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After saving Sir Arthur Wellesley’s
life Sergeant Richard Sharpe is promoted to Lieutenant of the 95th Rifles. No sooner is
Sharpe promoted than he is given the task of saving the British Army from financial ruin
by finding a banker lost behind French lines. During the course of his mission Sharpe and
his men meet up with the beautiful Spanish guerrilla leader, Commandante Teresa Moreno,
and her men. They agree to travel together, but each harbours their own secrets. The
Spanish rebels hold a secret weapon that could turn the tide of the war and it’s up
to Sharpe to help them.
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Lieutenant Richard Sharpe has recently risen to the level of Captain, but not everyone in the British Army is pleased to see Sharpe’s success. Among those unhappy are the cowardly and incompetent Colonel Simmerson and his two treacherous Lieutenants Gibbons (Neil Didgeon) and Berry (Daniel Craig). Sharpe’s promotion to Captaincy came over Gibbons, who after losing the King’s colours along with Simmerson plots to disgrace and dispose of Sharpe. In order to keep his promotion and his honour Sharpe is forced to stop Simmerson and help defeat the French at Talavera. He also must fulfill a deathbed promise to obtain a coveted French eagle.
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Wellington’s army is well on their way into Spain, but the price of their advancement is paid in buckets of blood. Due to an influx of new officers, Sharpe has been demoted back to a Lieutenant. If losing his company wasn’t bad enough Sharpe’s old enemy, the slimy Sergeant Hakeswill arrives. Hakeswill’s hatred of Sharpe knows no bounds and he connives to punish Sharpe and the 95th Rifles by every and any unscrupulous mean. As the British Army makes ready to lay siege to the town of Badajoz, Sharpe’s troubles are compounded further. Inside Badajoz are Theresa and Sharpe’s new baby daughter Antonia. With nothing left to lose and everything to gain Sharpe sets out to lead a charge of Forlorn Hope (an almost suicidal initial attack on the French.).
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Sharpe’s old nemesis Hakeswell and a mixed band of deserters have managed to kidnap Lady Farthingdale (Liz Hurley), wife of the foppish Col.Farthingdale (Jeremy Child). Sharpe is charged with delivering the ransom and retrieving Lady Farthingdale. Sharpe, Teresa, and the 95th Rifles set out for the deserters’ camp, but are unable to rescue Lady Farthingdale. Newly crowned Major Sharpe then mounts one of his usual fool hardy and daring plans to rescue Lady Farthingdale and stop the band of murderous deserters, not to mention settle the score with Hakeswell. Sharpe also comes face to face with a new enemy, the sinister Major Pierre Ducos.
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A very good episode, one of the best of
the series. Sharpe is mourning the loss of Teresa and nothing seems to pull him out of his
depression. Over with the French Ducos is plotting to force the Spanish nobility to sign a
treaty with France and kick the British out of Spain, but he needs a British officer to
commit an outrage to get the nobilities support. Poor Richard is his fall guy. Framed for
the murder of the Marques (Jay Benedict) and an adulterous affair with his wife, La
Marquesa (Alice Krige),
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What the hell happened here!!!! I want
to know what the screenplay writer was on when he came up with this story. For those that
may have read the book, forget it, this is a totally different story. Fortunately the
acting is still first class and there are some great pieces of dialogue. The plot (or what
there is of it) is about the British, on preparing to invade France are selling rifles to
guerilla leader El Casco (Abel Folk) in exchange for deserters. Sharpe is given the
mission of carrying out the
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Well, we're back on track with this
episode, back to quality. Sharpe has encoutered and made an enemy of Brigadier General Guy
Loup (Oliver Cotton) and his Wolf Brigade (loup is French for wolf). He is also given the
task of licking into shape the Real Companie Irlandesa, King Ferdinand's royal bodyguard
made up of Irish descendants. Led by the foolishly brave Lord Kiely (Jason Durr) these
Irish exiles want nothing more than desert. Loup, with the help of the treacherous Dona
Juanita (Siri Neal), is happy to assist them.
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Sharpe finds his life in danger when he is faced with a spy, a traitor, and an old enemy, Sir Henry Simmerson. With South Essex, Sharpe is sent to protect El Mirador, Wellington's chief spy, but only Wellington and Major Munro know his identity. The danger of the mission becomes clear when Sharpe find himself fighting Colonel Leroux (Patrick Fierry), a top swordsman who has been hand picked by Napoleon to find and capture El Mirador. On their travels the Chosen Men find Lass (Emily Mortimer), who has witnessed a horrific attack and is mute.
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The South Essex are depleted and Sharpe
and Harper are ordered to return to England to find their missing 2nd Battalion. When
Sharpe, after being presented to the Prince Regent (Julian Fellowes), asks too many
questions of Lord Fenner (Nicholas Farrell), Secretary at War, his lordship decides to get
rid
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The newly married Richard Sharpe must
leave his sick wife and
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This is an original screenplay and not based on a Bernard Cornwell novel. The French have formulated a plan
to capture Wellington's Head of Intelligence, Major General Ross. The bait is the
ammunition dump in Rocha Fort, 30 miles behind French lines. Sharpe is given the mission
of taking the fort and assisting the disfigured explosive expert Septimus Pyecroft (Nigel
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The final battle, Toulouse, is about to
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This is an original screenplay and not based on a Bernard Cornwell novel. The war is over. Sharpe and Harper are
posted to the Scarsdale
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Napoleon has escaped from Elba, to stop
him, Wellington has gathered his forces in Belgium ready to fight alongside the Prussians.
Sharpe has gone in the hope of spotting Napoleon and for money. Now a Lt. Colonel he is
placed on the Prince of Orange's, aka Silly Billy, (Paul Bettany) staff. Out on patrol,
Sharpe sees French columns heading towards Brussels. When he informs Wellington of this,
the plan is made to meet him at Quatre Bras and stop him at a little village called
Waterloo, hoping that the Prussians will be able to help. Joined by Harper,
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