It had been decided that spiralling costs and the hassle of filming in the Crimea would force us to shoot Sharpe elsewhere. The search didn't lead us far, as producers chose Turkey, Ukraine's Black sea neighbour, to begin the fourth series. The first part of the shoot is filmed in England without Chosen Man Harris, but I meet up with the unit on the plane to Antalya, Turkey where we will film the battle sections of 'Regiment'. Though not far from our Crimean 'home', Turkey is a world away in terms of western comforts a state of affairs that pleased us greatly. The down side, perhaps, was with this new five star existence (and the loss of Lyndon 'Perkins' Davies) some of the old Sharpe spirit was withering away.