Matches in DBpedia 2014 for { ?s ?p Sharpe's Rifles is the first of the Sharpe television dramas, based on the Bernard Cornwell novel of the same name. Shown on ITV in 1993, the adaptation stars Sean Bean, Daragh O'Malley and Assumpta Serna. It began a long series of successful and critically acclaimed television adaptations of the novels.The drama tells the story of Richard Sharpe, an ambitious and hardened soldier from Yorkshire. The story follows the exploits of Sharpe and his band of chosen men through Spain after they survive an ambush by French cavalry.Filming took place in the Crimea, Portugal and England, during which Paul McGann (the original casting for Sharpe) broke his leg playing football and was replaced with Sean Bean.[citation needed]. }
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- Sharpe's_Rifles_(TV_programme) abstract "Sharpe's Rifles is the first of the Sharpe television dramas, based on the Bernard Cornwell novel of the same name. Shown on ITV in 1993, the adaptation stars Sean Bean, Daragh O'Malley and Assumpta Serna. It began a long series of successful and critically acclaimed television adaptations of the novels.The drama tells the story of Richard Sharpe, an ambitious and hardened soldier from Yorkshire. The story follows the exploits of Sharpe and his band of chosen men through Spain after they survive an ambush by French cavalry.Filming took place in the Crimea, Portugal and England, during which Paul McGann (the original casting for Sharpe) broke his leg playing football and was replaced with Sean Bean.[citation needed]".