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Home Front - Omnibus

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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25-29 May 1915 (Season 4 start)

25-29 May 1915 (Season 4 start)

The first omnibus edition of Season 4 of Radio 4's epic drama series set in Great War Britain. The Canadians have arrive... Read more

29 May 2015

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18-22 August 1914

18-22 August 1914

The week that Folkestone welcomed the first wave of Belgian refugees, fleeing the war.Written by Sebastian BaczkiewiczCo... Read more

22 Aug 2014

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28 September - 2 October 1915

28 September - 2 October 1915

Omnibus edition of the epic drama series set in Great War Britain covering a week that the Wilson family could never hav... Read more

2 Oct 2015

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7-11 September 1915 (Season 5 start)

7-11 September 1915 (Season 5 start)

The first omnibus edition of Season 5 of the epic drama series set in Great War Britain in which the population is begin... Read more

11 Sep 2015

56mins

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4-8 April 1916 (Season 7 start)

4-8 April 1916 (Season 7 start)

In the week in 1916 when a Zeppelin raid dropped bombs on the North East coast, old feuds are reignited in Ashburton.Wri... Read more

8 Apr 2016

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30 January-3 February 1917

30 January-3 February 1917

In the week, in 1917, when America formally broke diplomatic relations with Germany, and in Tynemouth, people are making... Read more

3 Feb 2017

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8-12 February 1916

8-12 February 1916

In the week that conscription came into effect, there are secrets and celebrations in Folkestone. Final Omnibus of the s... Read more

16 Feb 2016

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31 July - 4 August 1917 (Season 11 start)

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 Passchendael... Read more

4 Aug 2017

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22-26 September 1914

22-26 September 1914

Well-known suffragette Emmeline Pankhurst visits Folkestone and on the Leas, an amicable alliance is reached.Written by:... Read more

26 Sep 2014

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14-18 August 1917

14-18 August 1917

The third omnibus of Season 11, Broken and Mad, set in Folkestone, in the week, in 1917, when poets Wilfred Owen and Sie... Read more

18 Aug 2017

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21-25 August 1917

21-25 August 1917

The fourth omnibus of Season 11, Broken and Mad, set in Folkestone, in the week, in 1917, when the French Army regained ... Read more

25 Aug 2017

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1-5 September 1914

1-5 September 1914

A hundred years ago this week, the country entered its second month at war, and the White Feather Movement began in earn... Read more

5 Sep 2014

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8-12 September 1914

8-12 September 1914

Folkestone holds its annual regatta and Dieter's safety is threatened...Written by: Sarah DanielsConsultant Historian: P... Read more

12 Sep 2014

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16-20 January 1917

16-20 January 1917

In the week in 1917 when a munitions factory explosion in Silvertown, East London, killed 73 workers, and damaged 70,000... Read more

20 Jan 2017

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4-8 January 1916

4-8 January 1916

In a week when compulsory Military service became almost inevitable, the Bevan hospital becomes a welcome alternative to... Read more

8 Jan 2016

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6-10 August 1918

6-10 August 1918

Final omnibus of Season 14, Needs Must When the Devil Drives, set in the week when thousands of soldiers were given agri... Read more

10 Aug 2018

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1-5 February 1916

1-5 February 1916

In the week when Britain suffered the worst zeppelin raid thus far in the war, all of Folkestone is jumpy.Written by Sha... Read more

5 Feb 2016

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13-17 November 1917 (Season 12 start)

13-17 November 1917 (Season 12 start)

The first omnibus of Season 12, Giddy with Possibility, set in Tynemouth, in the week, in 1917, when the Finnish Parliam... Read more

17 Nov 2017

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23-27 May 1916

23-27 May 1916

In a week when President Wilson advocated the formation of an Association of Nations to ensure future peace, relations i... Read more

27 May 2016

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11-15 January 1916

11-15 January 1916

In the week when the Welsh and Scottish Trades Unions voted to oppose conscription, there's pressure at the Bevan to ret... Read more

15 Jan 2016

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