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Walter's War

6.0 60 mins Drama   History   TV Movie   War   2008
BBC  
Director(s): Alrick Riley

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 WW1. 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

Casts of Walter's War

O-T Fagbenle

as Walter Tull

David Oakes

as Oswald Hennessey

Kwame Kwei-Armah

as Daniel Tull

Zac Fox

as Young Soldier

Michael Wildman

as Edward Tull

Julian Forsyth

as Rev. Dr. Stevenson

Ewan Stewart

as Sgt Fuller

Dugald Bruce Lockhart

as Capt. Coombes

Christian Roe

as Pte William Cooper

Chris Starkie

as Pte. Sebastian Wills

Chris Starkie

as Pte. Sebastian Willis

Hamish MacDougall

as Pte. Christopher Hummins

Jonathan Cullen

as Lt. Col. Baxter

Samara MacLaren

as Connie MacPherson

Jenny Hulse

as Joanne McSween

Mark Wingett

as Football Team Manager

Kit Young

as Young Edward (as Chris Young)

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