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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 noticed now however that most of the DVD's are no longer for rent on dvd.com so I went searching for them and how to buy them in my region ([https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DVD_region_code Region 1]). This page serves as both an homage and also my quest to find copies of these dvd again. | 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 noticed now however that most of the DVD's are no longer for rent on dvd.com so I went searching for them and how to buy them in my region ([https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DVD_region_code Region 1]). This page serves as both an homage and also my quest to find copies of these dvd again. | ||
To my knowledge these dvd's were never released as | To my knowledge these dvd's were never released as Blu-ray discs. | ||
Revision as of 12:58, 5 August 2016
Sharpe's Rifles is both a series of novels (written by Bernard Cornwell) and British television shows 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 Sean Bean beggining with 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 dvd.com). I noticed now however that most of the DVD's are no longer for rent on dvd.com so I went searching for them and how to buy them in my region (Region 1). This page serves as both an homage and also my quest to find copies of these dvd again.
To my knowledge these dvd's were never released as Blu-ray discs.