BBC R4 - David Buck's 'Her Privates We'
Adapted from Fredick Manning's novel 'The Middle Parts Of Fortune'
Military Advice by Maurice E Jones, Kings Shropshire Light Infantry
Technical Presentation by David Greenwood, David Chilton, and Paul Pearson
Directed by Richard Wortley
Broadcast August 8, 1984 in the 'Monday Play' Series
Coded from tape at 128/44.1 - 121 minutes

Based on a WWI novel drawn from Australian Frederic
Manning's 1916 experiences on the Somme at Ancre while
a private in the King's Shropshire Light Infantry.

Originally published in a limited edition in 1929 as
'The Middle Parts of Fortune' by Private 19022 (Mannings'
rank and number). Bowdlerised and re-published in 1930
as 'Her Privates We' - expurgated because Manning used
the language of the ranks.

Quote
Oh, they've called them up from Weschurch,
And they've called them up from Wen,
And they'll call up all the women,
When they've fucked up all the men.
Unquote

Not attributed to Manning (who died in 1935) until 1943.
Not published again in unexpurgated form until 1977, when
it appeared under its original title. It is now available
in both versions.

AFAIK, the closest thing to 'All Quiet On The Western Front'
produced by an Allied author.

Torrent also contains a file of the unexpurgated text.

Cast
Private Bourne - Peter Pacey
Private Glazier - Sean Barrett
Private Hinds - Mark Straker
Private Madeley - William Eadle
Private Mallet - Peter Acre
Private Marklow - Michael Jenner
Private Pacey - Spensor Banks
Private Pritchard - Bernard Brown
Private Shem - Colin Starkey
Private Weeper Smart - Trevor Cooper
Lance Corporal Johnson - Brett Usher
Corporal Greensteed - Geoffrey Collins
Corporal Handley - Brett Usher
Sergeant Glasspool - Henry Stamper
Colour Sergeant - David Garth
Sergeant Major Towzer - Michael Tudor-Barnes
Regimental Sergeant Major - Norman Jones
Lieutenant Clinton - Geoffrey Collins
Lieutenant Marsden - Mark Straker
Captain Jakes - Peter Acre
Therese - Helena Breck
Therese's Mother - Cecile Chevreaux