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From Crimea with Love

Misadventures in the Making of Sharpe’s Rifles

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From Crimea with Love

By: Jason Salkey
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'A revealing account of the tricky reality behind TV's glamorous image' Daily Mail

In the summer of 1992, Jason Salkey was cast in a role that would change his life forever. Sharpe’s Rifles, a Napoleonic war drama, was to be shot in the Crimean Peninsula. Little did the producers know that they would be sending Jason and the crew to film in a rapidly disintegrating Soviet Union. There they faced near-starvation and danger round every corner as they set about creating one of Britain’s most successful and critically acclaimed television programmes.

From Crimea with Love documents the mishaps, blunders, incompetence and downright corruption that made Sharpe’s Rifles go down in British television folklore for its unique tales of hardship. Follow the cast through intense depravation and constant catastrophe until they become every bit the jaded, battle-hardened soldiers we saw on screen. Tapping into his diaries, photo journals and video log, Jason brings you an eye-opening, jaw-dropping insider’s account of one of the best-loved shows ever made.

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‘A revealing account of the tricky reality behind TV’s glamorous image’ Daily Mail
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Thank you for an incredible insight Jason Salkey to your time filming Sharpe. If it wasn’t for your thought to document life on Sharpe, none of us would get to enjoy your wonderful book and photographs. Long Live Sharpe!

Long Live Sharpe!

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Very interesting behind the scenes history. The mix of excess and industrial action all condensed into these months long production tours gives a great sense of how intense a ride the whole thing was. Big personalities, tough conditions, and close proximity all combine to create something rare but uniquely stressful.

A must for any Sharpe fan

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