Colonel Trumper's Private War. Image shows left to right: Colonel Basil Trumper (Dennis Price), Pan Malcov (Warren Mitchell). Credit: Granada Television
Colonel Trumper's Private War
- TV sitcom
- ITV1
- 1961
- 5 episodes (1 series)
From the unpublished biography of an hitherto unknown war hero, Colonel Basil Trumper, come the stories that changed the course of World War II. Stars Dennis Price, Warren Mitchell, George Tovey and William Gaunt.
Episode menu
Series 1, Episode 1 - Operation Lubenski
June 1940 - Colonel Trumper is chosen to rescue a Polish professor from peril. With Britain standing alone, this news proves it really is desperate times...
Broadcast details
- Date
- Friday 15th September 1961
- Time
- 8:55pm
- Channel
- ITV1
- Length
- 25 minutes
Cast & crew
| Dennis Price | Colonel Basil Trumper |
| Warren Mitchell | Pan Malcov |
| George Tovey | Hicks |
| William Gaunt | Lieutenant Hasting |
| Valentine Dyall | Actor |
| Barry Took | Actor |
| Ronald Adam | Actor |
| Frank Royde | Actor |
| June Murphy | Actor |
| Eric Hillyard | Actor |
| Arnold Yarrow | Actor |
| Frederick Schiller | Actor |
| John G. Heller | Actor |
| Carl Duering | Actor |
| Alexander Donald | Actor |
| Peter Bradley | Actor |
| Michael Wilder | Actor |
| John Newbury | Actor |
| Barry Took | Writer |
| Hugh Woodhouse | Writer |
| Bill Craig | Writer |
| Dick Vosburgh | Writer |
| Barry Took | Script Editor |
| Bill Craig | Script Editor |
| Stuart Latham | Director |
| Peter Eton | Producer |
| Stanley Mills | Production Designer |