Home Front

A button falls off. A letter is discovered. A boy's hat is found on the beach.Written by Sebastian Baczkiewicz Music: Matthew Strachan Directed by Jessica Dromgoole Sound: Martha Littlehailes

The Belgian refugees, escaping the atrocities at home, pour into Folkestone and present a new challenge for the townsfolk.Written by Sebastian Baczkiewicz Music: Matthew Strachan Directed by Jessica Dromgoole Sound: Martha Littlehailes

Lt Lumley is devastated that he can't go to war, not least because life at home is so complicated.Written by Sebastian Baczkiewicz Music: Matthew Strachan Directed by Jessica Dromgoole Sound: Martha Littlehailes

Where there's war, there's brass, and Hilary Pearce has the makings of a real operator.Written by: Sebastian Baczkiewicz Music: Matthew Strachan Directed by Editor: Jessica Dromgoole Sound: Martha Littlehailes

At Folkestone harbour, the Grahams bid a fond farewell to Freddie.Written by: Katie Hims & Sean Moffatt Music: Matthew Strachan Directed and produced by: Lucy Collingwood Sound: Martha Littlehailes Editor: Jessica Dromgoole.

On the Folkestone Leas, an unlikely pair are brought together to promote the town's flagging tourism.Written by: Katie Hims & Sean Moffatt Music: Matthew Strachan Directed and produced by: Lucy Collingwood Sound: Martha Littlehailes Editor: Jessica Dromgoole.

The squadron of the First Royal Flying Corps leaves for France and a local Folkestone newspaper starts a rumour...Written by: Katie Hims & Sean Moffatt Music: Matthew Strachan. Directed and produced by: Lucy Collingwood Sound: Martha Littlehailes Editor: Jessica Dromgoole.

As Britain and France declare war on Austria- Hungary, two cousins from Folkestone can't wait to join in.Written by: Katie Hims & Sean Moffatt Music by: Matthew Strachan Directed and produced by: Lucy Collingwood Sound: Martha Littlehailes Editor: Jessica Dromgoole.

The first season of an epic drama series set in Great War Britain exactly one hundred days before its original broadcast on BBC Radio 4. In this episode, as the search for the missing boys continues, Folkestone's local police find their resources terribly stretched...Written by: Katie Hims & Sean Moffatt Music by: Matthew Strachan Directed and produced by: Lucy Collingwood Sound: Martha Littlehailes Editor: Jessica DromgooleHome Front is a ground-breaking new Radio Four radio drama - its biggest ever at around 600 episodes - set in Britain during the Great War, playing a central role in the BBC's comprehensive offering to mark the centenaries of World War One.An enthralling fiction, set against a backdrop of fact. Each episode is set a hundred years to the day before broadcast, and follows one character's day. Together they create a mosaic of experience from a wide cross-section of British society, and a playful treasure hunt, with at least one historical truth hidden in each story.Season One is set in Fo

The first season of an epic drama series set in Great War Britain exactly one hundred days before its original broadcast on BBC Radio 4. In this episode, there is perfect weather for the Sunday School picnic.Written by: Katie Hims Directed by Editor: Jessica Dromgoole Sound: Martha Littlehailes

The first season of an epic drama series set in Great War Britain exactly one hundred days before its original broadcast on BBC Radio 4. In this episode, when a postman drops dead in the Post Office, the life of Reverend Mr Winwood takes an unexpected turn.Written by: Katie Hims Music: Matthew Strachan Directed by Editor: Jessica Dromgoole Sound: Martha Littlehailes

The first season of an epic drama series set in Great War Britain exactly one hundred days before its original broadcast on BBC Radio 4. In this episode, in all the excitement of war, two seven year old boys fancy an adventure of their own.Written by: Katie Hims Music: Matthew Strachan Directed by Editor: Jessica Dromgoole Sound: Martha Littlehailes

The first season of an epic drama series set in Great War Britain exactly one hundred days before its original broadcast on BBC Radio 4. In this episode, Folkestone has woken up to new responsibilities as a part of the war machine.Written by: Katie Hims Music: Matthew Strachan Directed by Editor: Jessica Dromgoole Sound: Martha Littlehailes

The first season of an epic drama series set in Great War Britain exactly one hundred days before its original broadcast on BBC Radio 4. In this first episode, as Britain waits for Germany's response to their ultimatum, in Folkestone, Kitty Wilson has a deadline of her own.Written by: Katie Hims Music: Matthew Strachan Directed by Editor: Jessica Dromgoole Sound: Martha LittlehailesHome Front is a ground-breaking new Radio Four radio drama - its biggest ever at around 600 episodes - set in Britain during the Great War, playing a central role in the BBC's comprehensive offering to mark the centenaries of World War One.An enthralling fiction, set against a backdrop of fact. Each episode is set a hundred years to the day before broadcast, and follows one character's day. Together they create a mosaic of experience from a wide cross-section of British society, and a playful treasure hunt, with at least one historical truth hidden in each story.Season One is set in Folkestone, a fashionable Edwardian seaside resor