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| Hornblower | |
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| Based on | Mr. Midshipman Hornblower Lieutenant Hornblower Hornblower and the Hotspur by C. S. Forester |
| Directed by | Andrew Grieve |
| Starring | Ioan Gruffudd Robert Lindsay Paul McGann Paul Copley Sean Gilder Jamie Bamber |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| Original language | English |
| No. of episodes | 8 |
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| Running time | 120 minutes |
| Production company | Meridian Broadcasting |
| Original release | |
| Network | ITV |
| Release | 7 October 1998 – 6 January 2003 |
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Hornblower is a series of British historical fiction war television films based on three of C. S. Forester's ten novels about the fictional character Horatio Hornblower, a Royal Navy officer during the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars.
The series ran from 7 October 1998 until 6 January 2003, with Ioan Gruffudd in the title role. It was produced by the British broadcaster ITV Meridian, and was shown on ITV in the UK and A&E in the US. It is often repeated on ITV4.