Sword of Honour

Plot Summary

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.

Top Cast

Edward Woodward Guy Crouchback

Vivian Pickles Virginia

Trader Faulkner Tommy Backhouse

Kenneth Fortescue Frank de Souza

James Villiers Ian Kilbannock