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Home Front: Radio 4's first world war drama will fight out the full four years

The ambitious new series, Home Front, will run from 2014 and 2018, creating ‘a patchwork of impressionistic stories from the war’

2 August 2014

9:00 AM

2 August 2014

9:00 AM

In a studio in Birmingham, there’s an air of excitement. Jessica Dromgoole and her team are recording new scenes for Home Front, Radio 4’s specially commissioned drama commemorating the first world war. They know that they’re about to launch on to the airwaves the boldest, most creative and enterprising venture yet heard on the station.

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Home Front begins on Radio 4 at noon on 4 August and runs (with intervals) until November 2018. It will also be available by podcast for ten years.

You might disagree with half of it, but you’ll enjoy reading all of it. Try your first month for free, then just $2 a week for the remainder of your first year.


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