

Lieutenant Hornblower and his shipmates are sent to accompany a doomed royalist invasion of revolutionary France.
Acting
Ioan Gruffudd's barely-contained horror steals every scene.
Production
Ship-to-shore chaos built on actual period detail.
Writing
Moncoutant's aristocratic meltdown is chef's kiss.

Director
Andrew Grieve
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The 'Frogs and Lobsters' nickname comes from British slang: French soldiers were 'frogs,' redcoats were 'lobsters.' The title alone tells you this alliance is doomed.
Antony Sher based Moncoutant's aristocratic monstrousness on historical accounts of émigré delusion — men who fled France still believed peasants adored them. The quill scene? Pure history.
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