The Adventures of Horatio Hornblower was a action adventure radio series produced by Harry Towers in 1952, starred Michael Redgrave and aired on Radio Luxumbourg. The series was a 30-minute show revolving around the life of Horatio Hornblower, a Captain in the Royal Navy of the British Empire which was played by Michael Redgrave. The plot of the show starts with Hornblower being a junior Royal Navy Captain in Napoleonic times, sent to Central America on a secret mission.