From Crimea with Love av Jason Salkey

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<p>In the summer of 1992, Jason Salkey was cast in a role that would change his life forever. <i>Sharpe¿s Rifles</i>, 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.</p><p><i>From Crimea with Love</i> documents the mishaps, blunders, incompetence and downright corruption that made <i>Sharpe¿s Rifles</i> 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, <i></i>Jason<i></i><i> </i>brings you an eye-opening, jaw-dropping insider¿s account of one