TV series
Sword of Honour
1967 · 1 season
A solemn, literary wartime drama that unfolds slowly, weighted with moral seriousness and quiet disappointment.
- Created by
- Michael Bakewell
- Genres
- Drama, War & politics
- Starring
- Edward Woodward, Vivian Pickles, Trader Faulkner
- Overview
- 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.
- How it feels
- Measured and needs your attention.
- About
- War, faith, betrayal, identity
- Content
- Mild violence, sexual content and language. No gore.
- Note
- Written by AI, so it can be wrong. Full breakdown
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- Created by
- Michael Bakewell
- Genres
- Drama, War & politics
- Starring
- Edward Woodward, Vivian Pickles, Trader Faulkner
