Re: OT: Did anyone see Horatio Hornblower on A&E last night?

Well,
They're only doing four books (my guess is there are financial
considerations here), so my guess is that instead of picking four
consecutive books, they picked four that span the life of Hornblowers
career. Makes perfect sense...

Los

Steve Pugh wrote:

> > > Looks like a pretty good book to TV version of CS Forester's
> > > Hornblower series.  Part 1 of 4 was last night
> >
> > Yes I saw it, however if they are only doing 4, which 4 books are
> they
> > going to do?
>
> They've made 4 _so far_.
>
> I haven't read the books but I'm guessing that the production company
> have taken the usual liberties with continuity. (After all, look what
> they did with Sharpe...)
>
> ITV have been showing them sporadically since last summer and the 4th
> was on Good Friday. The announcer said that there would be a second
> series (how can you really call it a series when there are months
> between episodes?) later in the year.
>
>	  Steve
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