The Wipers Times

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British television drama television film

The Wipers Times is a British television drama that humorously recounts the true story of World War I soldiers who created a satirical trench newspaper on the Western Front.

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The Wipers Times canonical 3
The Wipers Times (trench newspaper) 1
The Wipers Times trench newspaper 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf British television drama ⓘ
television film ⓘ
basedOn The Wipers Times self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: The Wipers Times (trench newspaper)

true story of a World War I satirical trench newspaper ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom ⓘ
depicts British Army officers editing a trench newspaper ⓘ
director Andy De Emmony ⓘ
distributor BBC Two ⓘ
firstBroadcastDate 2013-09-11 ⓘ
genre comedy-drama ⓘ
historical drama ⓘ
war drama ⓘ
hasFormat feature-length TV drama ⓘ
hasTitle The Wipers Times self-link ⓘ
isAboutEvent World War I ⓘ
surface form: First World War
mainCharacter Fred Roberts ⓘ
Jack Pearson ⓘ
medium television ⓘ
originalChannel BBC Two ⓘ
originalLanguage English ⓘ
originalNetwork BBC Two ⓘ
portrays creation of a satirical trench newspaper ⓘ
life of British soldiers in the trenches ⓘ
producer David Parfitt ⓘ
productionCompany BBC ⓘ
Trademark Films ⓘ
releaseYear 2013 ⓘ
runtime 90 minutes ⓘ
screenplayBy Ian Hislop ⓘ
Nick Newman ⓘ
settingLocation Western Front ⓘ
Ypres ⓘ
settingPeriod World War I ⓘ
subject British soldiers on the Western Front ⓘ
The Wipers Times self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: The Wipers Times trench newspaper
theme black humour in wartime ⓘ
morale and resilience of soldiers ⓘ
satire of wartime propaganda ⓘ
writer Ian Hislop ⓘ
Nick Newman ⓘ

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David Parfitt → produced → The Wipers Times ⓘ
Jayne Wisener → performedIn → The Wipers Times ⓘ
The Wipers Times → basedOn → The Wipers Times self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Wipers Times (trench newspaper)
The Wipers Times → subject → The Wipers Times self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Wipers Times trench newspaper
The Wipers Times → hasTitle → The Wipers Times self-link ⓘ