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news & announcementsSharpe's Challenge on ITV1ITV 1 are showing Sharpe's Challenge on 28th and 29th June at 9pm. Sharpe's Challenge on Canadian TVCanadian cable channel, History television will be showing Sharpe's Challenge on Monday 27 November 2006 at 10pm EST, further showings are also scheduled. Sharpe's Challenge on BBC AmericaSharpe's Challenge premieres Saturday, September 2, 9:00 p.m. ET/PT and concludes Sunday, September 3, 9:00 p.m. ET/PT. Please see the full press release for more details. Airing of Sharpe's Challenge overseasBBC America, we believe does not transmit in Canada, so we can’t give any dates there or the rest of the world at this stage, as BBC Worldwide has only just started selling the show to its international clients. As soon as we know more information on this, we'll post this up on the website. We can advise that BBC America start airing Sharpe (the original series) on May 27th in the States, the airing Sharpe’s Challenge should take place on Labour day weekend which is September 2. "Sharpe's Challenge" press releaseReleased for the first time on DVD on 1st May 2006 The award-winning Sharpe, which propelled Sean Bean to Hollywood stardom as the famous adventure hero, returns for an action packed, swashbuckling special, shot entirely on location in India. Sharpe's Challenge will be available to buy as a two disc DVD for the first time from 1 May 2006. Sharpe was a critical and commercial hit when it first aired in the UK in the 1990's. Each episode attracted regular audiences of 10 million, and Sean Bean has since starred in numerous blockbusters including The Lord of The Rings movie series, Troy and the James Bond film Golden Eye. The series was rumoured to have ended with Sharpe's Waterloo, but the cast will be reunited again in Sharpe's Challenge. Joining our dashing hero will his best friend Sgt. Harper (Daragh O'Malley), his villainous henchman Colonel Dodd (Toby Stephens) and the beautiful Madhuvanthi (Padma Lakshmi). Two years after the Duke of Wellington crushes Napoleon at Waterloo, there is news from India of a local Maharaja, Khande Rao, who is threatening British interests there. Wellington sends Sharpe to investigate on what turns out to be his most dangerous mission to date. When a beautiful general's daughter is kidnapped by the Indian warlord, the tension mounts, leaving Sharpe no option but to pursue the enemy right into his deadly lair. Deep in the heart of enemy territory he also has to keep at bay the beautiful but scheming Regent, Madhuvanthi, who is out to seduce him. The fate of an Empire and the life of a General's daughter lie in one man's hands……. Exclusive to this DVD is a 47 minute programme about the making of the series, deleted scenes and a photo gallery. "Sharpe's Challenge"Updated 6th April 2006 Sharpe's Challenge will be screened on ITV 1 on Sunday 23rd and Monday 24th April 2006, this will be a two part mini series of 90 minutes each evening. I know you will all enjoy it. For those in the USA we have news that shortly after the British screening, BBC America will be re-running all 14 Sharpe films, culminating in the screening sometime in September of Sharpe's Challenge. As we get further news/dates of overseas screenings, we will update this site. C. Clarke Plot synopsis: "Sean Bean is back as the swashbuckling hero in Sharpe's Challenge, an action packed mini-series to be shot on location in Rajasthan, India. Two years after the Duke of Wellington crushes Napoleon at Waterloo, dispatches from India tell of a local Maharaja, Khande Rao, who is threatening British interests there. Wellington sends Sharpe to investigate on what turns out to be his most dangerous mission to date. When a beautiful general's daughter is kidnapped by the Indian warlord, the tension mounts, leaving Sharpe no option but to pursue the enemy right into its deadly lair. Deep in the heart of enemy territory he also has to keep at bay the beautiful but scheming Regent, Madhuvanthi, who is out to seduce him. Last update June 23rd 2007 |