

05/05/1993
During the Peninsular War in Spain against the French, Sergeant Richard Sharpe saves the life of Arthur Wellesley, the future Duke of Wellington and is promoted to Lieutenant. In order to pay the troops Wellesley needs a money draft from the banker Rothschild, but fears he has been captured by the French and sends Sharpe behind enemy lines to find him. Sharpe is given command of a platoon of crack riflemen, led by the surly Irishman Harper and including Hagman and Harris, who resent Sharpe as not being a 'proper officer'.

Sean Bean
as Richard Sharpe

Brian Cox
as Major Michael Hogan

Daragh O'Malley
as Patrick Harper

Assumpta Serna
as Comandante Teresa Moreno

David Troughton
as Sir Arthur Wellesley

John Tams
as Rifleman Daniel Hagman

Jason Salkey
as Rifleman Harris

Michael Mears
as Rifleman Francis Cooper

Julian Fellowes
as Major Dunnett

Simón Andreu
as Major Vivar

Lyndon Davies
as Rifleman Ben Perkins

Paul Trussell
as Rifleman Isaiah Tongue
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