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The Cultural Front - Ep1 : Words for Battle Mon, 10 Mar 14 Francine Stock begins her exploration of the culture of the Great War in 1914 with the mobilization of the word. For more than 40 years the next war to come had been a staple of fiction. Engl
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The Cultural Front - Ep2 : Popular Culture Sat, 15 Mar 14 For Radio 4, Francine Stock explores the music and images of popular culture in Britain, France, Russia and Germany, as fiery patriotism flares and fades in the first weeks and months of war.
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The Cultural Front - Ep3: Kandinsky, Khaki Kisses Sat, 22 Mar 14 For Radio 4, Francine Stock explores how artists responded to the outbreak of war on either side of the conflict and hears how the publishing world fed the appetite for women's popular
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WW1 At Home 1 - Spies, Bravery Acme Whistles Fri, 28 Mar 14 Three WW1 home front stories: how German spies were executed at the Tower of London, England's Bravest St production of Birmingham's famous Thunderer whistle. Discover more WW1 At Home stori
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WW1 At Home 2 - Zeppelin Raids; Airship Patrols; Scouts on Standby Fri, 4 Apr 14 How a Scarborough home was immortalised in WW1 propaganda, defending the Irish coast from U-boats and how the scouts of Hertfordshire rose to the wartime challenge. Disc
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WW1 At Home 3 - The Spy on the Forth; Lizzie the Elephant; a Gardener Goes to War Fri, 11 Apr 14 How a German spy raised suspicions in Edinburgh; letters home show how a gardener from Gloucestershire's Cowley Manor found frontline life; Lizzie the El
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WW1 At Home 4 - Nursing Heroines Lost Treasure Thu, 17 Apr 14 Kate Adie joins in a tribute to Elsie Knocker Mairi Chisholm, famous nursing heroines of the frontline, and the price a Bristol family paid when their horses were commandeered for the war
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WW1 At Home 5 - Brighton Pavilion: a Hospital for Indian Troops Fri, 25 Apr 14 Over a million Indian soldiers fought alongside the British Army during WW1, and thousands were nursed at the Royal Brighton Pavilion. Over 700 beds were provided in the m
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WW1 At Home 6 - Women's Football, Anti-German Riots the Soldier's Song Fri, 2 May 14 The Newcastle women's football champions who were unbeaten during the war, the Hull shop that bore the brunt of anti-German riots and 'Pack up your troubles in your
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Woman's Hour - Women and the War - A signaller's story Mon, 12 May 14 In 1918, Annie May Martin was a telegraphist working in France. Her role with the Womens Army Auxiliary Corps was to pass messages in morse code between front line troops and Londo
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WW1 At Home 7 - The Hartlepool Bombardment the Glasgow Rent Protests Tue, 13 May 14 The first attack on British soil for centuries, the Govan woman who battled for a fair rent for tenants in Glasgow, and the egg collectors of Shropshire who helped al
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WW1 At Home 8 - Conscientious Objectors Thu, 15 May 14 The 'Winchester Whisperer' the secret newspaper produced by the Conscientious Objectors of Winchester Prison, imprisoned for refusing to take up arms and fight.
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WW1 At Home 9 - Wartime Drunkeness a Belgian Refugee's Tale Fri, 23 May 14 The wartime experiment that aimed to tackle drunkenness in Carlisle, the grandson of Belgium refugees discovers more about his roots, and the story of a Welsh land girl's memo
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WW1 At Home 10 - Medical Breakthroughs the 'Chocolate Soldier' Sat, 31 May 14 Medical innovation from a wartime surgeon, a soldier's satirical spin on World War One, and how a chocolate bar inspired a unique correspondence between a child from Cornwa
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WW1 At Home 11 - The 'White Feather' Campaign a Popular WW1 French Tipple Fri, 6 Jun 14 The birth of the 'White Feather' campaign in Folkestone, the pill boxes built to repel the German army, and a World War One tipple from French thats still enjoyed
