Series·2001·1 Season

Sword of Honour

Love destroyed. War restored.

Created By

Evelyn Waugh

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Language

English

Episodes

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The Story

Sword of Honour is a two-part adaptation of Evelyn Waugh’s semi-autobiographical World War II trilogy, initially aired Channel 4 on 2 January 2001. Guy Crouchback embarks on a heroic quest to regain his honour and manhood; however, his encounters with the absurd reality of life in the British Army — strewn with bureaucratic blunders, military debacles, and indelibly eccentric characters — proves to be more of a challenge than facing the enemy itself.

Written By

William Boyd

Producer

Gillian McNeill

Cinematography

Daf Hobson

Themes

world war iibritish armybased on memoir or autobiographymilitarysemi autobiographical1940sevelyn waughs

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