{"product_id":"2940169214864","title":"Home Front, Volume Three: The Complete BBC Radio Collection","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSeries 11-15 of the major BBC Radio 4 drama charting life on the home front during the First World War amp;mdash; plus special extended episode \u003ci\u003eHome Front: A Fragile Peace\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFirst heard on radio between 4 August 2014 and 9 November 2018, each episode of \u003ci\u003eHome Front\u003c\/i\u003e is set exactly one hundred years before the broadcast date, and each follows one character's day. Together they create a mosaic of experience from a wide cross-section of society, mixing historical fact with enthralling fiction to explore how ordinary people coped with daily life in wartime Britain.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBack in Folkestone, the residents are dealing with the after-effects of a devastating air raid. Howard Argent is kept busy at the Bevan, while Ulysses Pilchard experiments with electro-shock therapy. Meanwhile, women's suffrage, prostitution and unmarried mothers are hot topics, and Kitty Lumley experiences the sharp end of intolerance.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn Tyneside, ripples from the 1917 Bolshevik Revolution lead to a rise in union activity, and the factory faces the threat of strike action from the munitionettes. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnd in Devon, women, children and prisoners of war are being put to work on the land. With Britain on the brink of starvation, summer 1918's harvest is crucial amp;mdash; but conscientious objectors, unwilling or unable to help, arouse fury.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs the Great War moves towards its end, can the wounded communities back home find some sort of peace, however fragile?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTackling themes including trauma and madness, industrial unrest, morality and sexuality, surrogate labour and the outbreak of peace are some of radio's foremost dramatists including Katie Hims, Shaun McKenna and Sarah Daniels. Among the extensive cast are Helen Schlesinger, Kathryn Beaumont, Roy Hudd and Billy Kennedy, with guest appearances from Geoffrey Palmer and Mark Heap. Also included is \u003ci\u003eHome Front: A Fragile Peace\u003c\/i\u003e, a special 75-minute episode which flashes forward to explore the lives of the characters on 10 November 1919.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Random House UK","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47156200014064,"sku":"2940169214864","price":21.33,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940169214864_p0.jpg?v=1763767877","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940169214864","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}