Tonight at a glance
- Runtime
- 100 min
- Language
- English
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Violence
- Moderate
Why tonight?
- Under two hours — there is still an evening on the other side of it.
The story
Portsmouth, 1794. Under thundery skies and in lashing rain, 17-year-old midshipman Horatio Hornblower takes the first tentative steps of his naval career, but a feud with a shipmate causes complications.
- ship
- based on novel or book
- duel
- napoleonic wars
- 18th century
- seasickness
- british navy
- midshipmen
The bill
Ioan Gruffudd
Midshipman Horatio Hornblower
Robert Lindsay
Captain Sir Edward Pellew
Dorian Healy
Midshipman Jack Simpson
Michael Byrne
Captain Keene
- Robert Bathurst — Lieutenant Eccleston
- Duncan Bell — Midshipman Clayton
- Paul Copley — Matthews
- Sean Gilder — Styles
- Simon Sherlock — Oldroyd
- Chris Barnes — Finch
- Jamie Bamber — Midshipman Archie Kennedy
- Colin MacLachlan — Master Bowles
- Vincent Grass — Captain Forget
- Richard Lumsden — Midshipman Hether
- Frank Boyce — Midshipman Cleveland
- Directed
- Andrew Grieve
- Written
- Russell Lewis
Production
- Rating
- 7.5 / 10 · 64 ratings
- Studio
- Meridian Broadcasting
The Collection
The complete story, in order.
1998 · You’re hereHornblower: The Even Chance
Where it starts.
Hornblower: The Examination for Lieutenant
1998
Hornblower: The Frogs and the Lobsters
1999
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