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Sharpe's Justice is a British television drama, the 13th of a series that follows the career of Richard Sharpe, a fictional British soldier during the Napoleonic Wars. Unlike most of the other instalments of the series, this episode was not based on a novel by Bernard Cornwell.
Sharpe's Justice: Directed by Tom Clegg. With Sean Bean, Daragh O'Malley, Abigail Cruttenden, Caroline Langrishe. Returning to Yorkshire, Sharpe finds himself on the wrong side between corrupt employers and exploited workers.
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"Rides like a peasant, dresses like a peasant, eats like a peasant. Fights like the devil."
— George Wickham about Sharpe
Sharpe's Justice is a British ITV drama, the 13th of a series that follows the career of Richard Sharpe, a fictional British soldier during the Napoleonic Wars. This episode is an original teleplay and was not based on a novel by Bernard Cornwell.
As a defeated Napoleon is sent into exile on the island of Elba, Major Sharpe (Sean Bean) is assigned to head the Scarsdale Yeomanry in Yorkshire, putting safe distance between him and his adulterous wife Jane (Abigail Cruttenden) and her lover, Lord Rossendale (Alexis Denisof). Post-war unrest, and the discharge of men from the army has flooded England with unemployed workmen; the increased competition and a reduced demand for cotton which lowers wages. Truman, a rabble-rouser, stirs up the discontented, poverty-stricken masses.
Writing Credits
Bernard Cornwell (characters only) Patrick Harbinson
Cast
Sean Bean – Major Richard Sharpe Daragh O'Malley – Regimental Sergeant Major Patrick Harper Abigail Cruttenden – Jane Sharpe Caroline Langrishe – Lady Anne Camoynes Philip Glenister – Matt Truman John Tams – Rifleman Daniel Hagman Douglas Henshall – Captain George Wickham Alexis Denisof – Lord John Rossendale Tony Haygarth – Sir Willoughby Parfitt Karen Meagher – Sally Bunting Philip Anthony – Sir Percy Stanwyck Philip Martin Brown – Saunders Sean O'Kane – Lt. Fosdyke Henry Moxon – Whitbread Rita May – Mrs. Trent
falls outside Sharpe canon as it directly contradicts Sharpe's history as established in the novels, most specifically; Sharpe was not born in Yorkshire, he was a native of London and lived in the Rookery of St. Giles until he was thirteen. Because the author appreciated Yorkshireman Sean Bean's portrayal of his creation, Bernard Cornwell later exp...
The name used for the villainous George Wickham is the same name used by author Jane Austen for the antagonist in Pride and Predjudice (1813), an actual novel written during the Regency period of the Peninsula War.
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Sharpe is a British television drama series starring Sean Bean as Richard Sharpe, a fictional British soldier in the Napoleonic Wars, with Irish actor Daragh O'Malley playing his second in command, Patrick Harper.
May 14, 1997 · Sharpe's Justice. The TV Show where Sean Bean never dies! Sharpe (Bean) has returned home from the Peninsular War, his gallant reputation restored, but he finds his loyalties divided when he is ordered North to command a militia force in his own troubled home town.
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