Walter's War

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Michael Wildman

Samara MacLaren

Ewan Stewart

Kwame Kwei-Armah

Ruth Caleb

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Drama: War & Disaster

09/11/2008

BBC Four - Walter's War

Drama about the first black commissioned officer to lead British troops during WWI.

Drama inspired by the life of Walter Tull, who became the first black professional footballer and then the first black commissioned officer to lead British troops during WWI.

Drama inspired by the life of Walter Tull who, after years in an orphanage, went on to become a professional footballer and then the first black commissioned officer to lead British troops during the First World War. 

The action concerns Tull's turbulent passage from ordinary soldier to extraordinary officer at officer training camp, where he had to face his own demons as well as fight the prejudice that surrounded him.

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