Home Front - TopPodcast.com

View Top 200 Chart

Back to Rankings Page

Home Front — Arts
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.

Copyright: © (C) BBC 2018

Latest Episodes:

7 June 1917 - Isabel Graham Jun 07, 2017

Show notes

On this day in 1917, in the early hours of the morning, people as far away as Dublin were woken by the detonation of Messines Ridge, the biggest man-made explosion in history. In Folkestone, it's deafening.

Singers ..... Nancy Cole, Ksynia Loeffler, Stephen Jeffes, Tom Raskin, Charles Gibbs Organ - David Smith

Written by Katie Hims Singers conducted by Sam Evans Sound: Martha Littlehailes Directed by Jessica Dromgoole.

6 June 1917 - Gabriel Graham Jun 06, 2017

Show notes

On this day in 1917, a "tropical rainstorm" descended on a damaged Folkestone, where Gabriel Graham's tempestuous journey leads to a flash of inspiration.

Written by Katie Hims Directed by Ciaran Bermingham Sound: Martha Littlehailes Editor: Jessica Dromgoole.

5 June 1917 - Eric Morton Jun 05, 2017

Show notes

On this day in 1917, the second daylight Gotha air raid targeted Sheerness, while in Folkestone, the police station is still dealing with the fallout of the first.

Written by Katie Hims Directed by Jessica Dromgoole Sound: Martha Littlehailes

2 June 1917 - Dorothea Winwood Jun 02, 2017

Show notes

On this day in 1917, Canadian flying ace Billy Bishop shot down three German planes on a solo flight behind enemy lines, and in Folkestone, Dorothea Winwood's on a mission for the truth.

Singers ..... Nancy Cole, Ksynia Loeffler, Stephen Jeffes, Tom Raskin, Charles Gibbs Organ ..... David Smith Conductor ..... Sam Evans

Written by Katie Hims Directed by Allegra McIlroy Sound: Martha Littlehailes Editor: Jessica Dromgoole.

1 June 1917 - Jessie Moore Jun 01, 2017

Show notes

On this day in 1917, funerals were held for another ten victims of the Folkestone air raid, and Jessie Moore confronts her loss.

Written by Katie Hims Directed by Allegra McIlroy Sound: Martha Littlehailes Editor: Jessica Dromgoole.

31 May 1917 - Gabriel Graham May 31, 2017

Show notes

On this day in 1917, the War Office met to discuss how to prevent future aeroplane attacks like that on Folkestone, and Gabriel Graham deals with the fallout locally.

Written by Katie Hims Directed by Allegra McIlroy Sound: Martha Littlehailes Editor: Jessica Dromgoole.

30 May 1917 - Kitty Lumley May 30, 2017

Show notes

On this day in 1917, the death toll from the Folkestone air raid now numbered 72, but for Kitty Lumley, the disaster offers a new start.

Written by Katie Hims Directed by Allegra McIlroy Sound: Martha Littlehailes Editor: Jessica Dromgoole.

29 May 1917 - Alice Macknade May 29, 2017

Show notes

On this day in 1917, the national press were allowed to publish the news that Folkestone was the centre of a great air raid, and locally, the first seven funerals for victims took place.

Written by Katie Hims Directed by Allegra McIlroy Sound: Martha Littlehailes Editor: Jessica Dromgoole.

26 May 1917 - Alec Poole May 26, 2017

Show notes

On this day in 1917, while in Canada there were demonstrations against the introduction of conscription, people in Folkestone mourned their dead.

Written by Sarah Daniels Directed by Jessica Dromgoole Sound: Martha Littlehailes

Home Front: A Lightening May 25, 2017

Show notes

By Sarah Daniels. A special edition of Home Front, marking the centenary of Britain's first Gotha Air Raid, which devastated Folkestone on 25 May 1917. Weaving real historical figures and testimony with the stories and characters of Home Front, Sarah Daniels pays tribute to the people who died in this sudden, shocking atrocity.

Written by Sarah Daniels Sound by Martha Littlehailes Directed by Jessica Dromgoole

NOTES Friday 25 May 1917 marked the beginning of the Whitsun weekend, and shoppers queued in Tontine Street outside Stokes Greengrocers, who had put word around town that they were stocking fresh potatoes on that day. A squadron of Gotha planes who had attempted an attack on London, were returning unsuccessful, and tried their luck bombing the railway line that took thousands of soldiers daily to the coast.

Some planes attacked Shorncliffe Camp, killing 18, mainly Canadians, while others swept east across the town. A single bomb was dropped on Tontine Street at 6.22pm (breaking the clock of the Congregational Church). It killed 63 - 10 men, 28 women and 25 children. More than 100 were injured.

On Thursday 25 May 2017, the first plaque commemorating the victims will be unveiled in Folkestone.

Related Podcasts