Home Front
Drama serial tracking the fortunes of a group 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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"Her accent was genuinely frozen there"
Maggie Steed on native Devon dialect and her great grandmother - also called Gert
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Rare archives shed new light on conscription
Staffordshire Archivist Matthew Blake on the people who appealed against their call up
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Home Front Season Seven Trailer - Devon
New season returns 4 April, looking at the impact of conscription on a farming community
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The Characters
Meet the people of Folkestone and Tynemouth who feature in Home Front
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Secret Shakespeare - Did you spot them?
A quote is hidden in each episode of 2016. Here's a few so far...
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9 Astonishing Facts About Nursing In WW1
9 facts about nursing in early 20th Century Britain during The Great War.
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Access All Areas: Reliving World War One with Home Front
Midlands Today take a look behind the scenes and speak to writer Richard Monks
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Woman's Hour visits Home Front
Behind the scenes at the drama and a look at how WW1 really affected the lives of women
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Home Front Story Explorer
An innovative new way to explore the characters, themes and storylines
World War One at Home
Discover how the people and places around you changed during WW1.
World War One on TV and Radio
Marking the centenary of World War One across the BBC
Tommies
Drama following those on and behind the WW1 battlefront.
Home Front Heroes
How did WW1 change our notion of heroism?
