Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play The award-winning series Sharpe starring Sean Bean returns for another action-packed adventure It&s India 1818 & Lt Col Richard Sharpe & Sergeant Major Patrick Harper are travelling across India escorting the beautiful Marie-Angelique Bonnet to meet her fiancee While in bandit-plagued badlands they come across the very dregs of the Crown&s troops; an ill disciplined rag-tag unit led by boy soldier Beauclare As Sharpe & company sit down to have dinner with their hosts the camp comes under attack by the notorious bandit Chitu As the dust settles it becomes apparent there have been many casualties & Sharpe realises that he is the only person now capable of getting this wagon train to the safety of the next army garrison Little does Sharpe know that the adventure has only just begun & that he has inadvertently stumbled across a massive opium trafficking ring Disc 1

Includes:: the programme in two parts Part one contains scenes 1-8 & Part two then shows scenes 9 onwards Disc 2 actually contains the 100 minute continuous movie version of the same programme plus a selection of special features

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Richard Sharpe is sent to Copenhagen to deliver a bribe to stop the Danes handing over possession of their battle fleet to the French It seems very easy But nothing is easy in a Europe stirred by French ambitions The Danes possess a battle fleet that could replace every ship the French lost at Trafalgar & Napoleon's forces are gathering to take it The British have to stop them while the Danes insist on remaining neutral Dragged into a war of spies & brutality Sharpe finds that he is a sacrificial pawn But pawns can sometimes change the game & Sharpe makes his own rules When he discovers a traitor in his midst he becomes a hunter in a city besieged by British troops Soldier hero rogue
- Sharpe is the man you always want on your side Born in poverty he joined the army to escape jail & climbed the ranks by sheer brutal courage He knows no other family than the regiment of the 95th Rifles whose green jacket he proudly wears
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Sean Bean stars as the brave soldier Sharpe in two feature length television movies set during the Napoleonic Wars In & Sharpe&s Regiment& a recruiting mission turns dangerous when Sharpe discovers evidence of sleaze & corruption at the highest levels of the army & becomes the target of an assassination attempt The good soldier must now race against time in order to prove his theories In & Sharpe&s Siege& Sharpe marries his sweetheart Jane but immediately has to leave for a daring mission in the Pyrenees While he is away his new wife contracts a deadly disease which has swept through the the British camp but Sharpe realises that he must stay & defeat the French (and his arch-rival Ducos) even though he knows that he may never see his beloved again ...

Richard Sharpe returns to England to save the regiment Major Sharpe's men are in mortal danger
- not from the French but from the
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After the fighting ends in the Peninsula War Sharpe finds himself set up by his arch-enemy Ducos Instead of returning to England with his beautiful wife he ends up being persecuted by the French & the English after he is accused of stealing Napoleon&s priceless treasures He decides to embark on a perilous journey to discover the truth & exact revenge on his enemies ...

Lieutenant Richard Sharpe & a detachment of riflemen join the assault of a strong French force holding the Holy City of Santiago de Compostela Lieutenant Richard Sharpe & a detachment of Riflemen are cut off from the rest of the army & surrounded Their only hope of escape is to accept the help of the Spanish but this assistance comes at a price to join the assault on the holy city of Santiago de Compostela held by a strong French force There is little Sharpe would enjoy more Soldier hero rogue
- Sharpe is the man you always want on your side Born in poverty he joined the army to escape jail & climbed the ranks by sheer brutal courage He knows no other family than the regiment of the 95th Rifles whose green jacket he proudly wears
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Sean Bean stars as the maverick British rifleman Major Richard Sharpe in this feature-length television movie set during the Napoleonic Wars Sharpe is promoted to the rank of Lieutenant & sent to search for a missing banker ...

Based on the novels by Bernard Cornwell Sharpe (1993-7) ran to 14 full-length television films that follow the adventures of the titular soldier through the later years of the Napoleonic Wars The programmes are an outstanding achievement for the small screen dominated by Sean Bean&s central performance as the heroic troubled outsider who turns out to be a resourceful & loyal leader Bolstered by a strong supporting cast particularly Daragh O& Malley as Harper & (in later episodes) Abigail Cruttenden as Jane Sharpe is often visually striking the action tense & gripping Consistency is maintained by all 14 episodes being directed by Tom Clegg ...

Swashbuckler Richard Sharpe (Sean Bean) marries his sweetheart Jane but immediately has to leave for a daring mission in the Pyrenees While he is away his new wife contracts a deadly disease which has swept through the the British camp but Sharpe realises that he must stay & defeat the French (and his arch-rival Ducos) even though he knows that he may never see his beloved again ...

Richard Sharpe abandoned in enemy territory has to trust in assistance from a hostile American privateer The invasion of France is under way & the British Navy has called upon the services of Major Richard Sharpe He & a small force of riflemen are to capture a fortress & secure a landing on the French coast
- one of the most dangerous missions of his career Through the reckless incompetence of a naval commander Sharpe finds himself abandoned in the heart of enemy territory facing overwhelming forces & the very real prospect of defeat He has no choice but to trust his fortunes to an American privateer
- a man who has no love for the British invaders Soldier hero rogue
- Sharpe is the man you always want on your side Born in poverty he joined the army to escape jail & climbed the ranks by sheer brutal courage He knows no other family than the regiment of the 95th Rifles whose green jacket he proudly wears


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