''Warriors'' is a British

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drama serial, written by Leigh Jackson, produced by Nigel Stafford-Clark and directed by Peter Kosminsky. It starred

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, Damian Lewis and Ioan Gruffudd. It was screened on

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on 20 and 21 November 1999. The serial tells the story of a group of British peacekeepers serving in a peacekeeping operation of the

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in Vitez, in Bosnia during the

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in 1993.Warriors
IMDb The serial was released on VHS on 29 November 1999. On 7 January 2004 the serial was issued on DVD in the

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. The film emphasises the contradictions of the mandate of the peacekeepers, and the psychological trauma that they sustain while being forced to observe atrocities perpetrated against civilians without being able to intervene, and being subject to deliberate provocations against which they are unable to retaliate. The ironic title of the programme is taken from the name of the armoured vehicle used by the British forces, the FV 510 ''Warrior''. Music for the serial was written by Debbie Wiseman. When it aired in the

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, the serial was re-titled ''Peacekeepers''.

Cast

* Ioan Gruffudd as Lieutenant (later Captain) John Feeley *

as Private Alan James * Damian Lewis as Lieutenant Neil Loughrey * Cal Macaninch as Sergeant Andre Sochanik *

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as Private Peter Skeet * Shaun Dooley as Private John Hookway * Tom Ward as Captain Richard Gurney * Joe Renton as Corporal Gary Sprague * Ifan Meredith as Lieutenant Jonathan Engel *

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as Major 'Brick' Stone * Steve Chaplin as Private Tommy Redmond * Greg Chisholm as Private Martin Rook * Jodhi May as Emma * Predrag Bjelac as Naser Zec * Branka Katić as Almira Zec * Carsten Voigt as Rik Langrubber * Sheyla Shehovich as Minka * Elizabeth Lovelady as Sandra Skeet * Zaim Muzaferija as Imam

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, 2000 * Royal Television Society, UK, RTS Television Award ** Best Single Drama Dame Thora's awards double
BBC ** Best Costume Design ** Best Music – Original Score ** Best Sound – Drama Wives wins at awards show
BBC ** Best Production Design – Drama (nominated) ** Best Actor – Male (nominated) ** Best Writer (nominated)

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* {{IMDb title, id=0119873, title=Warriors 1999 British television series debuts 1999 British television series endings 1990s British drama television series BAFTA winners (television series) BBC television dramas 1990s British television miniseries Films directed by Peter Kosminsky Bosnian War films Prix Italia winners Yugoslav Wars in fiction English-language television shows Military television series