Trafalgar

 

 

Trafalgar is a proposed epic TV drama series telling the true story of Horatio Nelson, Emma Hamilton, their scandalous love affair and the frenzied build up to The Battle of Trafalgar. If you already know that you want to see this series please fill out the simple form at the top of this page. 

 

During the Napoleonic Wars Nelson delivered naval victory after naval victory and put paid to Napoleon’s dream of invading England forever. He did this while falling headlong into a scandalous affair with Emma Hamilton, the most celebrated beauty of her age.

 

The scripts for Trafalgar have been written following years of research but with a freshness, originality and an understanding of story structure and drama that make them incredibly gripping. Trafalgar will not only tell the story of the principal characters but it is also a portrait of a people and an age, framed within the attitudes of the day through a startling animation sequence based on the cartoons of James Gillray.

 

Trafalgar will deeply engage emotions by showing Nelson as a rounded, flawed human being caught up in great and terrifying events. He was the ultimate master of the art of naval warfare in the age of sail, a great leader who inspired adoration amongst his officers and men and created the original ‘band of brothers’. He was also one of history’s most passionate lovers and an impetuous, occasionally reckless man of raw courage.  Having come to fully understand who he was and what he did, audiences will be left with a new touchstone to inspire them to courage in adversity. As Maya Angelou wrote “Courage is the most important of all the virtues, without it you cannot practice any other virtue consistently.”