Hornblower: The Frogs and the Lobsters

The Hornblower series is based on C.S. Forester's classic maritime adventures - the story of one young man's struggle to become a leader of men. Set against the back drop of the 18th century Anglo-French wars, the bloodiest time in British naval history.Lt. Hornblower and his mates are sent to accompany a doomed royalist invasion of revolutionary France.

Director: Andrew Grieve

Genre: War, Adventure, TV Movie

Cast: Ioan Gruffudd, Robert Lindsay, Antony Sher, John Shrapnel, Samuel West, Peter Vaughan, Jean Badin, Jamie Bamber, Paul Copley, Jonathan Coy

• Release date: 1999-04-02
• Runtime: 100
• Country: United Kingdom