Michael Bakewell
Director
Sword of Honour (1967)
Season 1
Sword of Honour is a three-part miniseries produced as part of the anthology Theatre 625, and broadcast on BBC2, based on Evelyn Waugh's 1952–61 novels of the same name. It stars Edward Woodward as 35-year-old Englishman Guy Crouchback, who returns home from Italy at the start of WWII, determined to fight the good fight. Horrified by Nazi barbarism and emotionally shattered by a painful divorce, Crouchback eagerly accepts a post with the elite Royal Corps of Halberdiers.
Released Jan. 2, 1967
Episode 93 min
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Keywords: tmdb.world-war-ii, tmdb.based-on-novel-or-book, tmdb.period-drama
Production Companies: BBC
Network: BBC Two
Country: United Kingdom
Languages:
English
S1E1 - Men at Arms
War is coming and Guy Crouchback wants to fight. Despite his age, he joins the Royal Corp of Belvedere, a group of irregulars. While his ex-wife stirs up old embers, it's months of training. Crouchback is sent to Dakor, West Africa.
Jan. 2, 1967, midnight
S1E2 - Officers and Gentlemen
Crouchback returns to Britain, at the height of the Blitz, then posted to the Isle of Mull for commando training. Trimmer is now called McTavish and sent on demolition mission. Accidently lands in France and hailed a hero to avoid embarrassment.
Jan. 9, 1967, midnight
S1E3 - Unconditional Surrender
Crouchback is back from Italy. Virginia is pregnant with Trimmer's baby but seeking someone with money. They reconnect, and he wants to remarry. Crouchback is posted to Yugoslavia but Virginia dies in a V2 raid while the baby survives.
Jan. 16, 1967, midnight
Network: BBC Two
Episode Runtime: 93 min.
Season Runtime: 279 min.
Released: Jan. 2, 1967
Last Air Date: Jan. 16, 1967, midnight
Status: Ended
Certification: NR
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