该剧灵感来源于沃尔特·图尔（Walter Tull）的生活，他在孤儿院生活多年，后来成为一名职业足球运动员，随后成为第一位在一战期间领导英国军队的黑人军官。该片讲述了图尔在军官训练营从普通士兵到非凡军官的动荡历程，在那里，他必须面对自己的恶魔，并与周围的偏见作斗争

Drama inspired by the life of Walter Tull who, after years in an orphanage, went on to become a professional footballer and then the first black commissioned officer to lead British troops during WW1. The action concerns Tull's turbulent passage from ordinary soldier to extraordinary officer at officer training camp, where he had to face his own demons as well as fight the prejudice that surrounded him