Media
Plans are under way to make a film about the life of Walter Tull with a screenplay written by Phil Vasili optioned by Araguaya Films based upon his biography Walter Tull, 1888–1918, Officer, Footballer. All the guns in France couldn't wake me
Walter's War, a drama about the life of Walter Tull, starring O. T. Fagbenle and written by Kwame Kwei-Armah, was made by UK channel BBC Four and screened on 9 November 2008 as part of the BBC's Ninety Years of Remembrance season. It drew 406,000 viewers and was the third most watched program on BBC4 during w/e 9 November 2008.
Two films have been made for Teachers TV focusing on teaching about Walter Tull, and were launched in May 2008.
Respect! a factual account of the life of Walter Tull written for young people by Michaela Morgan was published by Barrington Stoke in 2005. The book was shortlisted in the Birmingham Libraries young readers' book festival May 2008.
A book about Walter Tull for young readers Walter Tull: Footballer, Soldier, Hero written by Dan Lyndon was published by Collins Educational in January 2011.
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