The Wipers Times /
The Wipers Times /
BBC & Northern Ireland Screen present ; in association with Goldcrest ; a Trademark Films production ; written by Ian Hislop and Nick Newman ; produced by David Parfitt ; directed by Andy de Emmony.
, Great Britain.
- 1 videodisc (90 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
DVD release of motion picture originally broadcast on PBS television on June 2, 2014.
Music by Nick Green ; editor, Stephen O'Connell ; director of photography, Mark Garrett. Music by Nick Green ; editor, Stephen O'Connell ; director of photography, Mark Garrett.
Ben Chaplin, Julian Rhind-Tutt, Michael Palin, Ben Daniels, Emilia Fox, Steve Oram, Hugh Skinner.
It's 1916 and British Captain Fred Roberts and his detachment discover an abandoned printing press in the ruins of Ypres, Belgium. Roberts has an idea, he will produce a newspaper to raise the spirits of his soldiers, taking their minds off 'the attentions of Messrs Hun and Co.' They call it The Wipers Times, after the army slang for Ypres, and fill it with spoofs, jokes, and subversive comedy. A hit with the troops on the Western Front, it also incurs the wrath of top brass who want it banned.
MPAA rating: Not rated.
DVD ; widescreen presentation ; stereo.
Closed-captioned (SDH).
1627890319 9781627890311
841887021371
WITI601 PBS Distribution
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Fiction films.
Historical films.
Made-for-TV movies.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
War films.
DVD release of motion picture originally broadcast on PBS television on June 2, 2014.
Music by Nick Green ; editor, Stephen O'Connell ; director of photography, Mark Garrett. Music by Nick Green ; editor, Stephen O'Connell ; director of photography, Mark Garrett.
Ben Chaplin, Julian Rhind-Tutt, Michael Palin, Ben Daniels, Emilia Fox, Steve Oram, Hugh Skinner.
It's 1916 and British Captain Fred Roberts and his detachment discover an abandoned printing press in the ruins of Ypres, Belgium. Roberts has an idea, he will produce a newspaper to raise the spirits of his soldiers, taking their minds off 'the attentions of Messrs Hun and Co.' They call it The Wipers Times, after the army slang for Ypres, and fill it with spoofs, jokes, and subversive comedy. A hit with the troops on the Western Front, it also incurs the wrath of top brass who want it banned.
MPAA rating: Not rated.
DVD ; widescreen presentation ; stereo.
Closed-captioned (SDH).
1627890319 9781627890311
841887021371
WITI601 PBS Distribution
Great Britain. Army. Sherwood Foresters (Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment) --Officers--Drama.
Great Britain. Army. Sherwood Foresters (Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment) --Periodicals--Drama.
World War, 1914-1918--Periodicals--Humor--Drama.
World War, 1914-1918--Campaigns--Periodicals--Western Front--Drama.
World War, 1914-1918--Periodicals--Belgium--Ieper--Drama.
Fiction films.
Historical films.
Made-for-TV movies.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
War films.