Name a better TV series than Hornblower.

[NETSCAPE]

Pro Tip: you can't

 

[Thad]

Yes, I have to agree... I really enjoyed that series.

[bzc3lk]

I like both series and to be honest, I would be hard pressed to choose.

 

 

Edited February 20, 2019 by bzc3lk

[Feathered_IV]

 

1 hour ago, NETSCAPE said:

Pro Tip: you can't

 

 

Damn right.  

 

Hornblower was Churchill’s preferred bedtime reading too, and I wonder sometimes how much of all those clandestine shore parties, cutting out operations and skulduggery informed Winston’s wartime taste for coastal raids and small unit actions.  

 

I recently introduced a work colleague to the Hornblower audiobooks narrated by Christian Rodska.  He’s currently blazing through the entire collection without a break.  

[Ghost666]

If you like Hornblower, try the Sharpe TV series.

 

Sharpe (TV series) Sharpe is a British television series of stories starring Sean Bean as Richard Sharpe, a fictional British soldier in the Napoleonic Wars. Sharpe is the hero of a number of novels by Bernard Cornwell; most, though not all, of the episodes are based on the books.

[NETSCAPE]

3 minutes ago, Ghost666 said:

If you like Hornblower, try the Sharpe TV series.

 

Sharpe (TV series) Sharpe is a British television series of stories starring Sean Bean as Richard Sharpe, a fictional British soldier in the Napoleonic Wars. Sharpe is the hero of a number of novels by Bernard Cornwell; most, though not all, of the episodes are based on the books.

 

oh I have watched it  which reminds me... you guys should play Holdfast: Nations at War. It's so fun. 

[Dogbert1953]

Combat      https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Combat!_(TV_series)

 

Hornblower & Sharpe are ok for a light hearted look at history.

 

Mike.

[Diggun]

BSG. Jamie Bamber has learned to act by then.

 

Also, Hornblower novels are ok, but a bit YA IMHO. Patrick O'Brian is where it's at for your authentic sea stories...

[Dogbert1953]

Douglas Reemer is pretty good as well.

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Douglas_Reeman

 

Mike.

[FTC_Woop]

Sharpe? Just look at that V-neck!! ?

 

 

3 hours ago, NETSCAPE said:

 

Holdfast: Nations at War

 

Please don't play it if you value you sanity. It's full of 8 year olds and although fun at times, is not worth the brain hemorrhage that accompanies it.