121 episodes
Home Front - Omnibus BBC Radio 4
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Omnibus editions of the epic drama series tracking the fortunes 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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29 October - 2 November 1918
Epic drama series set in Great War Britain.
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8-12 October 1918
The third omnibus of Season 15, Onward, set in Folkestone, in the week, in 1918, when General Haig warned against false rumours of peace.
Cast
Isabel ..... Keely Beresford
Florrie ..... Claire Rushbrook
Nell ..... Alice St Clair
Alice ..... Claire Louise Cordwell
Victor ..... Joel MacCormack
Phyllis ..... Christine Absalom
Wolfgang ..... Atilla Akinci
Esme ..... Katie Angelou
Daniel ..... Jonathan Bailey
Norman ..... Sean Baker
Gabriel ..... Michael Bertenshaw
Juliet ..... Lizzie Bourne
Annie ..... Kathleen Cranham
Bill ..... Ben Crowe
Sylvia ..... Joanna David
Forrester ..... Nigel Hastings
Ted ..... Jonny Holden
Walter ..... Joseph Kloska
Kitty ..... Ami Metcalf
Eric ..... Paul Rainbow
Johnnie ..... Paul Ready
Adeline ..... Helen Schlesinger
Susan ..... Jane Slavin
Arthur ..... Ryan Whittle
Charles ..... Rufus Wright
Grace ..... Grace Doherty
Connie ..... Darcey Brown
Isaac ..... Scout Ready
Peter ..... Bea White
Written by Shaun McKenna
Story-led by Katie Hims
Directed by Jessica Dromgoole -
1-5 October 1918
The second omnibus of Season 15, Onward, set in Folkestone, in the week, in 1918, when British and Arab troops, joined by T.E. Lawrence, seized Damascus. Meanwhile at Keeper’s Lodge, Adeline has a moment of sudden realisation.
Cast
Adeline ..... Helen Schlesinger
Hilary ..... Craige Els
Edie ..... Kathryn Beaumont
Bill ..... Ben Crowe
Kitty ..... Ami Metcalf
Phyllis ..... Christine Absalom
Sophie ….. Abbie Andrews
Norman ….. Sean Baker
Daniel ..... Jonathan Bailey
Gabriel ..... Michael Bertenshaw
Alice ..... Claire Louise Cordwell
Annie ..... Kathleen Cranham
Mrs Edkins ..... Rachel Davies
Nell ..... Alice St Clair
Silas ..... Shaun Dooley
Eleanor ….. Aimee-Ffion Edwards
Marion ..... Laura Elphinstone
Forrester ..... Nigel Hastings
Dicky ..... Roy Hudd
Walter ..... Joseph Kloska
Victor ..... Joel MacCormack
Mr Snook ….. Dominic Mafham
Ralph ..... Nicholas Murchie
Harry ….. Sean Murray
Dilys ..... Ellie Piercy
Florrie ..... Claire Rushbrook
Alec ..... Tom Stuart
Peter ..... Bea White
Written by Katie Hims
Directed by Ciaran Bermingham
Editor: Jessica Dromgoole
Sound: Martha Littlehailes
Composer: Matthew Strachan
Consultant Historian: Maggie Andrews
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