 In 1982, he was posthumously awarded a writer's award by The Royal Television Society for his work on "Private Schulz".Other notable names involved in the show include composer Carl Davis and producer Philip Hinchcliffe.Michael Elphick's performance was praised in a 1983 review in the "New York Times" and noted the script by the late Jack Pulman "manages to be almost wickedly clever as it hones in on the foibles of not only the Germans but also of the British."