Admiral Pellew interrupts Hornblower's wedding reception and tasks him to locate a British ship which has disappeared off the French coast, where Napoleon's troops are engaged in covert activities.
Acting
Gruffudd's barely-contained frustration at his interrupted nuptials.
Production
Authentic shipboard claustrophobia and period naval detail.
Writing
Pellew's magnificent entrance crashing the wedding reception.
Director
Andrew Grieve
Ioan Gruffudd
Commander Horatio Hornblower
Robert Lindsay
Admiral Sir Edward Pellew
Paul McGann
Lieutenant Bush
Ron Cook
Steward James Doughty
Lorcan Cranitch
Wolfe
Tony Haygarth
Prowse
Julia Sawalha
Maria Hornblower
Barbara Flynn
Mrs. Mason
Paul Copley
Matthews
Sean Gilder
Styles
Jonathan Coy
Captain Bracegirdie
Jim Carter
Etheridge
Jonathan Forbes
Orrock
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This TV film continues C.S. Forester's iconic naval saga, keeping alive a genre that Master and Commander would later revive on the big screen.
Paul McGann's Bush becomes Hornblower's closest confidant here, fundamentally shifting their dynamic from the earlier films where he was merely competent support.
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