Sword of Honour — Season 1, Episode 1: Men at Arms
Drama, War & Politics • 94 min • 1 season, 3 episodes • ★ 9.0/10
Episode synopsis
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.
About Sword of Honour
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.