Acclaimed actor Sean Bean (Game of Thrones, The Lord of the Rings) stars in this action-packed series set in the midst of the desperate missions and battles of the Napoleonic Wars. Adapted from Bernard Cornwell"s bestselling novels, Bean portrays maverick British officer Richard Sharpe who rises through the ranks of Wellington"s army by his own daring deeds and ambition. Fast-moving, hard-hitting adventure, Sharpe brings to the screen all the danger, romance and sheer spectacle of one of the bloodiest periods in English warfare. Sharpe"s Company Sharpe becomes a father and desperately attempts to rescue his Spanish lover Teresa and their daughter before French troops storm the city of Badajoz. With Pete Postlethwaite (Inception) as Obadiah Hakeswill Sharpe"s Enemy Sharpe leads a mission to free an English colonel"s wife who is being held hostage to a gang of lawless deserters led by an evil villain from Sharpe"s past. With Elizabeth Hurley (Austin Powers) as Lady Farthingdale