Sharpe's Company DVD

Advantages: One of it's kind, the best of it's kind
Disadvantages: Special effects not brilliant

...information while watching. The actors themselves include the renowned Sean Bean and one of the UK's best folk singers, John Tams, who even writes the theme song! Episode List: Sharpe's Justice Sharpe's Waterloo Sharpe's Revenge Sharpe's Mission Sharpe's Revenge Sharpe's Regiment Sharpe's Siege Sharpe's Battle Sharpe's Sword Sharpe's Honour Sharpe's Gold Sharpe's Rifles Sharpe's Eagle Sharpe's Company Sharpe's Enemy In regard to the special effects, the movies themselves were filmed in the early 90s, however the extras and props are all excellent, I believe all were sets were on location and in Sharpe's Waterloo there is a 'bloody big battle', possibly tipped with Sharpe's finest moment where he gets to see Napoleon. Overall, brilliant! I cannot wait to watch the final DVD. If you want a sample, why not buy a single episode? They go very... Read review

Ciao members have rated this review on average somewhat helpful

Advantages: To watch again and again, without interruption
Disadvantages: It is repeated on Freeview again and again

...Brilliant TV drama adaptation of Bernard Cornwall's novel series based on the events of the Napoleonic Wars, at the start of the 19th Century, following the career of our hero, Richard Sharpe. Episodes 1. Sharpe's Rifles: In 1809 Sharpe saves Lord Wellesley's life, later known as the Duke of Wellington. He receives a field commission and is sent on his first mission with his rough band of chosen men, but finds it difficult because he is not seen as a "proper officer". (Certificate: 15) 2. Sharpe's Eagle: Sharpe fights to keep his promotion and goes after an imperial Eagle at the Battle of Talavera. (Certificate: 15) 3. Sharpe's Company: The English prepare to go into Badajoz, Sharpe's captaincy is refused and his enemy Sergeant Hakeswill is out to get him and his wife Teresa. (Certificate: PG) 4. Sharpe... Read review

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Advantages: Everything - plot, characters, acting, literally everything
Disadvantages: Nothing...if I'm pushed I could possibly say that they are long for single episodes.

...My boyfriend has recently got me completely hooked on the Sharpe series, both in film and in book form, and this was the first of the movies that I saw after becoming fascinated with the books. The two on this DVD are the first two in a series of 16 TV episodes of Sharpe, which when you consider that each episode is 100 minutes long, they would take an awful lot of watching back to back. Although it is the first chronological film, Sharpe's Rifles is not the first chronological novel, which would be Sharpe's Tiger when he starts as a private, but the events described in that book are placed much later in the TV show. DETAILS Title: Sharpe's Rifles / Sharpe's Eagle [1993] Date DVD released: 29 April 2002 Runtime: 200 minutes Number of Disks: 2 Format: PAL Director: Tom Clegg Main Actors: Sean Bean, Brian Cox, Daragh O... Read review

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