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Dec 5, 2014 When Captain Fred Roberts discovered a printing press in the ruins of Full of gallows humour, The Wipers Times was poignant, subversive. Buy The Wipers Times DVD - Based on a remarkable true story, this Ben Chaplin stars as British Captain Fred Roberts, the editor of The Wipers Times. Help build Captain Frederick John Roberts.s WW1 digital memorial by adding facts Adventurer and Prospector, Co-creator of.Wipers Times. February 1916.

(Comedy/Drama) 90 Minutes It.s 1916 and British Captain Fred Roberts and his detachment discover an abandoned printing press in the ruins of Ypres, Belgium. Lieutenant-Colonel F.J.roberts commanded the 12th Battalion of the and May 1918 and he was the Editor of the famous WIPERS TIMES.

In the bombed-out ruins of Ypres in 1916, Captain Fred Roberts and Lieutenant Jack Pearson discover a printing press and use it to produce.The Wipers Times.

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Sep 12, 2013 The Wipers Times, a 90-minute drama broadcast on BBC Two last night Fred Roberts (Ben Chaplin), serving on the Western Front in 1916.

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Feb 24, 2014 In the bombed-out ruins of Ypres in 1916, Captain Fred Roberts and They used it to produce The Wipers Times - a humorous, satirical and. Roberts has an idea - he will produce a newspaper to raise the spirits of his soldiers. They call it The Wipers Times - after the army slang for Ypres - and fill it with. Sep 4, 2013 They named if “Wipers Times” after the mispronounced name of Captain Roberts who was an adventurer and prospector before the war in.

Sep 9, 2013 Mischievous Roberts who does not let the war get to him uses the printing press to create a satirical news paper called The Wipers Times. Sep 12, 2013 Sam Wollaston: The Wipers Times was a funny, sad and peculiarly British Captain Roberts, Lieutenant Pearson and their men find and.

The BBC.s long-awaited First World War drama.The Wipers Times. airs this week the 90-minute drama is “based on the true story of Captain Fred Roberts and.

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Roberts has an idea – why not produce a newspaper They call it.The Wipers Times. – after the army slang for Ypres – and fill it with spoofs, jokes and. From The BEF (British Expeditionary Force) Times, Monday, 25 December, 1916: In February, 1916, Captain F. J.roberts of the 12th Battalion Sherwood Foresters produced the first edition of the trench newspaper The Wipers Times. In the bombed-out ruins of Ypres in 1916, Captain Fred Roberts and Lieutenant Jack Pearson discovered a printing press. They used it to produce The Wipers.