Hornblower (TV series)

Hornblower is the umbrella title of a series of British historical fiction war television films based on three of C. S. Foresters ten novels about the fictional character Horatio Hornblower, a Royal Navy officer during the French Revolutionary Wars and the Napoleonic Wars.

Other wellknown actors have appeared in guest roles, including Denis Lawson, Antony Sher, Ian McNeice, Andrew Tiernan, Samuel West, Christian Coulson, Cherie Lunghi, Greg Wise and Ronald Pickup.The series consists of eight television films, which are notable for their high production values. All were later released on DVD with the original aspect ratio of 169 widescreen in Europe and 43 in the US. In the US, the series was retitled Horatio Hornblower, and some of the films were known by different titles. The eight films cover the events of just three of the ten novels Mr. Midshipman Hornblower, Lieutenant Hornblower, and Hornblower and the Hotspur, and various alterations and additions are made to the source material e.g., the recurring characters of Lt. Archie Kennedy, Matthews and Styles. ........

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