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Hornblower is a series of British historical fiction war television films based on three of C. S. Forester's ten novels about the fictional character Horatio Hornblower, a Royal Navy officer during the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars. The series ran from 7 October 1998 until 6 January 2003, with Ioan Gruffudd in the title role.
He knocks Hornblower unconscious and takes his place. Simpson, a seasoned duelist, kills Clayton while sustaining only a minor wound to the shoulder. Hornblower arrives just in time to speak with Clayton before he dies. Hornblower is transferred to the frigate HMS Indefatigable (known by her crew as Indy), under the command of Captain Pellew ...
He played Midshipman Clayton in the 1998 TV film "Hornblower: The Even Chance" (subsequently released as "Horatio Hornblower: The Duel" in the USA). [4] [5] He appeared in series 10 episode 7 ("The Great Depression of 1994") of Minder sporting a ponytail. Also played the role of Lt Colonel P. Philips in series 5 of Soldier Soldier – (1995 ...
Horatio Hornblower is a fictional officer in the British Royal Navy during the Napoleonic Wars, the protagonist of a series of novels and stories by C. S. Forester.He later became the subject of films and radio and television programmes, and C. Northcote Parkinson elaborated a "biography" of him, The True Story of Horatio Hornblower.
Duty is the eighth and final episode of the British TV series Hornblower, based on the 1962 book Hornblower and the Hotspur by C.S. Forester.It was released on 6 January 2003, a day after episode 7: Loyalty.
Ioan Gruffudd (Welsh: [ˈjɔan ˈɡrɪfɪð] ⓘ; / ˈ j oʊ ɑː n ˈ ɡ r ɪ f ɪ θ /; born 6 October 1973) is a Welsh actor.He is known for his roles in film and television series in the United Kingdom, the United States, and Australia.
Anyone who went ashore must be quarantined for three weeks before being allowed to rejoin the fleet, so Hornblower is appointed captain of Caroline, a transport schooner carrying food and cattle, which is crewed by sailors who are also under quarantine. Hornblower catches Bunting trying to escape in the ship's longboat, and briefly imprisons him.
The Frogs and the Lobsters (a.k.a.The Wrong War) is an episode of the television program Hornblower.It is set during the French Revolutionary Wars and very loosely based on the chapter of the same name in C.S. Forester's 1950 novel Mr. Midshipman Hornblower and on the actual ill-fated Quiberon expedition of 1795.