Crime drama. Investigating the murder of an old man in his dilapidated mansion, Gently and Bacchus discover a world which is beyond their comprehension.
Home Front - Omnibus
Episode 92: 11-15 December 1917
58 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 Extra
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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 Muslim state. From December 2017. Show more
Home Front - Omnibus
Episode 95: 1-5 January 1918
58 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 Extra
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Final omnibus of Season 12, Giddy with Possibility, set in the week in 1918 when Kaiser Wilhelm the Second said, 'We face, with firm confidence and an iron will, the year 1918.'. Show more
Drama series. Rob takes time off to go fishing and meets a seemingly friendly fellow angler, but the stranger's troubled past has come back to haunt him. Show more
Home Front
1 January 1918 - Duncan Chadwick
11 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW
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On this day in 1918, Kaiser Wilhelm II declared, 'We face with firm confidence and iron will the year 1918', and in Tynemouth, Duncan Chadwick tries to make a new start. Show more
Contemporary drama series. A stressed-out English teacher heads for a breakdown as he copes with an impossible workload and a particularly unruly pupil. Show more
Home Front
17 November 1917 - Lester Reed
11 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW
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On this day in 1917, sculptor Auguste Rodin died, and in Tynemouth, it is clear that Lester Reed has been thinking. Show more
Home Front - Omnibus
Episode 88: 13-17 November 1917 (Season 12 start)
58 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 Extra
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The first omnibus of Season 12, Giddy with Possibility, in Tynemouth, when the Finnish Parliament declared its independence from Russia. From November 2017. Show more
Home Front
23 November 1917 - Fraser Chadwick
11 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW
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On this day in 1917, cabinet minister Lord Robert Cecil declared that the Russian government was not to be recognised, while in Tynemouth, Fraser Chadwick asserts his authority. Show more
Home Front - Omnibus
Episode 89: 20-24 November 1917
58 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 Extra
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The second omnibus of Season 12, Giddy with Possibility, the week in 1917 when the Battle of Cambrai marked the first mass use of tanks. From November 2017. Show more
Home Front
6 December 1917 - Joyce Lyle
11 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW
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On this day in 1917, French munitions ship the SS Mont-Blanc blew up in Halifax, Canada killing 2,000 people. And in Tynemouth Joyce is in a volatile frame of mind. Show more
Home Front
13 December 1917 - Fraser Chadwick
11 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW
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On this day in 1917, Crimea proclaimed its short-lived independence, as a secular Muslim state. In North Shields, Fraser Chadwick feels like the least popular man in the world. Show more
Home Front
19 December 1917 - Alan Lowther
11 minutes
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On this day in 1917, it was announced that women's alcoholism had declined since the start of the war, and in Tynemouth, Alan Lowther feels the weight of responsibility. Show more
Home Front
6 March 1915 - Esther O'Leary
11 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW
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Esther loves her new job, scavenging in Tynemouth, and is delighted to see her dad there. Show more
Home Front
9 February 1915 - Edie Chadwick
11 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW
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Edie is excited about her new job, not least as it allows her to escape friction at home. Show more
Drama
Undeniably Keith
44 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FM
A warm, funny, contemporary love story with a twist by Lucy Gannon. Starring Doon Mackichan and Kevin Whately. Show more
Home Front
18 February 1915 - Fraser Chadwick
11 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW
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Fraser's day is one of constant negotiation, and not just on union matters. Show more
Home Front
20 February 1915 - Edie Chadwick
11 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW
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Johnnie Marshall's attentions to Edie do not go unnoticed. Show more
Home Front - Omnibus
Episode 18: 16-20 February 1915
58 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 Extra
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The country may be at war and the factories at peak production, but there is time for romance in industrial Tynemouth. Show more
Home Front
26 February 1915 - Fraser Chadwick
11 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW
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The rift between the Chadwick twins deepens. Show more