Guest Freewheelin' Jambo Posted August 9, 2008 Share Posted August 9, 2008 I watched the last episode of Sharpe that I had not seen tonight on UK Drama. I have recorded all of them and am keeping them. I never watched them when they were originally made in the nineties mainly because back in those days TV was not really on my agenda as I concentrated mainly on women, women, drink, rugby and Heart of Midlothian FC. I thought the whole series was absolutely brilliant. I am also waiding through the books and only have four more till I have read the lot. I bought "Sharpe's Challenge" on DVD which was made a couple of years ago and that was good. I note they are in production of the latest episode, "Sharpe's Peril". I have to say though the jewel in the crown is the CD "The Music of Sharpe". The songs, mainly by the great John Tams (who played Daniel Hagman in the series) are absolutely wonderful and fill a gap in our musical knowledge. I did not realise before that "Adieu to fair Spanish Ladies" was a Peninsular War song (even though Robert Shaw changed the lyrics to it in "Jaws"). This album actually sold 120,000 copies. Glad that I have, relatively late, discovered the wonderful world of Richard Sharpe and of course the great Bernard Cornwell. Any other Sharpie fans out there? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cade Posted August 10, 2008 Share Posted August 10, 2008 Love it love it love it. Hornblower is feckin ace too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain America Posted August 10, 2008 Share Posted August 10, 2008 Got dvds few months back, much same as yourself didnt really watch it when was on 1st time, but maybe one of the best shows ever made. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
christhejambo Posted August 10, 2008 Share Posted August 10, 2008 I watched them when they were on in the 90's as a kid and loved them. Seen them more recently on tele and still thought they were brilliant. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alanjambo Posted August 10, 2008 Share Posted August 10, 2008 Love it love it love it. Hornblower is feckin ace too. What he says! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
I.J Posted August 10, 2008 Share Posted August 10, 2008 I liked the one where Liz Hurley popped them out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jamboinglasgow Posted August 10, 2008 Share Posted August 10, 2008 I love it, a great program and Sean Bean is amazing so is Harper. Read nearly all the sharpe books and they go as close as they can get to the books, though sadly the tv series could not get close to the size of the battles but would not want them remade so that computer animation could be put in. Same with Hornblower. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tazio Posted August 11, 2008 Share Posted August 11, 2008 The Richard Bolitho novels by Alexander Kent are fantastic books about the Royal Navy in the same period of time. They go from him being a 14 year old midshipman straight through to being an admiral. Well worth looking at if you enjoy historic military novels. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Romfordjt Posted August 11, 2008 Share Posted August 11, 2008 Sharpe is excellent as is hornblower,Bernard Cornwell does write some good historical fiction.Also if you can get hold theres plenty of true stories written by the soldiers themselves from the napoleonic wars,and theres plenty info about admiral cochrane who hornblower was based on,an absolutely amazing naval tactician and a scot,who was stitched up by the establishment for not being a good boy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brownkg Posted August 15, 2008 Share Posted August 15, 2008 just bought the book "Napoleon is dead" about him got a couple to read before I get to that one. can't have a thread about this genre without mentioning the late great George Macdonald Fraser who taught me victorian military history through his Flashman series. At school I hated history (rubbish teachers) started reading GMF and then O'brien and Cornwell . fraid the only failing with the Sharpe telly is the cast of 6 not really representing the battles properly conversely I think CGI might actually do that some justice. Read GMF's "hollywood history of the world" good take on this sort of thing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jambo83 Posted August 15, 2008 Share Posted August 15, 2008 "Over the hill and far away...." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Brow Posted August 15, 2008 Share Posted August 15, 2008 got the sharpe boxset for my xmas. tremendous. AND you get to see liz hurleys chebs. A bit. A tiny wee lovely bit. t'****in mint. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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