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Sharpe's Honour: Directed by Tom Clegg. With Sean Bean, Daragh O'Malley, Hugh Fraser, Michael Byrne. The French are on the run in Spain. In an effort to save Spain, Major Ducos engineers a diplomatic incident to split the English-Spanish alliance.
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- Tom Clegg
- 1995-05-28
Sharpe's Regiment. Sharpe's Honour is the sixteenth historical novel in the Richard Sharpe series by Bernard Cornwell, first published in 1985. In the Vitoria Campaign of the Peninsula War in 1813, Sharpe is framed for murder. He must find a way to clear his name to preserve the fragile alliance between Britain and Spain during the Napoleonic Wars.
Contents. Sharpe's Honour (TV programme) Sharpe's Honour is a 1994 British television drama, the fifth of a series screened on the ITV network that follows the career of Richard Sharpe, a fictional British soldier during the Napoleonic Wars. It is based on the 1985 novel of the same name by Bernard Cornwell.
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At the beginning of the series, Richard Sharpe is a sergeant in the 95th Rifles serving in Portugal during the Peninsular War in 1809. When he single-handedly saves the life of General Sir Arthur Wellesley from a group of French cavalrymen, Wellesley gives Sharpe a battlefield commission, appointing him a lieutenant. Sharpe is placed in charge of a...
Initially, Paul McGann was cast in the title role; however, two weeks into filming of the first episode in Ukraine, McGann injured his knee playing football and was forced to withdraw. When production started again a month later, Sean Bean was given the role because he was the only suitable replacement available at short notice. The first actor cas...
Differences exist between the TV series and the novels. For instance, in the books, Sharpe was said to be unusually tall (over 6 ft), was born in Wapping in London and has dark hair with a very noticeable scar on his face. Sean Bean is shorter, blond and, being from Sheffield, he speaks with a pronounced Yorkshire accent. Sharpe is revealed to have...
Chosen Men
1. Sean Bean as Sergeant, later Lieutenant-Colonel, Richard Sharpe(1993–1997, 2006, 2008) 2. Daragh O'Malley as Rifleman, later Sergeant Major, Patrick Harper(1993–1997, 2006, 2008) 3. John Tams as Rifleman, later Sergeant, Daniel Hagman (1993–1997) – killed in battle in Sharpe's Waterloo. 4. Jason Salkey as Rifleman, later Sergeant, Harris (1993–1997) – killed in battle in Sharpe's Waterloo; not at Waterloo in the novel and presumably survives. 5. Lyndon Davies as Rifleman Ben Perkins (1993–...
Production team
1. Directed by: Tom Clegg 2. Produced by: 2.1. Malcolm Craddock 2.2. Muir Sutherland 3. Writing credits: 1. 1.1. Novels: Bernard Cornwell 1.2. Screenplays: 1.2.1. Eoghan Harris(8) 1.2.2. Charles Wood(3) 1.2.3. Russell Lewis (3) 1.2.4. Nigel Kneale(1) 1.2.5. Colin MacDonald (1) 1.2.6. Patrick Harbinson (1)
Jun 8, 1994 · 1813. Major Sharpe's old enemy, Major Ducos manipulates a beautiful young marquesa into falsely accusing Sharpe of rape. Her husband calls Sharpe out in a duel. But when the husband is found dead the next morning, Sharpe is arrested and brought before a court martial, and it seems not even Patrick Harper and the Chosen Men can save Sharpe from a hanging, or rescue his honour
Sharpe's Honour for the uninitiated, is the fifth entry in a series of TV movies focusing on an English army rifleman during the Napoleonic wars and based on the books by Bernard Cornwell (which I strongly recommend reading).
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Nov 28, 2000 · Released , 'Sharpe's Honour' stars Sean Bean, Daragh O'Malley, Alice Krige, Nickolas Grace The movie has a runtime of about 1 hr 41 min, and received a user score of 66 (out of 100) on TMDb, which ...
