Sharpe

About Sharpe

Sharpe is a British series of television dramas starring Sean Bean as Richard Sharpe, a fictional British soldier in the Napoleonic Wars. Sharpe is the hero of a number of novels by Bernard Cornwell; most, though not all, of the episodes are based on the books.

ITV1's Sharpe is an action-adventure, war, and politics series. Sean Bean appears as Richard Sharpe, and Daragh O'Malley as Patrick Harper.

It ran for 7 seasons and 18 episodes between May 1993 and November 2008. That is around 3 episodes a season.

Shelv files it under war, battle, irreverent, and defiant. It streams on BritBox, BritBox Amazon Channel, and Britbox Apple TV channel in the United States.

The Pacific, Vikings: Valhalla, and Hell on Wheels make useful companions to Sharpe, all filed under historical, historical drama, and military.