The Wipers Times

Sep 11, 2013

1h 32m

★ 6.3

In dark times, they chose to make light

Overview

When Captain Fred Roberts discovered a printing press in the ruins of Ypres, Belgium in 1916, he decided to publish a satirical magazine called The Wipers Times - "Wipers" being army slang for Ypres. Full of gallows humour, The Wipers Times was poignant, subversive and very funny. Produced literally under enemy fire and defying both authority and gas attacks, the magazine proved a huge success with the troops on the western front. It was, above all, a tribute to the resilience of the human spirit in the face of overwhelming adversity. In his spare time, Roberts also managed to win the Military Cross for gallantry.

Genres

Comedy

War

Drama

TV Movie

Production Companies

BBC

Trademark Films

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Cast

Roberts

Ben Chaplin

Pearson

Julian Rhind-Tutt

General Mitford

Michael Palin

Kate Roberts

Emilia Fox

Lieutenant Colonel Howfield

Ben Daniels

Dodd

Josh O'Connor

Sergeant Harris

Steve Oram

Deputy Features Editor

Patrick Fitzsymons

Henderson

Jarrod Cooke

Smith

Colin Ash

Barnes

Hugh Skinner

ADC Bobby

Richard Doubleday

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