Horatio Hornblower [videorecording (DVD)] : the new adventures / an A&E/Meridian production ; produced by Andrew Benson ; screenplay by Niall Leonard ; directed by Andrew Grieve.
Ioan Gruffudd, Robert Lindsay, Paul McGann. Based on the novel Hornblower and the hotspur by C.S. Forester.
Contents:
Duty. Duty.
Summary:
Loyalty: Peacetime (1807) Hornblower forced to make a living at the gaming tables and caught up in a budding romance with his landlady's daughter, Maria. Hornblower goes on a reconnaissance mission that uncovers French perfidy, leading to renewed war. Complications arise when he is betrayed and temporarily imprisoned. Hornblower and Maria get married. Duty: Admiral Pellew's sends Hornblower off in search of his old mate Bracegirdle, whose sloop Grasshopper has gone missing under mysterious circumstances.
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