In the 1979 film Zulu Dawn, Colenso is portrayed by Freddie Jones, as a sympathetically principled critic of the decision to declare war on Cetshwayo and the Zulus.
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He played Lt. Harford in Zulu Dawn (also 1979), portrayed Igor Stravinsky in Nijinsky (1980), and Prince John in Ivanhoe (1982), Hello Einstein (1985; for television).