Hornblower (1998)

Directed by

Andrew Grieve

Genre

drama television series

Country

United Kingdom

Length

3 seasons, 8 episodes

Rated

15

Rating

7.8 of 10 from 34 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A young British naval officer rises through the ranks during the wars against France. The series follows his battles and his growth into a capable leader.

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What happens

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. It was produced by the British broadcaster ITV Meridian, and was shown on ITV in the UK and A&E in the US. It is often repeated on ITV4. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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