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The Wipers Times

6.3 92 mins Comedy   War   Drama   TV Movie   2013
BBC   Trademark Films  
Director(s): Andy de Emmony

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.

Casts of The Wipers Times

Ben Chaplin

as Roberts

Julian Rhind-Tutt

as Pearson

Michael Palin

as General Mitford

Emilia Fox

as Kate Roberts

Ben Daniels

as Lieutenant Colonel Howfield

Josh O'Connor

as Dodd

Steve Oram

as Sergeant Harris

Patrick Fitzsymons

as Deputy Features Editor

Jarrod Cooke

as Henderson

Colin Ash

as Smith

Hugh Skinner

as Barnes

Richard Doubleday

as ADC Bobby

Paul Kennedy

as Winston Churchill

Emma Little

as Field Nurse

Faolan Morgan

as Chaplain

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