Cast
- Ioan Gruffudd as Horatio Hornblower
- Robert Lindsay as Captain (and later Commodore and Admiral) Sir Edward Pellew
- Jamie Bamber as Lieutenant Archie Kennedy (5 episodes)
- Paul Copley as Matthews, Boatswain
- Sean Gilder as Styles, Boatswain's Mate
- Paul McGann as Lieutenant William Bush (4 episodes)
- Jonathan Coy as Lieutenant (and later Captain) Bracegirdle (5 episodes)
- Simon Sherlock as Oldroyd (4 episodes)
- Ian McElhinney as Captain Hammond (4 episodes)
- Colin MacLaclan as Ship's Master Bowles (4 episodes)
- Chris Barnes as Finch (2 episodes)
- Lorcan Cranitch as Wolfe (2 episodes)
- Philip Glenister as Hobbs (2 episodes)
- Julia Sawalha as Maria Mason (2 episodes)
- David Warner as Captain James Sawyer (2 episodes)
Other well-known actors have appeared in guest roles, including Denis Lawson, Anthony Sher, Ian McNeice, Andrew Tiernan, Samuel West, Christian Coulson, Cherie Lunghi, Greg Wise and Ronald Pickup.
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