| Sharpe's Rifles | |
|---|---|
| Written by | Eoghan Harris |
| Directed by | Tom Clegg |
| Starring | Sean Bean Brian Cox Daragh O'Malley Assumpta Serna David Troughton |
| Theme music composer | Dominic Muldowney John Tams |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| Original language | English |
| Production | |
| Running time | 100 minutes |
| Original release | |
| Network | ITV |
| Release | 5 May 1993 |
| Related | |
| Sharpe's Eagle | |
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Sharpe's Rifles is the first of the Sharpe television dramas, based on Bernard Cornwell's 1988 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,[1] Portugal and England, during which Paul McGann who was the original actor cast for the role of Richard Sharpe, broke his leg and was quickly replaced with Sean Bean.[2]