The Hornblower Story

The Hornblower Story
By: Val Gielgud
Publication	1968
Chronology
1794	1815
Preceded by Alcoa Premiere Television Series	Followed by Hornblower: The Even Chance
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The Hornblower Story is a 20 part BBC radio adaptation of 4 of the Hornblower books for the BBC done by Val Gielgud in 1968. (He also did an adaptation of Hornblower and the Crisis in 1970)

Contributors

• Music composed by: Johnny Pearson
• Produced by: Trevor Hill
• Story by: David Fleming-Williams, Jack Hollinshead
• Special effects by David Fleming-Williams and Jack Hollinshead in conjunction with the Sail Training Association aboard the Malcolm Miller , H.M.S. Eaglet, Liverpool, and the Sea Cadets. Fleetwood.

Cast

• Admiral Lord Hornblower the storyteller - John Westbrook (more)
• Hornblower as a young Midshipman - Derrick Gilbert (more)
• Lieutenant Masters - Geoffrey Banks (more)
• Mr Midshipman Simpson - Paul Bond (more)
• Captain Keene - Roy Barraclough (more)
• Mr Midshipman Cleveland - Paul Webster (more)
• Lieutenant Chalk - David Scase (more)
• Mr Midshipman Caldwell - Bruce Bould (more)

Episodes

Book 1: Mr Midshipman Hornblower

1. The Even Chance
2. The Cargo of Rice
3. The Man Saw God
4. The Examination for Lieutenant
5. The Duchess and the Devil

Book 2: Lieutenant Hornblower

1. The Peculiar Captain
2. Sealed Orders
3. The Landing
4. Court of Inquiry
5. Home and Beauty

Book 3: Hornblower and the Hotspur

1. Hotspur Sails
2. Hotspur and the Loire
3. The Raid
4. Blockade
5. The Treasure Fleet

Book 4: Lord Hornblower

1. The Mutiny
2. Plan for Rebellion
3. Counter-Stroke
4. Out of the Past
5. Story's End

External links

• All 20 episodes, unwrapped (IA)
• First 10 episodes embedded in a podcast series (IA)
• BBC Genome (IA)
• Trevor Hill Radio plays (IA)
• All Episodes on RadioEchoes

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