Warriors (TV series)

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Warriors (1999) is a British television drama serial, written by Leigh Jackson and directed 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 series tells the story of a group of British peacekeepers serving in a peacekeeping operation of the UNPROFOR in Vitez, in Bosnia during Lašva Valley ethnic cleansing in 1993.

The film emphasises the contradictions of the mandate of the peacekeepers, 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 programme is taken from the name of the armoured vehicle used by the British forces, 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 Katić
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)