Sharpe's Challenge/Sharpe's Peril

Sean Bean returns as the swashbuckling soldier Richard Sharpe in this double-bill of the ITV drama based on the popular characters created by Bernard Cornwell. In 'Sharpe's Challenge' it's 1817, two years after the final defeat of Napoleon at Waterloo, and the Duke of Wellington (Hugh Fraser) dispatches Sharpe to India to rescue a general's daughter who has been captured by an Indian warlord. With the loyal Sergeant Harper (Daragh O'Malley) at his side, Sharpe travels deep into enemy territory, searching for the kidnapped girl while at the same time trying to avoid the attentions of the beautiful - but deadly - Indian princess Madhuvanthi (Padma Lakshmi). In 'Sharpe's Peril', Sharpe (Bean) and Harper (O'Malley) are travelling through bandit country on their way to Madras when they come across a run-down army unit fearful of attack. When the dreaded onslaught finally happens, Sharpe is called on to take control of the situation and lead the survivors to safety.

Director: Tom Clegg
Producer: Malcolm Craddock
Producer: Muir Sutherland
Writer: Russell Lewis
Actor: Sean Bean
Actor: Lucy Brown
Actor: Michael Cochrane
Actor: Peter Hugo Daly
Actor: Michael Elwyn
Actor: Hugh Fraser
Actor: Padma Lakshmi
Actor: Graham McTavish
Actor: Daragh O'Malley
Actor: Diana Perez
Actor: Beatrice Rosen
Actor: Nandana Sen
Actor: Luke Ward-Wilkinson
Actor: Raza Jaffrey
Actor: Steve Speirs
Actor: Chucky Venice
Actor: Caroline Carver