New ITV drama Homefront, a series chronicling the lives of girlfriends and wives of soldiers serving in Afghanistan, is set to light up TV screens on Thursday. Filmed in homes owned by Halton Housing Trust on Avondale Close in Widnes, the first episode of the six part series airs on ITV1 at 9pm. Scenes shot in Avondale Close will feature heavily throughout the new six-part series that stars TV heavyweights Claire Skinner, Greg Wise, Clare Higgins, George Costigan, Nicola Stephenson, Antonia Thomas a...