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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.

Contributor(s): Material type: FilmFilmPublisher number: WITI601 | PBS DistributionLanguage: English Subtitle language: English Publisher: [United States] : PBS Distribution, 2014Description: 1 videodisc (90 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 inContent type:
  • two-dimensional moving image
Media type:
  • video
Carrier type:
  • videodisc
ISBN:
  • 1627890319
  • 9781627890311
Uniform titles:
  • Wipers Times (Motion picture)
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Production credits:
  • Music by Nick Green ; editor, Stephen O'Connell ; director of photography, Mark Garrett.
Cast: Ben Chaplin, Julian Rhind-Tutt, Michael Palin, Ben Daniels, Emilia Fox, Steve Oram, Hugh Skinner.Summary: 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.
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Item type Home library Collection Call number Materials specified Status Date due Barcode Item holds
Adult DVD Adult DVD Main Library DVD DRAMA Wipers T Available 33111008260818
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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.

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.

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).

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