

During the Peninsular War in Spain against the French, Sergeant Richard Sharpe saves the life of Arthur Wellesley, the future Duke of Wellington and is promoted to Lieutenant. In order to pay the troops Wellesley needs a money draft from the banker Rothschild, but fears he has been captured by the French and sends Sharpe behind enemy lines to find him. Sharpe is given command of a platoon of crack riflemen, led by the surly Irishman Harper and including Hagman and Harris, who resent Sharpe as not being a 'proper officer'.
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Cast

Sean Bean
Richard Sharpe

Brian Cox
Major Michael Hogan

Daragh O'Malley
Patrick Harper

Assumpta Serna
Comandante Teresa Moreno

David Troughton
Sir Arthur Wellesley

John Tams
Rifleman Daniel Hagman

Jason Salkey
Rifleman Harris

Michael Mears
Rifleman Francis Cooper

Julian Fellowes
Major Dunnett

Simón Andreu
Major Vivar

Lyndon Davies
Rifleman Ben Perkins

Paul Trussell
Rifleman Isaiah Tongue
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