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Series · 1967–1967Ended

Sword of Honour

9.0·1 season·3 episodes·90 min avg.·United Kingdom

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.

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Men at Arms
Men at ArmsUp next
Jan 2, 1967

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.

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Officers and Gentlemen
Officers and Gentlemen
Jan 9, 1967

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.

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Unconditional Surrender
Unconditional Surrender
Jan 16, 1967

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.

Cast

6 credited
Edward Woodward
Guy Crouchback
Vivian Pickles
Virginia
TF
Trader Faulkner
Tommy Backhouse
Kenneth Fortescue
Frank de Souza
James Villiers
Ian Kilbannock
DL
Donald Layne-Smith
Mr Crouchback

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