Sharpe's Company (TV programme)

Sharpe's Company
Written by	Bernard Cornwell (novel) Charles Wood
Directed by	Tom Clegg
Starring	Sean Bean Daragh O'Malley Hugh Fraser Michael Byrne Pete Postlethwaite Assumpta Serna
Theme music composer	Dominic Muldowney John Tams
Country of origin	United Kingdom
Original language(s)	English
Production
Producer(s)	Malcolm Craddock Muir Sutherland (exec.)
Running time	100 min.
Release
Original release	1994
Chronology
Preceded by	Sharpe's Eagle
Followed by	Sharpe's Enemy

Sharpe's Company is a British television drama, the third of a series that follows the career of Richard Sharpe, a British soldier during the Napoleonic Wars. This episode is based on the novel of the same name by Bernard Cornwell.

It is 1812. General Wellesley (Hugh Fraser) is ready to invade Spain from Portugal. But two formidable fortresses stand in the way. When the first, Ciudad Rodrigo, is taken, Colonel Lawford is severely wounded and forced to relinquish command of the South Essex Regiment, depriving Captain Sharpe (Sean Bean) of an influential friend.

Colonel Windham (Clive Francis), the new commander, brings his own officers, so Sharpe is demoted to lieutenant and is humiliated by being put in charge of the baggage and losing command of his "chosen men" to an aristocratic officer (Marc Warren) who purchased the commission of the South Essex's Light Company. Worse, one of the reinforcements is Sergeant Obidiah Hakeswill (Pete Postlethwaite), an old enemy from Sharpe's days in India.

Meanwhile, Sharpe's lover, Teresa (Assumpta Serna), tells him that he has a baby daughter living with her family in Badajoz, the second fortress town. Not knowing who she is, Hakeswill tries to rape her, but proves no match for her. Teresa then slips into Badajoz to spy on the French and to see her baby.

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