Sharpe's Sword (TV programme)

Sharpe's Sword
Based onSharpe's Sword
by Bernard Cornwell
Screenplay byEoghan Harris
Directed byTom Clegg
StarringSean Bean
Daragh O'Malley
John Tams
Jason Salkey
James Purefoy
Emily Mortimer
Country of originUnited Kingdom
Original languageEnglish
Production
Running time100 minutes
Original release
NetworkITV
Release26 April 1995 (1995-04-26)
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Sharpe's Sword is a 1995 British television drama, the eighth 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 1983 novel of the same name by Bernard Cornwell, though it is set a year later (1813) than the book.