Brightened HD copy. Also known as "The Nelson Affair". Young George Matcham visits his uncle Lord Nelson and Lady Hamilton and is puzzled by what he thinks is weakness. And yet, Nelson is a hero, a great man. So he tries to find answers to his questions. Meanwhile, the combined French and Spanish fleet puts out to sea and Admiral Nelson has to prove his military strategy again. Starring Glenda Jackson, Peter Finch, Michael Jayston, Anthony Quayle, Dominic Guard, Margaret Leighton, Barbara Leigh-Hunt, Nigel Stock, Nicholas Lyndhurst. Directed by James Cellan-Jones. Screeplay by Terence Rattigan.