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Classic SerialEvelyn Waugh - Sword of Honour, Officers and Gentlemen, part oneThe Making of 'Sword of Honour'

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  • The full cast of Sword of Honour
  • Guy Crouchback and his ex-wife Virginia
  • Guy: ‘We’re on reconnaissance, not trying to conquer Africa.’
  • Virginia: ‘I had a lot on my mind with the divorce, then the marriage, then divorce again.’
  • ‘Burly, moustachioed and tanned from the African sun, Apthorpe alone looked like a soldier’
  • Ritchie Hook: ‘There’s nothing like leading a company into action... Everything else is just bumf and telephones.’
  • Tim McInnerny recording the narration for Sword of Honour
  • Virginia: 'I’ve barely had time to catch my breath from Tommy. Two husbands in a day is rather much.'

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