Combat Dealers: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

Larger than life Bruce Crompton buys, fixes up and sells World War 2 military kit. Always on the pursuit of a profit, Bruce and his small army of experts travel the world in search of rare artefacts and objects they can restore and resell. From the battlefields of Australia to the Philippines to Finland, Bruce digs for military treasure and in turn unearths the fascinating and sometimes disturbing history of the global conflict that was WW2.

With ‘money man' Hus by his side, Bruce haggles hard on every deal, buying wartime tanks, trucks, trailers and even toilet paper if he thinks he can sell it on! Bruce's farm in Sussex is the hub of the operation where the mechanical genius of twins Nick and Phil and ex-Para Freddy turn Bruce's rusty relics back into the military machines they were over 70 years ago.

It's not just Bruce's passion for military memorabilia that drives them on – the team have a large client list on the hunt for that elusive find, including Hollywood royalty. Over the years, Bruce has supplied his specialist vehicles for film projects such as Saving Private Ryan, and more recently, the Brad Pitt movie, Fury.

He's off in search of valuable wartime artefacts – from every war and every part of the world.

Series details

• Title: Combat Dealers
• Format: Reality
• Language: English
• Premiere date: 2014-04-30
• Status in TVmaze: To Be Determined
• Network listed by TVmaze: Discovery
• Network country: United Kingdom
• Typical episode runtime: 60 minutes
• TVMaze ID: 10277
• IMDb ID: tt3730294
• TVDB ID: 301450

Cast and credited roles

• Bruce Crompton — Bruce Crompton

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 2014-04-30; final listed air date 2014-06-04.
• Season 2: premiered 2015-08-05; final listed air date 2015-09-23.
• Season 3: premiered 2017-01-10; final listed air date 2017-06-06.
• Season 4: premiered 2018-09-25; final listed air date 2018-10-30; episode order: 10.
• Season 5: premiered 2020-05-08; final listed air date 2021-02-21.
• Season 6: premiered 2022-01-02; final listed air date 2022-01-03.

Source and licence

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