From Crimea with Love

'A revealing account of the tricky reality behind TV's glamorous image' In the summer of 1992, Jason Salkey was cast in a role that would change his life forever. , 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. From Crimea with Love Sharpe’s Rifles