Overview

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

Genres

Cast

O-T Fagbenle

Walter Tull

David Oakes

Oswald Hennessey

Kwame Kwei-Armah

Daniel Tull

Michael Wildman

Edward Tull

Julian Forsyth

Rev. Dr. Stevenson

Ewan Stewart

Sgt Fuller

Dugald Bruce Lockhart

Capt. Coombes

Jonathan Cullen

Lt. Col. Baxter

Samara MacLaren

Connie MacPherson

Mark Wingett

Football Team Manager

Kit Young

Young Edward (as Chris Young)