Hornblower (TV series)

Information about Hornblower (TV series)

Hornblower
Created byC. S. Forester (stories and characters)
StarringIoan Gruffudd
Robert Lindsay
Paul McGann
Paul Copley
Sean Gilder
Jamie Bamber
Country of originUnited Kingdom
No. of series3
Production
Producer(s)Meridian Broadcasting
Running time120 minutes
Broadcast
Original channelITV
Original run1998 – 2003
Hornblower is the umbrella title of an acclaimed series of television drama programmes loosely based on C. S. Forester's novels about the fictional character Horatio Hornblower, a British naval officer during the Napoleonic Wars.

The series stars Ioan Gruffudd in the title role and is produced by the British broadcaster Meridian Television, and shown on ITV (and as of September 2006 is being shown on ITV3) in the UK and A&E Television Networks in the U.S. Episodes were shown on Greek television in 2007.

Cast

Other well-known actors have appeared in guest roles, including Anthony Sher, Andrew Tiernan, Samuel West, Cherie Lunghi and Ronald Pickup.

Episodes

The series currently consists of eight made-for-television movies, which are notable for their high production values. All were later released on DVD. In the U.S. the series was retitled Horatio Hornblower, and some of the episodes were known by different titles.

Awards

  • Emmy Award (1999) for Outstanding Miniseries
  • Emmy Award (1999) for Outstanding Single Camera Picture Editing for a Miniseries or a Movie

Future episodes

Ioan Gruffudd has been quoted hr>yet--name_page.html as saying that he would be glad to participate in more Hornblower films, however, there are currently no plans for future episodes.

On the March 22, 2007 episode of The Graham Norton Show, Gruffudd disclosed that the American producers have decided to end the series due to high production costs.

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Cecil Scott Forester was the pen name of Cecil Louis Troughton Smith (August 27 1899 – April 2, 1966), an English novelist who rose to fame with tales of adventure with military themes.
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Ioan Gruffudd

Birth name Ioan Gruffudd
Born 6 September 1973 (1973--) (age 34)
Cardiff, Wales, UK
Died

Years active
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Robert Lindsay

Birth name Robert Lindsay Stevenson
Born 13 November 1949 (1949--) (age 59)
Ilkeston, Derbyshire, England
Died


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Paul McGann

Photo by Tim Drury

Born November 14 1959 (1959--) (age 49)
Liverpool, England

Occupation actor
Years active
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Paul Mackriell Copley (born 25 November, 1944) is an award-winning English actor.

Copley was born in Denby Dale, West Yorkshire, and grew up on a farm in Denby Dale. His father, Harold, was involved with local amateur dramatic productions, as were the rest of his family.
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Sean Gilder (b. 1964, Brampton, Yorkshire, England, UK) is an English actor.

He is best-known for playing Paddy Maguire on Shameless, and as "Styles" on Hornblower. Gilder also appeared as "Leslie Johns" on the final episode of Life on Mars.
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Jamie Bamber

Birth name Jamie St John Bamber Griffith
Born March 3 1973 (1973--) (age 34)
Hammersmith, London, England

Spouse(s)
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Motto
"Dieu et mon droit" [2]   (French)
"God and my right"
Anthem
"God Save the Queen" [3]
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Meridian

Based in Whiteley, Hampshire
(previously Southampton)
Broadcast area South and South East England
Launched 1 January 1993

The original ident, used 1993-96

Closed Lost on-air identity 27 October 2002 (known as ITV1 Meridian
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Availability
Terrestrial
Analogue Normally tuned to 3
Freeview Channel 3
Satellite
Sky Digital Channel 103
SES Astra Channel 13
Cable
Virgin Media Channel 103
Tiscali TV Channel 3
UPC Ireland Channel 100 (UTV)
Online Watching
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Television (often abbreviated to TV, T.V., or more recently, tv; sometimes called telly, the tube, boob tube, or idiot box in British English) is a widely used telecommunication system for broadcasting and receiving moving pictures
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Drama is the specific mode of fiction represented in performance.[1] It is derived from a Greek word meaning "action" (Classical Greek δράμα), derived from "to do" (Classical Greek
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A television program (US), television programme (UK) or simply television show is a segment of programming in television broadcasting.
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Cecil Scott Forester was the pen name of Cecil Louis Troughton Smith (August 27 1899 – April 2, 1966), an English novelist who rose to fame with tales of adventure with military themes.
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Horatio Hornblower is a fictional character, an officer in the British Royal Navy during the Napoleonic Wars, originally the protagonist of a series of novels by C. S. Forester, and later the subject of films and television programs.
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Naval Service

Components
Royal Navy
  • Surface Fleet
  • Fleet Air Arm
  • Submarine Service
  • Royal Navy Regulating Branch
  • Royal Naval Reserve
  • Queen Alexandra's Royal Naval Nursing Service
Royal Marines
  • (includes Royal Marines Reserve)

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Top: Battle of Austerlitz
Bottom: Battle of Waterloo

Date c.1803–1815
Location Europe, Atlantic Ocean, Río de la Plata, Indian Ocean

Result Coalition victory, Congress of Vienna

Combatants
Austria[a]
Portugal
Prussia
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Ioan Gruffudd

Birth name Ioan Gruffudd
Born 6 September 1973 (1973--) (age 34)
Cardiff, Wales, UK
Died

Years active
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Meridian

Based in Whiteley, Hampshire
(previously Southampton)
Broadcast area South and South East England
Launched 1 January 1993

The original ident, used 1993-96

Closed Lost on-air identity 27 October 2002 (known as ITV1 Meridian
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Availability
Terrestrial
Analogue Normally tuned to 3
Freeview Channel 3
Satellite
Sky Digital Channel 103
SES Astra Channel 13
Cable
Virgin Media Channel 103
Tiscali TV Channel 3
UPC Ireland Channel 100 (UTV)
Online Watching
itv.
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Availability
Terrestrial
Freeview Channel 10
Satellite
Sky Digital Channel 119
Channel 185 (+1)
Cable
Virgin Media Channel 116
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A&E (Arts & Entertainment) Television Networks is a media company that owns several TV networks on cable and satellite. The company is jointly owned by ABC, Inc., The Hearst Corporation, and NBC Universal.
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Ioan Gruffudd

Birth name Ioan Gruffudd
Born 6 September 1973 (1973--) (age 34)
Cardiff, Wales, UK
Died

Years active
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Horatio Hornblower is a fictional character, an officer in the British Royal Navy during the Napoleonic Wars, originally the protagonist of a series of novels by C. S. Forester, and later the subject of films and television programs.
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Robert Lindsay

Birth name Robert Lindsay Stevenson
Born 13 November 1949 (1949--) (age 59)
Ilkeston, Derbyshire, England
Died


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Edward Pellew, 1st Viscount Exmouth, GCB, (April 9, 1757 – January 23, 1833) was a British naval officer. He fought during the American War of Independence, the French Revolutionary, and the Napoleonic Wars. His younger brother, Israel Pellew, also pursued a naval career.
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Jamie Bamber

Birth name Jamie St John Bamber Griffith
Born March 3 1973 (1973--) (age 34)
Hammersmith, London, England

Spouse(s)
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Paul McGann

Photo by Tim Drury

Born November 14 1959 (1959--) (age 49)
Liverpool, England

Occupation actor
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