Combat Dealers(2014–)

The Country Fair

Military equipment collector Bruce Compton travels the world to view vehicles and memorabilia worth buying and restoring. In the first edition, the larger-than-life Londoner gets his hands on a 70-year-old Volkswagen Schwimmwagen - an amphibious car that he test-drives through a lake at a country fare.

The Russians Are Coming

Bruce Compton hopes to buy a rare German Hetzer tank from Russian oligarch Slava, who will need some persuading.

Hollywood's Calling

Bruce Compton hopes to make some money selling props to Hollywood producers who require genuine military vehicles for a movie shoot.

The D-Day Parachute Jump

Military equipment collector Bruce Compton recreates a D-Day parachute jump in a genuine Second World War uniform.

Bangs and Bombs

Military equipment collector Bruce Compton visits Germany, where he discovers a nuclear core from a secret Nazi weapon-testing factory.

Secrets And Spies

Military collector Bruce Crompton travels the globe to buy and sell the biggest and best wartime memorabilia.

From Russia With Love

Military collector Bruce Crompton travels the globe to buy and sell the biggest and best wartime memorabilia.

Philippines

Military equipment collector Bruce Crompton is in the Philippines with Freddy where they find an artillery gun from the Japanese occupation in the Second World War.

Finland

French Resistance

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.

WWI

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.

Dunkirk

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.

Battle of the Bulge

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.

War Factories

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.

After D-Day

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.

SAS

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.

Cold War

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.

Battle of Berlin

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.

VE Day Special

Bruce Crompton marks the 75th Anniversary of VE Day, sending rare German halftrack vehicles to partake in a battle re-enactment, in France, he sees VE Day relics.

Bomber Command

Bruce Crompton and Freddie Kruyer hunt down parts for a Lancaster Bomber for a Museum in England.

Sherman/Patton

Bruce hunts down relics of one of the greatest military commanders of all-time, George S. Patton. Then, he tries to close a deal worth £200,000.

Panther

After four years of careful restoration, Bruce races to get his Panther tank ready to ship to Australia. And, he discovers an interesting tank manual.

Blitz

A video game company send Bruce on a mission to find items relating to the Blitz. He tries to buy a 50-kilogram Luftwaffe bomb and an air raid siren.