"Sharpe (novel series) Sharpe is a series of historical fiction stories by Bernard Cornwell centered on the character of Richard Sharpe. The stories formed the basis for an ITV television series featuring Sean Bean in the title role. Cornwell's series is composed of several novels and short stories, and charts Sharpe's progress in the British Army during the Napoleonic Wars. He begins in Sharpe's Tiger as a private in the 33rd Regiment of Foot who becomes a Sergeant by the end of the book; he is an Ensign in the 74th Regiment during Sharpe's Trafalgar who is transferred to the"
"Daragh O'Malley Daragh Gerard Marion O'Malley (born 25 May 1954) is an Irish actor, director, producer. He was born in Limerick, Ireland. Among a multitude of TV appearances O'Malley is known for his portrayal of Patrick Harper in the long-running [1993-2009] ""Sharpe"" TV series with Sean Bean. O'Malley first appeared in roles in the films ""The Long Good Friday"" and ""Withnail and I"", leading guest roles in many UK television series including ""Tales of the Unexpected"", ""Waking The Dead"", ""Wire in the Blood"", ""Silent Witness"" and ""Vera"", and roles in ""Longitude"", ""Cleopatra"" for ABC and ""The Magnificent Seven"" for CBS"
"Sharpe's Rifles (TV programme) Sharpe's Rifles is the first of the ""Sharpe"" television dramas, based on the Bernard Cornwell novel of the same name. Shown on ITV in 1993, the adaptation stars Sean Bean, Daragh O'Malley and Assumpta Serna. It began a long series of successful and critically acclaimed television adaptations of the novels. The drama tells the story of Richard Sharpe, an ambitious and hardened soldier from Yorkshire. The story follows the exploits of Sharpe and his band of ""chosen men"" through Spain after they survive an ambush by French cavalry. Filming took place in the Crimea, Portugal and"
"Sharpe's Eagle (TV programme) Sharpe's Eagle is the second in the series of ""Sharpe"" historical war television dramas, based on the novel of the same name. Shown on ITV in 1993, the adaptation stars Sean Bean, Daragh O'Malley and Assumpta Serna. In 1809, Sir Arthur Wellesley, commander of the British forces in the Iberian Peninsula, prepares to invade French-controlled Spain. He orders Lieutenant Richard Sharpe and his band of ""chosen men"" to accompany the arrogantly incompetent, newly arrived Sir Henry Simmerson and his South Essex Regiment on a small, but significant mission to destroy a bridge vital to French troop"
"Street Children later that year. Daragh O'Malley Daragh Gerard Marion O'Malley (born 25 May 1954) is an Irish actor, director, producer. He was born in Limerick, Ireland. Among a multitude of TV appearances O'Malley is known for his portrayal of Patrick Harper in the long-running [1993-2009] ""Sharpe"" TV series with Sean Bean. O'Malley first appeared in roles in the films ""The Long Good Friday"" and ""Withnail and I"", leading guest roles in many UK television series including ""Tales of the Unexpected"", ""Waking The Dead"", ""Wire in the Blood"", ""Silent Witness"" and ""Vera"", and roles in ""Longitude"", ""Cleopatra"" for ABC and"
"I'm a double doctor. But this was wonderful, especially from my home city."" Sean Bean Shaun Mark Bean (born 17 April 1959), known professionally as Sean Bean (), is an English actor. After graduating from the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, Bean made his professional debut in a theatre production of ""Romeo and Juliet"" in 1983. Retaining his Yorkshire accent, he first found mainstream success for his portrayal of Richard Sharpe in the ITV series ""Sharpe"". Bean subsequently gained further recognition for his performance as Ned Stark in the HBO epic fantasy series ""Game of Thrones"", and won both a"
"Eagle,"" thus beginning the convention, used by Cornwell in nearly all the Sharpe novels, of ending the novel with the use of its title. A 1993 TV adaptation of the same name was produced by Central Independent Television for the ITV network in the UK starring Sean Bean as Sharpe, Daragh O'Malley as Harper, Assumpta Serna as Teresa Moreno, Brian Cox as Major Hogan, David Troughton as Wellesley, Daniel Craig as Lieutenant Berry, Gavan O'Herlihy as Captain Leroy and Michael Cochrane as Simmerson. There are many differences between the plot of the television adaptation and the novel. Captain Lennox from"
"Sean Bean Shaun Mark Bean (born 17 April 1959), known professionally as Sean Bean (), is an English actor. After graduating from the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, Bean made his professional debut in a theatre production of ""Romeo and Juliet"" in 1983. Retaining his Yorkshire accent, he first found mainstream success for his portrayal of Richard Sharpe in the ITV series ""Sharpe"". Bean subsequently gained further recognition for his performance as Ned Stark in the HBO epic fantasy series ""Game of Thrones"", and won both a BAFTA and an International Emmy, both for Best Actor. He has also been"
"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 took over the role. The first actor cast was actually Daragh O'Malley in the role of Sgt. Patrick Harper. Author Bernard Cornwell was so impressed by Sean Bean's performances that he dedicated one of the novels, ""Sharpe's Battle"", ""to Sean Bean"". Some actors have played multiple roles in the series. Peter-Hugo Daly portrayed first Sergeant Rodd in ""Sharpe's Gold"" and then Bickerstaff, another unruly"
"Sharpe's Challenge Sharpe's Challenge is a British TV film from 2006, usually shown in two parts, which is part of an ITV series based on Bernard Cornwell's historical fiction novels about the English soldier Richard Sharpe during the Napoleonic Wars. Contrary to most parts of the TV series, ""Sharpe's Challenge"", as well as the follow-up ""Sharpe's Peril"", isn't based entirely on one of Cornwell's novels, but it uses and adapts some characters and storylines from ""Sharpe's Tiger"". Both are set in 1817, two years after Sharpe has retired as a farmer in Normandy, so chronologically they come after ""Sharpe's Waterloo"""
"Sharpe's Waterloo (TV programme) Sharpe's Waterloo is a British television drama, the 14th and final part of a series that follows the career of Richard Sharpe, a fictional British soldier during the Napoleonic Wars. The adaptation is based on the novel of the same name by Bernard Cornwell. In 1815, war breaks out once more as Napoleon returns to France from exile on Elba. Richard Sharpe (Sean Bean) cannot resist the chance to finally see his enemy and breaks his promise to his French lover Lucille (Cécile Paoli) to fight no more. However, unlike his adulterous wife Jane (Abigail Cruttenden),"
"Sharp. In 1899, Langdon Mitchell's production toured the United States with Minnie Maddern Fiske as Sharp, a role Fiske received critical praise for. The following year his production was plagiarised by Gertrude Coghlan's Delcher & Hennessy theatre company, with herself in the lead role, until Mitchell sued. The first film version of ""Vanity Fair"" was released in 1915. This was a silent movie directed by Charles Brabin and also starring Fiske in the main role. Another silent version was made and released in Britan seven years later. This was directed by Walter Courtney Rowden and starred Kyrie Bellew. The following"
"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 novel of the same name by Bernard Cornwell. In 1813, Napoleon is reeling from his disastrous invasion of Russia the year before, and Lord Wellington is preparing to drive the French out of Spain. Richard Sharpe (Sean Bean) is mourning the death of his wife Teresa. Sharpe's archenemy, French Major Ducos (Feodor Atkine), proposes a plan to his"
"Shark (U.S. TV series) Shark is an American legal drama created by Ian Biederman that originally aired on CBS from September 21, 2006 to May 20, 2008. The series stars James Woods. The show revolves around Sebastian Stark (Woods), a notorious Los Angeles defense attorney who becomes disillusioned with his career after his successful defense of a wife-abuser results in the wife's death; after more than a month trying to come to grips with his situation, he is invited by the Los Angeles district attorney to become a public prosecutor so he can apply his unorthodox-but-effective talents to putting guilty"
"Sharpe's Revenge (TV programme) Sharpe's Revenge is a British television drama, the 12th of a series that follows the career of Richard Sharpe, a British soldier during the Napoleonic Wars. The adaptation is based on the novel of the same name by Bernard Cornwell. Sharpe participates in the Battle of Toulouse, at the end of the Peninsular War. On the other side are French General Calvet (John Benfield) and Sharpe's nemesis, Ducos (Féodor Atkine), who is in charge of Napoleon's treasury. During the fighting, Sharpe encounters and humiliates Ducos, but lets him escape with his life. Napoleon loses the war"
"Sharpe's Peril Sharpe's Peril is a British TV film from 2008, usually shown in two parts, which is part of an ITV series based on Bernard Cornwell's historical fiction novels about the English soldier Richard Sharpe during the Napoleonic Wars. Contrary to most parts of the TV series, ""Sharpe's Peril"" isn't based on one of Cornwell's novels. Both are set in 1817, two years after Sharpe has retired as a farmer in Normandy, so chronologically they come after ""Sharpe's Waterloo"" (1815) and before the final novel ""Sharpe's Devil"" (1820–21). In ""Sharpe's Challenge"" and ""Sharpe's Peril"", Sharpe and his comrade in"
"reveals that ""Mrs. Parker"" is the banker in disguise, to Wellesley's delight. Afterwards, Sharpe and Teresa make love, before she leaves to continue fighting the French. Sharpe's Rifles (TV programme) Sharpe's Rifles is the first of the ""Sharpe"" television dramas, based on the Bernard Cornwell novel of the same name. Shown on ITV in 1993, the adaptation stars Sean Bean, Daragh O'Malley and Assumpta Serna. It began a long series of successful and critically acclaimed television adaptations of the novels. The drama tells the story of Richard Sharpe, an ambitious and hardened soldier from Yorkshire. The story follows the exploits"
"the Sharpe television series, guest starring Alice Krige as La Marquesa, Nickolas Grace as Father Hacha and Matthew Scurfield as El Matarife. It retained the same basic plot as the novel but had a number of differences: It is written as Sharpe's first meeting with La Marquesa (since her earlier appearance, ""Sharpe's Sword"", was not adapted until later), Harper accompanies Sharpe on his mission to find her (effectively taking the place of a partisan boy named Angel from the book), Hogan and Leroy are omitted and replaced with Nairn, Hacha is killed by Ducos for his failure whereas in the"
"Swamp Shark Swamp Shark is a 2011 low budget American thriller film directed by Griff Furst and starring Kristy Swanson, D. B. Sweeney, Robert Davi, Jason Rogel, Sophia Sinise, Richard Tanne, and Jeff Chase. The film was produced by Kenneth M. Badish and Daniel Lewis and was written by Eric Miller, Charles Bolon, and Jennifer Iwen. It is a Syfy Channel original picture. The film premiered in the U.S. on the Syfy Channel on June 25, 2011. An animal smuggler accidentally releases a large shark into a swamp near a town, and the shark happens to like the taste of"
"theme. The song reached number 1 in the UK charts in 1988, 19 years after its original release, as a result of the ad's success. The actor often attends history shows to promote his ""Sharpe"" merchandise and meet his fans. The actor is married to Natasha Salkey and has one son, Daniel. Jason Salkey Jason Salkey (born 24 April 1962) is an English actor who began his career at the age of nine. He was born in London, England. His father was the noted writer, Andrew Salkey. Salkey attended the Holland Park School in England before moving to Amherst, Massachusetts"
"in India The series originally ran from 1993 to 1997. In 2006, ITV premiered ""Sharpe's Challenge"", a two-part adventure loosely based on his time in India, with Sean Bean continuing his role as Sharpe; part one premiered on 23 April, with part two being shown the following night. With more gore than earlier episodes, the show was broadcast by BBC America in September 2006. Filming of ""Sharpe's Peril"", produced by Celtic Film/Picture Palace, began on 3 March 2008 in India. The first part was broadcast on ITV and UTV on 2 November 2008, with the second part shown a week"
"humans. Swamp Shark Swamp Shark is a 2011 low budget American thriller film directed by Griff Furst and starring Kristy Swanson, D. B. Sweeney, Robert Davi, Jason Rogel, Sophia Sinise, Richard Tanne, and Jeff Chase. The film was produced by Kenneth M. Badish and Daniel Lewis and was written by Eric Miller, Charles Bolon, and Jennifer Iwen. It is a Syfy Channel original picture. The film premiered in the U.S. on the Syfy Channel on June 25, 2011. An animal smuggler accidentally releases a large shark into a swamp near a town, and the shark happens to like the taste"
"the 1998 FIFA World Cup held in France. Bean's critical successes in ""Caravaggio"" and ""Lady Chatterley"" contributed to his emerging image as a sex symbol, but he became most closely associated with the character of Richard Sharpe, the maverick Napoleonic Wars rifleman in the ITV television series ""Sharpe"". The series was based on Bernard Cornwell's novels about the Peninsular War, and the fictional experiences of a band of soldiers in the famed 95th Rifles. Starting with ""Sharpe's Rifles"", the series followed the fortunes and misfortunes of Richard Sharpe as he rose from the ranks as a Sergeant, promoted to Lieutenant"
"Sharpe's Battle (TV programme) Sharpe's Battle is a 1995 British television drama, the seventh 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 somewhat based on the novel of the same name by Bernard Cornwell, though the film is set in 1813 on the Spanish-French border, rather than in 1811 on the border with Portugal. While on patrol, Sharpe (Sean Bean) and his men rout some French soldiers who have raped and murdered the inhabitants of a Spanish village. Two are captured alive. Their"
"Sharpe's Mission Sharpe's Mission is a British television drama, the 11th of a series that follows the career of Richard Sharpe, a British soldier during the Napoleonic Wars. Unlike most of the other installments of the series, this episode was not based on a novel by Bernard Cornwell. After a prologue set in 1810, which introduces Major Brand (Mark Strong), a British officer serving with Richard Sharpe (Sean Bean), the plot fast-forwards to present-day 1813, where France is losing the war. Major Sharpe is teamed with Brand, now a Colonel renowned for leading a small band of soldiers operating far"
"Shark Tale Shark Tale is a 2004 American computer-animated comedy film produced by DreamWorks Animation and directed by Vicky Jenson, Bibo Bergeron and Rob Letterman. The first computer-animated film by DreamWorks Animation to be produced at the Glendale studio, the film stars Will Smith, Robert De Niro, Renée Zellweger, Angelina Jolie, Jack Black, and Martin Scorsese. Other voices were provided by Ziggy Marley, Doug E. Doug, Michael Imperioli, Vincent Pastore and Peter Falk. It tells the story of a fish named Oscar (Smith) who falsely claims to have killed the son of a shark mob boss (De Niro) to advance"
"in Portugal, to Lieutenant Colonel by the time of the Battle of Waterloo. Bean was not the first actor to be chosen to play Sharpe. As Paul McGann was injured while playing football two days into filming, the producers initially tried to work around his injury, but it proved impossible and Bean replaced him. The series ran continuously from 1993 to 1997, with three episodes produced each year. It was filmed under challenging conditions, first in Ukraine and later in Portugal. After several years of rumours, more episodes were produced: ""Sharpe's Challenge"", which aired in April 2006, and ""Sharpe's Peril"","
"was replaced by Hugh Fraser. Brian Cox would also leave the series after this film, due to poor working conditions in Ukraine. He was replaced by Michael Byrne, playing a different character. Paul Trussell's character of Isaiah Tongue does not appear in later episodes. While both the novel and the film follow a similar plot, many of the characters and events are altered from the former, often in order to minimise production costs. An incomplete list follows: Sharpe's Eagle (TV programme) Sharpe's Eagle is the second in the series of ""Sharpe"" historical war television dramas, based on the novel of"
"Michael Cochrane Michael Dundonald Cochrane (born 19 May 1947) is an English actor who specialises in playing suave upper class characters. Cochrane was born in Brighton, East Sussex. He was educated at Cranleigh School. He has had many television and radio roles including Oliver Sterling in the Radio 4 soap opera ""The Archers"", ""The Pallisers"" (1974), ""Wings"" (1977–78), ""Love in a Cold Climate"" (1980), ""The Citadel"" (1983), a BBC serial adaptation of ""Goodbye Mr. Chips"" (1984), ""No Job for a Lady"", ""The Chief"" (1990–1995), and as Sir Henry Simmerson in the ""Sharpe"" series. His film career has included roles in"
"Sparrow (TV series) Sparrow (Chinese: 麻雀) is a 2016 Chinese television series based on the novel of the same name by Hai Fei, starring Li Yifeng as the title character. It aired on Hunan TV from 5 September to 20 October 2016. Set in the 1940s during Shanghai's revolutionary times, communist agent Chen Shen infiltrates the Japanese' base and adopts the code name ""Sparrow"". His mission is to obtain the ""zero"" intel, a secret plan that could destroy China. To do so, he becomes the assistant of Bi Zhongliang, the leader of the Special Operations Team under the Public Security"
"himself. Richard Sharpe: Brevet Major in the British Army Pot-au-Feu: Sergeant Deron, who appears in ""Sharpe's Havoc"", and is the leader of the renegade band ""Sharpe's Enemy"" was the sixth book in the Sharpe series written by Cornwell by year published. After the addition of many more novels to the successful series it resides about two thirds of the way through the series and Sharpe's military career. The novel was adapted for the second season of the ""Sharpe"" television series. It guest starred Jeremy Child as Sir Augustus, Helena Mitchell as Sarah Dubreton and Tony Haygarth as Pot-au-Feu. The adaptation"
"are made to incidents during the Peninsular War and in the 1809 retreat to Corunna. The uprising in Santiago de Compostela is incited by the legend of Saint James the Moor-slayer. ""Sharpe's Rifles"" was adapted as the first episode of the Sharpe television series starring Sean Bean as Sharpe, Brian Cox as Hogan and Daragh O'Malley as Harper and guest starring Simon Andreu as Vivar, Julian Fellowes as Major Dunnett and Tim Bentinck as Captain Murray. The adaptation also introduced the character of Teresa Moreno (played by Assumpta Serna), Sharpe's future wife, prior to her introduction in the novels in"
"Sharpe's Siege (TV programme) Sharpe's Siege is a British television drama, the tenth of a series that follows the career of Richard Sharpe, a British soldier during the Napoleonic Wars. The adaptation is based on the novel of the same name by Bernard Cornwell. In 1813, the war turns in favour of the British. Lord Wellington (Hugh Fraser) is poised to invade southern France after triumphing in Spain. The Comte de Maquerre (Christian Brendel), a French nobleman, offers to raise a rebellion in Bordeaux against Napoleon. Major General Ross (James Laurenson), is unconvinced, as his spies have reported no discontent"