S1.E2

All episodes

All

IMDbPro

Sharpe's Eagle

Episode aired May 12, 1993
TV-14TV-14
1h 40m

IMDb RATING

7.8/10

3.2K

YOUR RATING

Action

Adventure

Drama

Lieutenant Richard Sharpe is saddled with the South Essex, a battalion run by incompetents and filled with soldiers who have never been in battle. When the King's Colors (the regiment's roya... Read allLieutenant Richard Sharpe is saddled with the South Essex, a battalion run by incompetents and filled with soldiers who have never been in battle. When the King's Colors (the regiment's royal flag) are captured in battle, Sharpe vows to regain the regiment's honor by capturing a ... Read allLieutenant Richard Sharpe is saddled with the South Essex, a battalion run by incompetents and filled with soldiers who have never been in battle. When the King's Colors (the regiment's royal flag) are captured in battle, Sharpe vows to regain the regiment's honor by capturing a French standard: an Imperial Eagle.

IMDb RATING

7.8/10

3.2K

YOUR RATING

Director
- Tom Clegg
Writers
- Eoghan Harris
- Bernard Cornwell(based on the novel by)
Stars

Top credits

See production, box office & company info

See more at IMDbPro

Photos19

David Troughton in Sharpe's Eagle (1993)

Storyline

Edit

Did you know

Edit

Trivia
Historically, there was no Eagle taken at the battle of Talavera, though it was a victory for the British.

Goofs
A number of the South Essex are equipped with French rather than British muskets. Both sides would often pick up equipment from the enemy if it was of better quality, for example weapons and packs.

Quotes
Maj. Hogan: [talking about of the South Essex] Sir Henry apart, the South Essex... what do you make of them, man for man?
Richard Sharpe: They're flogged soldiers, sir. And flogging teaches a soldier only one lesson.
Maj. Hogan: What's that, Richard?
Richard Sharpe: How to turn his back.

Connections
Edited into Masterpiece Classic: Sharpe's Eagle: Part 1 (1993)

Soundtracks
Three Lovely Lassies
(uncredited)
Traditional
Performed by Daragh O'Malley

User reviews10

Review

Top review

Justice for the Story

Sharpe's Eagle, especially for those historical buff's out there,is a good feature-length TV show, but that's all it is. If it was given the same sort of budget that, say Lord of The Rings was, then sure it would have had success parallel to that film. This is because the scripting, production and casting (especially with Sean Bean and Daragh O'Malley) are on an equal par with it.

The problem with a Sharpe series on TV was always going to be it's scale,and so it turned out. The short action sequences always seem crude, rushed and drastically under budgeted. For people that don't read very much, this is as good a historical drama you can get on TV. For those of us that do, and have read the books, the TV series pales sourly in th light of the book. The emotion, action and mostly scale involved in the Sharpe series can only be justified in the mind's eye.

A Sharpe book for the big screen? Now there's something...

helpful•8