Salkey Jason - From Crimea With Love Misadventures In The Making Of Sharpes Rifles - Paperback

Binding: Paperback
Description: The rollicking behind - the - scenes story of Sharpe's Rifles one of British TV's most beloved shows featuring a foreword by Sharpe author Bernard Cornwell. 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.
Title: From Crimea With Love Misadventures In The Making Of Sharpes Rifles
Author(s): Salkey Jason
Publisher: Unbound
Barcode: 9781800181830
Pages: 368 Pages
Publication Date: 3/4/2025
Category: Memoirs