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The most recent news items are listed first. The date is the date the item was added to the site. 11/05/2008 - Michael Mears news To all Sharpe fans I'm at the National Theatre in a new play called HARPER REGAN starring the wonderful Lesley Sharp (Full Monty, Clocking Off, After Life etc.) The play is on over different nights (check with the National Theatre) and runs until 9th August! All the best, Michael Mears Chosen Man Cooper 02/02/2008 - New Sharpe film confirmed We can now confirm that "Sharpe's Peril" a new film produced by Celtic Film/Picture Palace will go into production shortly. Filming is due to begin in India from March 3rd 08, and Richard Sharpe will once more be resurrected by Sean Bean. Daragh O'Malley is returning as Harper, watch this space for more information. We'll post more news as we get it! 30/04/2007 - Who is Drama's Leading Man? Last year UKTV Drama had a big event on their website asking people to vote for their Drama leading man. Over a 100,000 votes were cast and the two people with the most votes were Sean Bean and Colin Firth. This Easter we are having a "shoot-out" between Sean Bean and Colin Firth to decide who really is Drama's Leading Man. Sat 7th - Mon 9th April The programming On-Air will be "Pride and Prejudice" in three feature length parts on a daily basis from 18.45, followed on Saturday by "Sharpe - Waterloo" at 21.00, and on Sunday 8th & Monday 9th by "Lady Chatterley". Your members can vote via www.uktvdrama.co.uk from this Thursday until Sunday 8th. 04/02/2007 - Time Team 11th February This episode features Sharpe's Redoubt - Shorncliffe, Folkestone. The programme is shown on Channel 4 at 17-35 GMT. Tony Robinson and the team investigate the remains of the first fort built to defend the south coast of England from invasion by revolutionary French forces in the 1790s. On a densely wooded cliff-top site in Kent, facing the uncertainty of possible unexploded munitions, the archaeologists start to build a picture of this landmark in British military history. 19/12/2006 - Sharpe on TV UKTV Drama has designated Saturday nights in 2007, until April, as Sharpe night. They will be transmitting all the stories beginning with Rifles on January 6th at 9.00pm and then in chronological order every Saturday at 9.00pm. UKTV Drama is on Sky 133; NTL 129 and Telewest 147. India's History Channel is also showing the Sharpe series, see the link for more details. Last update May 11th 2008 |