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Sharpe: Sharpe's Waterloo

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June 1815

Sharpe has settled down to an idyllic lifestyle with Lucille on her French farm, when the news of Napolean's escape from Elba compels him to return to the army to fight at Waterloo. There, he joins the staff of the Prince of Orange.

Reunited with his Chosen Men, Sharpe abandons the inept prince and organises the defence of key British positions on the farm of La Haie Sainte. Add a recap »

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Writers:: Bernard Cornwell Charles Wood

Director:: Tom Clegg

Stars:: Hugh Fraser (Duke of Wellington); Daragh O'Malley (Patrick Harper); Sean Bean (Richard Sharpe); Jason Salkey (Rifleman Harris); John Tams (Rifleman Hagman)

Recurring Role:: Abigail Cruttenden (Jane Sharpe)

Guest Star:: Paul Bettany (Prince William of Orange); Oliver Tobias (Rebeque); Neil Dickson (Uxbridge); Nicholas Irons (Lt. Harry Price); Martin Cochrane (Colonel MacDuff); Martin Glyn Murray (Lt. Doggett); Owen Brenman (Witherspoon); Shaughan Seymour (Lt. Colonel Ford); Jane Merrow (Duchess of Richmond); Chloe Newsome (Paulette); Alexis Denisof (Lord Rossendale); C�cile Paoli (Lucille); Janek Lesniak (Dutch Captain)

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This episode was first broadcast in the US on BBC America on August 26, 2006. edit »
Sharpe's Waterloo is based on Bernard Cornwell's 1990 novel, which is simply called Waterloo in America. edit »

Hagman (comforting very young drummer): Hey, it's all right you little bugger... we stopped eating French drummer boys, for they smell. edit »
Uxbridge: Where are your men?
William of Orange: Fighting... fighting.
(soldiers run out of forest)
Uxbridge: I stand corrected, Highness. I know very little about uniforms, other than me own, but I could have sworn these was yours as is running. Ain't they? edit »
Prince William of Orange: It's the French! Oh, my God, now they have guns.
Wellington: Oh, they've always had guns, your Royal Highness. What they haven't always had is you as a target. edit »
Wellington (watching the Prince lose at cricket): The Prince of Orange. They wanted to give him command over me... better counsel prevailed. edit »