
Privates
Overview
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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Episodes
S1.E1 · January 7, 2013
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...
Go to episode page →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