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Oct 6, 2018 • 12min
THE BRITISH HOME FRONT 7 | The Role of Local Government in Essex - Stuart Hallifax
Welcome to the BRITISH HOME FRONT IN THE FIRST WORLD WAR. This series was recorded at the UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS in June 2018 to accompany a conference marking the contribution by the peoples of the British Isles to the national war effort.
In this podcast, DR STUART HALLIFAX explores the role of local government in Essex, whose coastline made it vulnerable to German invasion.
IMAGE | Men of Essex First World War Recruitment Poster - Wikimedia Commons https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Men_of_Essex_recruitment_poster_WWI.jpg
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
With thanks to JOHN CAWTHORN and the 1926 FOUNDATION for making this podcast series possible, and to the DEPARTMENT FOR DIGITAL, CULTURE, MEDIA AND SPORT and the SCOTTISH GOVERNMENT for supporting the Conference.
PRODUCTION | ChromeRadio for the UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS | Music performed by the PIPES AND DRUMS of the ROYAL SCOTS DRAGOON GUARDS | Series Editor - Professor Sir Hew Strachan | Producer - Catriona Oliphant | Post-production - Chris Sharp.

Oct 6, 2018 • 24min
THE BRITISH HOME FRONT 5 | The Monarchy - Heather Jones
Welcome to the BRITISH HOME FRONT IN THE FIRST WORLD WAR. This series was recorded at the UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS in June 2018 to accompany a conference marking the contribution by the peoples of the British Isles to the national war effort.
In this podcast, HEATHER JONES, Professor in Modern and Contemporary European History, UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON, considers the monarchy and the creation of the British Home Front.
IMAGE | Queen Mary with her daughter Mary, the Princess Royal, during the First World War - Wikimedia Commons https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Queen_Mary_and_Princess_Mary.jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:LloydGeorge.jpg
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
With thanks to JOHN CAWTHORN and the 1926 FOUNDATION for making this podcast series possible, and to the DEPARTMENT FOR DIGITAL, CULTURE, MEDIA AND SPORT and the SCOTTISH GOVERNMENT for supporting the Conference.
PRODUCTION | ChromeRadio for the UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS | Music performed by the PIPES AND DRUMS of the ROYAL SCOTS DRAGOON GUARDS | Series Editor - Professor Sir Hew Strachan | Producer - Catriona Oliphant | Post-production - Chris Sharp.

Oct 6, 2018 • 15min
THE BRITISH HOME FRONT 4 | The Growth of Cabinet Government - George Peden
Welcome to the BRITISH HOME FRONT IN THE FIRST WORLD WAR. This series was recorded at the UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS in June 2018 to accompany a conference marking the contribution by the peoples of the British Isles to the national war effort.
In this podcast, GEORGE PEDEN, Emeritus Professor of History, UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING, considers the growth of Cabinet Government during the First World War.
IMAGE | David Lloyd George - Wikimedia Commons https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:LloydGeorge.jpg
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
With thanks to JOHN CAWTHORN and the 1926 FOUNDATION for making this podcast series possible, and to the DEPARTMENT FOR DIGITAL, CULTURE, MEDIA AND SPORT and the SCOTTISH GOVERNMENT for supporting the Conference.
PRODUCTION | ChromeRadio for the UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS | Music performed by the PIPES AND DRUMS of the ROYAL SCOTS DRAGOON GUARDS | Series Editor - Professor Sir Hew Strachan | Producer - Catriona Oliphant | Post-production - Chris Sharp.

Oct 6, 2018 • 16min
THE BRITISH HOME FRONT 6 | Defence of the Realm Act & Emergency Legislation - Gerry Rubin
Welcome to the BRITISH HOME FRONT IN THE FIRST WORLD WAR. This series was recorded at the UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS in June 2018 to accompany a conference marking the contribution by the peoples of the British Isles to the national war effort.
In this podcast, GERRY RUBIN, Emeritus Professor of Law, UNIVERSITY OF KENT, considers the Defence of the Realm regulations, and other emergency legislation enacted during the First World War.
IMAGE | British First World War poster regarding the killing of war pigeons being an offence under Regulation 21A of the Defence of the Realm Act - Wikimedia Commons https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Shooting_Homing_Pigeons.png
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
With thanks to JOHN CAWTHORN and the 1926 FOUNDATION for making this podcast series possible, and to the DEPARTMENT FOR DIGITAL, CULTURE, MEDIA AND SPORT and the SCOTTISH GOVERNMENT for supporting the Conference.
PRODUCTION | ChromeRadio for the UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS | Music performed by the PIPES AND DRUMS of the ROYAL SCOTS DRAGOON GUARDS | Series Editor - Professor Sir Hew Strachan | Producer - Catriona Oliphant | Post-production - Chris Sharp.

Oct 6, 2018 • 19min
THE BRITISH HOME FRONT 8 | The Churches & the State - Edward Madigan
Welcome to the BRITISH HOME FRONT IN THE FIRST WORLD WAR. This series was recorded at the UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS in June 2018 to accompany a conference marking the contribution by the peoples of the British Isles to the national war effort.
In this podcast, DR EDWARD MADIGAN, Lecturer in Public History, ROYAL HOLLOWAY, UNIVERSITY OF LONDON, reflects on how the First World War was seen by many at the time as a profoundly moral war, and considers the role the churches played in creating that perception.
IMAGE | The Great Sacrifice, James Clark - Wikimedia Commons https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:James_Clark_-_The_Great_Sacrifice.jpg
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
With thanks to JOHN CAWTHORN and the 1926 FOUNDATION for making this podcast series possible, and to the DEPARTMENT FOR DIGITAL, CULTURE, MEDIA AND SPORT and the SCOTTISH GOVERNMENT for supporting the Conference.
PRODUCTION | ChromeRadio for the UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS | Music performed by the PIPES AND DRUMS of the ROYAL SCOTS DRAGOON GUARDS | Series Editor - Professor Sir Hew Strachan | Producer - Catriona Oliphant | Post-production - Chris Sharp.

Oct 6, 2018 • 4min
THE STORY OF THE SOMME 2 | Leaving for War - Private Ted Ambrose
Welcome to THE STORY OF THE SOMME podcast series, which tells the story of the Somme Offensive in the words of those fighting on the Western Front and their families back home.
The series was commissioned by the DEPARTMENT FOR DIGITAL, CULTURE, MEDIA AND SPORT and developed in partnership with the FIRST WORLD WAR CENTENARY BATTLEFIELD TOURS PROGRAMME and CHROMERADIO. It was first released to accompany the SOMME100 VIGIL at Westminster Abbey, held through the night of 30 June/1 July 2016 to mark the centenary of the opening of the Battle of the Somme.
In this podcast, a father writes to his son as he leaves for the Front. PRIVATE TED AMBROSE was the first son of a working class family in the small village of Wallington in Hertfordshire. He enlisted in the Bedfordshire Regiment in 1915, and was just 18 when he left for the front the following February. His father wrote to him before he sailed for France,
SOURCE | Herts at War Collection.
PRODUCTION | ChromeRadio for the DEPARTMENT FOR DIGITAL, CULTURE, MEDIA AND SPORT | Producer - Catriona Oliphant | Narrator - Nicholas Rowe | Reader - Peter Walton | The Last Post played by LSgt Stuart Laing, Welsh Guards on a First World War bugle.

Oct 6, 2018 • 2min
THE STORY OF THE SOMME 1 | Setting the Scene - Nicholas Rowe
Welcome to THE STORY OF THE SOMME podcast series, which tells the story of the Somme Offensive in the words of those fighting on the Western Front and their families back home.
The series was commissioned by the DEPARTMENT FOR DIGITAL, CULTURE, MEDIA AND SPORT and developed in partnership with the FIRST WORLD WAR CENTENARY BATTLEFIELD TOURS PROGRAMME and CHROMERADIO. It was first released to accompany the SOMME100 VIGIL at Westminster Abbey, held through the night of 30 June/1 July 2016 to mark the centenary of the opening of the Battle of the Somme.
In this podcast, the narrator, played by NICHOLAS ROWE, sets the scene.
IMAGE | Troops 'going over the top' at the start of the Battle of the Somme, Ivor Castle - Wikimedia Commons https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Going_over_the_top_01.jpg#/media/File:Going_over_the_top_01.jpg
PRODUCTION | ChromeRadio for the DEPARTMENT FOR DIGITAL, CULTURE, MEDIA AND SPORT | Producer - Catriona Oliphant | The Last Post played by LSgt Stuart Laing, Welsh Guards on a First World War bugle.

Sep 28, 2018 • 20min
THE BRITISH HOME FRONT 2 | The United Kingdom in 1914 - Catriona Pennell
Welcome to the BRITISH HOME FRONT IN THE FIRST WORLD WAR. This series was recorded at the UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS in June 2018 to accompany a conference marking the contribution by the peoples of the British Isles to the national war effort.
In this podcast, CATRIONA PENNELL, Associate Professor of History, UNIVERSITY OF EXETER, considers the United Kingdom in 1914.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
With thanks to JOHN CAWTHORN and the 1926 FOUNDATION for making this podcast series possible, and to the DEPARTMENT FOR DIGITAL, CULTURE, MEDIA AND SPORT and the SCOTTISH GOVERNMENT for supporting the Conference.
PRODUCTION | ChromeRadio for the UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS | Music performed by the PIPES AND DRUMS of the ROYAL SCOTS DRAGOON GUARDS | Series Editor - Professor Sir Hew Strachan | Producer - Catriona Oliphant | Post-production - Chris Sharp.

Sep 28, 2018 • 9min
THE BRITISH HOME FRONT 1 | Introduction - Hew Strachan
Welcome to the BRITISH HOME FRONT IN THE FIRST WORLD WAR. This series was recorded at the UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS in June 2018 to accompany a conference marking the contribution by the peoples of the British Isles to the national war effort.
In this podcast, Sir HEW STRACHAN, Professor of International Relations, UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS, explains why he organised a conference on the British Home Front.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
With thanks to JOHN CAWTHORN and the 1926 FOUNDATION for making this podcast series possible, and to the DEPARTMENT FOR DIGITAL, CULTURE, MEDIA AND SPORT and the SCOTTISH GOVERNMENT for supporting the Conference.
PRODUCTION | ChromeRadio for the UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS | Music performed by the PIPES AND DRUMS of the ROYAL SCOTS DRAGOON GUARDS | Series Editor - Professor Sir Hew Strachan | Producer - Catriona Oliphant | Post-production - Chris Sharp.

Sep 28, 2018 • 30min
FROM AMIENS TO ARMISTICE 3 | Drama - A General Reflects
A series of podcasts commissioned by UCL INSTITUTE OF EDUCATION'S FIRST WORLD WAR CENTENARY EDUCATION PROGRAMME to mark the CENTENARY of the BATTLE OF AMIENS on 8 August 1918.
FROM AMIENS TO ARMISTICE - A GENERAL REFLECTS is a docudrama based on the diaries of GENERAL LORD RAWLINSON, commander of the British Fourth Army at the Battle of Amiens, performed by NICHOLAS ROWE. With thanks to the CHURCHILL ARCHIVES CENTRE, Churchill College, University of Cambridge.
MUSIC | Land of Promise (Terry Devine-King) - Tipperary & In Remembrance (Patrick Hawes) licensed courtesy of audionetwork,
PRODUCTION | ChromeRadio for UCL INSTITUTE OF EDUCATION'S FIRST WORLD WAR CENTENARY EDUCATION PROGRAMME | Executive Producer - Simon Bendry | Producer - Catriona Oliphant | Post-production - Chris Sharp | Script Consultant - Professor Sir Hew Strachan.