June, 1813. Major Richard Sharpe's men are in mortal danger - not from the French, but from the bureaucrats of Whitehall. Unless reinforcements can be brought from England, the depleted South Essex will be disbanded, their troops scattered throughout the army. Determined not to see his regiment die, Sharpe returns to England and uncovers a nest of well-bred, high-ranking traitors, any one of whom could utterly destroy his career with a word, or a stroke of the pen. Sharpe is forced into the most desperate gamble of his life - and not even the influence of the Price Regent may be enough to save him.

Sean Bean
as Major Richard Sharpe

Daragh O'Malley
as Sergeant Major Patrick Harper

Abigail Cruttenden
as Jane Gibbons

Michael Cochrane
as Colonel Sir Henry Simmerson

Nicholas Farrell
as Lord Simon Fenner

Caroline Langrishe
as Lady Anne Camoynes

James Laurenson
as Major General Hector Ross

Mark Lambert
as Lieutenant Colonel Bartholomew Girdwood

Julian Fellowes
as The Prince Regent

Norman Rossington
as Sergeant Horatio Havercamp