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Home Front - Omnibus

BBC Radio 4

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Frequency: 1 episode/13d. Total Eps: 61

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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5-9 November 1918

Friday, November 9, 2018 • Duration 57:14

Epic drama series set in Great War Britain.

29 October - 2 November 1918

Friday, November 2, 2018 • Duration 56:47

Epic drama series set in Great War Britain.

23-27 July 1918

Friday, July 27, 2018 • Duration 57:33

The sixth omnibus of Season 14, Needs Must When the Devil Drives, set in Devon, in the week, in 1918, when an outbreak of flu was reported at a PoW camp in Bramley, affecting a third of the 3,000 prisoners.

Cast Emily Colville ..... Scarlett Brookes Cathy Lawrence ..... Debbie Korley Kitty Lumley ..... Ami Metcalf Howard Argent ..... Gunnar Cauthery Cora Gidley ..... Joanna Monro Klaus Hofstadter ..... Atilla Akinci Hetty Cox ..... Adie Allen Daniel Marriot ..... Jonathan Bailey Morris Battley ..... Sean Baker Gabriel Graham ..... Michael Bertenshaw Juliet Cavendish ..... Lizzie Bourne Lauren ..... Lauren Cornelius Sylvia Graham ..... Joanna David Stallholder ..... Ryan Early Moses Wickens ..... Ed Gaughan Ludwig Huber ..... Marcel Hagen Isaac Cox ..... James Lailey Cyrus Colville ..... Anton Lesser Victor Lumley ..... Joel MacCormack Hardy Walsh ..... Damien Molony Mr Buckle ..... Sean Murray Hector Gidley ..... Brian Protheroe Susie ..... Susie Riddell Marieke Argent ..... Olivia Ross Adeline Lumley ..... Helen Schlesinger Eli Lawrence ..... Michael Shelford Effie Taverner ..... Lizzie Stables Bertram Colville ..... Nick Underwood Elspeth Taverner ..... Kelly Williams Connie Cavendish ..... Darcey Brown Grace Cavendish ..... Grace Doherty Teddy Lawrence ..... Florence Duncalf Peter Lumley ..... Beatrice White

Written by Katie Hims Story-led by Sebastian Baczkiewicz Directed by Jessica Dromgoole

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

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16-20 July 1918

Friday, July 20, 2018 • Duration 57:38

The fifth omnibus of Season 14, Needs Must When the Devil Drives, set in Devon, in the week, in 1918, when the Board of Agriculture reported an increase in German PoW farm workers from 800 to 10,000.

Cast Victor Lumley ..... Joel MacCormack Isabel Graham ..... Keely Beresford Howard Argent ..... Gunnar Cauthery Elspeth Taverner ..... Kelly Williams Kitty Lumley ..... Ami Metcalf Klaus Hofstadter ..... Atilla Akinci Hetty Cox ..... Adie Allen Daniel Marriott ..... Jonathan Bailey Juliet Cavendish ..... Lizzie Bourne Howard Argent ..... ..... Gunnar Cauthery Sylvia Graham ..... Joanna David Silas Morrow ..... Shaun Dooley Arthur Hurst ..... Mark Heap Isaac Cox ..... James Lailey Rose Fairweather ..... Helen Longworth Victor Lumley ..... Joel MacCormack Betty Newcombe ..... Annie McKenzie Cora Gidley ..... Joanna Monro Adeline Lumley ..... Helen Schlesinger Dieter Lippke ..... Joe Sims Mrs Ferrier ..... Jane Slavin Effie Taverner ..... Lizzie Stables Charles Summer ..... Rufus Wright Connie Cavendish ..... Darcey Brown Grace Cavendish ..... Grace Doherty Peter Lumley ..... Beatrice White

Written by Katie Hims Story-led by Sebastian Baczkiewicz Directed by Jessica Dromgoole

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

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9-13 July 1918

Friday, July 13, 2018 • Duration 56:47

The fourth omnibus of Season 14, Needs Must When the Devil Drives, set in Devon, in the week, in 1918, when the Russian Soviet Republic adopted its first constitution, containing the slogan 'He who does not work, neither shall he eat!'. At Halecot Farm, meanwhile, Dieter has been toiling all night.

Cast Elspeth Taverner ..... Kelly Williams Ivan Jackson ..... Lloyd Thomas Kitty Lumley ..... Ami Metcalf Hector Gidley ..... Brian Protheroe Silas Morrow ..... Shaun Dooley Klaus Hofstadter ..... Atilla Akinci Daniel Marriott ..... Jonathan Bailey Gabriel Graham ..... Michael Bertenshaw Howard Argent ..... Gunnar Cauthery Amos Rutter ..... Richard Cotton Moses Wickens ..... Ed Gaughan Ludwig Huber ..... Marcel Hagen Arthur Hurst ..... Mark Heap Cathy Lawrence ..... Debbie Korley Isaac Cox ..... James Lailey Vernon Goodman ..... John Lightbody Rose Fairweather ..... Helen Longworth Victor Lumley ..... Joel MacCormack Primrose Holden ..... Jade Matthew Cora Gidley ..... Joanna Monro Robin Bowder ..... Sean Murray Sid Butler ..... Nigel Pilkington Adeline Lumley ..... Helen Schlesinger Dieter Lippke ..... Joe Sims Effie Taverner ..... Lizzie Stables Clarence Ogden ..... David Sterne Peter Lumley ..... Beatrice White

Written by Sebastian Baczkiewicz Directed by Ciaran Bermingham Editor: Jessica Dromgoole

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

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2-6 July 1918

Friday, July 6, 2018 • Duration 57:11

The third omnibus of Season 14, Needs Must When the Devil Drives, set in Devon, in the week, in 1918, when the Allied countries launched an intervention into the Russian Civil War.

Cast Klaus Hofstadter ..... Atilla Akinci Primrose Holden ..... Jade Matthew Morris Battley ..... Sean Baker Sylvia Graham ..... Joanna David Rose Fairweather ..... Helen Longworth Daniel Marriott ..... Jonathan Bailey Gabriel Graham ..... Michael Bertenshaw Amos Rutter ..... Richard Cotton Moses Wickens ..... Ed Gaughan Ludwig Huber ..... Marcel Hagen Arthur Hurst ..... Mark Heap Jocelyn Ogden ..... Christine Kavanagh Isaac Cox ..... James Lailey Victor Lumley ..... Joel MacCormack Kitty Lumley ..... Ami Metcalf Hardy Walsh ..... Damien Molony Cora Gidley ..... Joanna Monro Lionel Summer ..... Geoffrey Palmer Hector Gidley ..... Brian Protheroe Eli Lawrence ..... Michael Shelford Dieter Lippke ..... Joe Sims Effie Taverner ..... Lizzie Stables Gert Battley ..... Maggie Steed Ivan Jackson ..... Lloyd Thomas Elspeth Taverner ..... Kelly Williams Charles Summer ..... Rufus Wright

Written by Sebastian Baczkiewicz Directed by Jessica Dromgoole

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

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25-29 June 1918

Friday, June 29, 2018 • Duration 56:43

The second omnibus of Season 14, Needs Must When the Devil Drives, set in Devon, in the week, in 1918, when the War Office called for 10,000 wounded, unfit and older men to help with the looming harvest. At Staverley Court, meanwhile, Hector and Cora receive a field postcard.

Written by Lucy Catherine Story-led by Sebastian Baczkiewicz Directed by Ciaran Bermingham Editor: Jessica Dromgoole

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

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18-22 June 1918 (Season 14 start)

Friday, June 22, 2018 • Duration 56:44

The first omnibus of Season 14, Needs Must When the Devil Drives, set in Devon in 1918, in the week that Viscount Grey published a pamphlet supporting President Wilson's proposal to establish a League of Nations.

Written by Lucy Catherine Story-led by Sebastian Baczkiewicz Directed by Jessica Dromgoole

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

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Home Front - Omnibus returns on 22 June

Thursday, June 14, 2018 • Duration 03:56

A preview of Home Front's penultimate season which is set in Devon. Its lead writer, Sebastian Baczkiewicz, gives an idea of what to expect.

23-27 April 1918

Friday, April 27, 2018 • Duration 56:52

Final omnibus of Season 13, A Woman's Place, set in the week when a general strike was held in Dublin in protest against plans for Irish conscription.

Cast Gabriel Graham ..... Michael Bertenshaw Rev. Alec Poole ..... Tom Stuart Dilys Walker ..... Ellie Piercy Kitty Lumley ..... Ami Metcalf Isabel Graham ..... Keely Beresford Esme Macknade ..... Katie Angelou Norman Harris ..... Sean Baker Edie Chadwick ..... Kathryn Beaumont Juliet Cavendish ..... Lizzie Bourne Howard Argent ..... Gunnar Cauthery Alice Macknade ..... Claire-Louise Cordwell Eleanor Tanney ..... Aimee-Ffion Edwards Marion Wardle ..... Laura Elphinstone Rose Allatini ..... Phoebe Fildes Terence Wentworth ..... Jack Lowden Rev. Ralph Winwood ..... Nicholas Murchie Olive Hargreaves ..... Rhiannon Neads Florrie Wilson ..... Claire Rushbrook Nell Kingsley ..... Alice St Clair Adeline Lumley ..... Helen Schlesinger Dorothea Winwood ..... Rachel Shelley Dennis Monk ..... Sam Swann Charles Summer ..... Rufus Wright

Written by Sarah Daniels Directed by Jessica Dromgoole

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

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