First broadcast 14th April 2007.

1817. Sharpe has retired from the army but is summoned by the Duke of Wellington for an important mission.

Sean Bean ... Sharpe
Daragh O'Malley ... Patrick Harper
Toby Stephens ... William Dodd
Padma Lakshmi ... Madhuvanthi
Aurélien Recoing ... Col. Gudin (as Aurelien Recoing)
Lucy Brown ... Celia Burroughs
Michael Cochrane ... Simmerson
Alyy Khan ... Mohan Singh
Hugh Fraser ... Lord Wellington
Peter-Hugo Daly ... Sgt. Bickerstaff
Thierry Hancisse ... Sgt. Bonnet
Karan Panthaky ... Khande Rao
Nicholas Blane ... Crosby
Michael Elwyn ... Sir Samuel Rawlinson
Diana Perez ... Ramona Harper
Shruti Vyas ... Lalima
Peter Symonds ... Gen. Burroughs
Graham McTavish ... McRae
Gary Dunnington ... Major Stokes
Oliver Chris ... Leonard
Lex Shrapnel ... Cpt. Lawrence
Karan Arora ... Davi Lal
Toby Regbo ... Ensign
Alex Revan ... Captain Lazarus