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0:00:07 > 0:00:09Boy!
0:00:09 > 0:00:10The tide is on the turn!
0:00:13 > 0:00:15I'll not warn you again!
0:00:18 > 0:00:19Ships! There!
0:00:26 > 0:00:28Danes...
0:00:28 > 0:00:30The devil's turds.
0:00:30 > 0:00:31Are they traders?
0:00:31 > 0:00:34No. They come as Vikings. We go!
0:00:38 > 0:00:39Go! Go!
0:01:27 > 0:01:28Where's my son?
0:01:28 > 0:01:32Uhtred, take half a dozen men and ride to the river.
0:01:32 > 0:01:35There are pagans there. Watch them, see how many they are!
0:01:35 > 0:01:38- Of course, Father.- Do nothing more, you understand?- Yes, father!
0:01:38 > 0:01:39Osbert, what is it?
0:01:39 > 0:01:42- Ships! I saw them first from the beach.- What ships?
0:01:42 > 0:01:44Danes. They're heading for the river!
0:01:44 > 0:01:46SHE GASPS
0:01:46 > 0:01:49God and his saints preserve us, they have no soul.
0:01:49 > 0:01:50- We must pray.- We must act.
0:01:50 > 0:01:53Uhtred, do not fight them - not a single one.
0:01:53 > 0:01:55- Be back by nightfall.- Yes, father.
0:01:55 > 0:01:57They are sent by God, to punish us for our sins.
0:01:57 > 0:02:00Our sins be damned. They're here to support the Viking army in Eoferwic.
0:02:00 > 0:02:03- Aelfric!- You must instruct the priest to pray for our deliverance.
0:02:03 > 0:02:06- Aelfric!- Lord? Get them inside!
0:02:06 > 0:02:08Take in as many women and elders as we can.
0:02:08 > 0:02:10The rest, to higher ground and out of sight.
0:02:10 > 0:02:14Send word to rouse the country. I want every man inside this fortress
0:02:14 > 0:02:16and every man must be prepared to die.
0:03:21 > 0:03:24- Port side, ready to row! - Port side, ready to row!
0:03:24 > 0:03:27- Starboard side, ready to row! - Starboard side, ready to row!
0:03:31 > 0:03:32Father.
0:03:38 > 0:03:39Taste.
0:03:43 > 0:03:48Fresh...sweet water.
0:03:48 > 0:03:50- Yes.- What else do you see?
0:03:52 > 0:03:56I see a clear river, with fish as big as a man's leg.
0:03:56 > 0:03:58I see a forest alive with meat
0:03:58 > 0:04:01and, more than that, I see a place to grow fat and old.
0:04:01 > 0:04:03HORSE WHINNIES
0:04:03 > 0:04:04Horses.
0:04:05 > 0:04:09Yeah. I see spies, shitting themselves.
0:04:09 > 0:04:11- VIKINGS:- Yeah!
0:04:19 > 0:04:23We'll meet sword with sword! You are pagans!
0:04:23 > 0:04:25We have a greater god on our side!
0:04:25 > 0:04:29Kjartan, I think we should teach this boy a lesson.
0:04:29 > 0:04:31Taking her in - at speed.
0:04:31 > 0:04:34- Pick up the speed! - VIKINGS GRUNT
0:04:40 > 0:04:42BABY CRIES
0:04:43 > 0:04:45SHOUTING, CONFUSION
0:04:51 > 0:04:53Why do I leave the villages unprotected
0:04:53 > 0:04:55and bring the men inside?
0:04:55 > 0:04:57Is that your question?
0:04:57 > 0:05:01A village can be rebuilt. A warrior can die only once.
0:05:01 > 0:05:04The Danes may be heading south to Eoferwic,
0:05:04 > 0:05:06but they will kill whoever they can on the way.
0:05:08 > 0:05:09Now, go find the priest.
0:05:09 > 0:05:11Yes, Father.
0:05:20 > 0:05:23Come in, Osbert. Don't skulk in the shadows.
0:05:23 > 0:05:25He...wants to know if you're ready?
0:05:25 > 0:05:27Almost.
0:05:27 > 0:05:29Do you know what I'm tasked with?
0:05:29 > 0:05:31Er, a letter?
0:05:31 > 0:05:34A response to a letter - this letter, from King Aella...
0:05:35 > 0:05:39..asking your father for his support, his army,
0:05:39 > 0:05:42to help recapture the City of Eoferwic.
0:05:42 > 0:05:44This is why it's important for you to be able to read and write.
0:05:44 > 0:05:46Father can't read nor write.
0:05:46 > 0:05:48Yeah, well, for your father, it's too late.
0:05:48 > 0:05:51King Aella could have sent a man on horseback.
0:05:51 > 0:05:54Yeah, but who's to say the man on horseback speaks the truth,
0:05:54 > 0:05:57or has remembered the true message?
0:05:57 > 0:06:01What these letters will represent is history, facts...
0:06:01 > 0:06:04Your father is informing King Aella and King Osbert
0:06:04 > 0:06:08he will be alongside their armies at Eoferwic
0:06:08 > 0:06:11and the mark of Bebbanburg will guarantee the truth of it.
0:06:11 > 0:06:13Why do we fight for Eoferwic?
0:06:13 > 0:06:17Well, we fight for Eoferwic because we do not wish to see England,
0:06:17 > 0:06:19piece by piece, become Daneland.
0:06:21 > 0:06:24I heard it said that we were pagans once -
0:06:24 > 0:06:26that Woden and Odin are the same.
0:06:26 > 0:06:29We saw the error of our ways and we looked to Rome.
0:06:29 > 0:06:32I heard the pagans had fierce gods of war.
0:06:32 > 0:06:36Well, we are right and they are mistaken. Osbert, we are blessed.
0:06:36 > 0:06:39I should make you swear on St Cuthbert's comb
0:06:39 > 0:06:41never to mention the likes of Woden again.
0:06:41 > 0:06:44But what if I had a hound called Woden?
0:06:44 > 0:06:46- What if I did? What would you do then?- You haven't, you have not!
0:06:46 > 0:06:49What if you had a pig called Thor? Come, let's go see your father.
0:06:49 > 0:06:53- Come!- A pig called Thor! Is it really St Cuthbert's comb?
0:06:53 > 0:06:54Of course it's St Cuthbert's comb
0:06:54 > 0:06:57and his holy hair lies in the teeth of that comb.
0:06:57 > 0:07:00Where was your father last?
0:07:00 > 0:07:01He was humping the servant girl.
0:07:01 > 0:07:03- That's a lie, Osbert.- No.
0:07:03 > 0:07:06- Are you never going to tire of teasing?- Nope.
0:07:06 > 0:07:08- HORN BLOWS - Horsemen approaching!
0:07:26 > 0:07:28He rides Uhtred's horse.
0:07:35 > 0:07:36Osbert.
0:07:54 > 0:07:56No! No!
0:08:10 > 0:08:11Bury what's left of him.
0:08:22 > 0:08:23Osbert, come on.
0:08:25 > 0:08:27Remind me of the last words I spoke to him.
0:08:27 > 0:08:29You told him to watch, do not fight.
0:08:29 > 0:08:31We have no idea of the circumstance...
0:08:31 > 0:08:33- "Do not fight" means "do not fight".- He was young.
0:08:33 > 0:08:35There was no fight to be had until Eoferwic.
0:08:35 > 0:08:38You wanted to see Osbert, my Lord.
0:08:38 > 0:08:40You...
0:08:40 > 0:08:42You are now called Uhtred. Uhtred, son of Uhtred.
0:08:42 > 0:08:44You have your stone, the amber?
0:08:44 > 0:08:47- Yes, Father.- The priest will show you your history, the parchments.
0:08:47 > 0:08:49Make him understand who he is.
0:08:49 > 0:08:52Lord, I... I should like to baptise him again.
0:08:52 > 0:08:54Well, if he arrives at heaven's gate as Uhtred,
0:08:54 > 0:08:57they might wonder what's happened to Osbert.
0:08:57 > 0:08:59Do what you must, but do as I ask.
0:08:59 > 0:09:00Lord.
0:09:01 > 0:09:04We were kings here once, boy.
0:09:04 > 0:09:07Kings of all the lands between the Rivers Tuede and Tyne.
0:09:07 > 0:09:09We should be kings again.
0:09:09 > 0:09:11Yes, we should, but it does not matter what they call us,
0:09:11 > 0:09:13so long as they obey.
0:09:13 > 0:09:15Our ancestors took this land
0:09:15 > 0:09:18and it has been strengthened with our blood and bone.
0:09:18 > 0:09:22And now, you are the new heir of Bebbanburg. You hear me?
0:09:22 > 0:09:25- And you will die for it, if needed. - Yes, Father.
0:09:25 > 0:09:27And I'll give you the head of the man who killed Uhtred.
0:09:27 > 0:09:29No, you are Uhtred!
0:09:29 > 0:09:31Have you not been listening to me?
0:09:31 > 0:09:35Do not tell me what it is you will do, you are just a pup!
0:09:35 > 0:09:38You will give me nothing. You will watch and you will learn!
0:09:42 > 0:09:46- Put him in the water, before his mother's tongue gives me grief. - She's not my mother.
0:09:48 > 0:09:51Will you take him with you to battle, to watch and learn?
0:09:51 > 0:09:52He's old enough.
0:09:52 > 0:09:55I need you to choose 30 men and remain here at Bebbanburg.
0:09:55 > 0:09:56Protect the boy. He is the heir.
0:09:59 > 0:10:0130 will hold and is few enough to feed. Will you do this for me?
0:10:01 > 0:10:05- I'd rather be with you at Eoferwic, but I'll do as you ask.- Thank you.
0:10:08 > 0:10:10Come on, quickly.
0:10:10 > 0:10:12Up there, go on.
0:10:13 > 0:10:15Hurry, please.
0:10:26 > 0:10:28Heavenly Father,
0:10:28 > 0:10:31receive your servant, Uhtred,
0:10:31 > 0:10:34into the holy canon of saints
0:10:34 > 0:10:37and into the ranks of the most bright angels.
0:10:39 > 0:10:42Let your holy waters cleanse him
0:10:42 > 0:10:44and make him worthy of your blessing.
0:10:45 > 0:10:48Make him your instrument and your rod.
0:10:52 > 0:10:55Let him realise the significance of the written word,
0:10:55 > 0:11:00so that he may learn of your glory and, in turn, may spread your word.
0:11:02 > 0:11:08- Beo...- Let him grow in wisdom and in respect,
0:11:08 > 0:11:10so he may lead in a Godly manner.
0:11:10 > 0:11:13Beo... Beocca, he's cleansed!
0:11:13 > 0:11:15- Amen. - UHTRED GASPS FOR AIR
0:11:15 > 0:11:19Uhtred, son of Uhtred of Bebbanburg, welcome to the Christian world.
0:11:19 > 0:11:23- CHEERING - Behold your people and your lands.
0:12:05 > 0:12:07Where are the people, the soldiers?
0:12:07 > 0:12:09On the road to Eoferwic, led by your father,
0:12:09 > 0:12:12where he'll join the other two Kings of Northumbria.
0:12:12 > 0:12:13With...? Without me?
0:12:13 > 0:12:16You are to remain at Bebbanburg, with your kindly uncle.
0:12:16 > 0:12:17I'm sworn to keep you safe.
0:12:17 > 0:12:19Should you wish to fight, we can always arm-wrestle.
0:12:19 > 0:12:22- Where's the priest? - With your father. Eat.
0:12:22 > 0:12:25You have work to do, Uhtred, in the stables.
0:12:25 > 0:12:27Thankfully, we've been left some horses.
0:12:28 > 0:12:30- You should eat.- I'm not hungry.
0:12:30 > 0:12:34We have work to do, horseshit to shovel.
0:12:34 > 0:12:36Come and find me when you've finished.
0:13:18 > 0:13:22Scallion, if my brother falls in battle...
0:13:23 > 0:13:24..the boy must fall.
0:13:59 > 0:14:02DOGS BARK
0:14:02 > 0:14:04RAISED VOICES
0:14:04 > 0:14:07All this way and no reception party(!)
0:14:07 > 0:14:08Earl Ragnar.
0:14:09 > 0:14:12Guthrum. How are you?
0:14:12 > 0:14:15I'm fine. I'm hungry! And your boy?
0:14:15 > 0:14:18- He's coming.- Ragnar.. - Ubba, I brought men and horses.
0:14:18 > 0:14:20Good to see you. Are you well?
0:14:20 > 0:14:23LAUGHTER
0:14:23 > 0:14:26You made a gift of his own son's head?
0:14:26 > 0:14:28How did this Lord react?
0:14:28 > 0:14:29He did nothing.
0:14:29 > 0:14:32He brought his warriors into the fortress and kept them inside.
0:14:34 > 0:14:36It was not cowardice.
0:14:36 > 0:14:37Restraint.
0:14:37 > 0:14:39He's saving his men.
0:14:39 > 0:14:41That man is Uhtred,
0:14:41 > 0:14:43one of the three Kings of Northumbria - a warrior king.
0:14:43 > 0:14:47The other two are fools. They would rather be fighting each other.
0:14:47 > 0:14:51- This is true? - King Aella and King Osbert -
0:14:51 > 0:14:54they both lay claim to Eoferwic.
0:14:54 > 0:14:57They have the strangest of names.
0:14:57 > 0:14:59So, when do we fight?
0:14:59 > 0:15:00Soon, I hope.
0:15:02 > 0:15:03I'm still to decide.
0:15:08 > 0:15:10Fools or not,
0:15:10 > 0:15:12they have three armies.
0:15:13 > 0:15:17- They have numbers. - But are divided.
0:15:17 > 0:15:20Three kings, but only one who can lead them - this Uhtred.
0:15:20 > 0:15:24Then we kill him and Northumbria is ours - all of it.
0:15:24 > 0:15:26LAUGHTER
0:15:27 > 0:15:30Listen to him, listen to the boy, he reminds me of me!
0:15:30 > 0:15:32Yeah, when you were younger.
0:15:32 > 0:15:35Of course, when I was younger. He's just a boy.
0:15:35 > 0:15:38- Just saying.- Ubba... - Did you say I was old?
0:15:38 > 0:15:40- Storri?- No.- I'm not getting old.
0:15:40 > 0:15:44Ubba, I have seen the land outside the city.
0:15:44 > 0:15:47I have a plan in mind, a good plan.
0:15:48 > 0:15:51And my son would like to wet his sword with you.
0:15:51 > 0:15:52So, do we fight?
0:15:56 > 0:15:58Storri?
0:15:59 > 0:16:01The signs are good.
0:16:01 > 0:16:04Only this morning, I saw a raven flying towards the Saxon camp
0:16:04 > 0:16:07- and he was asking me to follow, I'm sure of it.- Mm.
0:16:13 > 0:16:16- Then, we fight. - CHEERING
0:16:41 > 0:16:43What kind of hell is this?
0:16:43 > 0:16:46It's a pagan's hell. We outnumber them.
0:16:46 > 0:16:49But there are more - there must be.
0:16:49 > 0:16:52Nothing changes. We attack with half our number -
0:16:52 > 0:16:54the second half to follow, once we have the measure of them.
0:16:54 > 0:16:57They have conceded the higher ground.
0:16:57 > 0:16:59King Aella, yours and Lord Uhtred's armies
0:16:59 > 0:17:00will attack in the first wave.
0:17:00 > 0:17:03Prepare! Prepare!
0:17:03 > 0:17:05SWORDS DRAWN HORN BLOWS
0:17:05 > 0:17:06Shield!
0:17:07 > 0:17:09No. No, not without me!
0:17:33 > 0:17:37Come nightfall, we'll be rid of this plague
0:17:37 > 0:17:39and counting our share of the plunder.
0:17:39 > 0:17:41CHEERING
0:17:45 > 0:17:46My shield!
0:17:50 > 0:17:52VIKINGS WHISPER AND HISS
0:18:57 > 0:19:01Kill them all! SAXONS BATTLE CRY
0:19:19 > 0:19:20The wall is holding.
0:19:21 > 0:19:25Go! Hands below your shield and drive! Drive!
0:19:28 > 0:19:30Ease.
0:19:30 > 0:19:31Ease!
0:19:33 > 0:19:34Ease!
0:19:36 > 0:19:38Ease!
0:19:38 > 0:19:41Push! Keep pushing! It's working!
0:19:50 > 0:19:51Drive them!
0:19:51 > 0:19:53VIKING SHRIEKS
0:19:57 > 0:19:59They're tiring, they can't fight back.
0:19:59 > 0:20:03- We're winning! Look, we're winning! - CHEERING
0:20:03 > 0:20:04Fight!
0:20:12 > 0:20:15Not yet! Not yet!
0:20:31 > 0:20:33Dear God, no.
0:20:39 > 0:20:42Shield wall!
0:20:43 > 0:20:46Dear God of infinite mercy, not this!
0:20:51 > 0:20:53Kill them all!
0:20:55 > 0:20:58SHRIEKS AND CRIES
0:21:04 > 0:21:07Legs! Legs! Protect your legs!
0:21:08 > 0:21:10Lift up your sword
0:21:10 > 0:21:13and spare these men of England, who fight in your name.
0:21:15 > 0:21:19Let the heathens' hearts crumble and wither.
0:21:19 > 0:21:22Restore your power upon these men of England,
0:21:22 > 0:21:26so they can glorify your name with the blood of the devils.
0:21:26 > 0:21:28Have mercy now, Lord.
0:21:29 > 0:21:32Do not forsake us. Do not forsake England!
0:21:42 > 0:21:44Follow me! Follow me!
0:21:46 > 0:21:48Take him!
0:21:52 > 0:21:57Close the shield wall! Close the wall and take him!
0:22:00 > 0:22:01No!
0:22:11 > 0:22:13UHTRED CRIES OUT
0:22:17 > 0:22:19He's like a wasp.
0:22:28 > 0:22:30- The wasp has lost its sting.- Yeah.
0:22:31 > 0:22:34UHTRED CRIES OUT EARL RAGNAR WINCES
0:22:40 > 0:22:44- Are you sure he's a Saxon? He fights like a Dane.- Yeah.
0:22:53 > 0:22:57SHOUTING, SCREAMS
0:23:03 > 0:23:06SAXON SHRIEKS
0:23:12 > 0:23:14WOMAN SCREAMS
0:23:28 > 0:23:30GIRL SCREAMS Leave her!
0:23:33 > 0:23:34She is to live.
0:23:36 > 0:23:39Some of these young ones can come in useful.
0:23:42 > 0:23:45Father, here's the boy I spoke of.
0:23:45 > 0:23:47The one who almost killed you?
0:23:48 > 0:23:49You're leaving him with me?
0:23:49 > 0:23:52I've never seen a man get the better of you yet.
0:23:53 > 0:23:56VIKINGS SHOUT AND CHEER
0:24:08 > 0:24:10Cut me some chicken.
0:24:17 > 0:24:19Careful, the blade is sharp.
0:24:20 > 0:24:22It can kill a man.
0:24:29 > 0:24:31The chicken is on your platter.
0:24:38 > 0:24:40Have you always been blind?
0:24:41 > 0:24:42Oh, I see enough.
0:24:44 > 0:24:48So, who have they been killing below?
0:24:48 > 0:24:49WOMAN SCREAMS
0:24:49 > 0:24:51Prisoners.
0:24:54 > 0:24:56Just now, a king.
0:24:56 > 0:24:58Did he die well?
0:24:59 > 0:25:00No.
0:25:00 > 0:25:02Then he shouldn't have been King.
0:25:02 > 0:25:04CHEERING
0:25:06 > 0:25:09Tell me, who sits in the middle of the hall?
0:25:09 > 0:25:12- Please, please... Ahh! - THUD
0:25:15 > 0:25:17Is it the big man and the small man?
0:25:19 > 0:25:22Yes, and a grey man sits in-between them.
0:25:22 > 0:25:27If you get to live, you should beware of the big man, Ubba.
0:25:27 > 0:25:32My advice for you is to never to cross Ubba
0:25:32 > 0:25:35and never, never fight him.
0:25:35 > 0:25:36"If I get to live"?
0:25:36 > 0:25:39He listens to no-one but the gods.
0:25:39 > 0:25:44Men who take their orders from the gods are unpredictable.
0:25:44 > 0:25:46WOMAN SHRIEKS CHEERING
0:25:48 > 0:25:51What did you mean when you said, "If I get to live"?
0:25:51 > 0:25:52You're my prisoner.
0:25:55 > 0:25:58The grey man will be Egbert.
0:25:58 > 0:26:00He's a Saxon Ealdorman.
0:26:00 > 0:26:05He has pledged his allegiance and now calls himself "King".
0:26:05 > 0:26:08He is king of nothing.
0:26:08 > 0:26:12Soon, all the kings in England shall be kings of nothing.
0:26:12 > 0:26:15Northumbria is ours.
0:26:15 > 0:26:17Mercia will soon be ours.
0:26:17 > 0:26:20Then East Anglia, Cornwallum -
0:26:20 > 0:26:25and then, the greatest prize is the last kingdom -
0:26:25 > 0:26:28- Wessex.- I've heard of Wessex.
0:26:28 > 0:26:31Anything will grow in Wessex.
0:26:31 > 0:26:33- THUD VIKINGS:- Oooh!
0:26:33 > 0:26:35Tell me your name.
0:26:35 > 0:26:39Uhtred. I am the ealdorman of Bebbanburg.
0:26:39 > 0:26:41You are?
0:26:41 > 0:26:43I am. I own lands to the north.
0:26:43 > 0:26:45How long have you been an ealdorman of these lands?
0:26:52 > 0:26:55Your father chose to fight us...
0:26:56 > 0:26:59..and is now dead.
0:27:02 > 0:27:05He... He was not fond of me.
0:27:12 > 0:27:15I now understand why my son spared you...
0:27:17 > 0:27:20..Uhtred of Bebbanburg.
0:27:20 > 0:27:21You are a warrior.
0:27:25 > 0:27:26Have some ale.
0:27:30 > 0:27:31Drink it...
0:27:34 > 0:27:35..lots of it.
0:28:12 > 0:28:13Here.
0:28:14 > 0:28:16Take it up there.
0:28:23 > 0:28:26I'm thinking of keeping them both -
0:28:26 > 0:28:29the boy and the girl - they can help your mother.
0:28:31 > 0:28:33Disagree?
0:28:33 > 0:28:34No.
0:28:35 > 0:28:38But we did kill his father.
0:28:38 > 0:28:41And, if he is an ealdorman, we could sell him for a ransom.
0:28:41 > 0:28:42Perhaps.
0:29:46 > 0:29:49Brida, be careful not to spill the water.
0:29:49 > 0:29:51You'll turn the floor to mud.
0:29:51 > 0:29:54Uhtred, wood needs to be chopped!
0:29:54 > 0:29:56Brida, you can do the goats.
0:29:57 > 0:30:00Will there be time for Uhtred to play?
0:30:00 > 0:30:01Only when work is done.
0:30:05 > 0:30:08I don't like our daughter having to play with the slaves.
0:30:08 > 0:30:11- They're only children. - They have a place.
0:30:11 > 0:30:12Grumpy!
0:30:18 > 0:30:20My horse.
0:30:20 > 0:30:22Hey, Ragnar Ragnarson!
0:30:23 > 0:30:26Hey, Uhtred of wherever.
0:30:26 > 0:30:28How about you teach me how to use a sword?
0:30:28 > 0:30:30We don't teach slaves how to fight!
0:30:30 > 0:30:33That tongue of yours will be your death, boy.
0:30:33 > 0:30:34Now, get back to work!
0:30:38 > 0:30:40What does the play involve?
0:30:40 > 0:30:42We built a hall in the gorge.
0:30:42 > 0:30:44I'm the mistress and Uhtred is a warrior.
0:30:44 > 0:30:46Not a servant?
0:30:46 > 0:30:47It is a game.
0:30:50 > 0:30:52CHILDREN LAUGH
0:30:52 > 0:30:53- A wolf?- Uhtred!
0:30:53 > 0:30:55That's it, a wolf.
0:30:55 > 0:30:57Boar, watch out!
0:30:57 > 0:30:59I saw it - its sharp teeth and yellow eyes.
0:30:59 > 0:31:02Don't let the wolves get to me, Uhtred!
0:31:02 > 0:31:03Use the fire to keep them away.
0:31:03 > 0:31:06I see them. They're as big as Ubba and smell worse.
0:31:06 > 0:31:09WHISTLE
0:31:11 > 0:31:12Did you see that?
0:31:15 > 0:31:17BRANCH BREAKS
0:31:17 > 0:31:18Uhtred?
0:31:18 > 0:31:20Stay up there.
0:31:20 > 0:31:23- SHE GASPS - Look!
0:31:23 > 0:31:25Uhtred, what is happening?
0:31:25 > 0:31:28Stay up there, Thyra. It's Sven, he won't hurt you.
0:31:28 > 0:31:31- But he'll kill us! - SVEN SHOUTS
0:31:31 > 0:31:33He'll kill us! run!
0:31:40 > 0:31:42That was a real sword!
0:31:42 > 0:31:44I saw it.
0:31:44 > 0:31:47- THYRA SCREAMS - Uhtred! Uhtred!- Thyra!
0:31:58 > 0:32:00THYRA WHIMPERS
0:32:04 > 0:32:06UHTRED SHOUTS
0:32:10 > 0:32:12What's this?
0:32:12 > 0:32:14You been fighting again?
0:32:15 > 0:32:17Yes.
0:32:17 > 0:32:18With Sven?
0:32:18 > 0:32:20Kjartan's son?
0:32:20 > 0:32:22Yes.
0:32:22 > 0:32:25- Uhtred, he's much bigger than you. - He's a turd.- Why do you say that?
0:32:25 > 0:32:26Who started it?
0:32:29 > 0:32:31- Who began the fight? - I began the fight.
0:32:31 > 0:32:35For no other reason than that he's a turd?
0:32:35 > 0:32:38- Danes have murdered for less. - Uhtred, that's enough!
0:32:39 > 0:32:42- Do you want to be sold, boy? - I wish to eat.- Speak up.
0:32:42 > 0:32:43I wish to eat!
0:32:43 > 0:32:45You want to eat?
0:32:48 > 0:32:50You want to eat?
0:32:50 > 0:32:52You know what?
0:32:52 > 0:32:54I say you starve.
0:32:54 > 0:32:57Fighting is expected, disobedience is not.
0:32:57 > 0:32:59Sven began the fight!
0:33:01 > 0:33:03Kjartan!
0:33:03 > 0:33:04Kjartan!
0:33:11 > 0:33:13Earl Ragnar, let me first say, he's a... He's a good boy.
0:33:13 > 0:33:16He brought a sword onto my land. I will have words with him.
0:33:16 > 0:33:19- In time, he'll serve on your ship. He... He...- He has offended me.
0:33:19 > 0:33:22He will honour you and he meant no harm, Lord.
0:33:22 > 0:33:25He meant no harm? He looked at my daughter's nakedness.
0:33:25 > 0:33:28And he was punished. Your Saxon slave cut him.
0:33:28 > 0:33:30Shall I make a square of branches?
0:33:30 > 0:33:33Are you to fight me for your son or fetch him?!
0:33:38 > 0:33:41Sven! Come out here.
0:33:44 > 0:33:47- Tell him what you have to say. - I'm sorry.- He can't hear you.
0:33:47 > 0:33:50I'm sorry, Lord, for what I did.
0:33:54 > 0:33:56You laid hands on my daughter.
0:33:58 > 0:33:59You stripped her naked.
0:33:59 > 0:34:02- Half naked, Lord. - He's at an age, Lord.
0:34:04 > 0:34:07Is this true - half naked?
0:34:07 > 0:34:08Yes, Lord.
0:34:13 > 0:34:16Then I shall only take his one eye.
0:34:16 > 0:34:17No, no, please!
0:34:17 > 0:34:19SVEN SCREAMS
0:34:19 > 0:34:21Kjartan, you are banished from my land.
0:34:23 > 0:34:27SVEN WAILS
0:34:34 > 0:34:37SVEN CRIES
0:34:40 > 0:34:41FIRE CRACKLES
0:34:45 > 0:34:46I have something for you.
0:34:48 > 0:34:50What is it?
0:34:50 > 0:34:52An amulet. Thor's hammer.
0:34:53 > 0:34:55- But, er...- But what?
0:34:55 > 0:34:57You're Christian.
0:34:59 > 0:35:00Take it.
0:35:03 > 0:35:05- I can't.- Don't you want it?
0:35:05 > 0:35:07- I... I do want it!- Then take it.
0:35:07 > 0:35:09- I'm trying.- Take it!
0:35:09 > 0:35:12- I don't think he wants it. - I... I do want it!
0:35:12 > 0:35:14No, I don't think so.
0:35:18 > 0:35:19Thank you.
0:35:21 > 0:35:24Tell me about Denmark...
0:35:26 > 0:35:27..your home.
0:35:29 > 0:35:30What can I say about Denmark?
0:35:32 > 0:35:35- It's wet.- And harsh.
0:35:36 > 0:35:40The ground is so flat and sandy, you can't grow a fart,
0:35:40 > 0:35:43which is why we're here in England...
0:35:44 > 0:35:46..to grow.
0:35:46 > 0:35:49And why young Ragnar will soon be going for Ireland.
0:35:49 > 0:35:52You leave to fight?
0:35:52 > 0:35:53To make my wealth.
0:35:54 > 0:35:58If you want land or silver, you have to take it.
0:36:02 > 0:36:07You made me proud today...Uhtred.
0:36:09 > 0:36:11You made me proud.
0:36:43 > 0:36:47I don't know you, you don't have the appearance of a messenger,
0:36:47 > 0:36:49and Ubba's payment's not yet due.
0:36:49 > 0:36:51No, Lord.
0:36:51 > 0:36:53I was a ship's master.
0:36:53 > 0:36:56Ah. Well, I have no ships. I need no ship's master.
0:37:01 > 0:37:03I have news that you will want to hear.
0:37:05 > 0:37:08- Well?- I would want something in return, Lord.
0:37:08 > 0:37:10- Ah.- Not now, not coin.
0:37:11 > 0:37:14But perhaps we can continue to help each other.
0:37:15 > 0:37:17Perhaps.
0:37:17 > 0:37:20Two days south of here is Earl Ragnar,
0:37:20 > 0:37:23the man I used to serve, until he banished me.
0:37:25 > 0:37:29He has a slave - treats him well.
0:37:30 > 0:37:34This is a slave you are entitled to buy back, if you wish to.
0:37:36 > 0:37:38"Buy back"?
0:37:38 > 0:37:40It's your nephew - Uhtred, Lord.
0:37:42 > 0:37:43He lives.
0:37:58 > 0:38:00What if I'm against being ransomed?
0:38:01 > 0:38:05Your family has discovered that you're still alive...
0:38:07 > 0:38:10..and they wish for you to be returned,
0:38:10 > 0:38:12but they must pay.
0:38:12 > 0:38:14- Pay Ragnar? - Ubba takes more than half.
0:38:16 > 0:38:17It's normal.
0:38:21 > 0:38:23But I have no family.
0:38:27 > 0:38:29Keep them over there, tether the horses.
0:38:34 > 0:38:36Scallion, here.
0:38:39 > 0:38:41Uhtred.
0:38:41 > 0:38:43Are they treating you well?
0:38:43 > 0:38:46- I am fed, yes. - Good, good. That's all we ask.
0:38:48 > 0:38:50And what is that around your neck, some symbol?
0:38:50 > 0:38:53Oh, this? They make me wear it.
0:38:53 > 0:38:54May I see it?
0:39:01 > 0:39:03Look, I will speak plainly.
0:39:03 > 0:39:05Your uncle will kill you.
0:39:06 > 0:39:09Right? You cannot go back to Bebbanburg, you must escape.
0:39:11 > 0:39:13He wants to be the ealdorman. He wants to be the king, in fact,
0:39:13 > 0:39:16like the pathetic Egbert over there.
0:39:16 > 0:39:19A puppet king for his Danish masters. You should go to Wessex.
0:39:19 > 0:39:22King Aethelred, real King Aethelred and his brother, Prince Alfred,
0:39:22 > 0:39:25they're good men - good Christian men.
0:39:25 > 0:39:28That's enough whispering in his ear, priest.
0:39:29 > 0:39:32- Uhtred...- One more word and I'll have your ball-bag for a purse.
0:39:32 > 0:39:35(I'll meet you there.) That will not be necessary.
0:39:37 > 0:39:39What did he say?
0:39:39 > 0:39:42He... He asked if you were treating me well.
0:40:02 > 0:40:03- How much?- 300.
0:40:03 > 0:40:05That is a ridiculous amount.
0:40:05 > 0:40:07How can a boy be worth 300 pieces of silver?
0:40:07 > 0:40:10Because I say so.
0:40:10 > 0:40:13Because he is a lord and an ealdorman.
0:40:13 > 0:40:16He is a boy. I am the ealdorman of Bebbanburg.
0:40:16 > 0:40:18I carry the seal and the banner.
0:40:18 > 0:40:21That seal is my father's, which is now mine!
0:40:21 > 0:40:24You be silent. You are for sale, nothing more.
0:40:24 > 0:40:26- For ransom, Lord. - That is what I said.
0:40:26 > 0:40:30My Lords, I have given up land, horses...
0:40:30 > 0:40:33I've offered a generous supply of food, as well as my sword.
0:40:33 > 0:40:37All I ask in return is a fair price for my only nephew.
0:40:37 > 0:40:39What would you say is a fair price?
0:40:39 > 0:40:43- I will offer 100 pieces of silver. - 200.
0:40:43 > 0:40:46My allegiance and 100 pieces is surely a fair price.
0:40:47 > 0:40:49It is not.
0:40:51 > 0:40:54I will give 120 pieces of silver for the boy.
0:40:54 > 0:40:56- RAVN CHUCKLES - Not enough!
0:40:59 > 0:41:02Very well. 200 pieces.
0:41:04 > 0:41:05I agree to your terms.
0:41:08 > 0:41:10EARL RAGNAR WHISPERS
0:41:15 > 0:41:18- The boy is sold to Earl Ragnar. - What?
0:41:18 > 0:41:19Ransomed, Lord!
0:41:19 > 0:41:22That's what I said. The matter is closed.
0:41:22 > 0:41:26My Lords, I have come a long way. I have offered my allegiance...
0:41:26 > 0:41:28Which is why you are allowed to breathe.
0:41:31 > 0:41:33If you have an argument, it's with me now.
0:41:42 > 0:41:45If business is done, we have ale to drink.
0:41:45 > 0:41:49- And King Egbert needs to shit! - UBBA LAUGHS
0:41:58 > 0:42:00Am I not for ransom anymore?
0:42:00 > 0:42:03You heard Ubba, I bought you.
0:42:04 > 0:42:07I thought I might sacrifice you to Odin.
0:42:09 > 0:42:11- You bought me for how much? - Too much.
0:42:11 > 0:42:13How much is too much?
0:42:13 > 0:42:15My sword's weight in silver.
0:42:16 > 0:42:20I agree, I may have been robbed, but we like you, boy.
0:42:20 > 0:42:22We're going to keep you.
0:42:23 > 0:42:25Does this mean I'm a Dane?
0:42:25 > 0:42:27It means is that you are Uhtred Ragnarson.
0:42:27 > 0:42:30You are a son to me now. UHTRED YELPS
0:42:59 > 0:43:01Brida, not that way! Take the goat out the side.
0:43:01 > 0:43:03Next time, I promise!
0:43:03 > 0:43:07- Mother, look. - It's beautiful, it really is.
0:43:07 > 0:43:10I can't believe I'm losing you already.
0:43:10 > 0:43:12I will be living across the field.
0:43:12 > 0:43:13And if he doesn't treat you well,
0:43:13 > 0:43:16you just come marching right back across that field.
0:43:30 > 0:43:32Oh, look at this place!
0:43:33 > 0:43:37Uhtred, do you like my wedding necklace?
0:43:38 > 0:43:40I do. Very pretty.
0:43:40 > 0:43:43He doesn't know anything about necklaces.
0:43:45 > 0:43:46You might as well ask me.
0:43:46 > 0:43:49Uhtred, with me. You can help me slaughter the goats.
0:43:49 > 0:43:51I've only just washed.
0:43:51 > 0:43:53Ha! The goats will be pleased.
0:43:58 > 0:44:00Later, you can sweep the floor.
0:44:00 > 0:44:02LAUGHTER
0:44:04 > 0:44:05Move over!
0:44:08 > 0:44:10This is an excuse to talk, that's all.
0:44:12 > 0:44:15With Thyra to be married, maybe it's time you got together with Brida.
0:44:15 > 0:44:19There are men, good men, asking about her.
0:44:19 > 0:44:23So, you have to decide what you are to her - what you are to each other.
0:44:23 > 0:44:25Brida has her own mind.
0:44:25 > 0:44:27She has, but I see the way she looks at you.
0:44:29 > 0:44:32She's watching the charcoal tonight in the woods.
0:44:33 > 0:44:36Take my horse and join her.
0:44:36 > 0:44:38The earth will be warm... UHTRED LAUGHS
0:44:40 > 0:44:41Why not?
0:44:43 > 0:44:47I just thought, in order to be a real Dane, I had to marry a Dane.
0:44:50 > 0:44:51Come on.
0:44:52 > 0:44:55I love you, like I love young Ragnar.
0:45:10 > 0:45:12SHOUTING AND CHEERING WITHIN
0:45:28 > 0:45:29What are you doing here?
0:46:11 > 0:46:13THEY LAUGH
0:46:23 > 0:46:26Do you ever think of your English life?
0:46:30 > 0:46:32Who you were, before we came to Ragnar?
0:46:35 > 0:46:36No.
0:46:38 > 0:46:39Do you?
0:46:44 > 0:46:46- I think of who I...- Shh! - WHISPERED VOICES
0:46:49 > 0:46:51- (Voices.) - WHISPERED VOICES CONTINUE
0:46:53 > 0:46:54Men, below.
0:47:10 > 0:47:12Danes. Who are they?
0:47:14 > 0:47:16That's Kjartan.
0:47:17 > 0:47:18Remember him?
0:47:20 > 0:47:21And that must be Sven.
0:47:22 > 0:47:24This is wrong. We need to tell Ragnar.
0:47:24 > 0:47:26They are between us and the hall.
0:47:26 > 0:47:29Then we go up and around - we leave the horses and run.
0:47:36 > 0:47:38In front of the door. That's it!
0:47:48 > 0:47:50DOG BARKS
0:47:58 > 0:48:00Ragnar, smoke!
0:48:02 > 0:48:05Fire! Thyra, wake up! Sigrid, wake up!
0:48:05 > 0:48:07SCREAMS Fire!
0:48:15 > 0:48:18Come on, come on!
0:48:18 > 0:48:21This way, Ravn. Come, come quickly.
0:48:26 > 0:48:28- The door is blocked!- So is this one!
0:48:32 > 0:48:34Be ready.
0:48:36 > 0:48:40This one's open, this one's open. Come on, follow me, this way.
0:48:41 > 0:48:43Take the children!
0:48:43 > 0:48:47SCREAMS AND SHRIEKS
0:48:53 > 0:48:55Archers!
0:48:55 > 0:48:56Don't go up there - wait for me!
0:48:56 > 0:48:58Come, come.
0:49:00 > 0:49:02Ragnar!
0:49:02 > 0:49:05Close the doors. We have Thyra, let the rest burn.
0:50:03 > 0:50:07Take her with you to Valhalla.
0:50:07 > 0:50:08- Yes.- I will meet you there.
0:50:24 > 0:50:27RAGNAR BELLOWS
0:51:05 > 0:51:07Find the Silver!
0:51:07 > 0:51:08Now!
0:51:21 > 0:51:23They're searching for Ragnar's wealth.
0:51:25 > 0:51:26They'll never find it.
0:51:26 > 0:51:30Search in the back! Come on, we're leaving soon.
0:51:33 > 0:51:37You thought I'd let you marry someone else?
0:51:41 > 0:51:46But..do you know what I will do with this body...
0:51:48 > 0:51:50..this mouth?
0:51:56 > 0:52:01I will do all I have dreamt of...and more...
0:52:02 > 0:52:04..and who will call a halt?
0:52:07 > 0:52:09Earl Ragnar the Fearless is gone...
0:52:11 > 0:52:13..and with him Uhtred...
0:52:15 > 0:52:17..his Saxon pet...
0:52:18 > 0:52:20..a pile of ashes.
0:52:29 > 0:52:30Anything.
0:52:40 > 0:52:41(Get down!)
0:52:41 > 0:52:44Look at that man, the Saxon.
0:52:44 > 0:52:46His name is Scallion. He works for my uncle.
0:52:46 > 0:52:48He'll tell him that I'm dead.
0:52:48 > 0:52:50Let him do it.
0:52:50 > 0:52:51I see him with Kjartan.
0:52:51 > 0:52:54- Burn it to the ground!- He and your Uncle, maybe they're in it together.
0:52:54 > 0:52:58- What makes them believe that they can do this without punishment?- Shh!
0:52:58 > 0:53:01They will be punished, but not by you.
0:53:01 > 0:53:04Uhtred, listen to me. We serve Ragnar best alive.
0:53:04 > 0:53:05We tell the story.
0:53:07 > 0:53:09- I need to kill someone...- No.
0:53:09 > 0:53:11..and I choose him.
0:53:14 > 0:53:16Uhtred, no!
0:53:16 > 0:53:19Come on!
0:53:19 > 0:53:22- The barn's over there! - Check everybody's pockets.
0:53:34 > 0:53:37The main thing is to keep the horses together, here.
0:53:38 > 0:53:41Don't leave any weapons behind.
0:53:41 > 0:53:43We'll look in the back.
0:53:43 > 0:53:46Don't leave anything in there, just bring it all out.
0:54:14 > 0:54:15Over here!
0:54:16 > 0:54:18Right, come on.
0:54:27 > 0:54:30You know who I am? It's me you're looking for.
0:54:30 > 0:54:33- It's me you're looking for. - SCALLION CHOKES
0:54:33 > 0:54:35You remember me? You remember me?
0:54:35 > 0:54:38SCALLION GURGLES THUD
0:54:41 > 0:54:43UHTRED PANTS
0:54:57 > 0:55:00There's no more. We're going.
0:55:00 > 0:55:02- Come on!- Bring the horses.
0:55:20 > 0:55:22UHTRED SOBS
0:56:10 > 0:56:12By right, it belongs to Young Ragnar.
0:56:13 > 0:56:17Yes, but we spend what we need to spend. We stay alive.
0:56:17 > 0:56:19We tell the story and then what?
0:56:23 > 0:56:25We find a new lord to serve.
0:56:31 > 0:56:32I will not stand by
0:56:32 > 0:56:35and have everything that's mine taken from me.
0:56:37 > 0:56:39I'm going back.
0:56:39 > 0:56:40Where?
0:56:43 > 0:56:44To the beginning.
0:57:31 > 0:57:34HORN BLOWS
0:57:47 > 0:57:50- Is it Scallion? - No, my Lord. He looks like a Dane.
0:57:50 > 0:57:51Could be one of Kjartan's men.
0:58:15 > 0:58:18I am Uhtred of Bebbanburg and I shall take what is mine!
0:58:20 > 0:58:22Bebbanburg is mine!
0:58:24 > 0:58:25Horses!