Hornblower is the umbrella title of a series of television drama programmes based on C. S. Forester’s novels about the fictional character Horatio Hornblower, a Royal Navy officer during the French Revolutionary Wars and the Napoleonic Wars.
The series ran from 1999 to 2003 and starred Ioan Gruffudd in the title role. It was produced by the British broadcaster Meridian Television, and was shown on ITV in the UK and A&E in the US.
Hornblower: The Even Chance
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0129686/
Horatio Hornblower begins his naval career, but a deadly feud with a despicable mate is causing complications.
Hornblower: The Examination for Lieutenant
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0194947/
While Lt. Hornblower studies for his promotion examination, he is distracted by the serious supply problems that face his crew.
Hornblower: The Duchess and the Devil
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0194946/
Lt. Hornblower and his crew are captured by the enemy while escorting a Duchess who has secrets of her own.
Hornblower: The Frogs and the Lobsters
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0194948/
Lt. Hornblower and his mates are sent to accompany a doomed royalist invasion of revolutionary France.
Hornblower: Mutiny
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0273656/
Hornblower and his comrades come under the command of a revered but obviously mentally unstable captain and eventually must mutiny.
Hornblower: Retribution
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0273657/
Hornblower and the other officers of the Renown must return to Jamaica to face a court-martial and possible execution for their actions in relieving their unstable captain.
Hornblower: Loyalty
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0327890/
Hornblower is given a dangerous mission to deliver an emigre French nobleman to a secret rendezvous near Brest while coping with enemy agents in his own ranks.
Hornblower: Duty
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0352410/
Admiral Pellew interrupts Hornblower’s wedding reception and tasks him to locate a British ship which has disappeared off the French coast, where Napoleon’s troops are engaged in covert activities.