A special edition of Home Front, Radio 4's epic drama series marking the centenaries of the First World War.  It’s 10 November, 1919, a year and a day after the last episode, and Folkestone is preparing for the first Remembrance Day, and contemplating a new post-war world.  

Cast
Florrie Wilson  ..... Claire Rushbrook
Albert Wilson  ..... Jamie Foreman
Kitty Lumley ..... Ami Metcalf
Victor Lumley ..... Joel MacCormack 
Adam Wilson ..... Billy Kennedy
Jessie Moore  ..... Lucy Hutchinson
Alice Macknade ..... Claire Louise Cordwell
Esme Macknade ..... Katie Angelou
Gabriel Graham  ..... Michael Bertenshaw
Isabel Summer ..... Keely Beresford
Charles Summer ..... Rufus Wright 
Ralph Winwood ..... Nick Murchie 
Mrs Edkins ..... Rachel Davies
Bill Macknade ..... Ben Crowe
Norman Harris ..... Sean Baker
Marion Wardle ..... Laura Elphinstone
Edie Chadwick ..... Kathryn Beaumont
Other roles ..... Bea White, Rex Wood, Jonah Collingwood Harrold, Isobel Barry, Olivia Wales, Emma Handy, John Lightbody, Sean Murray, Ryan Whittle and Lewis Bray

Written by Katie Hims
Directed by Jessica Dromgoole

Producer: Ciaran Bermingham
Assistant Producer: Hannah Ratcliffe
Production Coordinator: Sarah Morrison
Production Management Assistant: Leanne Allen
Production Management Assistant: Graham Eveleigh

Sound: Martha Littlehailes
Composer: Matthew Strachan

Home Front special, set on 10 November 1919, the eve of Britain's first Remembrance Day.

Home Front: A Fragile Peace

Epic drama series set in Great War Britain.

9 November 1918

<description>&lt;p&gt;On this day in 1918, the German Kaiser was forced to abdicate, and in Folkestone, the Wilsons face an uncertain future.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Cast
Kitty ..... Ami Metcalf
Albert ..... Jamie Foreman 
Daniel ..... Jonathan Bailey
Florrie ..... Claire Rushbrook
Jack ..... Ashley Kumar
Norman ..... Sean Baker
Peter ..... Bea White 
Victor ..... Joel MacCormack &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Written by Katie Hims
Directed by Jessica Dromgoole
Sound: Martha Littlehailes&lt;/p&gt;</description>

Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War.

On this day in 1918, the German Kaiser was forced to abdicate, and in Folkestone, the Wilsons face an uncertain future.Cast
Kitty ..... Ami Metcalf
Albert ..... Jamie Foreman 
Daniel ..... Jonathan Bailey
Florrie ..... Claire Rushbrook
Jack ..... Ashley Kumar
Norman ..... Sean Baker
Peter ..... Bea White 
Victor ..... Joel MacCormack Written by Katie Hims
Directed by Jessica Dromgoole
Sound: Martha Littlehailes

9 November 1918 - Kitty Lumley

<description>&lt;p&gt;On this day in 1918, On this day in 1918, the Church of England created a fund for Spiritual Reconstruction after the war, and in Folkestone, Johnnie is feeling dispirited. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Cast
Johnnie ..... Paul Ready 
Adeline ..... Helen Schlesinger 
Albert ..... Jamie Foreman 
Alice ..... Claire Louise Cordwell
Bill ..... Ben Crowe
Charles ..... Rufus Wright
Cressida ..... Bettrys Jones 
Gabriel ..... Michael Bertenshaw
Isabel ..... Keely Beresford
Kitty ..... Ami Metcalf
Peter ..... Bea White 
Phyllis ..... Christine Absalom
Valentine ..... Nick Underwood
Operator ..... Emma Handy&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Written by Katie Hims
Directed by Jessica Dromgoole
Sound: Martha Littlehailes&lt;/p&gt;</description>

On this day in 1918, On this day in 1918, the Church of England created a fund for Spiritual Reconstruction after the war, and in Folkestone, Johnnie is feeling dispirited. Cast
Johnnie ..... Paul Ready 
Adeline ..... Helen Schlesinger 
Albert ..... Jamie Foreman 
Alice ..... Claire Louise Cordwell
Bill ..... Ben Crowe
Charles ..... Rufus Wright
Cressida ..... Bettrys Jones 
Gabriel ..... Michael Bertenshaw
Isabel ..... Keely Beresford
Kitty ..... Ami Metcalf
Peter ..... Bea White 
Phyllis ..... Christine Absalom
Valentine ..... Nick Underwood
Operator ..... Emma HandyWritten by Katie Hims
Directed by Jessica Dromgoole
Sound: Martha Littlehailes

8 November 1918 - Johnnie Marshall

8 November 1918

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.

Home Front

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