

15-19 May 1917

Home Front - Omnibus

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The fifth omnibus of Season 10, Our Daily Bread, set in Folkestone, in the week, in 1917, when sugar queues were reported in London, with supplies believed to be at their lowest yet. Cast Victor Lumley ..... Joel MacCormack Kitty Lumley ..... Ami Metcalf Walter Hamilton ..... Joseph Kloska Esme Macknade ..... Katie Angelou Noah Hamilton ..... Finn Monteath Mildred Manchester ..... Annette Badland Reg Roach ..... Arthur Smith Florrie Wilson ..... Claire Rushbrook Alfred Vane ..... Charlie Clements Mabel Thatcher ..... Chetna Pandya Dolly Clout ..... Elaine Claxton Cynthia Hamilton ..... Fenella Woolgar Noah Hamilton ..... Finn Monteath Mrs Herrin ..... Georgie Glen Adeline Lumley ..... Helen Schlesinger Maggie Macknade ..... Hollie Thoupos Nancy Parker ..... Jane Whittenshaw Sylvia Graham ..... Joanna David Isabel Graham ..... Keely Beresford May Arnold ..... Lois Chimimba Jessie Moore ..... Lucy Hutchinson Gabriel Graham ..... Michael Bertenshaw Oscar Hendrickx ..... Pierre Elliot Mrs Joan Edkins ..... Rachel Davies Evelina White ..... Rosie Cavaliero Dicky Manchester ..... Roy Hudd Mr Herrin ..... Stephen Critchlow Alec Poole ..... Tom Stuart Singers ..... Stephen Jeffes, Charles Gibbs Written by Sarah Daniels Directed by Allegra McIlroy Editor: Jessica Dromgoole Sound: Martha Littlehailes Composer: Matthew Strachan Consultant Historian: Maggie Andrews.

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