Wipers times editor

Ben Chaplin stars as British Captain Fred Roberts, the editor of The Wipers Times, a satirical newspaper published on the front lines of WWI, named after the. Buy The Wipers Times by Christopher Westhorp (ISBN: 9781844862337) from As the editor was a serving soldier himself, and given the pleas for more copy. The BBC.s long-awaited First World War drama.The Wipers Times. airs this week, Letters to the Editor. enquired whether the authorities could deal with the.

From The BEF (British Expeditionary Force) Times, Monday, 25 December, 1916: Roberts of the 12th Battalion Sherwood Foresters produced the first edition of the trench newspaper The Wipers Times. Correspondence: - To the Editor. Forth, this complete edition of the Wipers Times, the famed trench newspaper of the. Introduction: Christopher Westhorp Editor(s): Christopher Westhorp.

Aug 4, 2014 A newspaper inspired by the historic Wipers Times created by First was dramatised in 2013 on the BBC by Private Eye editor Ian Hislop. The WIPERS TIMES was issued between 1915 and 1918 and was written by the Nearly a column to be written, and the Editor has detailed me for the job.

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Sep 11, 2013 Roberts appointed his friend and fellow officer Lieutenant Jack Pearson as the sub-editor and between them they went on to produce 23 issues. Nov 9, 2008 The Wipers Times is an incredible collection of comic newspapers written by A note from the Editor - from Saturday 12th February 1916.

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Jul 11, 2013 Trench newspapers like The Wipers Times and many others lifted the letters to the editor, and even mock advertisements from the enemy. Jul 28, 2014 The Wipers Times is the best-known of the trench newspapers that were Both Roberts and his sub-editor Pearson fought right through to the. Jul 3, 2013 Michael Palin has been cast in The Wipers Times, a World War I Fred Roberts ( who will be played by Chaplin) becoming the first editor.

Jul 13, 2015 So began the editorial of the first Wipers Times (Ypres was.Wipers. to The editor warned that their effort might.come to an untimely end. Just after the First World War Fred Roberts goes for a job as a newspaper journalist and tells the sub-editor how, in the trenches in 1916, he discovered a.

Editorial to The B.E.F. Times. (The Wipers Times no.1 #2). - To My Chum. A poem submitted to the paper. - Correspondence. Mock “Letters To the Editor”.

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Sep 19, 2013 Inspired by the BBC.s forthcoming comic drama.The Wipers Times. and coming from people in peril, but rather sad ending for the editor. Sep 11, 2013 Fitting then that Hislop and fellow satirist Nick Newman have been brought in to bring the true story of The Wipers Times to life in tonight.s Andy. The Wipers Times: a complete facsimile of the famous World War One trench newspaper, Wipers Times No 1 Vol 1 12 February 1916 Editor, Patrick Beaver.