The Wipers Times 2013

In dark times, they chose to make light

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Comedy War Drama TV Movie

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.

Homepage http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p01d0zrj
Release Date 2013-09-11
Runtime 1h 32m
Directors Andy de Emmony, Mark Garrett
Producers David Parfitt, Ivan Mactaggart, Martin Davidson, Tim Dennison
Writers Ian Hislop, Nick Newman