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The Frogs and the Lobsters (a.k.a. The Wrong War) is an episode of the television program Hornblower. It is set during the French Revolutionary Wars and very loosely based on the chapter of the same name in C.S. Forester's 1950 novel Mr. Midshipman Hornblower and on the actual ill-fated Quiberon expedition of 1795.
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- ITV
- 2 April 1999
- Ioan Gruffudd
Mar 18, 2018 · Christian Ball. 3.57K subscribers. 1K. 169K views 6 years ago. ...more. The Frogs and the Lobsters (a.k.a. The Wrong War) is an episode of the television program Hornblower. It is set...
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is the fourth film in the Hornblower TV series. It is loosely based on part of Mr. Midshipman Hornblower, and first aired in 1999.
The Baron de Charette, a royalist general, raised a force of French exiles and hoped to restore the French monarchy, believing that the countryside needed only a rallying point to join him. He was supported by the British government, who provided Royal Navy vessels to ferry a combined expeditionary force of French royalist troops and a demi-battalion of British infantry across the English Channel to France. Doomed from the outset, a copy of the orders were stolen in London before they even set sail. Captain Pellew, requested that the operation be called off, but his request was denied and they sailed off for disaster. Hornblower and Kennedy were assigned to hold and, if necessary, blow up the bridge at Muzillac. The French officer in charge of the royalist forces accompanying him was the local aristocracy prior to the revolution. He packed his own small guillotine and used it liberally on his former vassals. The French revolutionary forces attack, rout the royalists and execute their leader using the same guillotine. Hornblower and his small detachment manage to reach the British troops, who conducted a disciplined retreat and reached their ships.
In a departure from the original story, a French peasant girl, Mariette, was introduced. Fluent in English, she and Hornblower form an attachment, but she is killed by French revolutionary troops while accompanying Hornblower back to his troops.
•Midshipman Horatio Hornblower - Ioan Gruffudd (more)
•Capt. Sir Edward Pellew - Robert Lindsay (more)
•Matthews - Paul Copley (more)
•Styles - Sean Gilder (more)
•Oldroyd - Simon Sherlock (more)
•Archie Kennedy - Jamie Bamber (more)
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Apr 2, 1999 · ITV. Publication date. 1999-04-02. Topics. Britain, Action, Adventure, War, Drama, Historical, Military, Navy. Language. English. Lt. Hornblower and his mates are sent to accompany a doomed royalist invasion of revolutionary France. With Spanish Subs. Addeddate. 2021-10-15 07:15:29. Identifier. hornblower-4. Scanner.
Apr 25, 1999 · Original title: Hornblower: The Frogs and the Lobsters. TV Movie. 1999. 1h 40m. IMDb RATING. 7.9 /10. 4.3K. YOUR RATING. Rate. Adventure Drama War. Lt. Hornblower and his mates are sent to accompany a doomed royalist invasion of revolutionary France. Director. Andrew Grieve. Writers. C.S. Forester. Chris Ould. Stars. Ioan Gruffudd. Robert Lindsay.
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Sep 20, 2022 · 5. 277 views 1 year ago. ...more. 4K Digitally RemasteredSet during the 18th century Napoleonic Wars, Horatio Hornblower (Ioan Gruffudd), a young and shy midshipman, rises through the ranks t...
Jan 12, 2021 · Hornblower, The Frogs and the Lobsters S01E04 1080p HD - YouTube. Chicken Scratch Publishing. 498 subscribers. 8. 339 views 3 years ago. ...more. Hornblower is assigned to escort a...
