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Horatio Hornblower :: The Fire Ships (aka The Examination for Lieutenant) (01x02)

Episode Information

Title:

The Fire Ships (aka The Examination for Lieutenant)

Episode #:

01x02

Original Airdate:

Wednesday November 18th, 1998

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Country:	Aired On:

USA	Apr 11, 1999

Episode Crew
Director:	Andrew Grieve
Story:	C. S. Forester
Screenplay:	Mike Cullen (1)

Episode Summary

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Having progressed in his studies, the Captain puts Horatio up for the Lieutenant's exam. Meanwhile there is a problem with the Spanish tactic of lighting ships on fire and drifting them into the British Harbour!

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Guest Stars

Guest Stars
•Chris Barnes (1)	played	Finch	Recurring (second appearance)
•Colin MacLachlan (1)	played	Master Bowles	Recurring (second appearance)
•Frank Boyce (1)	played	Midshipman Cleveland	Recurring (second appearance)
•Ian McElhinney	played	Captain Hammond	Recurring (first appearance)
•Jonathan Coy	played	Bracegirdle	Recurring (first appearance)
•Simon Sherlock	played	Oldroyd	Recurring (second appearance)
•Andrew Tiernan	played	Bunting
•Denis Lawson	played	"Dreadnought" Foster
•Frank Rozelaar-Green	played	Spanish captain
•Ian McNeice	played	Tapling
•Jonathan Aris	played	clerkly officer
•Peter Corey	played	HM Consul Duras
•Rupert Holliday-Evans	played	Steward
•Simon Slater	played	Commander Morris

Episode Notes

The events in this episode are taken from the book Mr. Midshipman Hornblower by C.S. Forester.

Episode Quotes

Hornblower: What's that smell, Matthews?
Matthews: It's the cattle, sir. They haven't got the sense to get their rear-ends over the side.

Tapling: You would withhold rations from a dying man?
Hornblower: I would consider it my duty to help speed your release from this world, sir.

Hornblower: Each of us can find a maggot in our past which will happily devour our futures.

Episode References

Horatio: (to Bunting, referring to Finch) I too, was in his debt.
Here Horatio refers to the fact that Finch saved him from drowning when he fell overboard after being shot by Simpson in episode #1-01.

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