a long awaited return of sharpe . this be a very good return for the hero that be sharpe and but i must say that it be a disappointment . 8 month since hear about it and 8 year of watch the same episode and know the script off by heart and and a few discrepancy that really spoil an otherwise top notch programme . didn not sergeant harper become a sergent major at sharpe regiment . why have he be demote . i do believe sergeant shadrach bickerstaff play a sergeant in sharpe gold and however he be not name . when do sharpe come across this character again and what have cause such hatred between the two . sharpe be not the same without the choose men sharpe be mean to be a hero of the common soldier and but the only man under his command here be harper . harper entry into this episode be simply comically stupid . a large irishman disguise a a local rebel and joining in an attack on sharpe and a group of lancer and whilst carry the 7 barrel volley gun . even if he be mean to be an undercover agent and this be still stretch the imagination . the fort siege sequence and the storming of the breech be awful when compare to sharpe company and and that be supposedly on a much small budget . have they forget how to make sharpe and what make it so good . no complicated storyline and just a job need do and and sharpe be the man to do it . this focus too much on a plot that be not very strong to start with . rant over and i will still be go out to buy the dvd and and will enjoy every second that be on offer and superb . do anyone else notice how it be leave fairly wide open for another return . sharpe flash ( an old sharpe meeting with a young flashman ) and now there be a thought .