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Cornwell

According to the Bernard Cornwell website - http://www.bernardcornwell.net/index.cfm?page=12 The story behind the film version of Sharpe's Gold - when they were filming it the actor who was first cast as Sharpe broke his leg. Filming had to stop while an insurance claim was made. Sean Bean then replaced the original actor, but the producers decided that if they re-shot the original script the insurance company would claim they had suffered no real loss. So that script was abandoned. Jooler 07:36, 25 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]

There are two separate re-enactment societies fighting for the spot on the external links section who have been having an edit war at one point 81.178.243.81 replace the rival web adress with www.growup.com and User:Samuel Blanning reverted to this version. Jooler 11:46, 9 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Hey will the DVD be avaliable in Canada? Jamhaw 19:03, 26 June 2006 (UTC)jamhaw[reply]

Relation to books

Would it be helpful to list the dates of the original book next to the film title?

Maybe turn the list of episodes into a table something like this:

Title	Location, Year	First Broadcast	Book written	Comments
Sharpe's Rifles	Portugal, 1809	May 5, 1993	1988
etc.
etc.
Sharpe's Challenge	India, 1817	April 23 & 24, 2006	1998 & 1999	Based on the novels Sharpe's Triumph and Sharpe's Fortress set in 1803

Can't get the borders to look right, but you get the idea.

Bryces 01:55, 28 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Nice idea but you would need to ensure the research made the result verifiable. :: Kevinalewis : ^{(Talk Page)}/_(Desk) 14:35, 6 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

According to Cromwell's webpage http://www.bernardcornwell.net/index2.cfm?page=1&seriesid=1 he never wrote the stories in order. Should the list of books not be on this page? Also how come this page doesnt mention about "Sharpe the Legend" which was a special episode made in 1997 and is set after the battle of Waterloo where Rifleman Cooper is sitting in a tavern explaining the legend of Sharpe.

BOOK TITLE Historical Order of stories' Year Book written Sharpe's Skirmish (short story) 2002 Sharpe's Christmas(short Story) 2003 Sharpe's Story 2007 Sharpe's Tiger (1) 1997 Sharpe's Triumph (2) 1998 Sharpe's Fortress (3) 1999 Sharpe's Trafalgar (4) 2000 Sharpe's Prey (5) 2001 Sharpe's Rifles (6) 1988 Sharpe's Havoc (7) 2003 Sharpe's Eagle (8) 1981 Sharpe's Gold (9) 1981 Sharpe's Escape (10) 2004 Sharpe's Fury (11) 2006 Sharpe's Battle (12) 1995 Sharpe's Company (13) 1982 Sharpe's Sword (14) 1983 Sharpe's Enemy (15) 1984 Sharpe's Honour (16) 1985 Sharpe's Regiment (17) 1986 Sharpe's Siege (18) 1987 Sharpe's Revenge (19) 1989 Sharpe's Waterloo (20) 1990 Sharpe's Devil (21) 1992 — Preceding unsigned comment added by 89.100.3.35 (talk) 23:48, 27 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]

I agree, where does Sharpe: The Legend fit in as far as the listing goes? Does it not count as part of the series? EarthBoundX5 (talk) 21:53, 26 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Cleanup

Hi gang. It seems to me the Sharpe articles need a serious spring-clean. Here's some thoughts about where I think we should go with this and related articles:

Finer definition between the books and television series. At the moment, the books don't even seem to have a main article (although they do have a category, oddly). The books main artivle is at Richard Sharpe (fictional character). 82.73.198.140 10:26, 22 April 2007 (UTC) [reply]
Culling of cruft from the article. We can move lists like the episode one to separate articles quite easily, as is done on other wiki pages. The opening of the article needs to be cut down to essentials and the rest distributed into the various required subheadings.
General extension of the article - the 'discrepancies' section is the biggest part in itself!
Cutting down of redlinks.

Well, those are just a few suggestions. I'll be trying to tackle as many of these as possible by myself, but any help appreciated! Added the much-needed infobox prior to this. Palaeologus 02:04, 28 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I've created Sharpe's Rifles (film) & Sharpe's Eagle (film) articles, and the Template:Sharpe Films template. Any suggestions appreciated! - Palaeologus 05:52, 29 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Individual episode pages

There is a big debate going on Wikipedia-wide about the place of individual episode pages, with some editors arguing for a blanking and redirect for all existing pages not fully compliant with WP:EPISODE. It might be worth keeping an eye on the debate at Wikiproject television discussion and Village pump. There are some constructive suggestions by a number of people (with sandbox examples) amidst the emotive mud-slinging. Perhaps we can all contribute and reach a suitable consensus/policy.Gwinva 14:44, 3 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

reenactment link which keeps getting added in

The following link keeps getting inserted into this article:

95th (Rifle) Regiment of Foot - Battle Re-enactment and Living History

which is relevant to the 95th Rifles article, not this one. Repeated attempts to add it in can be considered spamming. --BrokenSphere^{Msg me} 18:28, 28 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Mission is before Siege in Order

In the table it lists Siege first, but Mission is actually first. This is evident when watching (Col Calbert is healthy and happy in Mission and utterly destroyed in Siege.

IMDB also lists them in this order: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0190206/ Skydive23 (talk) 04:54, 9 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

IMDb shows Siege being aired before Mission in both the UK and US, regardless of the internal chronology. I'll note that in the article while this is being discussed. Clarityfiend (talk) 20:03, 6 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Very interesting! Sounds like we have a mission. I'll dig around and see what I can find. Thanks for the comparison and noting it on the table. Skydive23 (talk) 04:53, 9 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Actually according to the year shown in the start Mission (1810) should take place between Eagle (1809) and Company (1812). (217.211.251.148 (talk) 20:31, 10 December 2010 (UTC))[reply]

Lieutenant?

Several times this rank is mentioned; shouldn't if be leftenant or however the Brits spell it? Wschart (talk) 17:51, 26 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]

"Lieutenant" is the correct spelling in British English; "leftenant" is a mispelling, based on the phonetics, which actually has no place in the English language. -- Sabre (talk) 00:42, 27 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Blu Ray Release

Just wondering if it was appropriate to add some details about the Blu Ray release. Sharpe is an interesting case as it was produced in an age of Standard Definition 4:3 TV, but was shot on film allowing a retrospective conversion to High Definition 16:9. Unlike Firefly (which was in a similar position) it didn't have any visual effects to complicate the matter. Malak1000 (talk) 14:57, 16 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Tongue

Paul Trussell as Rifleman Isaiah Tongue (1993) – disappears after Sharpe's Eagle and never returns, he may be dead or left the army to go back to England. /In Sharpe's Gold (the novel), he was killed off.

Isiah Tongue and Sharpe met again in "Sharpe's Enemy" there Tongue helps Sharpe's to defeat the bunch of the desertes under Hakesville and that French cook. He explained to fellow desertes, he left the army for being unreconised for all his deeds. Sharpe later remembered him to have been with him at Talavera. --84.119.33.219 (talk) 11:36, 5 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Cultural Impact, reception, Sean Bean

Hi just reading this article, strange that it mostly seems concerned with how the TV series relates to the books, various discrepancies etc.

There is little or no reference to what people thought of it at the time, how it catapulted Sean beans career, how it has been viewed since. Thinking on it more there is no real discussion of the historical accuracy... and why playing playing a heavy electric guitar rift over your classical music intro is the height of culture!

The TV show was a big deal at the time and is probably due some 90s nostalgia revival, reading this you'd think it was a side show to the books. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 213.123.138.56 (talk) 08:38, 13 June 2017 (UTC)[reply]

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The exclusion of the "King's German Legion" and the character Captain Lossow

What was the reason to exclude the "King's German Legion" and Captain Lossow? Was and is it still a problem to show how british and german soldiers fought together in the past? --Exodianecross (talk) 22:32, 7 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

You can't stuff everything from the novels into the TV shows. Can't recall if Lossow played a vital role in anything. Nothing springs to mind, so I'm guessing he and the KGL were easy to drop. Clarityfiend (talk) 10:58, 27 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Lossow and the KGL appeared in "Sharpe's Gold" and "Sharpe's Sword". here is an article in the Sharpe wikia: https://sharpe.fandom.com/wiki/Lossow. My point is, the KGL was very important for Wellington, during the campaign on the peninsular and Waterloo! Therefore I attribute it to the "bias" of todays people (viewers) to exclude the character and the unit because the UK and Germany went to war on two occasions in the 20th century! --Exodianecross (talk) 03:24, 12 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

You can believe what you want, but he didn't play a major role in the novels and was thus expendable in the TV program. The KGL's importance to Wellington has absolutely no bearing on the matter. Clarityfiend (talk) 06:08, 12 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Maybe you are right. And I have to admit, I had just liked it to watch Lossow and the KGL adapted for the series. I'm in touch with several reenactment groups, the KGL is one of them. And I also believe that Lossow could have been expanded in the TV show, as a semi-regular character who comes to Sharpe's aid occasionally! --Exodianecross (talk) 12:19, 12 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Inclusion of Season Numbers

A change was made recently to incorporate the season numbers into the episode table. Season references see extensive usage, and it's suprising that they weren't included, see for instance the clips on the Sharpe YouTube channel (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FZmLOTIMjug), IMDB (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt12749392/episodes?ref_=tt_eps_sm), the fact that DVDs are sold referring to them (https://www.amazon.co.uk/BBC-HOME-ENTERTAINMENT-Sharpe-Season/dp/B072LMWH4T), TV guides (https://www.radiotimes.com/programme/b-a9eyxe/sharpe-season-3/)....

User:Bazza_7 doesn't want them included, and would rather revert reasonable edits and demand a discussion, so here it is. Despite citing WP:BRD, they fail to follow it; they fail to note that their revert is in bad faith per WP:ONLYREVERT, and their edit history of the page frankly looks like WP:OWN. 194.83.163.215 (talk) 11:57, 21 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Be careful with your accusations. I'm not sure how four edits in two years prior to your accusation constitutes WP:OWN.

You boldly edited the page; I disagreed with the edit (because there was no evidence given that more than one series of the drama was made) and reverted it. You are obliged to follow WP:BRD, which you chose to ignore by reinstating your edit.

The drama was not originally separated into series, as [1] shows, and this article states. Recent re-broadcasts in the UK have made such distinctions (although having two series of just one episode belies the fact this is done for broadcasters' convenience rather than any production reason): see [2]. If you had included such reliable sources in your edit then I would simply have corrected your erroneous use of "season" and let the information stand.

I am not sure how you reconcile the Drama TV guide stating that the 2006 and 2008 episodes are each in a series of their own, both labelled "Series 1". Note that user-generated content is not a reliable source: this includes IMDB; and the Radio Times Guide is likely unreliable, stating as it does that "series 5" is the latest (which it is not) and was made in 2006 (which it wasn't). Bazza (talk) 13:46, 21 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Sources

I was looking for more sources and found an article from The Daily Mail.[3] Unfortunately some editors have priorities other than making a better encyclopedia and WP:DAILYMAIL is not allowed, not even for reviews.

Editors who are interested in improving this encyclopedia might be interested to look out for the book "From Crimea with Love: Misadventures in the Making of Sharpe’s Rifles" by Jason Salkey[4] -- 109.76.192.175 (talk) 02:13, 26 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

I own a copy of that book, what would you like me to check? Offa29 (talk) 10:15, 26 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

I would appreciate any improvements you could make to this article and any of the other Sharpe related articles. I would expect that book would allow you to add some useful Production and Background information to the articles. -- 109.79.163.14 (talk) 18:25, 9 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]