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0:00:07 > 0:00:09UHTRED: 'I was born an Ealdorman of England,
0:00:09 > 0:00:11'true heir to the Northumbrian lands of Bebbanburg.'
0:00:11 > 0:00:13- You have the amber?- Yes, Father.
0:00:13 > 0:00:16Our ancestors took this land and you will DIE for it if needed.
0:00:16 > 0:00:19'I was 12 years old when I first went to war.'
0:00:19 > 0:00:21Kill them all!
0:00:21 > 0:00:23'I saw my father killed.
0:00:23 > 0:00:27'My uncle took my lands and pledged his allegiance to the Danes.'
0:00:27 > 0:00:31My advice for you is to never cross Ubba,
0:00:31 > 0:00:33and never, never fight him.
0:00:33 > 0:00:37'Stolen by the invaders along with a Saxon girl, Brida,
0:00:37 > 0:00:41'I became first a slave and then a son to Earl Ragnar.
0:00:41 > 0:00:43'That was my family, my life.
0:00:43 > 0:00:47'Young Ragnar, my brother, and Brida, my lover.
0:00:47 > 0:00:49'Fate had made me a Dane,
0:00:49 > 0:00:52'and then fate brought betrayal.'
0:00:52 > 0:00:53HE ROARS
0:00:56 > 0:00:59I will not stand by and have everything that's mine taken from me.
0:01:00 > 0:01:02Bebbanburg's mine!
0:01:02 > 0:01:04'Destiny is all.'
0:01:04 > 0:01:06Horses!
0:01:56 > 0:01:57Head for the woods!
0:02:10 > 0:02:11MEN SHOUT
0:02:14 > 0:02:18Go right. There's a gully over that ridge.
0:02:38 > 0:02:41Hoof marks. There must be hoof marks.
0:02:41 > 0:02:44There must be hoof marks somewhere!
0:02:44 > 0:02:45HE PANTS
0:02:45 > 0:02:48Fetch more men. I want him found.
0:02:48 > 0:02:50We'll go as far as Mercia if need be,
0:02:50 > 0:02:53but I want him found...and I want him dead.
0:02:55 > 0:02:56He looked like my father.
0:02:56 > 0:02:59And now he knows you are alive, he'll keep looking for you?
0:02:59 > 0:03:03Let him. I'm going to kill him and take back what's mine.
0:03:03 > 0:03:07He has an army. He's the choice of the Danes. All you have is me.
0:03:07 > 0:03:09No, we have Ubba.
0:03:09 > 0:03:12We go to him with our story.
0:03:12 > 0:03:16And with his army, we avenge Ragnar's death and we take back Bebbanburg.
0:03:16 > 0:03:18It's that simple?
0:03:18 > 0:03:20Yes.
0:03:20 > 0:03:22HE PANTS
0:03:22 > 0:03:24Yes. HE CLICKS HIS TONGUE
0:03:43 > 0:03:45BIRDSONG
0:03:45 > 0:03:47Brida.
0:03:49 > 0:03:53Brida...sing me a song.
0:03:53 > 0:03:55I won't, I'm not your skald.
0:03:55 > 0:03:58True, and what's more, you'd frighten the birds.
0:03:58 > 0:04:02- What?- There's a taste in the air.
0:04:05 > 0:04:07Death.
0:04:25 > 0:04:27CROW CAWS
0:04:33 > 0:04:35CROW CAWS
0:04:58 > 0:05:00HE PANTS
0:05:04 > 0:05:06HE PANTS
0:05:20 > 0:05:22ARROW WHISTLES
0:05:22 > 0:05:24HE GROANS
0:05:31 > 0:05:33MAN GROANS
0:05:35 > 0:05:37MAN GROANS SOFTLY
0:05:42 > 0:05:44Who did this?
0:05:44 > 0:05:46- Who sacked the village? - I cannot move.
0:05:46 > 0:05:48Your back is broken.
0:05:48 > 0:05:50MAN GROANS
0:05:50 > 0:05:54- Who did it?- You know who did this.
0:05:54 > 0:05:56- Danes did this.- Why?
0:05:56 > 0:05:58I don't believe you.
0:05:58 > 0:06:00Why should the Danes attack a village that feeds them?
0:06:00 > 0:06:02Revenge.
0:06:02 > 0:06:05But since when have Danes needed an excuse to kill?
0:06:05 > 0:06:08Revenge? Revenge for what?
0:06:09 > 0:06:12- Huh? - MAN GROANS
0:06:12 > 0:06:14Revenge for what? And I'll end it.
0:06:14 > 0:06:16An uprising north of here.
0:06:18 > 0:06:21A Saxon slave, he killed his master at a wedding party.
0:06:21 > 0:06:23MAN GROANS
0:06:26 > 0:06:28What was the name of the slave?
0:06:29 > 0:06:32- Huh?- You speak English well for a Dane.
0:06:32 > 0:06:34- Argh!- His name?
0:06:34 > 0:06:37MAN GROANS
0:06:37 > 0:06:39Uhtred.
0:06:45 > 0:06:46End it!
0:06:48 > 0:06:51- End... - MAN GROANS
0:06:53 > 0:06:55SLICING, WET SQUELCH, MAN GROANS
0:07:01 > 0:07:03- Say it.- Say what?
0:07:04 > 0:07:07- What you are thinking? - I'm thinking that you have a turd
0:07:07 > 0:07:08where there's supposed to be a mind.
0:07:08 > 0:07:10HE LAUGHS Thank you.
0:07:10 > 0:07:13We should never have gone to Bebbanburg.
0:07:13 > 0:07:16We should have let them believe that you were dead.
0:07:20 > 0:07:22No, you're wrong.
0:07:22 > 0:07:25I want them to know that I'm alive.
0:07:25 > 0:07:28I need them to know that I'm alive because they hold what's mine.
0:07:30 > 0:07:33- I feel better for it.- Yeah?
0:07:33 > 0:07:35So, does a dog pissing on a tree.
0:07:36 > 0:07:38You wish me to bark?
0:07:38 > 0:07:41What we needed to do was to ride south to the Chieftain Ubba
0:07:41 > 0:07:45- and tell the story of Ragnar's death.- We'll do it now.
0:07:45 > 0:07:49Now, there is a second story about some slave who killed his master.
0:07:49 > 0:07:51Ubba knows that Ragnar was my father.
0:07:51 > 0:07:54He knows nothing! I doubt he'll even remember you!
0:07:54 > 0:07:58He will believe the story that he hears first and he will kill you.
0:08:00 > 0:08:03If you could write, then you could write to him.
0:08:07 > 0:08:09- If he could read. - SHE LAUGHS
0:08:13 > 0:08:15You've left us no choice,
0:08:15 > 0:08:18we must find Ubba and hope he believes you.
0:08:20 > 0:08:22BELL CHIMES
0:08:27 > 0:08:28BELL TOLLS
0:08:28 > 0:08:30HUBBUB
0:08:44 > 0:08:46Thank you.
0:08:50 > 0:08:53- Father Beocca.- Father.
0:08:53 > 0:08:55Segwall.
0:08:56 > 0:08:58I'll see you in the King's hall.
0:09:17 > 0:09:19My lord?
0:09:21 > 0:09:24My Lord Alfred, it is I, Father Beocca.
0:09:24 > 0:09:27My lord, the King has called council.
0:09:28 > 0:09:30Do not look at me, Father.
0:09:30 > 0:09:34I am a sinner. I'm a grievous sinner.
0:09:34 > 0:09:36We are all sinners, my lord.
0:09:36 > 0:09:38And I am married. I should never have married.
0:09:38 > 0:09:41He sends temptation to test us.
0:09:41 > 0:09:44And when we fail, he sends the Danes to punish us for that failure.
0:09:44 > 0:09:47I should never have married. I should have joined the Church.
0:09:47 > 0:09:49I should've gone to a monastery.
0:09:49 > 0:09:52And God would have found a great servant in you,
0:09:52 > 0:09:54but I feel he has other plans.
0:09:54 > 0:09:55If your brother were to die,
0:09:55 > 0:09:57it would be to you the people would turn.
0:09:57 > 0:10:00Oh, pray God he does not die.
0:10:00 > 0:10:03What kind of a king would I be?
0:10:03 > 0:10:06You will be God's King, my lord.
0:10:06 > 0:10:09You have been blessed and chosen by the Holy Father in Rome,
0:10:09 > 0:10:11you will be God's King.
0:10:13 > 0:10:16- I have seen the girl who torments you. She is...- She must be banished.
0:10:16 > 0:10:19- No, I believe the opposite, she must be brought into your service.- No.
0:10:19 > 0:10:21- No, I could not. - You will resist her,
0:10:21 > 0:10:24you will let Him see your strength.
0:10:24 > 0:10:26You will thank Him for tempting you
0:10:26 > 0:10:29and then praise Him for resisting the temptation.
0:10:34 > 0:10:36Notwithstanding...
0:10:38 > 0:10:42- I have news you may wish to take to council.- What news?
0:10:42 > 0:10:45Of an English uprising, lord, in the north.
0:10:45 > 0:10:48It was defeated, but the nobleman responsible
0:10:48 > 0:10:51was Uhtred of Bebbanburg. I know him.
0:10:51 > 0:10:55He was taken by the Danes as a child, a God-fearing child,
0:10:55 > 0:10:58- clearly his heart remains English. - He lives?
0:10:58 > 0:11:01I believe so.
0:11:01 > 0:11:02He's a warrior, lord,
0:11:02 > 0:11:05they say he killed his Danish master and 40 men.
0:11:05 > 0:11:08He knows there ways, he speaks their language.
0:11:08 > 0:11:09He would be useful, would he not?
0:11:09 > 0:11:12- You could mention him in council. - Why would he kill his master?
0:11:12 > 0:11:16- For blood? For money? For pleasure? - For England, lord.
0:11:16 > 0:11:18Yes, but how do we know?
0:11:18 > 0:11:22He may well be just one more pagan with a busy sword.
0:11:22 > 0:11:25- Ah, but I know him, lord.- No, Father Beocca, you knew him once,
0:11:25 > 0:11:28you knew him as a child.
0:11:28 > 0:11:32- I could send word out into the country.- Father, he's a ghost,
0:11:32 > 0:11:35he's a pagan rumour. Should he become flesh and blood,
0:11:35 > 0:11:37then he may merit a mention.
0:11:37 > 0:11:38However, my faith...
0:11:38 > 0:11:41I reserve for God alone.
0:11:44 > 0:11:48Now, about this girl. You may be...right about her.
0:11:48 > 0:11:52Bring her into my personal service...and...pray for me.
0:11:54 > 0:11:55As always, my lord.
0:11:59 > 0:12:01MEN CHATTER
0:12:04 > 0:12:07Alfred.
0:12:07 > 0:12:11King Edmund of East Anglia writes a plea to Wessex for an army.
0:12:11 > 0:12:14An attack by the Danish Chieftain, Earl Ubba, is inevitable.
0:12:14 > 0:12:15This was two days ago.
0:12:15 > 0:12:19A long march to fight the Danes at a place of their choosing
0:12:19 > 0:12:21is not a strategy worth considering.
0:12:21 > 0:12:24- To say the least, my lord.- I'm of a mind to decline.- And rightly.
0:12:24 > 0:12:26Ubba...he is the Dane
0:12:26 > 0:12:29- whom King Edmund has fed and watered in the past?- He is.
0:12:29 > 0:12:33Perhaps in the hope that he would simply pass through East Anglia
0:12:33 > 0:12:34on his way to invading Wessex.
0:12:34 > 0:12:37It is my opinion that Edmund deserves nothing but silence.
0:12:37 > 0:12:39Too harsh, young Odda.
0:12:39 > 0:12:41I believe it was Edmund's hope to convert the Danes
0:12:41 > 0:12:44from pagan to Christian, beginning with charity.
0:12:44 > 0:12:46For that he deserves praise, surely.
0:12:46 > 0:12:48You are true, my lord, if indeed that was his hope.
0:12:48 > 0:12:49Edmund is a godly man,
0:12:49 > 0:12:52we have no reason to mistake his actions for cowardice.
0:12:52 > 0:12:54Regardless of Edmund's intentions,
0:12:54 > 0:12:57barring a miracle, East Anglia will soon fall to the Danes.
0:12:57 > 0:13:00And he shall have all our prayers for such a miracle, my lord.
0:13:00 > 0:13:03- He will need them.- He will not, however, have one man of Wessex.
0:13:03 > 0:13:05- On that we are agreed? - Yes, lord.- Aye.- Hmm.
0:13:05 > 0:13:07MURMURS OF AGREEMENT
0:13:07 > 0:13:09Then we must therefore recognise that we now stand alone...
0:13:11 > 0:13:13..the last kingdom of England.
0:13:13 > 0:13:15It will soon be the men of Wessex
0:13:15 > 0:13:18staring across a field at the pagan army. We must be ready.
0:13:18 > 0:13:20We must pray, we must prepare.
0:13:20 > 0:13:24Odda, I require that Mercia, Lundene and East Anglia be watched carefully,
0:13:24 > 0:13:27- forward knowledge is everything. - It is done, my lord.
0:13:27 > 0:13:29And scribe, I require the forges of every town and village
0:13:29 > 0:13:31to be burning, night and day.
0:13:31 > 0:13:34- We shall need all the iron those fires can proffer.- Yes, my lord.
0:13:35 > 0:13:36Most of all I require men.
0:13:38 > 0:13:42Strong, fighting men who are prepared to die,
0:13:42 > 0:13:45because that, in the end, is what it will take to save us.
0:13:48 > 0:13:50The blood of men.
0:13:54 > 0:13:56Ravn used to say, "Never fight Ubba".
0:13:59 > 0:14:02Looks like East Anglia's just made that mistake.
0:14:06 > 0:14:08We should stay away for now...
0:14:08 > 0:14:10build our own fire.
0:14:12 > 0:14:16Ubba is unpredictable, he takes his orders from the gods.
0:14:16 > 0:14:21I know he only listens to a sorcerer, and he's half mad.
0:14:21 > 0:14:23How will you approach him?
0:14:23 > 0:14:25As a man.
0:14:27 > 0:14:29It has to be done.
0:14:29 > 0:14:32Yes, it has to be done,
0:14:32 > 0:14:34but we need to guard your life.
0:14:35 > 0:14:38- How?- I don't know.
0:14:45 > 0:14:46We should hump tonight.
0:14:50 > 0:14:52We should, it's written.
0:14:52 > 0:14:54That we should hump?
0:14:55 > 0:14:58Our destiny is to hump...
0:14:58 > 0:15:01tonight. SHE LAUGHS
0:15:02 > 0:15:04SHE SIGHS
0:15:13 > 0:15:15I'm enjoying the thought of it.
0:15:15 > 0:15:18- That's all you'll enjoy tonight. - HE LAUGHS
0:15:21 > 0:15:23SHE GASPS
0:15:23 > 0:15:26GASPING INTENSIFIES
0:15:26 > 0:15:27Stop! Stop! Stop! Stop!
0:15:27 > 0:15:31- What? What is it? - I...I think I have it.
0:15:31 > 0:15:33SHE PANTS
0:15:33 > 0:15:36We take a hostage, a shield,
0:15:36 > 0:15:38a guarantee for your life.
0:15:38 > 0:15:42- Who?- I don't know... - SHE PANTS
0:15:42 > 0:15:45..someone he can't do without?
0:15:45 > 0:15:48- Storri...his sorcerer! - SHE PANTS
0:16:01 > 0:16:03Who is the woman?
0:16:04 > 0:16:06Why's she not on her back?
0:16:06 > 0:16:09Not that it's your concern, but she's for Storri.
0:16:09 > 0:16:12A Saxon whore from Ubba.
0:16:12 > 0:16:13I've seen you before.
0:16:15 > 0:16:17I...served Earl Ragnar and now I serve Ubba.
0:16:17 > 0:16:19- WOMAN SOBS MAN:- Quiet, woman!
0:16:19 > 0:16:22You'll see me again I'm sure, boy.
0:16:22 > 0:16:23UHTRED LAUGHS
0:16:23 > 0:16:25I'm told Storri's at the church?
0:16:25 > 0:16:28He's up at the monastery looking after King Edmund
0:16:28 > 0:16:31and killing his priests.
0:16:31 > 0:16:32MAN COUGHS
0:16:43 > 0:16:45MAN GROANS
0:16:52 > 0:16:54HE SIGHS
0:16:57 > 0:17:00Hello?
0:17:00 > 0:17:03Leave or it will be the death of you.
0:17:03 > 0:17:05This church is mine by order of Ubba.
0:17:05 > 0:17:09- Master Storri, I have a gift for you.- Really?- She's from Earl Ubba.
0:17:09 > 0:17:12A woman?
0:17:12 > 0:17:13Why would Ubba send me a woman?
0:17:13 > 0:17:15- I have no need for a woman. - She's a sorceress.
0:17:15 > 0:17:18He wishes her dead, but is afraid of a curse.
0:17:18 > 0:17:20Saggy tits, stinking breath,
0:17:20 > 0:17:22but...you'll be rewarded,
0:17:22 > 0:17:25her head's weight in silver.
0:17:25 > 0:17:26A sorceress?
0:17:28 > 0:17:31She has the face of a she-wolf.
0:17:31 > 0:17:34- Does she bite?- Yes, she bites. BRIDA MOANS
0:17:34 > 0:17:36Leave her with me.
0:17:36 > 0:17:39I will do as Ubba asks and she will die...slowly.
0:17:39 > 0:17:40Argh!
0:17:42 > 0:17:44You belong to me now, old man.
0:17:44 > 0:17:48And you will die slowly unless you do as I say.
0:17:48 > 0:17:50On your feet!
0:17:50 > 0:17:53We're going for a walk and you will keep your mouth shut!
0:17:57 > 0:17:59- This is so foolish.- Shh!
0:17:59 > 0:18:01Ubba will come look for me...
0:18:02 > 0:18:04- ..and he will be here soon. - I said, be quiet.
0:18:04 > 0:18:06Then I'll wait for him here.
0:18:06 > 0:18:08I'll wait for Ubba here.
0:18:10 > 0:18:12That means it's just you and me.
0:18:23 > 0:18:27HORSES NEIGH
0:18:28 > 0:18:30Where is Storri? He's supposed to be here.
0:18:33 > 0:18:36Edmund?
0:18:36 > 0:18:37Edmund...
0:18:39 > 0:18:40Edmund!
0:18:40 > 0:18:42Edmun...
0:18:42 > 0:18:46- HE LAUGHS - Can we have some ale?
0:18:46 > 0:18:49Miserable King Edmund of East Anglia.
0:18:49 > 0:18:52You have had a night to consider my offer.
0:18:52 > 0:18:54How do you answer?
0:18:56 > 0:18:58Are you dead or breathing still?
0:18:58 > 0:19:02With luck, he's dead. We allow far too many of them to live, as it is.
0:19:02 > 0:19:04- You allow nothing!- He lives.
0:19:04 > 0:19:06It's God who decides who lives.
0:19:06 > 0:19:09I would say your god has left you hanging, sir.
0:19:09 > 0:19:13If he has done so, it's because it is his will.
0:19:14 > 0:19:17Take him down... and do not to let him fall.
0:19:17 > 0:19:19And ale, and for Earl Guthrum.
0:19:19 > 0:19:22I don't understand, we do this all the time.
0:19:22 > 0:19:23We allow half of them to live.
0:19:23 > 0:19:25I say we kill them all, all but the young women.
0:19:25 > 0:19:27And who should work the fields?
0:19:27 > 0:19:29The old women, the pregnant women.
0:19:30 > 0:19:32Put him there...
0:19:32 > 0:19:35- and give the man some ale. - Earl Ubba!
0:19:37 > 0:19:38If I may speak freely.
0:19:38 > 0:19:40I know you.
0:19:40 > 0:19:42I am Uhtred Ragnarson.
0:19:42 > 0:19:44I am here with the truth of how my father died.
0:19:44 > 0:19:47Yes, you are Ragnar's slave and you killed him!
0:19:47 > 0:19:50I don't know what stories you've heard,
0:19:50 > 0:19:52but Earl Ragnar was killed by his own, by Danes.
0:19:52 > 0:19:56His former ship's master Kjartan and his half-blind son, Sven,
0:19:56 > 0:19:58they led the attack on a sleeping wedding party.
0:19:58 > 0:20:00Can't you see that we are entertaining a king?
0:20:00 > 0:20:03Lord Ubba, I am telling you that Earl Ragnar was killed by Danes!
0:20:03 > 0:20:05You be quiet, boy!
0:20:05 > 0:20:07- And you will wait!- Kill him.
0:20:07 > 0:20:08Not another word!
0:20:08 > 0:20:10Bar the doors, he does not leave.
0:20:10 > 0:20:12Guthrum is right, we are entertaining a king,
0:20:12 > 0:20:14so no more interruptions.
0:20:14 > 0:20:18I just have to know - who is that? Hm?
0:20:20 > 0:20:23- His eyes are watching me.- And me.
0:20:23 > 0:20:26Who...who's what? Who?
0:20:26 > 0:20:28The other half-naked image there.
0:20:30 > 0:20:31Who is it?
0:20:33 > 0:20:35That is Saint Sebastian.
0:20:35 > 0:20:37A former Roman soldier who found God.
0:20:37 > 0:20:38Found him where?
0:20:40 > 0:20:42He found him in his heart! Not...
0:20:43 > 0:20:47- Do you wish me to tell you the story?- I have time.
0:20:52 > 0:20:56The Emperor of Rome, on discovering that Sebastian had found God,
0:20:56 > 0:20:59ordered him to renounce his faith, he refused.
0:20:59 > 0:21:03So, then the Emperor ordered that he be filled full of arrows...
0:21:03 > 0:21:05and yet...he lived.
0:21:08 > 0:21:11- He lived?- Yes, he did.- Is this true? - Of course, it's true!
0:21:11 > 0:21:15God saved Saint Sebastian and God should be praised for that mercy.
0:21:15 > 0:21:17For how long did he live?
0:21:19 > 0:21:22Well, sadly he...he then ordered him to be clubbed to death.
0:21:25 > 0:21:28- So, he died...? - He went to Heaven, so he lived.
0:21:29 > 0:21:32- I heard mention of this Heaven. - What is this Heaven?
0:21:32 > 0:21:34Heaven is Valhalla, lord, to the Christians,
0:21:34 > 0:21:37but without the fighting, feasting and humping.
0:21:37 > 0:21:38Heaven is..is Heaven,
0:21:38 > 0:21:40it's not heathen.
0:21:42 > 0:21:45But to answer your very first question, I ha...
0:21:45 > 0:21:47I have considered your offer, and yes,
0:21:47 > 0:21:50I will continue to rule East Anglia as you suggest.
0:21:50 > 0:21:52I will suffer your presence,
0:21:52 > 0:21:55I will provide you with horses,
0:21:55 > 0:21:58food, coin and hostages.
0:21:58 > 0:22:00I will do all that you demand...
0:22:01 > 0:22:02But...
0:22:03 > 0:22:06..only if you, Lord Ubba,
0:22:06 > 0:22:08and all of your men,
0:22:09 > 0:22:10..submit to God.
0:22:12 > 0:22:14That is my demand.
0:22:14 > 0:22:16YOU must be baptised.
0:22:19 > 0:22:23You must stand in a barrel of water and they pour more water over you.
0:22:26 > 0:22:27They want to wash me?
0:22:27 > 0:22:30- No... - Your scent upsets them, Ubba.
0:22:30 > 0:22:32No, to cleanse you of your sins,
0:22:32 > 0:22:35there's only one God and I demand that you serve him.
0:22:35 > 0:22:37- Kill him now! - Why must I serve him?
0:22:37 > 0:22:40Because God is great! All powerful! All magnificent!
0:22:40 > 0:22:44- Have him stop his yapping and prove it!- Ah, agreed.
0:22:44 > 0:22:47- Prove to me your god is great. Prove it!- Prove?
0:22:47 > 0:22:50Prove...prove... Look, here!
0:22:50 > 0:22:52God spared Saint Sebastian.
0:22:52 > 0:22:54- But the man still died. - Because it was God's will!
0:22:54 > 0:22:56So, would your god protect you from my arrows?
0:22:56 > 0:22:58If he was all powerful, he would.
0:22:58 > 0:23:01- Yes, if it was God's will, he would, yes.- So, let us try.
0:23:04 > 0:23:07We shall shoot arrows at you and if you survive...
0:23:10 > 0:23:12..we will all be washed.
0:23:13 > 0:23:16- Including Guthrum here. - Why not?
0:23:22 > 0:23:23Very well.
0:23:28 > 0:23:30I...I will continue to be king...
0:23:32 > 0:23:35..but we will dispense with the need for the baptisms,
0:23:35 > 0:23:37the, er...the washing.
0:23:37 > 0:23:39I withdraw my request.
0:23:39 > 0:23:41But you claim your god is all powerful.
0:23:43 > 0:23:44I want it proven.
0:23:44 > 0:23:46Strip him.
0:23:48 > 0:23:49Archers!
0:23:55 > 0:23:56Wait.
0:24:02 > 0:24:04Tell me truthfully...
0:24:05 > 0:24:06..are you afraid?
0:24:08 > 0:24:09God is great!
0:24:12 > 0:24:13We will see.
0:24:19 > 0:24:20Shoot.
0:24:22 > 0:24:23- Shoot!- Ah-ah!
0:24:25 > 0:24:28They are my men and only I tell them when to shoot.
0:24:31 > 0:24:32Shoot.
0:24:37 > 0:24:41Do you now wished to be clubbed, or will the arrows be sufficient?
0:24:41 > 0:24:42HE WHIMPERS
0:24:42 > 0:24:44HE EXHALES
0:24:45 > 0:24:47You come a long way, boy,
0:24:47 > 0:24:51to tell me it was Danes and not you who killed Ragnar.
0:24:51 > 0:24:54It was Kjartan and Sven, lord, and others.
0:24:56 > 0:24:58It's the truth. Why else would I be here?
0:24:58 > 0:25:01To spy, to lie.
0:25:01 > 0:25:02No, lord.
0:25:02 > 0:25:05- HE LAUGHS - Perhaps to kill me?- No, lord.
0:25:05 > 0:25:07Have you been washed?
0:25:08 > 0:25:10Odin is my god.
0:25:10 > 0:25:11But you have been washed?
0:25:13 > 0:25:14Yes, lord.
0:25:15 > 0:25:16How did it feel...
0:25:18 > 0:25:19..the washing?
0:25:19 > 0:25:22Cold, lord, the water was cold.
0:25:22 > 0:25:23Nothing else?
0:25:23 > 0:25:26I was a child, lord. Now I am a Dane.
0:25:26 > 0:25:28Yeah, a Dane.
0:25:34 > 0:25:36So...now let us see if Odin
0:25:36 > 0:25:39will protect you from the arrows.
0:25:40 > 0:25:42I like this game.
0:25:42 > 0:25:44- Strip him. - Keep away from me!
0:25:45 > 0:25:47- Not another step! - Archers at the ready!
0:25:47 > 0:25:49- I have a hostage!- What?
0:25:49 > 0:25:51- I have Storri.- Stop!
0:25:51 > 0:25:52If I die, he dies.
0:25:52 > 0:25:55If I die, your sorcerer dies, and you're without his guidance.
0:25:55 > 0:25:57He lies, I can smell it.
0:25:57 > 0:25:58I have proof...
0:25:58 > 0:26:00his runes.
0:26:02 > 0:26:04Storri will be returned to you safely.
0:26:04 > 0:26:07Take his head from his shoulders!
0:26:07 > 0:26:08Guthrum, be quiet!
0:26:08 > 0:26:10Have them open the doors.
0:26:11 > 0:26:14I will release Storri when I am clear of this place.
0:26:14 > 0:26:17- You go nowhere! - Then he dies! Your sorcerer dies!
0:26:19 > 0:26:21Have them open the doors.
0:26:28 > 0:26:31DOOR OPENS
0:26:34 > 0:26:36One day I will kill you.
0:26:36 > 0:26:38Storri will tell you otherwise.
0:26:41 > 0:26:43And I am telling you the truth about Ragnar.
0:26:55 > 0:26:57This is what happens when we allow too many of them to live!
0:26:57 > 0:26:59HE YELLS
0:26:59 > 0:27:00WOOD SPLINTERS
0:27:00 > 0:27:02Excellent! Firewood.
0:27:07 > 0:27:09You're alive.
0:27:09 > 0:27:10That's good.
0:27:10 > 0:27:12Did he hear you?
0:27:12 > 0:27:15He did not, not a word.
0:27:15 > 0:27:17What did he say?
0:27:17 > 0:27:19- That he'll kill me.- Nothing else?
0:27:19 > 0:27:21Where's Storri?
0:27:23 > 0:27:24What did he say?
0:27:27 > 0:27:29- He's naked?- It was necessary.
0:27:29 > 0:27:31He has a branch up his arse.
0:27:31 > 0:27:34Which is why he is naked.
0:27:35 > 0:27:36Uhtred...
0:27:42 > 0:27:43Ow!
0:27:46 > 0:27:49Uhtred, he must have said something?
0:27:49 > 0:27:51He believes the lie.
0:27:51 > 0:27:54He believes that I killed Ragnar.
0:27:59 > 0:28:03STORRI GRUNTS
0:28:04 > 0:28:05There's nothing more to do.
0:28:11 > 0:28:14- We should put distance between us and this place.- And go where?
0:28:14 > 0:28:16Anywhere that's not here.
0:28:18 > 0:28:21I say we go to Young Ragnar.
0:28:21 > 0:28:22He's in Ireland.
0:28:22 > 0:28:25- Then we go to Ireland. - How? In what? We sail in what?
0:28:25 > 0:28:28- And with whom? Danes? - Then we wait for him to return.
0:28:28 > 0:28:31What if he doesn't return, what then?
0:28:34 > 0:28:36Accept it, we are lost.
0:28:37 > 0:28:40- We are alive and breathing for a reason...- Brida...
0:28:40 > 0:28:42We are no longer Danes.
0:29:24 > 0:29:25How much for your work?
0:29:26 > 0:29:28For a long sword?
0:29:28 > 0:29:31You tell me what you need and I'll tell you a price.
0:29:31 > 0:29:33A warrior sword to last a lifetime.
0:29:33 > 0:29:35And what are you?
0:29:36 > 0:29:38Saxon or Dane?
0:29:40 > 0:29:41Northumbria.
0:29:44 > 0:29:46It will take some time to make her right...
0:29:48 > 0:29:50..which means she'll be expensive.
0:29:50 > 0:29:53If she's right, I will pay in silver.
0:29:53 > 0:29:54How much?
0:29:54 > 0:29:56Ten pieces. Half now.
0:29:56 > 0:29:58Oh-ho! Six, no more.
0:29:58 > 0:30:00Eight and I'll make her my finest.
0:30:00 > 0:30:03Eight, and if she is not your finest, you will be her first.
0:30:10 > 0:30:13I want this stone set into the handle.
0:30:18 > 0:30:19That can be done.
0:30:21 > 0:30:22Don't sell it, nor lose it.
0:30:40 > 0:30:43- Ale, my lord? - You stand too close, girl.
0:30:43 > 0:30:46Just a little, to take away the taste of the gruel.
0:30:46 > 0:30:47You stand too close!
0:30:49 > 0:30:51It is broth, not gruel.
0:30:51 > 0:30:52Is it?
0:30:52 > 0:30:54Well, I think it is!
0:30:54 > 0:30:57You should be thanking God for its goodness
0:30:57 > 0:30:59and the banishment of those awful cramps.
0:30:59 > 0:31:03- I am happy to eat as you eat. - Well, you are saintly, my dear.
0:31:03 > 0:31:07Father Beocca, join us for breakfast - I dare you!
0:31:07 > 0:31:10- Alas, my lord, I've already eaten. - You're fortunate.
0:31:10 > 0:31:14Bad news, lord, er...your nephew Aethelwold.
0:31:14 > 0:31:18- Isn't it always?- He's drunk, he's sleeping in the palace gardens.
0:31:18 > 0:31:21Should I take him to the King? It's the second time this week.
0:31:21 > 0:31:24May God strike him down...painfully.
0:31:27 > 0:31:29SNORING
0:31:30 > 0:31:32Aargh!
0:31:32 > 0:31:35- What? What?- On your feet, boy.
0:31:35 > 0:31:39- Wait, wait, wait, wait! - Come on, the King wants to see you.
0:31:39 > 0:31:40Drunk!
0:31:41 > 0:31:43What again?
0:31:43 > 0:31:45Do you think this is fit?
0:31:45 > 0:31:47Out, all of you, leave us!
0:31:49 > 0:31:51Do you think this is fit?
0:31:51 > 0:31:55I have been mistreated, you...you saw this for yourself.
0:31:55 > 0:31:59I demand that this... this bear is punished.
0:31:59 > 0:32:01Aethelwold, your years do not hide the fact
0:32:01 > 0:32:03- that you are a disappointment. - May I ask why?
0:32:03 > 0:32:08That you need to ask tells your father all he needs to know.
0:32:08 > 0:32:12- What?- That you are an unsuitable heir! That is what!
0:32:15 > 0:32:16Then I will change.
0:32:17 > 0:32:22- You should!- I will.- All I ask is that you become a man, and quickly.
0:32:23 > 0:32:25Today.
0:32:26 > 0:32:28Today, I promise.
0:32:35 > 0:32:36Am I excused?
0:32:43 > 0:32:44My lords.
0:32:49 > 0:32:51I am not convinced he IS my son.
0:32:52 > 0:32:56If his mother were not already dead, I'd have her beheaded for adultery.
0:32:56 > 0:33:00HE LAUGHS
0:33:02 > 0:33:05If I'm to fall in the battles that will come...
0:33:06 > 0:33:07..he cannot be king.
0:33:09 > 0:33:11- You favour Alfred?- I do.
0:33:12 > 0:33:16Even though he is often... weak in body?
0:33:17 > 0:33:20Well, that his illness does not tie him to his bed
0:33:20 > 0:33:23shows the strength of my brother. Alfred is my heir.
0:33:23 > 0:33:24He knows it.
0:33:26 > 0:33:28And when the time comes,
0:33:28 > 0:33:30Odda, my friend,
0:33:30 > 0:33:33you must steer the Witan to make this choice.
0:33:35 > 0:33:36My lord.
0:33:42 > 0:33:43It's done.
0:33:45 > 0:33:46Should be safe for now.
0:33:46 > 0:33:48They say Danes rarely come here.
0:33:49 > 0:33:53What did Storri say to you, to make you bind his mouth and, er...?
0:33:53 > 0:33:56- He threw a curse.- Saying what?
0:33:57 > 0:34:00It's not important. I responded with the branch.
0:34:06 > 0:34:07What are you doing?
0:34:07 > 0:34:09You know what I'm doing.
0:34:09 > 0:34:13- I'm removing the last of his curse with a kiss.- I don't want to.
0:34:19 > 0:34:22If you want to go to the Danes, then go, find a new lord.
0:34:25 > 0:34:27It's me they wish to kill.
0:34:27 > 0:34:30- You sound like a child. - I'm offering you a choice.
0:34:30 > 0:34:33- You're talking through your arse. - I'm sitting on my arse.
0:34:33 > 0:34:37So, your arse is cleverer than you, it can do two things at once.
0:34:37 > 0:34:39Thank you.
0:34:39 > 0:34:41Your tongue is sharp, woman.
0:34:41 > 0:34:43HE LAUGHS
0:34:44 > 0:34:45- Show me again.- No.
0:34:48 > 0:34:49You're right.
0:34:51 > 0:34:53We can't go to young Ragnar.
0:34:56 > 0:34:59But we should wait for him to find us.
0:34:59 > 0:35:02Which he will. He will want to know the truth.
0:35:05 > 0:35:07In the time between, we stay alive.
0:35:09 > 0:35:10And we pass the time...
0:35:12 > 0:35:13Doing what?
0:35:20 > 0:35:22Aargh!
0:35:25 > 0:35:26Hey! Hey!
0:35:26 > 0:35:27Get off!
0:35:48 > 0:35:50SHE LAUGHS
0:36:44 > 0:36:48I have given her some beauty, but she is a tool, no more no less.
0:36:59 > 0:37:01She is exactly as I'd hoped.
0:37:02 > 0:37:05- We said ten?- We said eight. - She's worth ten.
0:37:08 > 0:37:09- Thank you.- Thank you.
0:37:11 > 0:37:13Lord, men have been asking of you.
0:37:13 > 0:37:14And your woman.
0:37:16 > 0:37:17Danes or Saxon?
0:37:17 > 0:37:19Take your pick - five or more.
0:37:22 > 0:37:24Make her sing!
0:37:29 > 0:37:31Brida, we should leave. There are men looking for us.
0:37:31 > 0:37:35- From Ubba?- I don't know - Saxons and Danes are looking for us,
0:37:35 > 0:37:37we seem to be collecting enemies as we go.
0:37:45 > 0:37:48Get to the horses! Go! Go! Go!
0:38:01 > 0:38:03Out the way! Out the way!
0:39:09 > 0:39:11Brida, the horses are just there.
0:39:11 > 0:39:14Wait, there's another! We have to go. Come.
0:39:17 > 0:39:20Move, move! Out of the way!
0:39:26 > 0:39:28Brida, the door!
0:39:29 > 0:39:30Wait.
0:39:33 > 0:39:35Wait...wait...
0:39:48 > 0:39:50You are right. We should leave.
0:39:52 > 0:39:56Whoever it was that sent them, Ubba or your uncle, they won't rest,
0:39:56 > 0:39:57there'll be others.
0:40:02 > 0:40:03I can't go home without help.
0:40:04 > 0:40:08Uhtred...you should forget Bebbanburg.
0:40:10 > 0:40:12No.
0:40:12 > 0:40:14No, I won't vanish.
0:40:16 > 0:40:17Nothing changes.
0:40:17 > 0:40:20Kjartan and my uncle will pay for Ragnar's death,
0:40:20 > 0:40:22and I will have those lands.
0:40:22 > 0:40:24But how? With whose help?
0:40:24 > 0:40:29- You said yourself, we only have Ubba...- The English.
0:40:30 > 0:40:32If we're dead to the Danes, we have no choice.
0:40:32 > 0:40:35There is no England! The Danes have England.
0:40:35 > 0:40:38No, there is one place, south of here, it's Wessex.
0:40:38 > 0:40:41They'll take one look at you and kill you as a Dane.
0:40:41 > 0:40:43Whereas Ubba will kill me as an Englishman.
0:40:43 > 0:40:46With King Aethelred, we have a chance of everything.
0:40:47 > 0:40:49What do you say?
0:40:50 > 0:40:52Come with me.
0:41:22 > 0:41:23Why do they stare?
0:41:25 > 0:41:26They think you're pretty.
0:41:26 > 0:41:27Huh!
0:41:27 > 0:41:30Or they've never seen a Dane so close.
0:41:31 > 0:41:33But they will.
0:41:45 > 0:41:46Come away!
0:41:47 > 0:41:51SHOUTING
0:42:03 > 0:42:06JEERING
0:42:15 > 0:42:18We have business with the king, Aethelred.
0:42:18 > 0:42:19- MAN:- Go home!
0:42:20 > 0:42:22I say we have business with the King.
0:42:23 > 0:42:25Do you not understand English?
0:42:25 > 0:42:29Is that what you're speaking, arseling? You sound like a Dane.
0:42:29 > 0:42:33Why do you dress as a warrior when you're clearly a farmer?
0:42:35 > 0:42:36Farmer, am I?
0:42:36 > 0:42:39I'd wager this farmer against you at any time.
0:42:39 > 0:42:41We are here to see the King, peaceably.
0:42:41 > 0:42:43Uhtred, what are you doing?
0:42:43 > 0:42:47- What is it, farmer, first blood... - Uhtred!- ..or to the death?
0:42:47 > 0:42:51I'll be splitting your skull, boy, so one follows the other.
0:42:51 > 0:42:53- MAN:- Come on!
0:42:54 > 0:42:56Uhtred?
0:42:59 > 0:43:00Father Beocca!
0:43:00 > 0:43:04- Ha-ha!- Oh, my goodness.
0:43:04 > 0:43:05You know this arseling, Father?
0:43:05 > 0:43:07I do. Yes, I do!
0:43:07 > 0:43:10Uhtred, you're...you're fully grown!
0:43:12 > 0:43:13And you're old!
0:43:13 > 0:43:15THEY LAUGH
0:43:15 > 0:43:16I am.
0:43:16 > 0:43:19Oh, you're a man.
0:43:19 > 0:43:22- He claims business with the King. - Yes. Yes, that's true.
0:43:22 > 0:43:25But not with the King, it must be with Alfred.
0:43:25 > 0:43:28- You vouch for him?- I vouch for him? Yes, I will vouch for him.
0:43:28 > 0:43:30God has sent you, surely.
0:43:30 > 0:43:32You're a man!
0:43:34 > 0:43:36Father, this is Brida,
0:43:36 > 0:43:38my greatest friend.
0:43:39 > 0:43:41A woman?
0:43:41 > 0:43:43- Yes.- I am.
0:43:46 > 0:43:48I have tits.
0:43:49 > 0:43:50I see.
0:43:52 > 0:43:54Have their horses fed and watered.
0:43:54 > 0:43:57And I will inform Alfred that you're here with me, both.
0:43:57 > 0:43:58We need their weapons, Father.
0:43:58 > 0:44:00Why not inform the King?
0:44:00 > 0:44:02The King is busy.
0:44:02 > 0:44:05But you will like Alfred, he is an impressive man.
0:44:07 > 0:44:08Come.
0:44:10 > 0:44:12CHURCH BELL TOLLS
0:44:15 > 0:44:16Do you like it?
0:44:18 > 0:44:19I do.
0:44:21 > 0:44:22It's beautiful.
0:44:24 > 0:44:26You could rest here, it's so quiet.
0:44:26 > 0:44:27Peaceful.
0:44:29 > 0:44:33The, er, the Romans, they built this courtyard for just that purpose -
0:44:33 > 0:44:35- tranquillity.- You're Alfred?
0:44:36 > 0:44:37I am.
0:44:38 > 0:44:41- My lord.- You are Uhtred?
0:44:41 > 0:44:44I hear word you are a considerable warrior.
0:44:44 > 0:44:47Ha-ha! Not been tested, lord, not yet...
0:44:47 > 0:44:49and I've been lucky.
0:44:49 > 0:44:51Well, luck is good.
0:44:51 > 0:44:54Or so my own warriors...say.
0:44:54 > 0:44:58Now, I haven't quite worked out the theology of luck.
0:44:59 > 0:45:02Can there be luck if God disposes?
0:45:04 > 0:45:07If your god is with you, you're a lucky man.
0:45:09 > 0:45:10Yes.
0:45:10 > 0:45:12You're right.
0:45:12 > 0:45:14Simply put, but you are right.
0:45:14 > 0:45:16With me, we shall talk inside, briefly.
0:45:30 > 0:45:33I spend much of my time in here.
0:45:34 > 0:45:36Do you read, Uhtred?
0:45:36 > 0:45:40I was schooled as a child, by Father Beocca, I was not a good student.
0:45:40 > 0:45:42There's much to know outside of letters.
0:45:42 > 0:45:44Oh, I am certain there is.
0:45:44 > 0:45:47But do not underestimate the power of the written word.
0:45:47 > 0:45:51When a man dies, if nothing is written, he is soon forgotten.
0:45:51 > 0:45:53For instance, who is remembering Earl Ragnar?
0:45:53 > 0:45:55You know of Ragnar?
0:45:56 > 0:46:00Father Beocca has talked much about you, Uhtred.
0:46:00 > 0:46:04He believed you a prisoner, a slave to Earl Ragnar.
0:46:04 > 0:46:07- Is that the case? - Ragnar was a father to me.
0:46:09 > 0:46:11I loved him.
0:46:11 > 0:46:14Yet, in Eoferwic, they are saying that you killed him.
0:46:14 > 0:46:15They lie.
0:46:19 > 0:46:22Karjartan. Karjartan - is that how you pronounce it?
0:46:22 > 0:46:24- Kjartan?- Kjartan...
0:46:24 > 0:46:27has benefitted most from Ragnar's death.
0:46:27 > 0:46:30He has taken his place and is Earl Kjartan now,
0:46:30 > 0:46:33- a great lord, with ships. - That's written down?
0:46:33 > 0:46:36Whatever I discover about my enemies is written down.
0:46:37 > 0:46:40It is in Kjartan's interest to kill you, is it not?
0:46:40 > 0:46:44He would not want Ragnar's son to hear a different tale.
0:46:44 > 0:46:47- He would not wish him to hear the truth, no.- No.
0:46:47 > 0:46:50And the Chieftain Ubba,
0:46:50 > 0:46:52although he himself has now travelled north,
0:46:52 > 0:46:53he has sent men to Mercia,
0:46:53 > 0:46:55asking of your whereabouts.
0:46:55 > 0:46:58But not your welfare, I surmise?
0:46:59 > 0:47:01How do you come by all of this?
0:47:01 > 0:47:03I have eyes and ears in each of the kingdoms.
0:47:08 > 0:47:10One day, it is my hope
0:47:10 > 0:47:14that all kingdoms will become one,
0:47:14 > 0:47:17united under one God.
0:47:18 > 0:47:19One king?
0:47:21 > 0:47:23If all men can agree, yes.
0:47:25 > 0:47:28All that remains of England is Wessex.
0:47:30 > 0:47:33The birth of an England, the idea...
0:47:35 > 0:47:36..of a single kingdom...
0:47:38 > 0:47:39..called England...
0:47:40 > 0:47:42..has to begin here.
0:47:44 > 0:47:45There is nowhere else.
0:47:45 > 0:47:48But for how long will Wessex remain?
0:47:48 > 0:47:51The fate of Wessex will be determined by Englishmen,
0:47:51 > 0:47:53all Englishmen.
0:47:53 > 0:47:57Only by joining together and saving Wessex can we HAVE England.
0:47:59 > 0:48:02Only by saving Wessex can we have a...
0:48:02 > 0:48:04a Northumbria...
0:48:04 > 0:48:05a Bebbanburg.
0:48:06 > 0:48:09And if Wessex can't be saved?
0:48:09 > 0:48:11Then we are all no more.
0:48:12 > 0:48:15CHURCH BELL RINGS
0:48:15 > 0:48:17Prayers.
0:48:18 > 0:48:21HE WINCES
0:48:24 > 0:48:25And a little discomfort.
0:48:31 > 0:48:33I will summarise.
0:48:34 > 0:48:36The Danes are gathering a great army.
0:48:36 > 0:48:38They have, in fact, gathered an army.
0:48:38 > 0:48:42- They gather where?- They have moved upriver from Lundene to Readingum.
0:48:42 > 0:48:44They are settling as we speak.
0:48:44 > 0:48:46But you said Ubba's in the north, so who leads them?
0:48:46 > 0:48:49- The Earl Guthrum leads them. - I know Guthrum.
0:48:51 > 0:48:53We will need every advantage.
0:48:54 > 0:48:57And Father Beocca considers you,
0:48:57 > 0:48:59Uhtred of Bebbanburg, to be an advantage.
0:49:01 > 0:49:05Whereas I believe you are here solely to hide, to save yourself.
0:49:09 > 0:49:12I look at you and I see a Dane.
0:49:13 > 0:49:17I see Uhtred of Nowhere, who cares for no-one, but himself.
0:49:20 > 0:49:23Now, I must go to prayers. You will join me?
0:49:25 > 0:49:29- If my lord will excuse me? - Us both.
0:49:30 > 0:49:31Of course.
0:49:31 > 0:49:33I expected as much.
0:49:35 > 0:49:36Father Beocca.
0:49:36 > 0:49:40- Lord.- Take your guests for refreshments.- I will, my lord.
0:49:40 > 0:49:43They may remain in Winchester, but I hold you responsible.
0:49:43 > 0:49:45Yes, lord.
0:49:50 > 0:49:52You should have gone along and prayed with him,
0:49:52 > 0:49:54- it would have bonded you. - He believes we are pagans.
0:49:54 > 0:49:58What Alfred believes is that the Danes have abandoned you.
0:49:58 > 0:50:00Ubba has abandoned us, there are other lords.
0:50:00 > 0:50:03Most, if not all, follow Ubba.
0:50:03 > 0:50:05So believe me, girl, you have been abandoned!
0:50:05 > 0:50:08- Yeah, you know everything about the Danes, don't you(!)- This way.
0:50:08 > 0:50:09I want to show you something.
0:50:12 > 0:50:15The Charters of Bebbanburg.
0:50:15 > 0:50:17Yeah, the land books, yeah.
0:50:17 > 0:50:19You kept them safe.
0:50:19 > 0:50:20I have shown them to Alfred,
0:50:20 > 0:50:23he knows you are the Ealdorman, by right.
0:50:27 > 0:50:30I will continue to keep them safe, but, Uhtred, you...
0:50:30 > 0:50:32you must behave like an Ealdorman.
0:50:42 > 0:50:46The Charters have no meaning - Northumbria belongs to the Danes.
0:50:46 > 0:50:49It does not belong to the Danes, it has been stolen by them.
0:50:49 > 0:50:52If you want wealth, you take it. You can't ignore what's true.
0:50:52 > 0:50:55- If the Danes are at Readingum, I'll go to Readingum.- What?
0:50:55 > 0:50:57- For what purpose?- For knowledge.
0:50:57 > 0:51:00But we have knowledge and you should stay away from Danes.
0:51:00 > 0:51:02For new knowledge.
0:51:02 > 0:51:04You know where they're settling, but you don't know why.
0:51:04 > 0:51:06We know their number and their position.
0:51:06 > 0:51:08But not their intention.
0:51:08 > 0:51:09Am I a prisoner?
0:51:11 > 0:51:12Their intention is to attack.
0:51:14 > 0:51:15When?
0:51:16 > 0:51:19- Spring. It's always spring. - I'll go to Readingum.
0:51:19 > 0:51:21- Where is it?- It's too dangerous.
0:51:21 > 0:51:25- Not for me. I'm a godless stain, remember!- Why spy for Alfred?
0:51:25 > 0:51:27Because he is an Ealdorman of England.
0:51:36 > 0:51:40- DOOR OPENS - Lord...
0:51:40 > 0:51:43Regarding the conversion of the pagans to Christianity?
0:51:43 > 0:51:46- Yes, lord? - How do we decide what is proper?
0:51:47 > 0:51:49To enlighten them or to kill them?
0:51:50 > 0:51:53Spreading God's word is, of course, our mission.
0:51:54 > 0:51:57But I fear that the pagans, the true pagans,
0:51:57 > 0:52:01must first witness and then feel his power.
0:52:09 > 0:52:11Uhtred...will return?
0:52:11 > 0:52:12Yes, he will return.
0:52:12 > 0:52:13Yes, but how will he return? As who?
0:52:13 > 0:52:16- As what? - I know this boy.
0:52:16 > 0:52:17This boy is now a man.
0:52:19 > 0:52:20I know his soul.
0:52:20 > 0:52:22Father Beocca, he has no soul.
0:52:22 > 0:52:27And you say yourself, the pagans need to feel the power of God.
0:52:27 > 0:52:30It is written now, here.
0:52:30 > 0:52:31You may leave me.
0:52:33 > 0:52:36We shall see what the days bring, my lord.
0:52:59 > 0:53:01If resting through the winter was their intention,
0:53:01 > 0:53:03they would have remained in Lundene, yes?
0:53:03 > 0:53:06It is you who is Alfred's spy.
0:53:06 > 0:53:09- The next step is to kill for him. Will you do that?- Answer me this.
0:53:09 > 0:53:12If we were to cross this river and find Guthrum, what would happen?
0:53:12 > 0:53:15He'd kill us both. We owe them nothing!
0:53:17 > 0:53:20Alfred needs to know about the Danes and I need to win his trust!
0:53:20 > 0:53:24You think he'll deliver you Bebbanburg, what if you're wrong?
0:53:42 > 0:53:44Alfred, you have called council. For what reason?
0:53:44 > 0:53:47Lord forgive me, it may well be for no good reason but we have
0:53:47 > 0:53:50a pagan in court who claims to have knowledge regarding the Dane army.
0:53:50 > 0:53:52A pagan?
0:53:52 > 0:53:55Forgive me, lord, he is Uhtred of Bebbanberg. I vouch for his word.
0:53:55 > 0:53:57Uhtred!
0:54:00 > 0:54:01Lord.
0:54:04 > 0:54:07I have been to Readingum. I have watched the Danes.
0:54:07 > 0:54:09Their intention is not to settle.
0:54:09 > 0:54:11If it were, they would have remained in Lundene.
0:54:11 > 0:54:14You are saying what, that they intend to attack?
0:54:14 > 0:54:15- I am, lord.- We already know this.
0:54:15 > 0:54:17Come spring they will be at our door.
0:54:17 > 0:54:19They will be marching within days, lord. I am sure of it.
0:54:19 > 0:54:20How can you possibly be sure of it?
0:54:20 > 0:54:23The ground is sodden all around, it makes no sense.
0:54:23 > 0:54:24They made their sacrifices.
0:54:24 > 0:54:27The ordinary warriors have caught and killed birds, jackdaws.
0:54:27 > 0:54:29This is only done in the days before battle. And they are hungry.
0:54:29 > 0:54:31Then perhaps they have eaten these jackdaws.
0:54:31 > 0:54:34They have many hundreds of men and horses and few supplies.
0:54:34 > 0:54:36They will first seize a town rich with grain and livestock.
0:54:36 > 0:54:39I don't know the country well, but I've travelled.
0:54:39 > 0:54:40I believe Abbendum is such a place.
0:54:40 > 0:54:45To defeat the Danes, you must meet them on the road to Abbendum.
0:54:45 > 0:54:49It will be within days, lord.
0:54:49 > 0:54:50You went to Readingum alone?
0:54:50 > 0:54:52With Brida.
0:54:52 > 0:54:53Why alone?
0:54:53 > 0:54:55Why not?
0:54:55 > 0:54:57Because for most of your life you have lived as a Dane.
0:54:57 > 0:55:00You look like a Dane. you can speak the language of a Dane,
0:55:00 > 0:55:03therefore, I surmise, you can set a trap like a Dane.
0:55:03 > 0:55:06Agreed, my lord, he imagines we are jackdaws.
0:55:06 > 0:55:07Where, on the road to Abbendum?
0:55:07 > 0:55:09Where would you choose to meet their army?
0:55:09 > 0:55:11I would choose the place called Asec's Hill, lord.
0:55:11 > 0:55:13You would choose or Guthrum would choose?
0:55:13 > 0:55:16I have seen it, the pass narrows, you cannot be out-flanked.
0:55:16 > 0:55:19For the Danes to fight uphill, it will be difficult,
0:55:19 > 0:55:21but they will be confident. They don't fear West Saxons.
0:55:21 > 0:55:24Why? Why do they not fear us?
0:55:24 > 0:55:27They believe you to be farmers, nothing more.
0:55:27 > 0:55:30So, even with the sun in their eyes, which is possible,
0:55:30 > 0:55:33they will climb the hill to fight and that can be to our advantage.
0:55:33 > 0:55:36"To our advantage", he says! You've been here for a matter of days
0:55:36 > 0:55:38and already you claim to be of Wessex?
0:55:38 > 0:55:41This is nonsense. This is all far too convenient, my lord.
0:55:41 > 0:55:43I, for one, can not go along with these ramblings.
0:55:43 > 0:55:46My lord, my sword was made by a Saxon smith. My sword is for Wessex.
0:55:46 > 0:55:48- Do not interrupt a noble when he's speaking!- Odda.
0:55:48 > 0:55:50I believe this man and this bag of rags that follows him
0:55:50 > 0:55:53to be impostors. No army marches as winter approaches, never.
0:55:53 > 0:55:55Young Odda, enough from you now!
0:55:56 > 0:55:58My lord.
0:56:02 > 0:56:03You.
0:56:05 > 0:56:08You have spoken and given this council much to discuss.
0:56:08 > 0:56:10My lord.
0:56:13 > 0:56:15Alfred, he's here at your invitation. What now?
0:56:16 > 0:56:19Should the Danes march, we must face them.
0:56:21 > 0:56:24And I would rather be at the top of a hill than on the flat.
0:56:26 > 0:56:28I say we march to Asec's Hill.
0:56:30 > 0:56:32But...
0:56:32 > 0:56:34take him.
0:56:34 > 0:56:37Take them both and make them secure.
0:56:37 > 0:56:39- My lord?- What is this!?
0:56:39 > 0:56:40I have spoken the truth.
0:56:40 > 0:56:42I have spoken the truth!
0:56:42 > 0:56:45- Father Beocca. - My lord, please...
0:56:45 > 0:56:48- Beocca, help me! Beocca! - Have faith!
0:57:17 > 0:57:19..reprime eorum superbiam, minue malitiam,
0:57:19 > 0:57:22dissipa illorum machinationes et astutias,
0:57:22 > 0:57:25ut nos tuis armis muniti semper servemur ab
0:57:25 > 0:57:28omnibus periculis, ad glorificandum te,
0:57:28 > 0:57:33qui es unicus victoria largitor...
0:57:33 > 0:57:34Hold!
0:57:41 > 0:57:43Left flank, hold!
0:57:43 > 0:57:44Hold!
0:57:46 > 0:57:48Archers, ready!
0:57:48 > 0:57:51MEN ROAR
0:57:51 > 0:57:55CLAMOUR
0:57:56 > 0:57:57On my command!
0:57:57 > 0:57:59For God!
0:57:59 > 0:58:00For Wessex!
0:58:00 > 0:58:02For England!
0:58:02 > 0:58:04MEN ROAR