Privates

Privates

Ended First aired 07/Jan/2013 United Kingdom English 1 season(s) 5 episode(s)
Drama
Privates is a 2013 BBC One drama television series set in 1960 which follows the stories of eight privates who are part of the last intake of National Service, and their relationships with their officers and non-commissioned officers, civilian staff and families. The series was written by Damian Wayling, directed by Bryn Higgins and produced by Nick Pitt.

The setting is the fictional North Yorkshire Regiment, although for dramatic effect the characters are from a variety of backgrounds including London, Liverpool, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. Filmed in Northern Ireland, extras were provided by soldiers, wives and families of 2nd Battalion, The Rifles. Locations were Ballykinler Army Base, Tyrella Beach, South Promenade Newcastle.
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Season 1 · Season 1
5 episode(s) · Air date: 07/Jan/2013
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S1E5
Episode 5
Air date: 11/Jan/2013 · Runtime: 45 min
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As preparations for the Remembrance Day parade begin, Capt Gulliver plans to hand in his resignation to make a fresh start with his wife. But when Sgt Butcher invites Audrey to go to Australia with him, she is forced to choose between her newly invigorated husband and her lover. Drama, starring Patrick Baladi and Michael Nardone.

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As preparations for the Remembrance Day parade begin, Capt Gulliver plans to hand in his resignation to make a fresh start with his wife. But when Sgt Butcher invites Audrey to go to Australia with him, she is forced to choose between her newly invigorated husband and her lover. Drama, starring Patrick Baladi and Michael Nardone.

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S1E4
Episode 4
Air date: 10/Jan/2013 · Runtime: 45 min
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The reasons behind Barrowman's demotion are revealed during a nuclear fallout drill, and the corporal is pushed to the edge when White-Bowne and Wratten play a macabre prank on him. During patrol, Lomax tells Keenan he enrolled to settle an old score, while Sgt Butcher learns Audrey is pregnant.

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The reasons behind Barrowman's demotion are revealed during a nuclear fallout drill, and the corporal is pushed to the edge when White-Bowne and Wratten play a macabre prank on him. During patrol, Lomax tells Keenan he enrolled to settle an old score, while Sgt Butcher learns Audrey is pregnant.

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S1E3
Episode 3
Air date: 09/Jan/2013 · Runtime: 45 min
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Cpl Barrowman challenges Two Section to beat One Section's time on the assault course, while Pte White-Bowne reveals to Capt Gulliver he is standing in the Oldham East by-election, and will therefore get exemption from National Service.

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Cpl Barrowman challenges Two Section to beat One Section's time on the assault course, while Pte White-Bowne reveals to Capt Gulliver he is standing in the Oldham East by-election, and will therefore get exemption from National Service.

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S1E2
Episode 2
Air date: 08/Jan/2013 · Runtime: 45 min
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Corporal Barrowman drills Two Section on the parade ground. He is aghast that McIllvenny has permission to wear 'soft shoes' and that Private Hoy is unable to co-ordinate his arms and legs. Lomax fakes taking the sedative that Nurse Connie gave him and much to her surprise suddenly starts to speak like Bette Davis. Jimmy tells Norah he has a plan. Keenan apologises to Connie for being strident about his pacifist views last time they met and asks Connie if they could talk, somewhere private. Two Section undergoes bayonet training. It's a visceral process and most do it badly. It prompts Davies to wonder if he has what it takes to be a soldier. Sergeant Butcher visits a woman at the Imperial Hotel in nearby Ravensea.

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Corporal Barrowman drills Two Section on the parade ground. He is aghast that McIllvenny has permission to wear 'soft shoes' and that Private Hoy is unable to co-ordinate his arms and legs. Lomax fakes taking the sedative that Nurse Connie gave him and much to her surprise suddenly starts to speak like Bette Davis. Jimmy tells Norah he has a plan. Keenan apologises to Connie for being strident about his pacifist views last time they met and asks Connie if they could talk, somewhere private. Two Section undergoes bayonet training. It's a visceral process and most do it badly. It prompts Davies to wonder if he has what it takes to be a soldier. Sergeant Butcher visits a woman at the Imperial Hotel in nearby Ravensea.

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S1E1
Episode 1
Air date: 07/Jan/2013 · Runtime: 45 min
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Britain 1960: as the age of respectability gives way to the era of rock and roll, we follow the stories of eight privates who are part of the last intake of National Service. Stationed at a basic training depot in North Yorkshire, they are part of Two Section and their two years of National Service has just begun. Lance Corporal Jimmy Hobbs proposes to his girlfriend Norah, who works in the army canteen (NAAFI), and then goes AWOL after being chased by Private Keenan. Sergeant Butcher sees a man by his motorbike on the pier, dressed in a homemade general's uniform and speaking only in the dialogue of David Niven; he is Private Lomax. Corporal Barrowman, having taken a dislike to Private Wratten, initiates a search for a 'stolen' watch and pronounces Wratten the thief. After lights out, the men deal with dislocation in their own way: Keenan writes in his journal, Hoy cries and Lomax is nowhere to be seen...

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Britain 1960: as the age of respectability gives way to the era of rock and roll, we follow the stories of eight privates who are part of the last intake of National Service. Stationed at a basic training depot in North Yorkshire, they are part of Two Section and their two years of National Service has just begun. Lance Corporal Jimmy Hobbs proposes to his girlfriend Norah, who works in the army canteen (NAAFI), and then goes AWOL after being chased by Private Keenan. Sergeant Butcher sees a man by his motorbike on the pier, dressed in a homemade general's uniform and speaking only in the dialogue of David Niven; he is Private Lomax. Corporal Barrowman, having taken a dislike to Private Wratten, initiates a search for a 'stolen' watch and pronounces Wratten the thief. After lights out, the men deal with dislocation in their own way: Keenan writes in his journal, Hoy cries and Lomax is nowhere to be seen...

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Ross Anderson
Ross Anderson
Private Lomax
Matthew Aubrey
Matthew Aubrey
Private Davies
Patrick Baladi
Patrick Baladi
Captain Gulliver
Jack Fox
Jack Fox
Private White-Bowne
Sasha Frost
Sasha Frost
Norah Preston
David Kirkbride
David Kirkbride
Private Hoy
Conor MacNeill
Conor MacNeill
Private McIlvenny
Phil McKee
Phil McKee
Corporal Barrowman
Michael Nardone
Michael Nardone
Sergeant Butcher
Billy Seymour
Billy Seymour
Private Wratten
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Marc Silcock
Lance Corporal Jimmy Hobbs
Emma Stansfield
Emma Stansfield
Audrey Gulliver
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Sam Swann
Private Rothman
Sara Vickers
Sara Vickers
Connie Charles
Alexander Vlahos
Alexander Vlahos
Private Keenan
Richard Katz
Richard Katz
Captain Bulgakov
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Johnny Hamilton
Section 1 Private

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Bryn Higgins
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Gary Davy
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Suzanne M. Smith
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Dominic Barlow
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Nick Pitt
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Damian Wayling
Writer

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