Ambridge Extra reported that the show was "highly unlikely" to return. The commissioning editor for Radio 4 Extra stated "Our "Ambridge Extra" decision won't impact on "The Archers" in any way, but across the BBC we are having to make tough financial choices and prioritise and protect the services and content that deliver the most value to audiences." Listener response to the early episodes were largely negative. Vicki Power from "The Daily Telegraph" suggested that the series showed potential, but needed to include storylines that the main show could "not afford to ignore", suggesting that the current format felt like listening to
Home Front (BBC radio series) Home Front (BBC radio series) Home Front is a British radio drama, broadcast on BBC Radio 4 between 4 August 2014 and 11 November 2018. Based on historical events exactly one hundred years before the date of broadcast, "Home Front" tells the story of World War I from the perspective of those managing life in wartime Britain. It is part of the BBC's World War I centenary season, with its final episode broadcast on the 100th anniversary of the Armistice. Each twelve-minute episode tells a fictional story set against a background of historical truth with at least one historical ‘fact