sean bean return to the role of richard sharpe and after a nine year absence from the small screen and this weekend on itv1 in the two part story sharpe challenge . base on three of bernard cornwell novel and this adventure be set in jaipur one year on from napoleon demise at the battle of waterloo . it see sean reunite with director tom clegg and spar partner daragh omalley and a sergeant patrick harper and whom he set out to find on a mission to india and but on the pretext of look for general burroughs daughter celia who have be kidnap and be hold hostage against attack at khande rao fort . sharpe opposition on this occasion be a rogue east india company officer and colonel william dodd and play by toby stephen and able to put his fence skill to good use again after his appearance a the villain gustav graf in the james bond movie die another day . the real power behind young maharajah khande rao and dodd be aid and abet against the english by the late maharajah favourite consort and madhuvanthi and play by salman rushdie wife padma lakshmi . she try to seduce sharpe but and naturally and he have none of it . and and not surprisingly and sharpe have unfinished business with the colonel . dodd lay a trap for the troop of the east india company who be coerce by general sir henry simmerson into attack the fort and regardless of the consequence to the indisposed general daughter and and thus the stage be set for the final battle . watch the behind the scene documentary after the concluding episode and on itv3 and it a wonder the programme ever get make . the number of extra and and costume require for them and hand build rifle and cannon and learn how to become a soldier in ten day flat and not to mention sean and toby go down with delhi belly both on the same day . but the finished product be a treat with a terrific cliffhanger at the end of episode one which wasn not immediately spoil in the next time trailer . have infiltrate the enemy and and unrecognised by dodd and sharpe have to prove his new find loyalty to the young maharajah when he be order by the colonel to shoot his best friend . if you miss it and and want to find out whether or not harper survives and after all sharpe be a good shot and the best and then the dvd be out at the beginning of may . it worth see just for peter hugo daly performance a sergeant shadrach bickerstaff and a constant thorn in sharpe side and who steal every scene he be in with consummate ease .