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The new Sharpe is on tonight on ITV1 at 9pm.
Sean Bean is back as the swashbuckling hero in SHARPE’S CHALLENGE. A year after Wellington crushes Napoleon at Waterloo, dispatches tell of a local Maharaja who is threatening British interests in India. Wellington sends Sharpe to investigate 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 one man’s hands….
An India based Sharpe mini-series on ITV in April and on DVD in May…
Sharpe is back on the telly in an all-new mini-series based in India.
You can now pre-order the DVD or Blu Ray which will be released on the 1st May.
Sharpe’s Challenge will be on ITV on the 23rd and 24th April and BBC Worldwide will be showing it in other parts of the world.
Plot
Sean Bean is back as the swashbuckling hero in Sharpe’s Challenge, an action packed mini-series to be shot on location in Rajasthan, India. Two years after the Duke of Wellington crushes Napoleon at Waterloo, dispatches from India tell of a local Maharaja, Khande Rao, who is threatening British interests there. Wellington sends Sharpe to investigate on what turns out to be his most dangerous mission to date. When a beautiful general’s daughter is kidnapped by the Indian warlord, the tension mounts, leaving Sharpe no option but to pursue the enemy right into its deadly lair. Deep in the heart of enemy territory he also has to keep at bay the beautiful but scheming Regent, Madhuvanthi, who is out to seduce him. The fate of an Empire and the life of a General’s daughter lie in one man’s hands….
It has been pointed out to me that the new Sharpe series is in fact set two years after Waterloo (ie 1817) and not in the 1790s like the books. So some of my comments were slightly out of kilter.
Sean Bean is back as the swashbuckling hero in Sharpe’s Challenge, an action packed mini-series to be shot on location in Rajasthan, India. Two years after the Duke of Wellington crushes Napoleon at Waterloo, dispatches from India tell of a local Maharaja, Khande Rao, who is threatening British interests there.
Therefore Harper can be with Sharpe no problem as can Simmerson. They are I guess part of the main story and won’t be used as flashbacks.
Also it avoids the issue of how to make Sean Bean look twenty years younger…
A comment from Simon during a recent game about Sharpe in an ITV advert for new drama, made me do a little internet searching and I found out about Sharpe’s Challenge.
Sharpe is back on the telly in an all-new mini-series based in India.
Sharpe’s Challenge will be on ITV on the 23rd and 24th April and BBC Worldwide will be showing it in other parts of the world.
Plot
Sean Bean is back as the swashbuckling hero in Sharpe’s Challenge, an action packed mini-series to be shot on location in Rajasthan, India. Two years after the Duke of Wellington crushes Napoleon at Waterloo, dispatches from India tell of a local Maharaja, Khande Rao, who is threatening British interests there. Wellington sends Sharpe to investigate on what turns out to be his most dangerous mission to date. When a beautiful general’s daughter is kidnapped by the Indian warlord, the tension mounts, leaving Sharpe no option but to pursue the enemy right into its deadly lair. Deep in the heart of enemy territory he also has to keep at bay the beautiful but scheming Regent, Madhuvanthi, who is out to seduce him. The fate of an Empire and the life of a General’s daughter lie in one man’s hands….
Sean Bean is back as Sharpe, and Daragh O’Malley plays Patrick Harper (which is different to the books as Sharpe does not meet Harper in the books until Portugal). Michael Cochrane is also back as General Sir Henry Simmerson!
I wonder if these characters are in the main plot (hope so) and not just used as flashback excuse.