Although I much prefer O'Brien to Forrester, these books were very much part of a much younger me. The BBC has done them fairly well. As the sailing navy is very much my 'specialist subject' I'm pleased to see that they got particular details right, like the single epaulette on Commander Hornblower's left shoulder. If it was left to Hollywood he would have been dressed as a Danish Rear Admiral! But why did he only have one lieutenant, and have to leave his command to a midshipman?