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Sharpe's Peril
''Sharpe's Peril'' is a 2008 British TV film, usually shown in two parts, which is part of an ITV series based on Bernard Cornwell's historical fiction novels about the English soldier Richard Sharpe during the Napoleonic Wars. Unlike most parts of the TV series, ''Sharpe's Peril'' and the preceding '' Sharpe's Challenge'' are not based on Cornwell's novels. Both are set in 1817, two years after Sharpe has retired as a farmer in Normandy, so chronologically they come after '' Sharpe's Assassin'' (1815) and before '' Sharpe's Devil'' (1820–1821). In ''Sharpe's Challenge'' and ''Sharpe's Peril'', Sharpe and his comrade-in-arms, Patrick Harper, are called out of retirement and asked to go to India. Plot The story continues from where '' Sharpe's Challenge'' left off. On their way home to England, Richard Sharpe (Sean Bean) and Patrick Harper ( Daragh O'Malley) reluctantly agree to escort Marie-Angelique Bonnet ( Beatrice Rosen) to the hill fort of Kalimgong, where her fian ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bernard Cornwell
Bernard Cornwell (born 23 February 1944) is an English author of historical novels and a history of the Waterloo Campaign. He is best known for his long-running series of novels about Napoleonic Wars rifleman Richard Sharpe. He has also written '' The Saxon Stories'', a series of thirteen novels about the unification of England. He has written historical novels primarily based on English history, in five series, and one series of contemporary thriller novels. A feature of his historical novels is an end note on how they match or differ from history, and what one might see at the modern sites of the events described. He wrote a nonfiction book on the battle of Waterloo, in addition to the fictional story of the famous battle in the Sharpe series. Three of the historical novel series have been adapted for television: the ''Sharpe'' television series by ITV, '' The Last Kingdom'' by BBC and '' The Winter King'' for MGM+. He lives in the US with his wife, alternating between Cap ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sharpe's Assassin
''Sharpe's Assassin'' is the twenty-first historical novel in the Richard Sharpe series by Bernard Cornwell, published in 2021. The story is set in June 1815, immediately after the Battle of Waterloo, and during the occupation of Paris. Plot summary Lieutenant-Colonel Richard Sharpe, in command of the Prince of Wales' Own Volunteers, is tasked by the Duke of Wellington to precede the main British army into France and rescue a prisoner from the citadel in the ''commune'' of Ham. Accompanied by his friend, retired Sergeant Major Patrick Harper and exploring officer Major Vincent, Sharpe uses a ruse de guerre to capture the fortress. They rescue the prisoner, an art dealer and British spy named Alan Fox. Upon returning to the army, Sharpe is appalled to find that the newly arrived Major Charles Morris, who had Sharpe flogged in India, has been given command of his battalion due to a shortage of experienced officers. After threatening to flog Morris if he flogs any of the men ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Steve Speirs
Steve Speirs (born Steven Roberts; 22 February 1965) is a Welsh actor and writer who has appeared in films such as '' Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace'' and '' Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest''. Early life He was born as Steven Roberts in Troed-y-rhiw, a village now in the borough of Merthyr Tydfil, Wales, and went to school at Afon Taf High School where he found a taste for drama. He joined the National Youth Theatre of Wales and studied drama at Loughborough University. He says he took his stage name, Speirs, from the surname of a lecturer at college. Career Since graduating from university, Speirs has played Sloan in ''Eragon'', Andy Fellows in '' Making Waves'' and with Ricky Gervais in '' Extras'', as well as playing Captain Tarpals in '' Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace'' and having a small role in '' Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest''. He appears in ''Kröd Mändoon and the Flaming Sword of Fire'', a comedy fantasy series i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Obadiah Hakeswill
Sharpe is a series of historical fiction stories by Bernard Cornwell centred on the character of Richard Sharpe. Cornwell's series (composed of several novels and short stories) charts Sharpe's progress in the British Army during the Napoleonic Wars. Director Tom Clegg filmed the television series '' Sharpe'' based on the novels by Bernard Cornwell starring Sean Bean as Richard Sharpe. The series originally ran from 1993 to 1997. In 2006, ITV premiered '' Sharpe's Challenge'', a two-part adventure loosely based on his time in India, with Sean Bean continuing his role as Sharpe. In both the novels and television series, Sharpe encountered many characters, some real and some fictional. Below are some of the characters mentioned in the novels by Bernard Cornwell and the television series directed by Tom Clegg. Richard Sharpe Richard Sharpe first appears in Sharpe's Tiger as a private in the 33rd Regiment of Foot. He later earns the rank of Sergeant by the end of the boo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Caroline Carver (actress)
Caroline Carver (born 1976) is an English actress, screenwriter, and producer best known for roles such as Princess Jessica in the TV film ''The Magical Legend of the Leprechauns'' (1999), Ingrid in ''The Aryan Couple (2004 film), The Aryan Couple'' (2004), and Sandy in ''My First Wedding (2006 film), My First Wedding'' (2006). Career Carver played the young adult Hattie in the film ''Tom's Midnight Garden (film), Tom's Midnight Garden'' (1999) based on the book of the same name, alongside Anthony Way and Joan Plowright. Early film work also includes ''The Magical Legend of the Leprechauns'' (1999). Carver's television work has ranged from costume drama, such as ''Sharpe's Peril''; modern drama, including ''Spooks (TV series), Spooks'', ''Jonathan Creek'' and ''Rosemary & Thyme''; to medical drama in the shape of ''Holby City'' and ''Doctors (2000 TV series), Doctors''. She won a Royal Television Society Best Actress Award for her performance in ''The Scarlet Pimpernel (TV serie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nandana Sen
Nandana Dev Sen is an Indian-born American actress, screenwriter, children's author, and child-rights activist. Her first film role in Bollywood was Sanjay Leela Bhansali's ''Black'' (2005), starring Amitabh Bachchan and Rani Mukherjee, in which she played the role of Rani's 17-year-old younger sister. After teaming up on a succession of projects with Indian directors including Ram Gopal Varma and Ketan Mehta, Sen signed for one of the principal roles in the jarring, terrorist-themed American drama '' The War Within'' (2005), which premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival and, in the process, began to cultivate a reputation for being drawn to offbeat, challenging and demanding roles, often with a social or political theme. Early life Sen is the daughter of Nobel Laureate and Bharat Ratna economist Amartya Sen and Padma Shri awardee Nabanita Dev Sen. Nandana was born in New Delhi. Her elder sister Antara Dev Sen is a journalist. Nandana spent few years of her c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amit Behl
Amit Behl is an Indian theatre, television, and film actor. Behl began his career in 1994 with a role in India's first daily soap opera '' Shanti''. He later did almost 100 TV serials in Hindi, English, Marathi, Punjabi, and Urdu. He has degrees in engineering and management. He has played roles in the Zee Marathi serial ''Swarajyarakshak Sambhaji,'' Zee TV's serial ''Buddha,'' and the Life OK series '' Savitri - Ek Prem Kahani''. He was seen in Channel V India's thriller series Friends Conditions Apply. He has also worked in serials like ''Chakravartin Ashoka Samrat'' and ''Pradhanmantri''. He was also seen in Balaji Telefilms fiction daily soap opera '' Kasam Tere Pyaar Ki'' on Colors TV. He also played the role of Ranjeetpratap Singh in Colors TV's serial '' Ishq Mein Marjawan''. Early life and career Behl started acting in college theatre. This was followed by a brief stint in professional theatre in Bombay and New Delhi, after which he joined Shri Ebrahim Alkazi's Living ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Subedar
Subedar ( ) is a military rank in the militaries of South Asia roughly equivalent to that of a warrant officer. Historically classed in the British Indian Army as a Viceroy's commissioned officer, the rank was retained in the Indian Army and Pakistan Army after independence. The rank of subedar is classed as a junior commissioned officer rank in India and Pakistan. History ''Subedar'' or ''subadar'' was the second-highest rank of Indian officers in the military forces of British India, ranking below "British Commissioned Officers" and above "Local Non-Commissioned Officers". Indian officers were promoted to this rank on the basis of both lengths of service and individual merit. Under British rule, a Risaldar was the cavalry equivalent of a Subedar. Subedar and Risaldar were both ranked senior to a Jemadar and junior to a Subedar Major or a Risaldar Major in an infantry/cavalry regiment of the Indian Army. Both Subedars and Risaldars wore two stars as rank insignia. The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Robb
David Robb (born 23 August 1947) is a Scottish actor. Early life Robb was born in Wandsworth, London, the son of David Robb and Elsie Tilley. He grew up in Edinburgh and was educated there at the Royal High School, where he played Henry II in a school production of Jean Anouilh's '' Becket''. Career Film and television Robb has starred in various British films and television shows, including films such as ''Swing Kids'' and '' Hellbound''. He is well known for playing Germanicus in the famous 1976 BBC production of '' I, Claudius'', and as Robin Grant, one of the principal characters in Thames Television's 1981 series '' The Flame Trees of Thika''. Robb had his big break playing Andrew Fraser MP in the TV miniseries ''First Among Equals'' a 1986 adaptation of the book of the same name by Jeffrey Archer. The miniseries was a great success on prime time TV in the UK and abroad and also propelled careers of co-stars Tom Wilkinson, Jeremy Child and James Faulkner. He also pla ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Luke Ward-Wilkinson
Luke Ward-Wilkinson (born 7 August 1993, Cambridge, England) is an English actor and singer known for his lead role as the teenage Simon Doonan in the BBC comedy series '' Beautiful People'' which ran for two series (2008–2009) on BBC Two. Early life, education and training Ward-Wilkinson was born in Cambridge, England on 7 August 1993. He attended The Netherhall School and Parkside Community College in Cambridge and also went to the Mackenzie School of Speech and Drama, as well as the King Slocombe School of Dance. He also belonged to the Young Actors Company (previously known as Whizz Kids). Career Ward-Wilkinson made his television acting debut playing 'Scott' in the 2005 Channel Five series '' The Secret of Eel Island''. He also played Evan Adams in the ITV drama series '' Wild at Heart'', Ensign Percival Beauclare in the 2008 ITV drama ''Sharpe's Peril'' and Thomas McDowell in '' The Christmas Miracle of Jonathan Toomey''. He played the lead role as the teenage Sim ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Honourable East India Company
The East India Company (EIC) was an English, and later British, joint-stock company that was founded in 1600 and dissolved in 1874. It was formed to Indian Ocean trade, trade in the Indian Ocean region, initially with the East Indies (South Asia and Southeast Asia), and later with East Asia. The company gained Company rule in India, control of large parts of the Indian subcontinent and British Hong Kong, Hong Kong. At its peak, the company was the largest corporation in the world by various measures and had its own armed forces in the form of the company's three presidency armies, totalling about 260,000 soldiers, twice the size of the British Army at certain times. Originally Chartered company, chartered as the "Governor and Company of Merchants of London Trading into the East-Indies," the company rose to account for half of the world's trade during the mid-1700s and early 1800s, particularly in basic commodities including cotton, silk, indigo dye, sugar, salt, spices, Potass ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pascal Langdale
Pascal Langlois, better known as Pascal Langdale, is an English actor. He has played supporting roles in a number of television dramas since 1999. Langdale also lent his voice and likeness to the critically acclaimed video game '' Heavy Rain'', in which he played Ethan Mars. He studied at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art The Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, also known by its abbreviation RADA (), is a drama school in London, England, which provides vocational conservatoire training for theatre, film, television, and radio. It is based in Bloomsbury, Central London ... for 3 years. Langdale also runs a company "Collective Intent", that assists in facial capture, and Behavior Libraries for video games. Pascal co-wrote and performed in "Faster Than Night", a "Live-animated interactive drama" chosen to be part of Toronto's Harbourfront HATCH 2014 festival. Filmography Films Television Video games Other media From 2011 to 2014, Langdale appeared in television advertiseme ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
