Sharpe's Justice

Episode aired Aug 19, 2006
TV-14TV-14
1h 40m

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Returning to Yorkshire, Sharpe finds himself on the wrong side between corrupt employers and exploited workers.Returning to Yorkshire, Sharpe finds himself on the wrong side between corrupt employers and exploited workers.Returning to Yorkshire, Sharpe finds himself on the wrong side between corrupt employers and exploited workers.

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- Tom Clegg
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- Bernard Cornwell(characters)
- Patrick Harbinson
- John Tams(additional material)
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- Tom Clegg
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- Bernard Cornwell(characters)
- Patrick Harbinson
- John Tams(additional material) (uncredited)
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Napoleon has been exiled to Elba, the English have returned from the wars, and Major Richard Sharpe finds himself in a sort of exile to lead a company of Yorkshire Yeomen. His duties include protecting mill owners from restless workers who are on the verge of strike or outright revolt. Meanwhile, Sharpe's faithless wife and her lover fall within range of Sharpe's wrath. Sharpe, with his two of his devoted Chosen Men nearby, must decide whether to continue to protect the mill owners or to take the side of their fiercely downtrodden workers. —Jim Beaver <jumblejim@prodigy.net>

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When the innkeeper Arnold asks 'which one' of the 'King Georges' is meant by Harper, this is a reference to the situation in England at the time: King George III. ('the mad one') was already certifiably insane, but still officially king; while his son ('the fat one', later to become George IV.) reigned in his stead as the Prince Regent.

Goofs
The "new steam engine" intercepted during transport by the bad guys is in fact technically a boiler, not an engine.

Quotes
Patrick Harper: [On hearing about Sharpe's new commission to Yorkshire] Sure... Who's there to fight in Yorkshire?
Richard Sharpe: Englishmen, I suppose.
Patrick Harper: It's not all bad news, then.

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Featured in There's Something About Movies: Episode #2.3 (2019)

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9/10

Dick Sharpe at his best but this time in his own country

An excellent chapter in the world of Dick Sharpe - An indication of what the workers in the early eighteenth century had to endure - Sharpe once more triumphs against all odds and brings yet another delightful and believable story to the screen - it is a pity Sean Bean grew out of the Sharpe role as this kind of entertainment is much missed and cannot be done half as well today.

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