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0:00:07 > 0:00:10My name is Uhtred, son of Uhtred. I was born a Saxon, but stolen and raised as a Dane.
0:00:10 > 0:00:12Now I find myself bound to King Alfred,
0:00:12 > 0:00:14and bound by marriage to Wessex.
0:00:14 > 0:00:17I have a Christian wife,
0:00:17 > 0:00:18whom I care for.
0:00:19 > 0:00:22And I child I have never seen.
0:00:22 > 0:00:24I have land, burdened with debt.
0:00:24 > 0:00:27It is a substantial amount, lord...
0:00:27 > 0:00:30Alfred could remove the debt, but he has chosen not to.
0:00:30 > 0:00:33And a sly servant I cannot trust.
0:00:34 > 0:00:36And, though I miss the ways of the Danes,
0:00:36 > 0:00:39and their hunger for life and for battle...
0:00:39 > 0:00:42Never cross Ubba.
0:00:42 > 0:00:44And never, never fight him.
0:00:44 > 0:00:48..fate has stirred my Saxon heart for a reason.
0:00:48 > 0:00:51Ubba and his army have returned from Ireland.
0:00:51 > 0:00:52And my fleet is where?
0:00:52 > 0:00:56They left Lundene several days ago and are nearly here, lord.
0:00:58 > 0:00:59Destiny is all.
0:01:59 > 0:02:01HORSES WHINNY
0:02:01 > 0:02:02Lord?
0:02:02 > 0:02:06Lord? When will you need assistance?
0:02:14 > 0:02:15Mildrith!
0:02:15 > 0:02:16BABY CRIES
0:02:16 > 0:02:19- Odda?- Mildrith. Thank God.
0:02:19 > 0:02:20What are you doing here?
0:02:20 > 0:02:23You must come with me. The peace is over.
0:02:23 > 0:02:25- We are under siege.- Since when?
0:02:25 > 0:02:28Gather all you need, and quickly. The Danes could be here at any time.
0:02:28 > 0:02:30- I cannot go with you. - Yes, you can, you must.
0:02:30 > 0:02:32If the peace is over, then what of Uhtred?
0:02:32 > 0:02:34Mildrith, the Danes have broken the truce.
0:02:34 > 0:02:36We have killed all the hostages given to us,
0:02:36 > 0:02:38and they will have done the same.
0:02:38 > 0:02:41If Uhtred has survived, it can only be as a traitor, a Dane!
0:02:41 > 0:02:42No!
0:02:42 > 0:02:46Regardless, it is no longer safe for you here, you must come with me.
0:02:48 > 0:02:51Mildrith! I beg you, for the sake of your child.
0:02:53 > 0:02:55Do not worry about us, lady,
0:02:55 > 0:02:58we'll get ourselves and the livestock to the hills.
0:02:58 > 0:03:01Get yourself clear of this place.
0:03:03 > 0:03:05Anything of value I will bury!
0:03:08 > 0:03:11THUNDER RUMBLES
0:03:42 > 0:03:45Don't just pull at the bugger, you'll have it torn!
0:03:45 > 0:03:46Find out what holds it!
0:03:46 > 0:03:48How much for your horse?
0:03:54 > 0:03:56He's not for sale.
0:03:57 > 0:03:59I'll give you twice its worth...
0:04:01 > 0:04:02..in silver.
0:04:09 > 0:04:11Have any washed up alive?
0:04:11 > 0:04:12Not on my beach.
0:04:12 > 0:04:15God's taken hundreds of the bastards.
0:04:15 > 0:04:18Though it's said hundreds more have landed safely,
0:04:18 > 0:04:19further up the shore.
0:04:20 > 0:04:22Friends of yours?
0:04:25 > 0:04:27You should take your families to safety.
0:04:34 > 0:04:36Ertwit?
0:04:36 > 0:04:38He has your look, definitely.
0:04:38 > 0:04:41Little Ertwit. Little Ertwit.
0:04:42 > 0:04:46Let's hope he does not develop my constitution.
0:04:48 > 0:04:49They are here.
0:04:51 > 0:04:53Shh, shh.
0:04:55 > 0:04:57Odda? Wulfhere?
0:04:57 > 0:04:58Lord.
0:04:58 > 0:05:02Difficult times, which we will face head-on.
0:05:02 > 0:05:03They never rest.
0:05:03 > 0:05:05Do we march as one, lord, or are we split?
0:05:05 > 0:05:06We are split.
0:05:06 > 0:05:09You both shall ride towards the Severn River to face Ubba.
0:05:09 > 0:05:11I shall ride south to face Guthrum.
0:05:11 > 0:05:14Should we not all be marching to the Severn, lord?
0:05:14 > 0:05:17If the first battle is won, then the Danes may not care for a second.
0:05:17 > 0:05:21Even in victory, we can never be sure of our surviving numbers.
0:05:22 > 0:05:25Some of Guthrum's ships will have made it to shore
0:05:25 > 0:05:29and I cannot let him simply walk through Wessex - he must be faced.
0:05:30 > 0:05:33Odda, should either of us have luck and defeat our enemy quickly,
0:05:33 > 0:05:35we will march to the others' aid.
0:05:35 > 0:05:36Yes, lord, of course.
0:05:36 > 0:05:38Prepare.
0:06:34 > 0:06:37GRUNTING
0:06:37 > 0:06:41By God, girl, you are a lovely field to plough.
0:06:41 > 0:06:43A lovely field to plough.
0:06:43 > 0:06:45Better than barley!
0:06:45 > 0:06:48Better than barley! Ohhhh!
0:06:48 > 0:06:51By God, girl, better than barley!
0:06:51 > 0:06:55Better than barley, yeah!
0:06:55 > 0:06:57SHE SCREAMS
0:06:57 > 0:06:59Better than barley!
0:06:59 > 0:07:01Lord! Lord!
0:07:01 > 0:07:03Forgive me, lord, it's never happened before.
0:07:03 > 0:07:06I swear it'll never happen again. It was the girl's idea.
0:07:06 > 0:07:08It was not!
0:07:08 > 0:07:09- Where's my wife?- It was not my idea!
0:07:09 > 0:07:12- Where is my wife and child? - Wait! Wait, lord!
0:07:12 > 0:07:14She's with Lord Odda, the younger.
0:07:14 > 0:07:17- Odda?- Yes, lord. He took the lady and your son.
0:07:17 > 0:07:20She went willingly, lord, to protect the child.
0:07:20 > 0:07:24- My son?- Yes, lord. You have a son. Handsome little man he is.
0:07:24 > 0:07:26Looks like his father.
0:07:27 > 0:07:29I should really take your balls for this desecration.
0:07:29 > 0:07:31Yes, lord, no, lord. Please...
0:07:31 > 0:07:35I don't care for you, your wife, your children, nor your whore.
0:07:35 > 0:07:38Lord, he made me do it, with the promise of a coin.
0:07:38 > 0:07:39It was false promise, lord.
0:07:39 > 0:07:41I have no coin.
0:07:41 > 0:07:43I will need a fresh horse, food and drink.
0:07:43 > 0:07:47Yes, lord. Your horse was returned, it's in the stable.
0:07:47 > 0:07:50My house is not your house.
0:07:50 > 0:07:51No, lord. I beg your pardon, lord.
0:07:51 > 0:07:53My land is not your land.
0:07:53 > 0:07:56Treat me as a fool again and I will kill you.
0:07:56 > 0:07:57Yes, lord.
0:07:57 > 0:07:59I'll enjoy it.
0:08:00 > 0:08:01I believe you would.
0:08:16 > 0:08:17Leave me.
0:08:27 > 0:08:28Uhtred.
0:08:31 > 0:08:33Son of Uhtred.
0:09:08 > 0:09:10We outnumber them, I feel.
0:09:11 > 0:09:14We outnumber them if you count the farm-boys and women, lord.
0:09:14 > 0:09:16You fear them, Leofric?
0:09:16 > 0:09:18I do not.
0:09:18 > 0:09:19Though some do.
0:09:19 > 0:09:21It is not about fear, it's about strategy.
0:09:21 > 0:09:24We hold the high ground, they must come to us.
0:09:24 > 0:09:26And if they decide to wait, lord?
0:09:26 > 0:09:27Why would they?
0:09:27 > 0:09:29Because we are sat isolated on this high ground.
0:09:29 > 0:09:31And supplies are low.
0:09:31 > 0:09:32They don't know that.
0:09:34 > 0:09:37We bide our time, hold our position.
0:09:38 > 0:09:40With luck, Alfred will see off Guthrum
0:09:40 > 0:09:42and provide us with reinforcements.
0:09:44 > 0:09:46For now, we stay put.
0:09:46 > 0:09:47On this hill.
0:10:11 > 0:10:12Lord?
0:10:13 > 0:10:15They are gathering, and they are watching.
0:10:15 > 0:10:17They have the higher ground.
0:10:17 > 0:10:19But I do not want to wait.
0:10:19 > 0:10:24So, when do I attack?
0:10:26 > 0:10:28I will cast the runes.
0:10:28 > 0:10:31Storri, I will need a clear answer.
0:10:33 > 0:10:34I will get one.
0:10:59 > 0:11:00I have your answer, lord.
0:11:03 > 0:11:06Look, this is us at the base of their hill,
0:11:06 > 0:11:11they sit on top, but that's not an advantage.
0:11:12 > 0:11:16This is a feather from that camp,
0:11:16 > 0:11:18bone dry and faded.
0:11:19 > 0:11:23Water runs down the hill, not up.
0:11:24 > 0:11:26You have your wish, lord.
0:11:26 > 0:11:27An early attack is good.
0:11:29 > 0:11:31They're weak.
0:11:31 > 0:11:33They will surrender or die.
0:11:35 > 0:11:38And then we move into the heart of Wessex.
0:11:39 > 0:11:40Shield wall!
0:11:46 > 0:11:47Advance!
0:11:47 > 0:11:49One!
0:11:49 > 0:11:50Two!
0:11:50 > 0:11:52- Horseman approaching!- Halt!
0:12:07 > 0:12:09Go and fetch Lord Odda...
0:12:09 > 0:12:10The Elder!
0:12:18 > 0:12:20It is Uhtred.
0:12:20 > 0:12:21How could he have lived?
0:12:21 > 0:12:23We will ask.
0:12:24 > 0:12:26Ealdorman Uhtred, we feared you'd been killed!
0:12:26 > 0:12:30That you were not is a miracle, or something less godly.
0:12:30 > 0:12:31- Where is she?- What? What?!
0:12:31 > 0:12:33- Where's my wife and child? - She's safe!
0:12:33 > 0:12:36- You brought her here?! - She is safe! Did you not hear him?!
0:12:36 > 0:12:39She is safe! I took her to safety, nothing more!
0:12:39 > 0:12:42Mildrith is with my own wife! On my land, in my house!
0:12:42 > 0:12:45Where she has lived happily in the past! Put away your dagger!
0:12:45 > 0:12:47Swear that you haven't laid a hand on her.
0:12:47 > 0:12:48- I will do no such thing!- Swear!
0:12:50 > 0:12:54Lord, you will take your blade away from my lord,
0:12:54 > 0:12:56and you will do it now.
0:12:57 > 0:12:58Arseling!
0:13:00 > 0:13:03You have my word that neither Mildrith nor your son
0:13:03 > 0:13:04have been harmed.
0:13:05 > 0:13:07I swear. Do as I ask.
0:13:15 > 0:13:17Treason, but what can we expect?
0:13:17 > 0:13:18Enough!
0:13:18 > 0:13:20This in-fighting and argument!
0:13:20 > 0:13:22Disperse! All of you!
0:13:22 > 0:13:23Now!
0:13:26 > 0:13:29Your wife remains my god-daughter.
0:13:29 > 0:13:31You should be thanking my son, not threatening him!
0:13:31 > 0:13:35Now, come to me when your thinking is clear, and you explain to me
0:13:35 > 0:13:37why you are still breathing and stupid!
0:13:42 > 0:13:45You are back from the dead and unchanged.
0:13:45 > 0:13:48All you had to do was get down from your horse and ask,
0:13:48 > 0:13:49"Have you seen my wife?"
0:13:55 > 0:13:58That would have been the better choice, yes.
0:14:00 > 0:14:03But then Young Odda wouldn't have shit himself.
0:14:03 > 0:14:04HE LAUGHS
0:14:07 > 0:14:08You've seen her?
0:14:08 > 0:14:10- She's well?- She is well.
0:14:11 > 0:14:13- The child however...- Sickly?
0:14:13 > 0:14:15- Ugly.- Like his father.
0:14:15 > 0:14:18Worse. And with the smallest of pebbles for a penis.
0:14:18 > 0:14:20Like his father.
0:14:20 > 0:14:22THEY LAUGH
0:14:22 > 0:14:25If you wish to see him for yourself, Arseling,
0:14:25 > 0:14:26I say you leave the way you came.
0:14:26 > 0:14:32I'm serious, we are stuck on this hill and here we will die.
0:14:32 > 0:14:34What does Odda say?
0:14:34 > 0:14:35Odda is a decent man.
0:14:36 > 0:14:40But, as a warrior, he has all the guile and menace of a sheep.
0:14:43 > 0:14:46We have the ground, the slope.
0:14:46 > 0:14:48I will not surrender that advantage.
0:14:48 > 0:14:51- But if food is scarce, how long can we wait?- We shall find food!
0:14:51 > 0:14:54We have food for how many days? Two, three, four?
0:14:54 > 0:14:56Enough time for Alfred to arrive.
0:14:56 > 0:14:58You yourself have reported that the storms
0:14:58 > 0:15:00took most of Guthrum's ships.
0:15:00 > 0:15:02- But not all. - But enough, perhaps.
0:15:02 > 0:15:04So we wait. Hmm?
0:15:04 > 0:15:05Agreed.
0:15:05 > 0:15:07For a time.
0:15:08 > 0:15:11We give Alfred as much time as possible.
0:15:15 > 0:15:17I will offer negotiations.
0:15:17 > 0:15:19While these negotiations are taking place,
0:15:19 > 0:15:22we will send out hunting parties - several.
0:15:24 > 0:15:26Alfred will come!
0:15:29 > 0:15:31I'll attend these negotiations with Ubba.
0:15:31 > 0:15:32You have not been invited.
0:15:38 > 0:15:39It's my right.
0:15:52 > 0:15:55If the other hostages were killed, how did he survive?
0:15:55 > 0:15:58He was taken as a child by the Danes and he survived.
0:15:58 > 0:16:00You would do well to follow him.
0:16:00 > 0:16:01Follow him?
0:16:02 > 0:16:05Or listen to what he has to say, lord, is what I meant.
0:16:24 > 0:16:30Lord Ubba, may I present the Lord Odda of Wessex.
0:16:30 > 0:16:34There never seems to be a meeting that you do not attend...
0:16:34 > 0:16:36Is there more than one of you?
0:16:36 > 0:16:39Lord Ubba, Odda's Alfred's most trusted general.
0:16:42 > 0:16:44I don't give a shit who he is -
0:16:44 > 0:16:48all he needs to do is to surrender.
0:16:48 > 0:16:50There will be no surrender.
0:16:50 > 0:16:53What WILL there be?
0:16:53 > 0:16:56There will be no surrender.
0:16:57 > 0:17:00Though, I do invite you to return to your ships.
0:17:00 > 0:17:04Guthrum may have broken the peace, but there's no need for Ubba to do likewise.
0:17:04 > 0:17:07We will not be returning to our ships.
0:17:07 > 0:17:09And I shall not be moving from this hill.
0:17:09 > 0:17:10UBBA SNORTS
0:17:10 > 0:17:11You have no business in Wessex.
0:17:11 > 0:17:13My business is to kill you.
0:17:17 > 0:17:18You may try.
0:17:18 > 0:17:19Guthrum's fleet's gone.
0:17:21 > 0:17:23Njord reached out from the deep
0:17:23 > 0:17:25and dragged Guthrum's fleet down to the seabed.
0:17:25 > 0:17:27You are lying.
0:17:27 > 0:17:30I watched the fleet die and its men go under.
0:17:30 > 0:17:32Storri, what do YOU say?
0:17:32 > 0:17:35Lord, I do not see for Guthrum, I-I see for you.
0:17:35 > 0:17:39Storri is a man who wears a stick up his arse - he didn't see that coming, either.
0:17:39 > 0:17:42No, that's, that's a lie! It's all lies. Look at his eyes!
0:17:42 > 0:17:45You are next to die, Ubba, and I know it. I cast the runes.
0:17:45 > 0:17:46That's an even bigger lie!
0:17:46 > 0:17:49Earl Ragnar the Fearless is with the Gods and they're angry at you.
0:17:49 > 0:17:51You allow his death to go unpunished.
0:17:51 > 0:17:56Avenging Earl Ragnar is not my business. That's for his son!
0:17:56 > 0:17:57You're next to die, Ubba.
0:17:57 > 0:17:59UBBA ROARS
0:17:59 > 0:18:02THEN FIGHT ME - and you'll see who is next to die!
0:18:02 > 0:18:03Fight me!
0:18:03 > 0:18:06Lord, we're negotiating...
0:18:06 > 0:18:10You will not say another word! He will not say another word!
0:18:10 > 0:18:12He will not, no. Best not.
0:18:12 > 0:18:16I will not say another word.
0:18:17 > 0:18:19Talking is over.
0:18:20 > 0:18:22You piece of weasel shit!
0:18:28 > 0:18:30Storri! Storri!
0:18:43 > 0:18:47What now, eh? Where we left standing? In shit?
0:18:47 > 0:18:50- Now, we have time.- How? If it's possible, you've made them
0:18:50 > 0:18:53- want to kill us even more! - We should attack.
0:19:47 > 0:19:48My men are good men.
0:19:52 > 0:19:55Though half of them are armed only with reaping hooks, they're here.
0:20:01 > 0:20:02Reaping hooks can kill.
0:20:06 > 0:20:08How well do you know Ubba?
0:20:09 > 0:20:11I have known Ubba since I was 11 years old.
0:20:14 > 0:20:17He is the greatest warrior I have ever seen,
0:20:17 > 0:20:20but he is cautious - he listens to the gods, always.
0:20:21 > 0:20:25I goaded him only to make him doubt.
0:20:25 > 0:20:27It will take a little while for the doubt to clear.
0:20:27 > 0:20:31You have your time, but I say again - we should attack.
0:20:31 > 0:20:33We attack, we will be outflanked.
0:20:33 > 0:20:35My men will die - all of them.
0:20:37 > 0:20:38I know each of them.
0:20:41 > 0:20:46I'd hoped this hill and Alfred might save them... Us.
0:20:47 > 0:20:52Alfred won't come, the food won't last and Ubba's mind will clear.
0:20:52 > 0:20:56It seems inevitable - they will take Wessex.
0:20:56 > 0:20:58What if we were able to outflank the Danes?
0:21:00 > 0:21:01How?
0:21:01 > 0:21:03We burn their ships.
0:21:05 > 0:21:08Even if it's just three or four, they'd running to the fire.
0:21:08 > 0:21:13- Then we attack?- They'll be disorganised - no shield wall.
0:21:13 > 0:21:15We could be killing them before they know we are there.
0:21:15 > 0:21:18Who would set the fires?
0:21:18 > 0:21:20I will...
0:21:20 > 0:21:23alone.
0:21:23 > 0:21:27But I will need your word that you will attack as soon as the fires have taken hold.
0:21:30 > 0:21:32You have it.
0:21:33 > 0:21:36If we succeed, lord, you will have saved Wessex.
0:22:09 > 0:22:13If he succeeds and fires the ships -
0:22:13 > 0:22:16it will undoubtedly cause panic amongst the Danes.
0:22:16 > 0:22:18Which is the aim.
0:22:18 > 0:22:21How best do we use that panic?
0:22:26 > 0:22:28Is an attack likely to be successful?
0:22:31 > 0:22:34Would it not be better to escape this hill?
0:22:36 > 0:22:40We could return to Winchester without the loss of a single man.
0:22:41 > 0:22:42Excepting Uhtred.
0:22:45 > 0:22:50Father, if what Uhtred says about the storm is true
0:22:50 > 0:22:53and Guthrum's fleet is all but destroyed,
0:22:53 > 0:22:55we would join forces with Alfred.
0:22:58 > 0:23:00We may well meet him on the road..
0:23:01 > 0:23:03..then we are all against Ubba.
0:23:06 > 0:23:08As a strategy it makes sense.
0:23:21 > 0:23:24I gave him my word.
0:23:24 > 0:23:26He will die...
0:23:27 > 0:23:29..and you can call him a hero.
0:23:31 > 0:23:33The others are here...
0:23:35 > 0:23:37You must decide what you will tell them.
0:23:49 > 0:23:54I have called for you to tell you to ready your men - all men.
0:23:54 > 0:23:59- Everyone. We shall be moving soon. - Moving, lord?
0:23:59 > 0:24:02Ealdorman Uhtred has volunteered himself to distract the Danes.
0:24:02 > 0:24:05- He will endeavour to set alight a number of their ships.- He has gone?
0:24:05 > 0:24:07- Yes.- Alone?
0:24:07 > 0:24:11Yes! If he should succeed in causing this distraction,
0:24:11 > 0:24:13we will move.
0:24:13 > 0:24:15In which direction, lord?
0:24:15 > 0:24:17Ready your men - tell them nothing.
0:24:17 > 0:24:21- Lord Odda, with respect, you told us nothing.- I have told you to ready your men.
0:24:21 > 0:24:24- Ready for battle? - Ready your men! Each of you.
0:24:24 > 0:24:27Go! Prepare!
0:26:59 > 0:27:01I see nothing on the river.
0:27:05 > 0:27:08- It will soon be first light. - Can you NOT speak?
0:27:14 > 0:27:16Very well.
0:27:23 > 0:27:26Ships on fire!
0:27:26 > 0:27:29SHIPS ON FIRE!
0:27:29 > 0:27:31Fetch buckets!
0:27:31 > 0:27:33Fetch buckets and barrels!
0:27:34 > 0:27:37DANES SHOUT
0:27:46 > 0:27:48PANICKED SHOUTING
0:28:15 > 0:28:19Lord Odda, we are ready - but to do what?
0:28:24 > 0:28:27He has done it!
0:28:27 > 0:28:29Look, he's fired the ships!
0:28:34 > 0:28:36We attack.
0:28:36 > 0:28:38Lord? Lord, you awake?
0:28:40 > 0:28:43- Lord!- What?- The ships have been fired!
0:28:43 > 0:28:45HE GROANS
0:28:49 > 0:28:51- It's him. I know it.- Yes.
0:28:51 > 0:28:54You saw them dying on the hill!
0:28:54 > 0:28:57- Did you not see a fire?!- I told you, I can only see what the runes allow.
0:28:57 > 0:29:00- How many ships burn?- I don't know. Many.
0:29:00 > 0:29:02They are planning something, they must be.
0:29:13 > 0:29:17Lord...there. That's him.
0:29:19 > 0:29:23YOU. Uhtred Ragnarson! You!
0:29:25 > 0:29:26Are you afraid of me?
0:29:27 > 0:29:29Man on man...
0:29:30 > 0:29:33..I will make the square...
0:29:35 > 0:29:38..WILL YOU FIGHT ME?
0:29:39 > 0:29:42Are you the son of Ragnar the Fearless...
0:29:44 > 0:29:47..or are you a coward?!
0:30:04 > 0:30:09I will fight you, Ubba, if that's what you want, but you will die.
0:30:11 > 0:30:12Fetch him a shield.
0:30:20 > 0:30:23You are half naked, lord, you might catch a chill.
0:30:23 > 0:30:25This will not take long.
0:30:35 > 0:30:37Was it you - the fires?
0:30:41 > 0:30:43Must have been the gods.
0:30:43 > 0:30:45They're angry with you.
0:30:57 > 0:30:59First blood or to the death?
0:30:59 > 0:31:02UDDA ROARS
0:31:02 > 0:31:04CROWD CHEERS
0:31:05 > 0:31:06UDDA ROARS
0:31:20 > 0:31:22UDDA ROARS
0:31:26 > 0:31:28Get up! Get up!
0:31:28 > 0:31:30CROWD JEERS
0:31:33 > 0:31:35UDDA SCREAMS
0:31:36 > 0:31:38UDDA GRUNTS
0:31:39 > 0:31:42CROWD CHEERS
0:31:42 > 0:31:44UDDA GROANS
0:31:47 > 0:31:48UDDA SHRIEKS
0:32:15 > 0:32:16UDDA YELLS
0:32:18 > 0:32:20UDDA SHRIEKS
0:32:40 > 0:32:42Go to Valhalla, lord.
0:32:43 > 0:32:45UDDA GRUNTS
0:33:18 > 0:33:20SHIELD WALL!
0:33:20 > 0:33:22SOLDIERS JEER
0:33:22 > 0:33:25NOW KILL THE BASTARDS.
0:33:25 > 0:33:27SOLDIERS CHEER
0:33:43 > 0:33:47Tie them - tie them all together.
0:33:47 > 0:33:50Form a chain, bind them tightly.
0:33:50 > 0:33:53If any object, march them into the river.
0:33:57 > 0:33:59Get this inside your belly, Arseling.
0:34:04 > 0:34:05God knows you deserve it.
0:34:15 > 0:34:18Lord Odda is hurt.
0:34:18 > 0:34:20Badly.
0:34:22 > 0:34:24He kept his word.
0:34:24 > 0:34:27He would.
0:34:27 > 0:34:29He is a good man.
0:34:29 > 0:34:31A good Ealdorman.
0:34:31 > 0:34:33I want Ubba buried with his axe.
0:34:33 > 0:34:35His axe has gone.
0:34:35 > 0:34:38Young Odda wants him cut into pieces.
0:34:38 > 0:34:41- No, that can't happen.- He would have done the same to you.- He is Ubba -
0:34:41 > 0:34:43as close as the Danes will ever come to a king.
0:34:45 > 0:34:46I'll see he's buried.
0:34:49 > 0:34:53You - you have a task ahead.
0:34:53 > 0:34:56You go directly to Alfred and you kneel at his feet
0:34:56 > 0:34:58and tell the bastard you've saved Wessex.
0:34:59 > 0:35:03- No, I'll go to Mildrith.- If you don't do it, some other bugger will
0:35:03 > 0:35:04and there will be reward.
0:35:04 > 0:35:08Men have seen it - they know what I have done - let them tell Alfred.
0:35:10 > 0:35:12I need to see my son.
0:35:13 > 0:35:14You're a turd.
0:35:16 > 0:35:17A ball bag.
0:35:18 > 0:35:20Is that the best you can do?
0:35:22 > 0:35:24Nipple?
0:35:42 > 0:35:46Lord, I want to thank you for not abandoning me.
0:35:48 > 0:35:52I know that would have been a choice,
0:35:52 > 0:35:53a reasonable choice.
0:35:58 > 0:36:01I'll go to your estate now to see Mildrith and my son.
0:36:13 > 0:36:16You served Alfred well, today.
0:36:20 > 0:36:22Thank you, lord.
0:37:01 > 0:37:02TWIG BREAKS
0:37:10 > 0:37:12Who is there?
0:37:27 > 0:37:31Forgive me, you looked too beautiful to disturb.
0:37:33 > 0:37:36You may disturb me...immediately.
0:37:53 > 0:37:56Uhtred, son of Uhtred.
0:37:57 > 0:38:00Who is the son of another Uhtred - and another.
0:38:05 > 0:38:08He has a kingdom to inherit...
0:38:09 > 0:38:11..I will see that it happens.
0:38:11 > 0:38:14Tomorrow, or the day after, we go home...
0:38:15 > 0:38:18..and then to Winchester.
0:38:18 > 0:38:20The three of us, yes.
0:38:24 > 0:38:28I'll go to Alfred and he will fall at my feet.
0:38:30 > 0:38:32- He will?- He will.
0:38:33 > 0:38:35BABY GURGLES
0:38:35 > 0:38:37THEY LAUGH
0:38:39 > 0:38:42He will free us of our debt, at the very least.
0:38:44 > 0:38:47We will build a great hall and hold a feast.
0:38:49 > 0:38:51I'd like that.
0:38:56 > 0:38:59And I'd like Uhtred to be baptised
0:38:59 > 0:39:02in Winchester.
0:39:02 > 0:39:06Father Beocca could perform the ceremony. He'd be pleased.
0:39:11 > 0:39:13Uhtred, it's what I want.
0:39:14 > 0:39:16UHTRED SIGHS
0:39:16 > 0:39:19God is good, Uhtred.
0:39:19 > 0:39:22He kept you safe, he brought you home to me.
0:39:24 > 0:39:26My sword kept me safe.
0:39:27 > 0:39:29Believe me...
0:39:30 > 0:39:32..God is good.
0:39:44 > 0:39:46They have not yet gone to battle -
0:39:46 > 0:39:48this is good.
0:39:48 > 0:39:54I alone will speak - Alfred is to hear one clear message.
0:39:54 > 0:39:56How is the mood - in the camp?
0:39:56 > 0:39:59It's good, lord. The men are well.
0:40:00 > 0:40:02Afraid?
0:40:03 > 0:40:05No. No more than usual.
0:40:05 > 0:40:07I, erm...
0:40:08 > 0:40:11..I worry that I do not inspire them.
0:40:13 > 0:40:16That they do not see me as a warrior.
0:40:18 > 0:40:20Lord...
0:40:25 > 0:40:26Lord, it is Odda.
0:40:29 > 0:40:31What is this?
0:40:36 > 0:40:40Young Odda...you have news? Where is your father?
0:40:40 > 0:40:41He was wounded in battle.
0:40:42 > 0:40:44A great battle at Cynuit, lord.
0:40:47 > 0:40:49Lord, I have a gift for you.
0:40:53 > 0:40:56Ubba is dead - his army is defeated.
0:40:59 > 0:41:03- This is...this is true? - It is, lord. Two days ago.
0:41:03 > 0:41:04Praise God. Praise him.
0:41:07 > 0:41:12- Well, then Wessex is saved. - It is - for a time.
0:41:12 > 0:41:17Guthrum will have no choice now but to make peace.
0:41:17 > 0:41:19While your father recovers you will stand in his place.
0:41:19 > 0:41:22His lands will be your lands - and more.
0:41:24 > 0:41:25Wessex is saved.
0:41:46 > 0:41:48Everybody is walking to the palace.
0:41:50 > 0:41:52A celebration - it must be.
0:41:52 > 0:41:54A celebration of prayers.
0:41:58 > 0:42:00I believe you did this.
0:42:03 > 0:42:07The great hall is now full, there is no more room!
0:42:07 > 0:42:11Please, the king thanks you all for coming, but you need to pray here - outside.
0:42:11 > 0:42:14- Father Beocca... - The palace is full.
0:42:14 > 0:42:18- Father Beocca!- There will be ale and food available for everyone. - Father...
0:42:18 > 0:42:20Uhtred?
0:42:23 > 0:42:28- You are here before me, now? - I am - and with my child.
0:42:28 > 0:42:30Oh, God, be praised. You are alive!
0:42:30 > 0:42:33Of course, I'm alive. Why shouldn't I be alive?
0:42:33 > 0:42:37- You were at Werham, a hostage, we thought you were dead.- No, Father. I was at Cynuit.
0:42:37 > 0:42:39I fought at Cynuit.
0:42:42 > 0:42:44Did they not say?
0:42:46 > 0:42:48- I'll see Alfred now!- What is it?
0:42:48 > 0:42:51Nothing I'm sure that cannot be resolved, given time.
0:42:51 > 0:42:53Uhtred!
0:42:53 > 0:42:57- I'll see Alfred. - Uhtred, Alfred is at peace!
0:42:58 > 0:43:00Uhtred, please!
0:43:03 > 0:43:07Uhtred, please, you cannot disturb prayers.
0:43:09 > 0:43:11Uhtred!
0:43:11 > 0:43:13UHTRED, YOUR SWORD!
0:43:31 > 0:43:33Forgive me, but I am told that you believe me dead?
0:43:33 > 0:43:36- Uhtred, this is not the time.- Father Beocca here believed me dead -
0:43:36 > 0:43:39and yet just days ago I was at Cynuit with Lord Odda.
0:43:40 > 0:43:43It was Lord Odda and I who devised our battle plan,
0:43:43 > 0:43:46- did the boy not say? - Uhtred, stop, now.
0:43:46 > 0:43:49- Perhaps you'd like to speak now? - Odda, you will say nothing.
0:43:49 > 0:43:51Perhaps you would like to describe Ubba's death?
0:43:51 > 0:43:54Lord, I would like to invite the Ealdorman here to join us
0:43:54 > 0:43:56in giving thanks and prayer.
0:43:56 > 0:44:01Giving thanks? For what? For victory? For the death of the pagan?
0:44:01 > 0:44:03Who do you think killed the pagan?
0:44:03 > 0:44:07- I cannot save you.- I fought Ubba man on man and I killed him!
0:44:07 > 0:44:10It was his axe against my sword - this sword!
0:44:10 > 0:44:11CONGREGATION GASPS
0:44:11 > 0:44:14Is there any man here who will deny it?
0:44:14 > 0:44:17Be still. Everyone, be still and be silent!
0:44:22 > 0:44:27I have heard enough. You have said enough. This is not seemly.
0:44:27 > 0:44:30Now sheath your sword and remember where you stand.
0:44:30 > 0:44:32Lord, what I'm saying to you...
0:44:34 > 0:44:38You have broken my peace. You have broken the peace of Christ
0:44:38 > 0:44:40and you have brought weapons into a sacred place.
0:44:40 > 0:44:43- Lord, I'm telling you the truth.- You will go directly to the courtyard
0:44:43 > 0:44:45and you will wait for me to pass judgment.
0:44:45 > 0:44:48Judgment? For what? I have done nothing wrong!
0:44:48 > 0:44:50YOU WILL BE QUIET!
0:45:13 > 0:45:16We will, erm...
0:45:16 > 0:45:19we will continue with a moment of silence
0:45:19 > 0:45:22to help find the peace once more.
0:45:38 > 0:45:42This interruption cannot be allowed to go unpunished...
0:45:42 > 0:45:44It must be death.
0:45:45 > 0:45:47Peace be with you, my dear.
0:46:17 > 0:46:20Why are you unable to reason? To show patience?
0:46:20 > 0:46:24- All I expect is justice.- And it comes - to those who have faith.
0:46:24 > 0:46:26Now is not the time to talk of faith.
0:46:26 > 0:46:29Now is precisely the time - now is when it's needed.
0:46:29 > 0:46:31I'll have none of it!
0:46:34 > 0:46:36You're too ready with anger.
0:46:39 > 0:46:43There's a bad spirit within you that needs to be exorcised.
0:46:43 > 0:46:44You should look to God.
0:46:45 > 0:46:48I'll pray for you.
0:46:48 > 0:46:51- Humility is what you need. - What I need, woman, is justice.
0:47:14 > 0:47:15HE SNORES
0:47:16 > 0:47:18HE GROANS
0:47:19 > 0:47:21- You sober?- Delicate.
0:47:21 > 0:47:24You are to grovel.
0:47:24 > 0:47:27HE GROANS
0:47:27 > 0:47:30- What, again?- With me.
0:47:34 > 0:47:37All I did was abscond from a monastery.
0:47:47 > 0:47:50- Ealdorman Wulfhere.- You know this wretch, I believe?- We've met.
0:47:50 > 0:47:54The King has sent me to punish you, along with Aethelwold here.
0:47:54 > 0:47:58What his wife would like is for me to pull your guts through your smelly arse.
0:47:58 > 0:48:00Aelswith is forever inventive.
0:48:01 > 0:48:05Lady, you are to go to Aelswith for comfort. She waits in the chapel.
0:48:11 > 0:48:13Do you know what the punishment is
0:48:13 > 0:48:15for drawing your sword before the King?
0:48:15 > 0:48:17A fine?
0:48:17 > 0:48:18Payable to the Church, no doubt?
0:48:18 > 0:48:20Death.
0:48:22 > 0:48:26But Alfred is feeling merciful. You will not dangle, not today.
0:48:27 > 0:48:30He wants your assurance you will keep the peace.
0:48:30 > 0:48:32- What peace?- His peace, you fool!
0:48:36 > 0:48:39It does not matter a gnat's dick that you killed Ubba,
0:48:39 > 0:48:44what matters is that Odda the Younger has claimed the credit.
0:48:44 > 0:48:48And should his father die from his wounds, Odda becomes one of the richest men in Wessex
0:48:48 > 0:48:51- and men will want to praise his bravery.- My bravery.
0:48:51 > 0:48:53Not a gnat's dick.
0:48:53 > 0:48:56The sun now shines from Odda the Younger's arsehole
0:48:56 > 0:48:59and it is blinding.
0:48:59 > 0:49:01Do you understand me?
0:49:02 > 0:49:05Good.
0:49:05 > 0:49:07You are to do penance.
0:49:07 > 0:49:09- To do what?- Grovel.
0:49:10 > 0:49:15You are to dress like a girl, go on your knees and be humiliated.
0:49:15 > 0:49:17I won't grovel.
0:49:17 > 0:49:20Then Aelswith gets her wish and I pull your guts through your arse.
0:49:20 > 0:49:21Which will it be?
0:49:23 > 0:49:25On your knees.
0:49:28 > 0:49:30CROWD LAUGHS
0:49:30 > 0:49:35Now you will crawl all the way to the palace,
0:49:35 > 0:49:37where you will kiss the cross...
0:49:38 > 0:49:41..and lie flat down on your face.
0:49:41 > 0:49:43And then what?
0:49:43 > 0:49:45God and the King will forgive you.
0:49:47 > 0:49:48Go.
0:49:51 > 0:49:53CROWD LAUGHS AND JEERS
0:49:53 > 0:49:55Go!
0:50:14 > 0:50:17Take it like a man!
0:50:17 > 0:50:19HE YELLS
0:50:50 > 0:50:54I will lead, but you owe me!
0:50:56 > 0:50:57What?
0:50:57 > 0:50:59OH...
0:51:01 > 0:51:04Oh, lord, I am a sinner -
0:51:04 > 0:51:07- do not look at me. - MAN IN CROWD:- You are!
0:51:07 > 0:51:12I am a sinner, lord, as big a sinner as you will ever see!
0:51:12 > 0:51:14CROWD JEERS
0:51:14 > 0:51:16I have known women, lord!
0:51:16 > 0:51:20Lots and lots of women.
0:51:20 > 0:51:21- MAN IN CROWD:- Lucky bugger.
0:51:21 > 0:51:23CROWD LAUGHS
0:51:23 > 0:51:25Women of all sizes.
0:51:25 > 0:51:30The big tits, small tits, I have squeezed and...
0:51:30 > 0:51:32and kissed them all.
0:51:32 > 0:51:36I have rested my head on the bosoms of beautiful -
0:51:36 > 0:51:39but bad, bad women.
0:51:39 > 0:51:41Lord, forgive me!
0:51:41 > 0:51:45I-I-I have lost count of the number of women I have had,
0:51:45 > 0:51:50but I know it is exactly half the number of tits I have caressed!
0:51:50 > 0:51:51CROWD LAUGHS
0:51:51 > 0:51:55Oh, God, I love tits!
0:51:55 > 0:51:59Send me an angel, Lord!
0:51:59 > 0:52:01What? So you can hump her?
0:52:01 > 0:52:02No. No, erm...
0:52:02 > 0:52:07A titless angel to guide me.
0:52:07 > 0:52:12No more servant girls in my bed chamber, lord.
0:52:12 > 0:52:16Please...I beg you.
0:52:19 > 0:52:21CHEERS AND APPLAUSE
0:52:34 > 0:52:36You must lay flat, kiss the cross.
0:52:43 > 0:52:46Kiss my arse. You and your God.
0:52:53 > 0:52:58- Uhtred... Uhtred, stop! - We are leaving this place.- We can't.
0:52:58 > 0:53:00We are leaving. Collect your belongings.
0:53:00 > 0:53:03It will be dark soon - and there's the baptism.
0:53:04 > 0:53:07- It's important.- My son will not be baptised.
0:53:07 > 0:53:10No priest will whisper lies and deceit into his ears
0:53:10 > 0:53:15- and half drown him in water!- Stop it, stop it, you are angry.- He will be a pagan - like his father!- Shh...
0:53:17 > 0:53:19Why are you saying this?
0:53:19 > 0:53:22We will stay tonight, no longer. I will find you in the morning.
0:53:22 > 0:53:24Where are you going?
0:53:24 > 0:53:25Drinking.
0:53:25 > 0:53:27And whoring.
0:53:27 > 0:53:29I love tits!
0:53:30 > 0:53:31LAUGHTER
0:53:31 > 0:53:35When we appreciate the finer points of the tit - the smaller tits,
0:53:35 > 0:53:39the manageable tit - the perk, eager, delighted tit -
0:53:39 > 0:53:44the soft enveloping tit, the tit that makes you feel at home -
0:53:44 > 0:53:46like a puppy's nose -
0:53:46 > 0:53:49grateful, eager, receptive to the touch.
0:53:51 > 0:53:53How are your knees?
0:53:54 > 0:53:56I can't laugh about it.
0:53:59 > 0:54:02There's no justice here, only the Church.
0:54:02 > 0:54:04You knew that.
0:54:07 > 0:54:09I hear you're Young Odda's man, now.
0:54:13 > 0:54:17I'm passed from father to son, yes...
0:54:17 > 0:54:19like the land.
0:54:19 > 0:54:20I can't stay in Wessex.
0:54:20 > 0:54:24You have a wife, a child you could not wait to see.
0:54:24 > 0:54:25Where would you go?
0:54:29 > 0:54:32Odda is afraid that you will kill him.
0:54:32 > 0:54:34Tell him I might.
0:54:34 > 0:54:37Tell him each night, before he goes to bed.
0:54:37 > 0:54:38HE SNORTS
0:54:38 > 0:54:42I need to find wealth, but here it's impossible.
0:54:42 > 0:54:45The Danes - they would see it and take it.
0:54:45 > 0:54:48Then that is what we do -
0:54:48 > 0:54:52we become Danes and we plunder.
0:54:52 > 0:54:54Men will follow you...
0:54:54 > 0:54:56Those men we have schooled, others who were at Cynuit -
0:54:56 > 0:54:58they will follow you.
0:55:02 > 0:55:04You're saying that we raid?
0:55:06 > 0:55:08We find wealth and we take it.
0:55:08 > 0:55:12- Here in Wessex?- No, you do not shit at your own table.
0:55:13 > 0:55:16Cornwalum - we take it from the Britons.
0:55:18 > 0:55:21Do not say yes - not yet - think.
0:55:23 > 0:55:26I'll do the same.
0:55:26 > 0:55:28But why should Odda be rewarded and not us?
0:56:09 > 0:56:11Lord...
0:56:11 > 0:56:13welcome.
0:56:13 > 0:56:16I was not expecting you home so soon.
0:56:17 > 0:56:20Did the baptism go well?
0:56:20 > 0:56:21That's a fine tree.
0:56:24 > 0:56:26- Good day, lady. - A miserable day.
0:56:26 > 0:56:30- Where was it felled, this tree? - On the top ridge, lord.
0:56:30 > 0:56:32On my land?
0:56:32 > 0:56:35Yes, lord. I am taking it to Wigulf's mill for splitting.
0:56:35 > 0:56:38- He buys it?- He splits it, lord.
0:56:38 > 0:56:41We need, er...we need timber for repairs.
0:56:41 > 0:56:43He takes his payment in split wood.
0:56:43 > 0:56:46If we need timber, why not split it ourselves?
0:56:46 > 0:56:48Wigulf's always done it, lord.
0:56:48 > 0:56:52So, if I go to Wigulf, he will tell me how many such trees he has split...
0:56:53 > 0:56:55..and you will show me the timber?
0:56:57 > 0:56:59How much is a tree like this worth?
0:56:59 > 0:57:01Eight, nine shillings?
0:57:01 > 0:57:03I'm not certain, lord.
0:57:03 > 0:57:05How much does he pay you for my timber?
0:57:05 > 0:57:08- Lord - it is one tree. - How much does he pay you?
0:57:08 > 0:57:10Lady, please.
0:57:10 > 0:57:14How much does he pay YOU for my timber?
0:57:14 > 0:57:15Uhtred, no!
0:57:15 > 0:57:17You be quiet!
0:57:21 > 0:57:23Uhtred!
0:57:28 > 0:57:31- HORSE WHINNIES - UHTRED!
0:57:44 > 0:57:45HE RASPS
0:57:51 > 0:57:53SHE PANTS
0:57:55 > 0:57:58That was justice.