Tonight at a glance
- Runtime
- 93 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
Acting Lieutenant Hornblower attempts to study for his promotion examination, but becomes distracted by the serious supply problems that face his crew.
The bill
Ioan Gruffudd
Horatio Hornblower
Robert Lindsay
Sir Edward Pellew
Denis Lawson
Captain 'Dreadnought' Foster
Ian McNeice
Tapling
- Andrew Tiernan — Bunting
- Jonathan Coy — Lieutenant Bracegirdle
- Ian McElhinney — Captain Hammond
- Paul Copley — Mathews
- Chris Barnes — Finch
- Sean Gilder — Styles
- Simon Sherlock — Oldroyd
- Colin MacLachlan — Master Bowles
- Frank Boyce — Midshipman Cleveland
- Jonathan Aris — Clerkly Officer
- Rupert Holliday-Evans — Steward
- Directed
- Andrew Grieve
- Written
- Mike Cullen, Amanda Lean
Production
- Rating
- 7.5 / 10 · 52 ratings
- Studio
- Meridian Broadcasting
The Collection
The complete story, in order.
1998Hornblower: The Even Chance
Where it starts.
Hornblower: The Examination for Lieutenant
1998 · You’re here
Hornblower: The Frogs and the Lobsters
1999
If this stayed with you
Then these are the nearest things Cue holds — chosen for what they share with it, not for what happens to be popular.
