Combat Dealers - Season 4
1 - French Resistance
Air Date: September 25, 2018
Eccentric military equipment collector Bruce Crompton is tasked with creating a display based on the French Resistance - a parachute basket filled with items the RAF would have dropped to the Resistance during the Second World War.
2 - WWI
Air Date: October 2, 2018
Eccentric military equipment collector Bruce Crompton heads to Ypres in Belgium looking for items from the Great War. He tracks down a German trench mortar and also goes for a ride in a First World War-era British tank - one of the first tanks ever used in combat.
3 - Dunkirk
Air Date: October 9, 2018
Eccentric military equipment collector Bruce Crompton finds a picture in his attic from Dunkirk, given to him by a soldier who was there. He then goes on a hunt for kit that tells the real story of the wartime evacuation.
4 - Battle of the Bulge
Air Date: October 16, 2018
One of Bruce Crompton's clients wants a half-track armoured personnel carrier converted into a Pioneer variant, as used by the German army during the Battle of the Bulge.
5 - War Factories
Air Date: October 23, 2018
A French museum asks Bruce for help in acquiring an incredibly rare German Panzer 1 tank. He also explores the remains of secret underground Nazi war factories.
6 - After D-Day
Air Date: October 30, 2018
Bruce helps a Texan millionaire who wants to collect memorabilia from the Battle of Normandy. He visits farmhouses and museums to find rare items like a 1942 Luger.
7 - SAS
Air Date: November 6, 2018
A Hollywood blockbuster needs an authentic WWII SAS jeep within two weeks. It’s a tight deadline but Bruce is determined to meet it, as the wartime SAS is a passion of his.
8 - Cold War
Air Date: November 13, 2018
Bruce heads to a cold war underground bunker that has been converted to a museum. The curator is looking for some Soviet era equipment to tell the other side of the story.
9 - Battle of Berlin
Air Date: November 27, 2018
A Russian client seeks artefacts from the fall of Berlin. Bruce Crompton sees an opportunity to offload a German 88mm anti-tank weapon that was used in the battle.
10 - Arnhem
Air Date: November 30, 2018
Bruce hears about some Second World War British RAF gear from the Battle of Arnhem for sale, which is of big interest to ex-paratroopers like him and Freddie.