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SUNDAY 23 APRIL





Drama

Sharpe's Challenge

9:00pm - 10:30pm

ITV1 London




VIDEO Plus+: 9168
Subtitled, Widescreen

Episode written by Russell Lewis





1/2

Huzzah! Colonel Richard Sharpe roars back onto our screens, with Sean Bean narrowing his eyes once again for a role that fits him as snugly as one of those dashing military jackets. Bean is brilliant, but he's nearly eclipsed by a terrific Toby Stephens as a renegade officer who has swapped sides to help a maharaja challenge British rule in India. Sharpe is sent by Wellington to crush the rebellion, but finds his mission complicated by the fact that the maharaja has kidnapped a British general's daughter, and she - like every other female in the cast - has taken a shine to our hero. The episode is a joy to watch, but don't expect breakneck speed - it proceeds at roughly the pace of a grand old gun carriage rumbling over a stony track. But the action hots up in tomorrow night's concluding part.

RT reviewer: David Butcher



Col Richard Sharpe - Sean Bean


Sgt Patrick Harper - Daragh O'Malley


Capt Leonard - Oliver Chris


Davi Lal - Karan Arora


Maj Crosby - Nicholas Blane


Col William Dodd - Toby Stephens


Sir Samuel Rawlinson - Michael Elwyn


Wellington - Hugh Fraser


Ramona Harper - Diana Perez


Celia Burroughs - Lucy Brown


Capt Lawrence - Lex Shrapnel


Lt Mohan Singh - Alyy Khan


Khande Rao - Karan Panthaky


Madhuvanthi - Padma Lakshmi


Lalima - Shruti Vyas


Col Pierre Gudin - Aurelian Recoing


Gen Sir Henry Simmerson - Michael Cochrane


Sgt Shadrach Bickerstaff - Peter-Hugo Daly


Gen Burroughs - Peter Symonds


Col Hector McRae - Graham McTavish


Maj John Stokes - Gary Dunnington


Sgt Jaques Bonnet - Thierry Hancisse


Ensign - Toby Regbo




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YYYUUUUUMMMMMMY YUM

I'll be watching !

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I knew someone would be a fan

[RedTartanLass]

I love Sean Bean

[RedTartanLass]

K9? HaveI missed something?

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[JackieNo]

Mmm - looking forward to this. Glass of wine, chocs, Sean Bean. Saw him live once, in Macbeth, where he got (some of) his kit off. Very lovely. Somehow he's much nicer as the characters he plays than as himself, though (or is that just me?).

[Piggiesmum]

Mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm Sean Bean.

{wipes drool off keyboard}

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NOW

[RedTartanLass]

JackieNo- i totally agree, although I've never seen him in an interview. I just love the characters he plays especially Sharpe

[RedTartanLass]

Ahhhhhhhhhh, I hate it when they do that!!!

[JackieNo]

God that's frustrating, isn't it. Still, something to look forward to tomorrow. And the review is right - Toby Stephens is good too.

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That man is a GOD.

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SB obviously, not Toby Stephens.

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For all you Beanies - Don't forget tonights programme !

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now !

[RedTartanLass]

Ooooooooooooooooooooh

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love the big white shirts !!

[RedTartanLass]

PAH Celia, kiss on the lips? Drag him into a tent, love!!!