The Guardian on BBC Radio 4's HOME FRONT

August 2014

• Radio 4’s week-by-week first world war drama Home Front (weekdays, 12.04pm, R4) deals with the events of the week beginning 18 August 1914, as Folkestone struggles to deal with the influx of soldiery. Elements of the new residents rough up a German-born waiter, there are worries about the possibility of invasion, and the town wonders whether it wishes to put up with Belgian refugees, “plucky or not”. The well-born officer falls for the poor but honest Kitty Wilson, and wild rumours about atrocities rage through the town, ensuring that plans for stern action always fall on ready ears. All human life is there.
  David Hepworth, The Guardian