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Not as much as I had hoped for now, still checking details about Jane.

This is from The Header 'Sharpe's Women' (changing that so it's not the same as the novels.) to above Subheader 'Jane Gibbons'.

Sharpe's Wives, Lovers and Other Women

Sharpe was married twice throughout the films, though only one marriage was shown on screen. He also had various lovers and a couple of would-be lovers that he turned down. He spends his retirement living with his mistress.

Commandante Teresa Moreno


Commandante Teresa Moreno, played by Spanish actress Assumpta Serna, is the commander of the partisans. Assumpta researched a real heroine from the era: Agustlna of Aragón, whom she based her character of the partisans leader. After witnessing some of the problems Sharpe was having with his men in Sharpe's Rifles, Teresa offers him these words of wisdom in leadership:

We have two ears and only one mouth. So a good leader will listen twice as much as he shouts.

The relationship between Commandante Teresa (also known as the Needle) and Sharpe grew romantically, she became Sharpe’s first wife, and they had a daughter named, Antonia. Teresa appeared in the following three films, until sergeant Hakeswill murders her in Sharpe's Enemy.

Lady Isabella Farthingale, played by Elizabeth Hurley. A former prostitute and wife of Cononel Sir Augustus Farthingdale, played by Jeremy Child. Sharpe had a brief affair with Isabella when he rescues her from the clutches of a group of deserters who had kidnapped her. Sir Augustus had not known when he acquired his pretty young wife that she had been a prostitute; Sharpe was a former client, he used this knowlegde to get his own way with Sir Augustus .

correction

Lady Isabella Farthingale and delete the enbolding Lady Isabella Farthingale.

Emmily

I've found out what gun Lucille uses - a Blunderbuss

Under Lucille could you replace 'gun' with Blunderbuss

Could you replace the section on Jane with this -

Jane Gibbons, played by Abigail CruttendenAbigail was Sean Bean's third wife. They were married in 1997 and divorced in 2000. They have one daughter, Evie.. Jane, niece of Simmerson, puts herself at risk, of a beating from her uncle, by helping Sharpe and Harper escape after they discover a scam to auction recruited men in which Simmerson is involved, in Sharpe's Regiment. Sharpe promises Jane he will marry her to protect her from her sadistic uncle, and save her from the impending forced marriage to Colonel Girdwood.

However, it was a marriage destined not to last. When Sharpe breaks a promise to Jane, she leaves him, accompanied and encouraged by Lady Molly Spindacre, played by Connie Hyde. They travel to London, where Jane withdraws all of Sharpe money from the bank.

It’s not long before Jane finds herself another man; she has an affair with John Rossendale, played by Alexis Denisof. Sharpe accepts losing his wife, but he wants his money back. This is witnessed in the encounters with Rossendale and Jane in the remainder of the films.

ooopppsss I've missed out who played Lucille, it was Cecile Paoli.

Could you add 'played by Cecile Paoli'

at the first mention of Lucille please.

That'll be enough for tonight, it's just after 3am. I'll be back tomorrow with some more.

Emmily

Done.

I'll post some links next, found this while I was looking for a good one for King Goerge, could you put it in reference at the bottom please.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/3889903.stm

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Under Subheader 'Military Adviser'

Napoleonic Association - Napoleonic Association

Under header 'Outlining the Films'

Wellington - Wellington

Under Header 'Richard Sharpe'

Sean Bean - Sean Bean

Paul McGann - Paul McGann

King George - King Goerge

Christopher Villiers - Christopher Villiers

Done

More links, starting from where we left off - the paragraph before 'The Main Characters' Header.

sword - sword

RADA (Royal Academy of Dramatic Art)

fencing - fencing

horse - horse

Alice Krige - Alice Krige


Michael Cochrane - Michael Cochrane

I've not checked them, I hink they'll all work okay.

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Pete Postlewaite - Pete Postlewaite

David Troughton - David Troughton

Hugh Fraser - Hugh Fraser

noses - noses

Michael Byrne - Michael Byrne

Hugh Ross - Hugh Ross

James Laurenson - James Laurenson

Links added. I assume you were meaning to have a link for the RADA?

Oops, except for post 31. Off to do that now.

Re-RADA, realised there was no explanation of what it meant, if you added a link, that's great

Trying to find Sharpe links for the Chosen Men, be back soon.

Emmily

No, I didn't add a link for it. It was just sitting there in the list, but without a link, so I thought you meant to include a link, but didn't, by accident. I just said 'link' more times than what I should in such a short message.

Daragh O'Malley - Daragh O'Malley

John Tams - John Tams

Michael Mears - Michael Mears

Jason Salkey - Jason Salkey

Paul Trussell - Paul Trussell

Lyndon Davies - Lyndon Davies

Could you please replace the link for Sean Bean with

Sean Bean - Sean Bean

Hope they are all correct, I need a . I'll try to get back later this evening with some more.

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Diana Perez - Diana Perez

John Kavanagh - John Kavanagh

Philip Whitchurch - Philip Whitchurch

We're getting there, down to 'The Sharpe Theme Song' now I think I've got something about the Sharpe music CD in Word, I'll find that and post it soon.

Emmily

Oh, all I had was a list of the tracks on the CD. Could you add this to the end of 'The Sharpe Theme Song' section please.


A CD of the songs sung in Sharpe was released, it included: 'Gentleman Soldier', 'Rogue's March', 'The Ramblin Soldier', 'The Forlorn Hope' and of course, 'Over The Hills And Far Away'.

Now it's just Challenge to sort out, and then I'll read through make sure I haven't missed anything.

Emmily

Please replace the whole of Sharpe's Challenge section with the following.

Sharpe's Challenge

In April, 2006 Sharpe returned to the television screen in Sharpe’s Challenge, ten years after Sharpe’s Waterloo the last of the original films televised in 1996.

Sharpe's Challenge is screenwriter Russell Louis's combination of Sharpe's Tiger, Sharpe's Triumph and Sharpe's Fortress - Cornwall's novels on Sharpe's adventures in India.

The two-part action-drama was filmed mostly in Rajasthan, a region in India, it took seven weeks to film. The four-legged extras included camels and elephants, as well as the usual horses. The approximately 400 human extras were mostly soldiers, trained in ten days by the sets original military advisor, Richard Rutherford-Moore.

When he is requested by Lord Wellington to go to India, retired Colonel Sharpe refuses. As he leaves Wellington's office, Sharpe bumps into Romona, Patrick Harper's wife. She tells Sharpe, Patrick is missing in India. Sharpe changes his mind, and takes up the challenge, as friend's life is at stake.

Set approximately two years after Sharpe's last adventure in Sharpe's Waterloo, Sharpe is on a mission in India to find a friend and quell an uprising. Sharpe's adversary is Major William Dodd, played by Toby Stephens. Dodd's a former English officer, now the commander-in-chief to Rao Rajah of Ferraghur. Sharpe's mission is to find the missing agent, Harper and help quell a rebellion that's threatening relations between England and India. However, as usual things don't run to plan, and it turns into Sharpe's most dangerous mission – which includes the rescue of a kidnapped daughter of a British General, leading Sharpe and Harper into enemy territory.


A behind the screens of how Sharpe’s Challenge was made The Making Of Sharpe's Challenge was also televised.