Sharpe
Sharpe's Eagles
S1 E2:
Spain 1809 - Colonel Sir Henry Simmerson arrives with his new regiment, the South Essex, and Wellesley decides to keep in Simmerson's good graces by arranging for the South Essex to blow up the bridge at Valdelacasa. Aware that Simmerson is incompetent, Wellesley orders Sgt Richard Sharpe to see that the mission is a success in exchange for a promotion to captain.