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TV series

Sword of Honour

9/ 10· 1196790 min1 season · 3 episodes
DramaWar & Politics

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.

Created by
Michael Bakewell

Seasons and episodes

1 season · 3 episodes

Ended
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Season 1

3 episodesJanuary 2, 1967
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  1. 1
    S1 E1

    Men at Arms

    Jan 2, 196794 min

    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.

  2. 2
    S1 E2

    Officers and Gentlemen

    Jan 9, 196792 min

    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 embarrass

  3. 3
    S1 E3

    Unconditional Surrender

    Jan 16, 196793 min

    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.

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Sword of Honour has 1 season and 3 episodes. Status: Ended.
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Sword of Honour has ended; no new episodes are scheduled. The final episode aired on January 16, 1967.
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Sword of Honour stars Edward Woodward, Vivian Pickles, Trader Faulkner, Kenneth Fortescue, James Villiers.

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