Sharpe

Amazing to go back and watch this after thirty years and see all the now famous actors at the start of their careers. Sean Bean, Daniel Craig, Brian Cox, Pete Poselthwaite, Emily Mortimer, Julian Fellowes, Mark Strong....... I could go on.

They episodes are a great watch and it is fun to follow the progress of Sharpe and his band of men through the Napoleonic War.

Has to be said that there are some problems. The scripts are quite hammy. Some of the plots are very samey. It becomes easy to see who the bad guys are, who the traitor is and guess when will Sharpe sleep with the damsel in distress in each episode whilst wondering how many times Sharpe will be injured and miraculously shrug off mortal wounds to save the day in the end.