Horatio Hornblower
Mutual
Mutual · 1952–1953
Broadcasts
105
Cadence
Seasonal
Rated
PG
Since
1952
The run
- Network
- Mutual
- Years active
- 1952–1953
- Surviving broadcasts
- 105
- Genre
- adventure
The Horatio Hornblower series is based upon the novels by C. S. Forester. They were admired by many fans, including Winston Churchill and Ernest Hemmingway who is quoted as saying, "I recommend Forester to everyone literate I know." The adventures follow the rising career from a young, unpromising, and seasick midshipman who eventually becomes Admiral of The Fleet of the Britain's Royal Navy. The storyline occurs during the Napoleonic era. Although many great naval leaders inspired Hornblower, Forester was careful to place the plots far enough away from actual battles so as not to interfere with…
Source collection
Old Time Radio Researchers Group
Rights
Public domain — no renewed US copyright
Cataloguing
Air dates and notes from the Archive item record
The shape of the run
What survives, year by year
12 dated broadcasts across 2 years on the air. Brightness is transfer quality; empty cells are months lost to time.
Episodes
Start here
Listen to the run in order
Restored broadcasts from 1952, in original transmission order.
- 1. Horatio Hornblower 52.07.07 Horatio Deals With A Mad King 01 · 7 Jul 1952
- 2. Horatio Hornblower 52.08.04 Lydia Sinks The Natividad 05 · 4 Aug 1952
- 3. Protecting the Convoy · 1 Sep 1952
- 01
Horatio Hornblower 52.07.07 Horatio Deals With A Mad King 01
7 Jul 1952 · 21 min
- 02
Horatio Hornblower 52.08.04 Lydia Sinks The Natividad 05
4 Aug 1952 · 21 min
- 03
Protecting the Convoy
1 Sep 1952 · 21 min
Broadcast 1 September 1952. Public-domain transfer from the Old Time Radio Researchers certified set at the Internet Archive.
- 04
Takes on the French Fleet
17 Oct 1952 · 22 min
Broadcast 17 October 1952. Public-domain transfer from the Old Time Radio Researchers certified set at the Internet Archive.
- 05
Horatio Hornblower 52.11.21 Acting Governor of Le Harve 18
21 Nov 1952 · 21 min
- 06
Horatio Hornblower 52.12.19 Prisoner in 1811 A 22
19 Dec 1952 · 21 min
- 07
Horatio Is Court Martialed
16 Jan 1953 · 18 min
Broadcast 16 January 1953. Public-domain transfer from the Old Time Radio Researchers certified set at the Internet Archive.
- 08
Horatio Hornblower 53.02.20 Attack on Fort at Fishers Half 31
20 Feb 1953 · 21 min
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