Warriors (TV series)
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Warriors (1999) is a British television drama serial, written by Peter Kosminsky. It starred Matthew Macfadyen, Damian Lewis and Ioan Gruffudd. The music was written by Debbie Wiseman. It was screened on BBC One.
The film tells the story of a group of British Blue helmets serving in a peacekeeping operation of the UNPROFOR in Vitez, in Bosnia, in 1992.
The film emphasises the contradictions of the mandate of the Blue Helmets, and the psychological trauma that they sustain while being forced to observe atrocities committed on civilians and deliberate provocations without being able to intervene.
The ironic title of the film is taken from the name of the armoured vehicle used by the British blue Helmets, the FV 510 Warrior. In the U.S., the film was re-titled Peacekeepers.
[edit] Main Cast and Characters
- Lt Neil Loughrey – Damian Lewis
- Pte Alan James – Matthew Macfadyen
- Lt John Feeley – Ioan Gruffudd
- Sgt Andre Sochanik – Cal Macaninch
- Pte Peter Skeet – Darren Morfitt
- Pte John Hookway – Shaun Dooley
- Capt Richard Gurney – Tom Ward
- Minka – Sheyla Shehovich
- Emma – Jodhi May
- Almira Zec – Branka Katic
- Lt Jonathan Engel – Ifan Meredith
- Maj 'Brick' Stone – Simon Shepherd
- Rik Langrubber – Carsten Voigt
- Naser Zec – Predrag Bjelac
- Sandra Skeet – Elizabeth Lovelady
[edit] Awards
- British Academy Television Awards
- Best Drama Serial
- Best Sound
- Best Design (nominated)
- Best Photography and Lighting (nominated)
- Biarritz International Festival of Audiovisual Programming, Golden FIPA
- Broadcasting Press Guild Awards, Broadcasting Press Guild Award, Best Single Drama
- Monte-Carlo TV Festival, Golden Nymph, Mini-Series - Best Mini-Series
- Prix Italia, Fiction
- Royal Television Society, UK, RTS Television Award
- Best Single Drama
- Best Costume Design
- Best Music – Original Score
- Best Sound – Drama
- Best Production Design – Drama (nominated)
- Best Actor – Male (nominated)
- Best Writer (nominated)
- Writers Guild of Canada, WGC Award
[edit] External links
- Warriors at the Internet Movie Database
