Home Front - Omnibus
Activity Overview
Episode publication activity over the past year
Episodes
5-9 November 1918
09 Nov 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Epic drama series set in Great War Britain.
29 October - 2 November 1918
02 Nov 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Epic drama series set in Great War Britain.
22-26 October 1918
26 Oct 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Epic drama series set in Great War Britain.
15-19 October 1918
19 Oct 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Epic drama series set in Great War Britain.
8-12 October 1918
12 Oct 2018
Contributed by Lukas
The third omnibus of Season 15, Onward, set in Folkestone, in the week, in 1918, when General Haig warned against false rumours of peace.Cast Isabel ....
1-5 October 1918
05 Oct 2018
Contributed by Lukas
The second omnibus of Season 15, Onward, set in Folkestone, in the week, in 1918, when British and Arab troops, joined by T.E. Lawrence, seized Damasc...
24-28 September 1918 (Season 15 start)
28 Sep 2018
Contributed by Lukas
The first omnibus of Season 15, Onward, set in Folkestone, in the week, in 1918, when the Allies launched their final, and decisive campaign on the We...
6-10 August 1918
10 Aug 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Final omnibus of Season 14, Needs Must When the Devil Drives, set in the week when thousands of soldiers were given agricultural furlough to help with...
30 July - 3 August 1918
03 Aug 2018
Contributed by Lukas
The seventh omnibus of Season 14, Needs Must When the Devil Drives, set in Devon, in the week, in 1918, when Allied forces arrived in northern Russia ...
23-27 July 1918
27 Jul 2018
Contributed by Lukas
The sixth omnibus of Season 14, Needs Must When the Devil Drives, set in Devon, in the week, in 1918, when an outbreak of flu was reported at a PoW ca...
16-20 July 1918
20 Jul 2018
Contributed by Lukas
The fifth omnibus of Season 14, Needs Must When the Devil Drives, set in Devon, in the week, in 1918, when the Board of Agriculture reported an increa...
9-13 July 1918
13 Jul 2018
Contributed by Lukas
The fourth omnibus of Season 14, Needs Must When the Devil Drives, set in Devon, in the week, in 1918, when the Russian Soviet Republic adopted its fi...
2-6 July 1918
06 Jul 2018
Contributed by Lukas
The third omnibus of Season 14, Needs Must When the Devil Drives, set in Devon, in the week, in 1918, when the Allied countries launched an interventi...
25-29 June 1918
29 Jun 2018
Contributed by Lukas
The second omnibus of Season 14, Needs Must When the Devil Drives, set in Devon, in the week, in 1918, when the War Office called for 10,000 wounded, ...
18-22 June 1918 (Season 14 start)
22 Jun 2018
Contributed by Lukas
The first omnibus of Season 14, Needs Must When the Devil Drives, set in Devon in 1918, in the week that Viscount Grey published a pamphlet supporting...
Home Front - Omnibus returns on 22 June
14 Jun 2018
Contributed by Lukas
A preview of Home Front's penultimate season which is set in Devon. Its lead writer, Sebastian Baczkiewicz, gives an idea of what to expect.
23-27 April 1918
27 Apr 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Final omnibus of Season 13, A Woman's Place, set in the week when a general strike was held in Dublin in protest against plans for Irish conscription....
16-20 April 1918
20 Apr 2018
Contributed by Lukas
The seventh omnibus of Season 13, A Woman's Place, set in Folkestone, in the week, in 1918, when suffragist Nina Boyle claimed a 'moral triumph' after...
9-13 April 1918
13 Apr 2018
Contributed by Lukas
The sixth omnibus of Season 13, A Woman's Place, set in Folkestone, in the week, in 1918, when Maud Allen's production of Salome was cancelled followi...
2-6 April 1918
06 Apr 2018
Contributed by Lukas
The fifth omnibus of Season 13, A Woman's Place, set in Folkestone, in the week, in 1918, when the Operation Michael came to an end.Written by Katie H...
26-30 March 1918
30 Mar 2018
Contributed by Lukas
The fourth omnibus of Season 13, A Woman's Place, set in Folkestone, in the week, in 1918, when footballer Walter Tull was killed in the Spring Offens...
19-23 March 1918
23 Mar 2018
Contributed by Lukas
The third omnibus of Season 13, A Woman's Place, set in Folkestone, in the week, in 1918, when the greatest German offensive began. Cast Dorothea Winw...
12-16 March 1918
16 Mar 2018
Contributed by Lukas
The second omnibus of Season 13, A Woman's Place, set in Folkestone, in the week, in 1918, when the Times published details for women registering to v...
5-9 March 1918 (Season 13 start)
09 Mar 2018
Contributed by Lukas
The first omnibus of Season 13, A Woman's Place, set in Folkestone, in the week, in 1918, when the Northern Lights aided a deadly air raid on the Sout...
1-5 January 1918
05 Jan 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Final omnibus of Season 12, Giddy with Possibility, set in the first week of 1918, when Kaiser Wilhelm the second declared, "We face with firm confide...
25-29 December 1917
29 Dec 2017
Contributed by Lukas
The seventh omnibus of Season 12, Giddy with Possibility, set in Tynemouth, in the week, in 1917, when the first Ladies' international football match ...
18-22 December 1917
22 Dec 2017
Contributed by Lukas
The sixth omnibus of Season 12, Giddy with Possibility, set in Tynemouth, in the week, in 1917, when negotiations for peace between Russia and Germany...
11-15 December 1917
15 Dec 2017
Contributed by Lukas
The fifth omnibus of Season 12, Giddy with Possibility, set in Tynemouth, in the week, in 1917, when Crimea proclaimed its independence, as a secular ...
4-8 December 1917
08 Dec 2017
Contributed by Lukas
The fourth omnibus of Season 12, Giddy with Possibility, set in Tynemouth, in the week, in 1917, when Jerusalem was surrendered to the British.Cast Du...
27 November - 1 December 1917
01 Dec 2017
Contributed by Lukas
The third omnibus of Season 12, Giddy with Possibility, set in Tynemouth, in the week, in 1917, when Germany and the new Russian government began a ce...
20-24 November 1917
24 Nov 2017
Contributed by Lukas
The second omnibus of Season 12, Giddy with Possibility, set in the week, in 1917, when the Battle of Cambrai marked the first mass use of tanks.Cast ...
13-17 November 1917 (Season 12 start)
17 Nov 2017
Contributed by Lukas
The first omnibus of Season 12, Giddy with Possibility, set in Tynemouth, in the week, in 1917, when the Finnish Parliament declared their independenc...
18-22 September 1917
22 Sep 2017
Contributed by Lukas
The final omnibus of Season 11, Broken and Mad, set in Folkestone, in the week, in 1917, when the National Health Insurance Commission recommended fre...
11-15 September 1917
15 Sep 2017
Contributed by Lukas
The seventh omnibus of Season 11, Broken and Mad, set in Folkestone, in the week, in 1917, when Kerensky's provisional government proclaimed a Russian...
4-8 September 1917
08 Sep 2017
Contributed by Lukas
The sixth omnibus of Season 11, Broken and Mad, set in the week, in 1917, when the entire French cabinet resigned over widespread army mutinies.Cast M...
28 August - 1 September 1917
01 Sep 2017
Contributed by Lukas
The fifth omnibus of Season 11, Broken and Mad, set in Folkestone, in the week, in 1917, when Wilfred Owen wrote 'Many of us who came to the Hydro sli...
21-25 August 1917
25 Aug 2017
Contributed by Lukas
The fourth omnibus of Season 11, Broken and Mad, set in Folkestone, in the week, in 1917, when the French Army regained territory in a new offensive a...
14-18 August 1917
18 Aug 2017
Contributed by Lukas
The third omnibus of Season 11, Broken and Mad, set in Folkestone, in the week, in 1917, when poets Wilfred Owen and Siegfried Sassoon met in Craigloc...
7-11 August 1917
11 Aug 2017
Contributed by Lukas
The second omnibus of Season 11, Broken and Mad, set in the week, in 1917, when many in Folkestone heard the explosions of an air raid on Dover, and w...
31 July - 4 August 1917 (Season 11 start)
04 Aug 2017
Contributed by Lukas
The first omnibus of Season 11, Broken and Mad, set in Folkestone, in the week, in 1917, when the battle of Passchendaele began.Written by Katie Hims ...
5-9 June 1917
09 Jun 2017
Contributed by Lukas
The final omnibus of Season 10, Our Daily Bread, set in Folkestone, in the week, in 1917, when biggest man-made explosion in history removed Messines ...
29 May - 2 June 1917
02 Jun 2017
Contributed by Lukas
The seventh omnibus of Season 10, Our Daily Bread, set in Folkestone, in the week, in 1917, when the death toll from the Folkestone air raid reached 7...
22-26 May 1917
26 May 2017
Contributed by Lukas
The sixth omnibus of Season 10, Our Daily Bread, set in Folkestone, in the week, in 1917, when Britain suffered its first ever airplane bombing raid.C...
15-19 May 1917
19 May 2017
Contributed by Lukas
The fifth omnibus of Season 10, Our Daily Bread, set in Folkestone, in the week, in 1917, when sugar queues were reported in London, with supplies bel...
8-12 May 1917
12 May 2017
Contributed by Lukas
The fourth omnibus of Season 10, Our Daily Bread, set in Folkestone, in the week, in 1917, when the Stockholm Conference refused entry to anyone on th...
1-5 May 1917
05 May 2017
Contributed by Lukas
The third omnibus of Season 10, Our Daily Bread, set in Folkestone, in the week, in 1917, when the Archbishop of Canterbury warned, "when we come out ...
24-28 April 1917
28 Apr 2017
Contributed by Lukas
The second omnibus of Season 10, Our Daily Bread, set in Folkestone, in the week, in 1917, when the Food Controller's Wheat, Rye and Rice Restriction ...
17-21 April 1917 (Season 10 start)
21 Apr 2017
Contributed by Lukas
The first omnibus of Season 10, Our Daily Bread, set in Folkestone, in the week, in 1917, when the Chinese Labour Corps set up camp in Folkestone.Writ...
30 January-3 February 1917
03 Feb 2017
Contributed by Lukas
In the week, in 1917, when America formally broke diplomatic relations with Germany, and in Tynemouth, people are making small steps forwards.Written ...
23-27 January 1917
27 Jan 2017
Contributed by Lukas
In the week, in 1917, when the national press reported extensively on an explosion at an East London munitions factory, in Tynemouth, the workers are ...
16-20 January 1917
20 Jan 2017
Contributed by Lukas
In the week in 1917 when a munitions factory explosion in Silvertown, East London, killed 73 workers, and damaged 70,000 properties, the aftereffects ...
9-13 January 1917
13 Jan 2017
Contributed by Lukas
In the week, in 1917, when Sylvia Pankhurst was threatened with libel for reporting the conditions of female munitions workers, emotions run high for ...
2-6 January 1917
06 Jan 2017
Contributed by Lukas
In the week in 1917 when the Newcastle Journal published a glowing report on the improved conditions at munitions factories, Marshalls Factory tells t...
26-30 December 1916
30 Dec 2016
Contributed by Lukas
In the week in 1916 when Germany's peace offer was rejected by the Allies, Christmas week still brings some festive cheer to Tynemouth.Written by Shau...
19-23 December 1916
23 Dec 2016
Contributed by Lukas
In the week, in 1916, when debate raged nationally over the treatment of foreign workers, there's unrest throughout Tyneside.Written by Sebastian Bacz...
12-16 December 1916 (Season 9 start)
16 Dec 2016
Contributed by Lukas
The first omnibus edition of Season 9 of Home Front is set over the week in 1916 when Germany offered peace terms to the Allies via neutral America. M...
26-30 September 1916
30 Sep 2016
Contributed by Lukas
The final omnibus edition of Season 8: In the week, in 1916, when Lloyd George declared 'there is no end of the war in sight', in Folkestone it's a we...
19-23 September 1916
23 Sep 2016
Contributed by Lukas
In the week in 1916 when people began to believe that the latest innovation - tanks, might end the war, the people of Folkestone find new life, new de...
12-16 September 1916
16 Sep 2016
Contributed by Lukas
In the week in 1916 when tanks were deployed for the first time with great optimism, it's a week of decisive action in Folkestone.Written by Mike Walk...
5-9 September 1916
09 Sep 2016
Contributed by Lukas
In the week, in 1916, when ambulance driver Dorothie Feilding was the first woman to be awarded a Military Medal, there are some lesser but notable fi...
29 August - 2 September 1916
02 Sep 2016
Contributed by Lukas
In the week in 1916 when the Battle of Verdun finally came to a close, emotions are volatile in Folkestone.Written by Shaun McKenna Directed by Allegr...
22-26 August 1916
26 Aug 2016
Contributed by Lukas
In the week in 1916 when the East and South East coasts were terrorised by air raids, Folkestone seems brim-full of secrets and lies. Written by Katie...
15-19 August 1916
19 Aug 2016
Contributed by Lukas
In the week, in 1916, when the king praised the "cheerful confidence" of the troops in France, courage and hope are hard-won in Folkestone.Written by ...
8-12 August 1916 (Season 8 start)
12 Aug 2016
Contributed by Lukas
The first omnibus edition of Home Front's Season 8: In the week in 1916 when the film The Battle of the Somme set box offices records for British cine...
23-27 May 1916
27 May 2016
Contributed by Lukas
In a week when President Wilson advocated the formation of an Association of Nations to ensure future peace, relations in Ashburton are very troubled....
16-20 May 1916
20 May 2016
Contributed by Lukas
In the week, in 1916, when unified Russian and British forces drove the Turks from the banks of the Tigris, sands are shifting in Ashburton.Cast Hetty...
9-13 May 1916
13 May 2016
Contributed by Lukas
In a week when the Teachers Association strongly condemned the encouragement of child labour to replace conscripted men, much of the Ashburton communi...
2-6 May 1916
06 May 2016
Contributed by Lukas
In the week, in 1916, when cheers met the announcement in Parliament that three Irish rebel leaders had been executed, it's a week of collisions in As...
25-29 April 1916
29 Apr 2016
Contributed by Lukas
In the week that General Townshend surrendered, ending the Siege of Kut al Amara, there are calls to courage throughout the social scale in Ashburton....
18-22 April 1916
22 Apr 2016
Contributed by Lukas
On the week, in 1916, when a British naval patrol intercepted Sir Roger Casement bringing munitions to Ireland, alliances are broken and made in Ashbu...
11-15 April 1916
15 Apr 2016
Contributed by Lukas
In the week, in 1916, when reports reached Britain of a million Armenians massacred, the community in Ashburton find their world rocked by surprises.C...
4-8 April 1916 (Season 7 start)
08 Apr 2016
Contributed by Lukas
In the week in 1916 when a Zeppelin raid dropped bombs on the North East coast, old feuds are reignited in Ashburton.Written by Sebastian Baczkiewicz ...
1-5 February 1916
05 Feb 2016
Contributed by Lukas
In the week when Britain suffered the worst zeppelin raid thus far in the war, all of Folkestone is jumpy.Written by Shaun McKenna Directed by Jessica...
18-22 January 1916
22 Jan 2016
Contributed by Lukas
In the week of the first concerted attempt to break the Siege of Kut, Folkestone's characters are all looking for release.Written by Sarah Daniels Dir...
11-15 January 1916
15 Jan 2016
Contributed by Lukas
In the week when the Welsh and Scottish Trades Unions voted to oppose conscription, there's pressure at the Bevan to return more wounded men to duty.W...
4-8 January 1916
08 Jan 2016
Contributed by Lukas
In a week when compulsory Military service became almost inevitable, the Bevan hospital becomes a welcome alternative to home for Dorothea.Written by ...
28 December 1915 - 1 January 1916
01 Jan 2016
Contributed by Lukas
In the week that the Home Secretary resigned over the Compulsory Military Service Bill, the Bevan Hospital celebrates the new year.Written by Richard ...
21-25 December 1915 (Season 6 start)
25 Dec 2015
Contributed by Lukas
The first omnibus edition of Season 6 covering a week following a huge landslide at the Warren and when the townsfolk are preparing for Christmas.Writ...