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.
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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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