The Wipers Times

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Archived from the IMDb Discussion Forums — Michael Palin

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notmtwain — 11 years ago(March 17, 2015 08:14 AM)

Michael acted in "The Wipers Times", a true story from WWI, which could have been written by Python. Bogged down in the trenches, Brit2000ish soldiers find a printing press in one of the towns they take and use the press to create a newspaper for the amusement of the troops.
Michael has an important part. It was very well done and the mixture of British satire and black humor with the grim business of the war gives me hope for the future.
I saw it on Showtime On Demand.

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louiseculmer — 9 years ago(June 01, 2016 03:54 AM)

that sounds very interesting. i hadn't heard of it, but i must look out for it.