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Privates

20131 Season45m episodes

Drama

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Runtime: 45m episodes
Genre: Drama
Origin: GB

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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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Status: Ended
First aired: Jan 7, 2013
Network: BBC One
Studio: Twenty Twenty Television

Time to finish

4 hrs

5 episodes. About 1 week at an hour a night.

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Cast

Ross Anderson

Private Lomax

Matthew Aubrey

Private Davies

Patrick Baladi

Captain Gulliver

Jack Fox

Private White-Bowne

Sasha Frost

Norah Preston

David Kirkbride

Private Hoy

Conor MacNeill

Private McIlvenny

Phil McKee

Corporal Barrowman

Michael Nardone

Sergeant Butcher

Billy Seymour

Private Wratten

Marc Silcock

Lance Corporal Jimmy Hobbs

Emma Stansfield

Audrey Gulliver

Sam Swann

Private Rothman

Sara Vickers

Connie Charles

Alexander Vlahos

Private Keenan

Richard Katz

Captain Bulgakov

Johnny Hamilton

Section 1 Private

SERIES

Privates

20131 Season45m episodes

Drama

Your rating

Runtime: 45m episodes
Genre: Drama
Origin: GB

About

Where to watch

Region

Not available to stream in United States yet.

Episodes

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E1 · Airs Jan 7, 2013 · 45m
Episode 1
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...
E2 · Airs Jan 8, 2013 · 45m
Episode 2
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.
E3 · Airs Jan 9, 2013 · 45m
Episode 3
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.
E4 · Airs Jan 10, 2013 · 45m
Episode 4
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.
E5 · Airs Jan 11, 2013 · 45m
Episode 5
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.

Details

Status: Ended
First aired: Jan 7, 2013
Network: BBC One
Studio: Twenty Twenty Television

Time to finish

4 hrs

5 episodes. About 1 week at an hour a night.

View on IMDb ↗

Cast

Ross Anderson

Private Lomax

Matthew Aubrey

Private Davies

Patrick Baladi

Captain Gulliver

Jack Fox

Private White-Bowne

Sasha Frost

Norah Preston

David Kirkbride

Private Hoy

Conor MacNeill

Private McIlvenny

Phil McKee

Corporal Barrowman

Michael Nardone

Sergeant Butcher

Billy Seymour

Private Wratten

Marc Silcock

Lance Corporal Jimmy Hobbs

Emma Stansfield

Audrey Gulliver

Sam Swann

Private Rothman

Sara Vickers

Connie Charles

Alexander Vlahos

Private Keenan

Richard Katz

Captain Bulgakov

Johnny Hamilton

Section 1 Private

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