Sharpe Episode Guide

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Episode Guide

Sharpe: Season 6

  • Season 6 Episode 2: EPISODE: 2

    Conclusion. Sharpe and Harper set out to rescue Celia Burroughs, but find themselves forced to seek the help of old adversary Sgt Shadrach Bickerstaff. True to form, he soon betrays them to save his own skin, and the entire mission seems doomed to failure - especially as British forces are under the command of an even more implacable enemy from the past, the incompetent Sir Henry Simmerson

  • Season 6 Episode 1: EPISODE: 1

    Sean Bean returns as Bernard Cornwell's swashbuckling hero, in a new two-part story set a year after Napoleon's defeat at Waterloo. Warned of a threat to British interests in India, Wellington sends Sharpe to investigate, in what turns out to be his most dangerous mission to date. The fate of an Empire and the life of a General's daughter lie in the former rifleman's hands. Concludes tomorrow

Sharpe: Season 5

  • Season 5 Episode 3: Sharpe's Waterloo

    Learning Napoleon has returned from exile, Sharpe leaves Lucille to look after their farm and returns to service on the Prince of Orange's staff. It isn't long before he's reunited with the remaining Chosen Men for one of the most momentous military engagements of all time - the Battle of Waterloo. Sean Bean, Daragh O'Malley, Hugh Fraser and Cecile Paoli star

  • Season 5 Episode 2: Sharpe's Justice

    Back on English soil after his recent escapades in France, Sharpe is assigned to restore peace in the north, where the local aristocracy's corrupt and high-handed ways have led to mutterings of rebellion among the poor. And as the unrest grows, he's forced to decide where his true loyalties lie. Starring Sean Bean, Daragh O'Malley, Abigail Cruttenden, and Caroline Langrishen

  • Season 5 Episode 1: Sharpe's Revenge

    Framed by long-time enemy Ducos for stealing Napoleon's treasures, Sharpe is abandoned by his wife Jane, and goes on the run from both the English and the French until he can prove his innocence. Period adventure, starring Sean Bean, Daragh O'Malley, Abigail Cruttenden and Cecile Paoli

Sharpe: Season 4

  • Season 4 Episode 3: Sharpe's Mission

    The treacherous Major Brand attempts to dupe Sharpe into helping him betray Ross to the French, while back behind British lines Jane has to deal with the amorous advances of a poet. Sean Bean stars, with Daragh O'Malley and Abigail Cruttenden

  • Season 4 Episode 2: Sharpe's Siege

    Having finally managed to get over the death of his beloved Teresa, Sharpe marries childhood sweetheart Jane. Then, before the honeymoon is over, he's forced to rush off and capture a castle behind French lines - and while he's away a fever outbreak threatens to cut short his marriage before it's even begun. Rip-roaring adventure, starring Sean Bean, Daragh O'Malley and Abigail Cruttenden

  • Season 4 Episode 1: Sharpe's Regiment

    Sean Bean puts on the tattered rifleman's uniform of Richard Sharpe and returns for more derring-do. This time he and faithful crony Harper begin their latest tour of duty by uncovering top-level corruption in the Army. Reporting their findings leads to attempts on their lives, so they fake their own deaths and re-enlist under new identities in an attempt to expose the culprits

Sharpe: Season 3

  • Season 3 Episode 3: Sharpe's Sword

    Despatched by Munro to kill a French colonel, Sharpe is almost mortally wounded in battle and hovers at death's door - but Harper and a mute nun nurse him back to health. Once recovered, he sets out in search of vengeance with a newly forged sword. Period adventure, starring Sean Bean and Daragh O'Malley

  • Season 3 Episode 2: Sharpe's Battle

    General Wellesley receives unwanted reinforcements from the King of Spain in the form of the Royal Irish Company and Sharpe is charged with transforming them into an effective fighting unit. When Kiely learns his wife is pregnant, he sends her away out of harm's way, but she is captured. Historical drama, starring Sean Bean and Daragh O'Malley

  • Season 3 Episode 1: Sharpe's Gold

    Sean Bean returns as Bernard Cornwell's swashbuckling hero, this time setting out to rescue British deserters captured by Spanish rebel El Casco. Along the way he crosses swords with one of those dastardly fellow officers whose beastliness to enlisted men always gets his goat, and manages to save a damsel in distress from all manner of indignities. Daragh O'Malley, Hugh Fraser and John Tams also star

Sharpe: Season 2

  • Season 2 Episode 3: Sharpe's Honour

    Richard Sharpe becomes a pawn in a French plan to retain control of Spain, and finds himself facing execution for murder. Determined to regain his honour, he undertakes a dangerous quest to find the only person capable of clearing him - and helps inflict a humiliating defeat on enemy forces in the process. Adaptation of Bernard Cornwell's novel, starring Sean Bean, Alice Krige, Nickolas Grace and Daragh O'Malley

  • Season 2 Episode 2: Sharpe's Enemy

    Obadiah Hakeswill returns to create more mischief, kidnapping a beautiful aristocrat and undermining the discipline of Wellington's men. Sharpe is dispatched to thwart his old foe, and manages to inflict a humiliating defeat on French forces in the process - but only at terrible personal loss to himself. Sean Bean, Elizabeth Hurley and Pete Postlethwaite star

  • Season 2 Episode 1: Sharpe's Company

    Romantic adventure set in Spain during the Peninsular Wars, starring Sean Bean as the rugged British Army officer carrying out dangerous missions behind enemy lines. The return of an old enemy leads to a series of catastrophes beginning with the loss of Sharpe's hard-earned captaincy, and culminating in a race against time to rescue his lover Teresa and their baby from the beleaguered city of Badajoz before Wellington's forces attack. With Clive Francis, Pete Postlethwaite and Michael Byrne

Sharpe: Season 1

  • Season 1 Episode 2: Sharpe's Eagle

    Another chance to see author Bernard Cornwell's rugged hero in action on the battlefields of Europe, in this vintage episode from the swashbuckling series. Humiliated that the slimy Sir Henry Simmerson has allowed the French to make off with an English standard, Sharpe vows to make amends by capturing the most jealously guarded battlefield prize of them all : a French eagle emblem touched by the hand of Napoleon himself. Sean Bean, Daragh O'Malley and Brian Cox star

  • Season 1 Episode 1: Sharpe's Rifles

    Maverick British rifleman Richard Sharpe is promoted for saving the Duke of Wellington's life, and sent behind enemy lines to rally Spanish support against Napoleon's forces. Surrounded by villainous Frenchies on all sides, he struggles manfully against the odds : and manages to pull off an inspiring propaganda coup in the small town of Torrecastro. Swashbuckling adventure based on Bernard Cornwell's best-selling novels, starring Sean Bean, Brian Cox, Daragh O'Malley and Assumpta Serna