From Crimea with Love
Misadventures in the Making of Sharpe’s Rifles
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Jason Alexander Salkey
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Jason Salkey
About this listen
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 programs.
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. Jason brings you an eye-opening, jaw-dropping insider’s account of one of the best-loved shows ever made.
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- shaun green
- 02-05-24
in depth
Great audiobook 100% recommend. Jason goes into real detail about the making of Sharpe.
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- matthew B.
- 08-05-24
A must listen
A must listen for all Sharpe fans or if your interested on how TV shows are made especially overseas. I also recommend buying the book and asking Jason very nicely to autograph it for you.
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- Joe Avison
- 10-05-24
Loved it
Jason is a legend and this is a wonderful recollection of the making of one of the best pieces of television in British history. The recollections of rifleman Harris are a wonderful backdrop to this modern diary depicting the hell the actors and crew had to endure to bring us gold, the worst of the episodes 😂
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- Anonymous User
- 25-07-24
Good fun
Good fun & some interesting anecdotes. However, the grievances and the divulgence of more salacious stories started to sound very ‘Alan Partridge’ to me. The mention of the tv producers ‘eyebrow twitch’ cracked me up and incredibly partridgian bitterness about it.
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- jonathan
- 30-05-24
Fantastic
Wonderful to hear great insight and hindsight first hand to give a reflection of what life was like both sides of the camera
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- D.Rob
- 20-06-24
Excellent and Honest
Such a good insiders view of Behind the Scenes of the Sharpe series that we all know and love. Jason's honest, straightforward account makes you feel like you are in the middle of the Crimea with them and his way if narrating is natural and a joy to listen to.
Highly recommended for any fan of the series
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