4-8 August 1914 (Season 1 start)
Folkestone comes to terms with being at the hub of Britain's war effort.
- 58 mins
- 08 Aug 2014
BBC Sounds - Home Front - Omnibus - Available Episodes
Home Front - Omnibus
Omnibus editions of the epic drama series tracking the fortunes of characters on the home front as they try to maintain normality while Britain is involved in the First World War.
Episodes (121 Available)
11-15 August 1914As Britain declares war on Austria-Hungary, Folkestone tries to rally flagging tourism.
- 58 mins
- 15 Aug 2014
- 18-22 August 1914
Folkestone welcomes the first wave of Belgian refugees, fleeing the war.
- 58 mins
- 22 Aug 2014
- 25-29 August 1914
With the first war-wounded arriving home, the locals attempt to boost morale.
- 58 mins
- 29 Aug 2014
- 1-5 September 1914
The country enters its second month at war. The white feather movement begins in earnest.
- 58 mins
- 05 Sep 2014
- 8-12 September 1914
Folkestone holds its annual regatta, and Dieter's safety is threatened.
- 58 mins
- 12 Sep 2014
- 15-19 September 1914
Folkestone honours its dead, and our characters' worlds all seem up-ended.
- 58 mins
- 19 Sep 2014
- 22-26 September 1914
Suffragette Emmeline Pankhurst visits Folkestone, and an amicable alliance is reached.
- 58 mins
- 26 Sep 2014
- 29 September - 3 October 1914
The end of the beginning, perhaps, but a long long way from the end.
- 58 mins
- 03 Oct 2014
1-5 December 1914 (Season 2 start)Everyone is looking to do their bit for the war effort.
- 58 mins
- 05 Dec 2014
- 8-12 December 1914
Newcomers spell trouble for St Jude's, and the police are unprepared for a crime wave.
- 58 mins
- 12 Dec 2014
- 15-19 December 1914
As Christmas approaches, a spirit of generosity and recklessness fills the air.
- 58 mins
- 19 Dec 2014
- 22-26 December 1914
The Grahams host a family Christmas and Folkestone's festivities don't go entirely to plan
- 58 mins
- 26 Dec 2014
- 29 December 1914 to 2 January 1915
Folkestone is uneasy about the move from 1914 into 1915.
- 58 mins
- 02 Jan 2015
- 5-9 January 1915
Folkestone mourns one of its missing, and the Grahams await a special delivery.
- 58 mins
- 09 Jan 2015
2-6 February 1915 (Season 3 start)Industrial Tynemouth is experiencing a quite different war to that felt in Folkestone.
- 58 mins
- 06 Feb 2015
- 9-13 February 1915
The mayor of Tynemouth honours the first local soldier to be awarded a VC.
- 58 mins
- 13 Feb 2015
- 16-20 February 1915
The country may be at war, but there is time for romance in industrial Tynemouth.
- 58 mins
- 20 Feb 2015
- 23-27 February 1915
Lunatic asylums are being commandeered by the government for use as military hospitals.
- 60 mins
- 23 Feb 2015
- 2-6 March 1915
Germany declares a submarine blockade, and our characters begin to feel hemmed in.
- 58 mins
- 06 Mar 2015
