Told his battalion is to be split up due to lack of recruits at home, Sharpe and Harper return to England to investigate. What should have been a simple query turns politically explosive as they come nearer to exposing profiteering on the home front that could jeopardize the Wellington's war.

Credits

Tom CleggDirector

Sean BeanRichard Sharpe

Daragh O'MalleyPatrick Harper

Abigail CruttendenJane Gibbons

Michael CochraneSir Henry Simmerson