<p>On this day in 1916, the Allies formally rejected the German peace proposals as "less an offer of peace than a war manoeuvre", and in Tynemouth, Lester Reed stirs up the fighting spirit in those at home.</p><p>Written by Shaun McKenna 
Directed by Allegra McIlroy
Sound: Martha Littlehailes
Editor: Jessica Dromgoole</p>

2 January 1917 - Phyllis Marshall

Drama serial tracking the fortunes of a group of characters on the home front as they try to maintain normality while Britain is involved in the First World War.