Sharpe's Rifles - Revision history

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	I did later find a collectors edition referred to as "[https://www.amazon.com/Sharpes-Complete-Collection-Sean-Bean/dp/B000E1NWPA/ref=sr_1_5?s=movies-tv&ie=UTF8&qid=1470404489&sr=1-5&keywords=Sharpe+s+Rifles Sharpe's Complete Collection]" but it is even more expensive! $300! It is reported to include everything but "Sharpe's Challenge". And since it was made in 2006 it will not include "Sharpe's Peril" either.		I did later find a collectors edition referred to as "[https://www.amazon.com/Sharpes-Complete-Collection-Sean-Bean/dp/B000E1NWPA/ref=sr_1_5?s=movies-tv&ie=UTF8&qid=1470404489&sr=1-5&keywords=Sharpe+s+Rifles Sharpe's Complete Collection]" but it is even more expensive! $300! It is reported to include everything but "Sharpe's Challenge". And since it was made in 2006 it will not include "Sharpe's Peril" either.

	DeepDiscount has some of the DVD's but not all: http://www.deepdiscount.com/search?q=sean+bean&mod=AV		DeepDiscount has some of the DVD's but not all: http://www.deepdiscount.com/search?q=sean+bean&mod=AV&sw=sharpe

	So for now I have given up on purchasing a new copy of the discs. If I find a bargain on eBay or similar I may purchase it.		So for now I have given up on purchasing a new copy of the discs. If I find a bargain on eBay or similar I may purchase it.

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	I did later find a collectors edition referred to as "[https://www.amazon.com/Sharpes-Complete-Collection-Sean-Bean/dp/B000E1NWPA/ref=sr_1_5?s=movies-tv&ie=UTF8&qid=1470404489&sr=1-5&keywords=Sharpe+s+Rifles Sharpe's Complete Collection]" but it is even more expensive! $300! It is reported to include everything but "Sharpe's Challenge". And since it was made in 2006 it will not include "Sharpe's Peril" either.		I did later find a collectors edition referred to as "[https://www.amazon.com/Sharpes-Complete-Collection-Sean-Bean/dp/B000E1NWPA/ref=sr_1_5?s=movies-tv&ie=UTF8&qid=1470404489&sr=1-5&keywords=Sharpe+s+Rifles Sharpe's Complete Collection]" but it is even more expensive! $300! It is reported to include everything but "Sharpe's Challenge". And since it was made in 2006 it will not include "Sharpe's Peril" either.

			DeepDiscount has some of the DVD's but not all: http://www.deepdiscount.com/search?q=sean+bean&mod=AV

	So for now I have given up on purchasing a new copy of the discs. If I find a bargain on eBay or similar I may purchase it.		So for now I have given up on purchasing a new copy of the discs. If I find a bargain on eBay or similar I may purchase it.

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Series

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	==Series==		==TV Series==

	Sharpe's Rifles is both a series of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sharpe_(novel_series) novels] (written by [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bernard_Cornwell Bernard Cornwell]) and [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sharpe_(TV_series) British television mini-movies] based on the novels. The protagonist and hero in the stories is Richard Sharpe a fictional British soldier and rifleman in the Napoleonic Wars. In the TV series he is played by [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sean_Bean Sean Bean] beggining with [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sharpe%27s_Rifles_(TV_programme) Sharpe's Rifles] the first in the series. Quoting one of the Wikipedia articles "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."		Sharpe's Rifles is both a series of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sharpe_(novel_series) novels] (written by [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bernard_Cornwell Bernard Cornwell]) and [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sharpe_(TV_series) British television mini-movies] based on the novels. The protagonist and hero in the stories is Richard Sharpe a fictional British soldier and rifleman in the Napoleonic Wars. In the TV series he is played by [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sean_Bean Sean Bean] beggining with [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sharpe%27s_Rifles_(TV_programme) Sharpe's Rifles] the first in the series. Quoting one of the Wikipedia articles "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."

	I found this series quite engaging when I first watched in the early 2000's (I would say around 2003). I rented the DVD's through Netflix (now [http://dvd.com dvd.com]).		I found this series quite engaging when I first watched in the early 2000's (I would say around 2003). I rented the DVD's through Netflix (now [http://dvd.com dvd.com]).

	==Series list==		==Series list==

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	http://www.napoleonguide.com/		http://www.napoleonguide.com/

	http://www.bernardcornwell.net/		http://www.bernardcornwell.net/series/the-sharpe-books/

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	http://www.napoleonguide.com/		http://www.napoleonguide.com/

			http://www.bernardcornwell.net/

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	http://sharpe.wikia.com/wiki/Sharpe_(TV_series)		http://sharpe.wikia.com/wiki/Sharpe_(TV_series)

			http://www.napoleonguide.com/

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	http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0108108/combined		http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0108108/combined

			http://www.compleatseanbean.com/sharpe.html

	http://www.bbcamerica.com/anglophenia/2015/10/bernard-cornwells-sharpe-series-a-binge-watching-guide		http://www.bbcamerica.com/anglophenia/2015/10/bernard-cornwells-sharpe-series-a-binge-watching-guide

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2016-08-05T14:40:34Z

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	My next stop was [https://acorn.tv/ Acorn TV] which I had just recently discovered in search of another favorite show of mine [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0106102/combined "Pie in the Sky"]. Acorn does not have a search bar (at least to non-members) so I browsed alphabetically at https://acorn.tv/browse/ but was unable to find any of the series.		My next stop was [https://acorn.tv/ Acorn TV] which I had just recently discovered in search of another favorite show of mine [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0106102/combined "Pie in the Sky"]. Acorn does not have a search bar (at least to non-members) so I browsed alphabetically at https://acorn.tv/browse/ but was unable to find any of the series.

			Some of these episodes are showing on on Youtube. https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=sharpe

	==Links==		==Links==

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2016-08-05T14:38:04Z

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	Reportedly [http://www.hulu.com/ Hulu Plus] has the two most recent series, Sharpe’s Challenge and Sharpe’s Peril, which are broken up into two parts each. I don't have a Hulu account so I cannot confirm that. The link provided in news reports (circa 2014) no longer works: http://www.hulu.com/sharpe. Also try http://www.tv.com/shows/sharpe/watch/.		Reportedly [http://www.hulu.com/ Hulu Plus] has the two most recent series, Sharpe’s Challenge and Sharpe’s Peril, which are broken up into two parts each. I don't have a Hulu account so I cannot confirm that. The link provided in news reports (circa 2014) no longer works: http://www.hulu.com/sharpe. Also try http://www.tv.com/shows/sharpe/watch/.

	I did a search (2016-08-05) but I could not find the episodes: http://www.hulu.com/search?q=sharpe. I tried search for ~~sean bean~~ in movies and tv episodes and that came up empty as well. http://www.hulu.com/search?q=sean+bean&type=episodes		I did a search (2016-08-05) but I could not find the episodes: http://www.hulu.com/search?q=sharpe. I tried search for Sean Bean in movies and tv episodes and that came up empty as well. http://www.hulu.com/search?q=sean+bean&type=episodes

	My next stop was [https://acorn.tv/ Acorn TV] which I had just recently discovered in search of another favorite show of mine [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0106102/combined "Pie in the Sky"]. Acorn does not have a search bar (at least to non-members) so I browsed alphabetically at https://acorn.tv/browse/ but was unable to find any of the series.		My next stop was [https://acorn.tv/ Acorn TV] which I had just recently discovered in search of another favorite show of mine [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0106102/combined "Pie in the Sky"]. Acorn does not have a search bar (at least to non-members) so I browsed alphabetically at https://acorn.tv/browse/ but was unable to find any of the series.

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Series list

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	*4. [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0111157/combined Sharpe’s Enemy (1994)]		*4. [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0111157/combined Sharpe’s Enemy (1994)]
	*5. [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0111158/combined Sharpe’s Honour (1994)]		*5. [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0111158/combined Sharpe’s Honour (1994)]
	*6. Sharpe’s Gold (1995)		*6. [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0114417/combined Sharpe’s Gold (1995)]
	*7. Sharpe’s Battle (1995)		*7. [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0114416/combined Sharpe’s Battle (1995)]
	*8. Sharpe’s Sword (1995)		*8. [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0114418/combined Sharpe’s Sword (1995)]
	*9. Sharpe’s Regiment (1996)		*9. [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0117621/combined Sharpe’s Regiment (1996)]
	*10. Sharpe’s Siege (1996)		*10. [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0117622/combined Sharpe’s Siege (1996)]
	*11. Sharpe’s Mission (1996)		*11. [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0117620/combined Sharpe’s Mission (1996)]
	*12. Sharpe’s Revenge (1997)		*12. [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0120110/combined Sharpe’s Revenge (1997)]
	*13. Sharpe’s Justice (1997)		*13. [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0120109/combined Sharpe’s Justice (1997)]
	*14. Sharpe’s Waterloo (1997)		*14. [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0120111/combined Sharpe’s Waterloo (1997)]

	Sharpe’s Challenge and Sharpe’s Peril are not adapted from the “Sharpe” novels by Bernard Cornwell. However, their storylines do hearken back to certain events and people from the hero’s past and they were made with Cornwell's approval.		Sharpe’s Challenge and Sharpe’s Peril are not adapted from the “Sharpe” novels by Bernard Cornwell. However, their storylines do hearken back to certain events and people from the hero’s past and they were made with Cornwell's approval.