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Sean Bean’s Sharpe Began as a 1993 Historical TV Series
Sean Bean played Richard Sharpe in a British historical drama that began in 1993.
Sharpe is a working-class soldier who fights in the Napoleonic Wars.
After saving the future Duke of Wellington, Sharpe is promoted to lieutenant and leads a unit of riflemen on missions in Portugal and Spain.
The series was based on Bernard Cornwell’s Sharpe novels.
It ran from 1993 to 1997 and later returned with two TV movies, released in 2006 and 2008.
Cornwell changed Sharpe’s background in later books to make him Yorkshire-raised, as he is in the TV series.
The original series is available to stream on Tubi, The Roku Channel and BritBox; the two movies are available on DVD or Blu-ray.
Sean Bean made his television debut as Richard Sharpe in the historical drama series Sharpe in 1993.
The series was based on Bernard Cornwell’s novels about a working-class soldier in the Napoleonic Wars.
Sharpe originally ran from 1993 to 1997 and later returned as two-part television movies in 2006 and 2008.
Bean said he looked back on the role with great fondness.
Cornwell changed Sharpe’s origins in later novels to reflect Bean’s portrayal, making the character born in London and raised in Yorkshire.
- Who
- Sean Bean starred as Richard Sharpe, a fictional soldier created by Bernard Cornwell.
- What
- Sharpe was a historical television drama based on Cornwell’s book series.
- When
- The series began in 1993 and ran until 1997. Two-part television movies followed in 2006 and 2008.
- Where
- The story follows Sharpe and his men on missions across Portugal and Spain.
- Why
- Not stated
This story does not have two clearly opposing sides.
Sean Bean made his debut as Richard Sharpe, and the television series began.
The historical drama originally ran on television.
Sharpe returned in two-part television movies.
- Lead actor
- Sean Bean
- Character
- Richard Sharpe
- Book series author
- Bernard Cornwell
- Original television run
- 1993–1997
- Later television movies
- 2006 and 2008
- Story locations
- Portugal and Spain
What people are saying
a fantastic role
something I look back on with great fondness.
I suppose it probably is, bearing in mind the length of time I was involved with it and the whole adventure of it.
Sean was brilliant,