0:00:02 > 0:00:03'My name is Uhtred, son of Uhtred.
0:00:03 > 0:00:06'Born a Saxon, but raised as a Dane.
0:00:06 > 0:00:09'I now serve King Alfred of Wessex.
0:00:10 > 0:00:13'I have married a pious wife for Alfred.
0:00:13 > 0:00:18'I have taken on land, burdened with debt and cheating workers.
0:00:20 > 0:00:23'And I killed the mighty sword Dane, Ubba.
0:00:23 > 0:00:24UBBA SCREAMS
0:00:27 > 0:00:30'But with Odda the Elder wounded in battle,
0:00:30 > 0:00:33'his son took the credit for my kill.
0:00:33 > 0:00:34'The truth was ignored...'
0:00:34 > 0:00:38I fought Ubba man-on-man and I killed him!
0:00:38 > 0:00:42'..and I was forced to my knees before Alfred's God.'
0:00:42 > 0:00:45I will lead, but you owe me!
0:00:45 > 0:00:48You must lay flat and kiss the cross.
0:00:48 > 0:00:50Kiss my arse.
0:00:50 > 0:00:52'Fate is testing me, but I will survive.'
0:00:55 > 0:00:56Uhtred!
0:00:58 > 0:00:59'Destiny is all.'
0:01:33 > 0:01:39This programme contains some violent scenes
0:01:42 > 0:01:44Are you certain you want to do this, arseling?
0:01:44 > 0:01:46Is there a law against it?
0:01:47 > 0:01:50Dressing up as Danes? No.
0:01:50 > 0:01:52Plundering Cornwalum? Yes.
0:01:52 > 0:01:54We're supposed to be at peace.
0:01:54 > 0:01:57If I'm to reclaim Bebbanburg, I'll need an army.
0:01:57 > 0:02:00If I am ever to raise an army, I'll need silver.
0:02:00 > 0:02:03- We go.- I have no quarrel.
0:02:03 > 0:02:05Will Odda not miss you?
0:02:05 > 0:02:07I'm doing as he asks - I'm watching you.
0:02:09 > 0:02:12He's building Alfred a church at Cynuit - have you heard?
0:02:13 > 0:02:15With an altar of gold, they say.
0:02:18 > 0:02:21- Who are they?- They belong to Oswald.
0:02:21 > 0:02:22Their mother sends them,
0:02:22 > 0:02:25hoping to shame me for killing their lying, thieving father.
0:02:25 > 0:02:27CHILD YELPS
0:02:29 > 0:02:30I see her plan is working.
0:02:32 > 0:02:35They're not the first to lose a parent.
0:02:35 > 0:02:37They'll live.
0:02:47 > 0:02:49LEOFRIC BELCHES
0:02:59 > 0:03:02The food is good, Mildrith. Thank you.
0:03:04 > 0:03:06I'm pleased you like it.
0:03:08 > 0:03:12I was beginning to believe you had lost your tongue, wife.
0:03:12 > 0:03:14I was worried.
0:03:14 > 0:03:15I doubt it.
0:03:15 > 0:03:17She grieves for the thief.
0:03:17 > 0:03:21- Not my business.- He kills a man I have known all my life.
0:03:21 > 0:03:25He refuses to pay wergild to a family I have known all my life -
0:03:25 > 0:03:27and the village my father helped build
0:03:27 > 0:03:29now call him Uhtred the Godless.
0:03:29 > 0:03:33Not forgetting that I refuse to have my son baptised a Christian.
0:03:33 > 0:03:35- I will excuse myself. - Leofric, sit, please.
0:03:35 > 0:03:37- None of this is my business. - I'll stop.
0:03:48 > 0:03:50Tomorrow, I will be gone.
0:03:50 > 0:03:54- Gone?- Should anyone ask, we are keeping Alfred's kingdom safe.
0:03:54 > 0:03:58- Again.- For how long will you be gone - and gone where?
0:03:58 > 0:04:00No idea how long - weeks.
0:04:00 > 0:04:03Your place is here. Oswald's wife has gone to Bishop Alewold.
0:04:03 > 0:04:06The bishop will go to Alfred and Alfred will send men to our door.
0:04:06 > 0:04:09I won't pay a penny - and if men do come calling,
0:04:09 > 0:04:11that's what you'll tell them.
0:04:11 > 0:04:14He was killed because he was a thief - that's my law.
0:04:16 > 0:04:20Leave me, and I'll go directly to the church and have our son blessed.
0:04:20 > 0:04:22Then he won't be my son.
0:04:22 > 0:04:24May God forgive you for saying such a thing!
0:04:24 > 0:04:27- Which God?- What has happened to you?
0:04:27 > 0:04:29What has happened to the kindness -
0:04:29 > 0:04:31and perhaps, even the love you have once shown me?
0:04:31 > 0:04:34- I was made to crawl! - Yes, before God!
0:04:34 > 0:04:36We all fall to our knees before God!
0:04:36 > 0:04:38I won't forget what Alfred did to me in the name of his God.
0:04:38 > 0:04:40I reject that God!
0:04:40 > 0:04:42I will excuse myself.
0:04:47 > 0:04:50Are you there, still?
0:04:50 > 0:04:52The man I cared for?
0:04:52 > 0:04:56Are you there, still? The woman I ached to plough?
0:05:04 > 0:05:06Progress is being made daily, lord.
0:05:07 > 0:05:10You must come to Cynuit and inspect the building work.
0:05:10 > 0:05:13Oh, I will, I will. I would like that.
0:05:14 > 0:05:16It's impressive enough, even now.
0:05:18 > 0:05:20Yes.
0:05:20 > 0:05:22We have the nave here,
0:05:22 > 0:05:25the transepts thus - and then, into the chancel.
0:05:25 > 0:05:29..With its already famous altar of solid gold?
0:05:29 > 0:05:34It will be gilding - no more, lord. But you know how tongues wag.
0:05:34 > 0:05:37- Mmm.- With your permission, I would like to place the altar just here.
0:05:37 > 0:05:39Why would you need my permission?
0:05:39 > 0:05:41It's on the exact spot where Ubba Lothbrokson is now buried.
0:05:41 > 0:05:45You wish God's altar to be built over the buried remains of a pagan?
0:05:45 > 0:05:47Oh, no - no, lord.
0:05:47 > 0:05:49With your permission, we will exhume the remains and...
0:05:49 > 0:05:51I don't know, have them thrown into the river.
0:05:51 > 0:05:54You will exhume the remains and have them buried elsewhere -
0:05:54 > 0:05:56unmarked, but with respect.
0:05:56 > 0:05:58It was a joke, lord - a poor joke.
0:05:58 > 0:06:01We must do nothing to endanger the peace.
0:06:01 > 0:06:02With respect, lord -
0:06:02 > 0:06:04I am not the fool my father, at times, made me out to be.
0:06:04 > 0:06:07- BEOCCA COUGHS - Father Beocca, you wish to see me?
0:06:07 > 0:06:10Ah, a letter, lord - from Bishop Alewold.
0:06:10 > 0:06:13- Private, or business? - A matter of law, I was told.
0:06:13 > 0:06:15Then read it.
0:06:15 > 0:06:18Let Odda's active mind rest.
0:06:23 > 0:06:25Well, can you not read the writing, Beocca?
0:06:25 > 0:06:28It concerns the Ealdorman Uhtred.
0:06:28 > 0:06:30He has slain a farm-worker
0:06:30 > 0:06:34and is refusing to pay the monies owed to the family - the wergild.
0:06:35 > 0:06:38- Would you like me to investigate further, lord?- No.
0:06:40 > 0:06:42No, it is not your place. Odda, you shall investigate
0:06:42 > 0:06:45the rights and wrongs of the matter on my behalf.
0:06:45 > 0:06:49I only hope for the sake of Uhtred's wife, the killing was justified.
0:06:49 > 0:06:54Uhtred has always been fair-minded. I am sure there are mitigations.
0:06:54 > 0:06:55Mmm. We shall see.
0:06:56 > 0:07:00In the meantime, Odda - do your best. Keep the peace.
0:07:00 > 0:07:02Yes, lord.
0:07:02 > 0:07:03Father Beocca?
0:07:05 > 0:07:06The letter.
0:07:09 > 0:07:13You might do well to examine your loyalties, Father.
0:07:13 > 0:07:16My loyalties are to God and to the King, in that order.
0:07:17 > 0:07:19Lord, are you suggesting I am wrong?
0:07:19 > 0:07:22I am suggesting nothing of the sort.
0:07:22 > 0:07:23But I am watching you.
0:07:25 > 0:07:27And God is watching all of us.
0:07:33 > 0:07:35Uhtred!
0:07:36 > 0:07:37Uhtred!
0:07:39 > 0:07:41I'll find the wealth to pay off the debt.
0:07:41 > 0:07:44We want the same thing - the land of our birth.
0:07:44 > 0:07:46Yours won't be taken from you.
0:07:46 > 0:07:48Mine?
0:07:50 > 0:07:51Are you no longer the ealdorman?
0:07:51 > 0:07:55I'll never be accepted as an ealdorman. Not here.
0:07:55 > 0:07:58Then I beg you, for one last time -
0:07:58 > 0:07:59change your ways, Uhtred.
0:08:01 > 0:08:05If you allow God into your heart, he will guide you.
0:08:05 > 0:08:07I can never become the man you want me to be.
0:08:07 > 0:08:11- You could try. - I would despise that man.
0:08:11 > 0:08:12Arseling!
0:08:24 > 0:08:25I have loved you.
0:08:29 > 0:08:30Don't pray for me.
0:08:37 > 0:08:40Did you hump her goodbye, arseling?
0:08:40 > 0:08:43I want to have left Wessex by tonight.
0:08:45 > 0:08:48You're going to have to ride faster than that, arseling.
0:09:34 > 0:09:38No-one is to wear these till we have crossed into Cornwalum.
0:09:39 > 0:09:42What you can do is polish them, so that when you do wear them,
0:09:42 > 0:09:44they will be seen clearly...
0:09:45 > 0:09:47..and you'll be feared.
0:09:47 > 0:09:50You're going to find out what it's like to be a Dane.
0:09:50 > 0:09:53Every man stand where he is! No-one move!
0:09:53 > 0:09:54You!
0:09:54 > 0:09:57Stay where you are!
0:09:57 > 0:09:58Do I know you?
0:10:00 > 0:10:01Lower your hood.
0:10:03 > 0:10:04I said, lower your hood!
0:10:20 > 0:10:22Aethelwold.
0:10:22 > 0:10:25Look, I... I merely want to come with you -
0:10:25 > 0:10:26to be part of your adventure.
0:10:28 > 0:10:30I wanted it to be a surprise!
0:10:30 > 0:10:33He cannot be here. He cannot hold his tongue.
0:10:33 > 0:10:35I say we kill him.
0:10:35 > 0:10:36Kill me?
0:10:37 > 0:10:40You can't kill me - I'm the rightful king, you fool.
0:10:40 > 0:10:43- Not here! Leofric! Not in Wessex! - Then I will drag him into Cornwalum!
0:10:43 > 0:10:45- Not now!- You... You can't!
0:10:45 > 0:10:47Uhtred, you owe me a favour - I call it in now!
0:10:47 > 0:10:50If Alfred hears of Christians raiding Cornwalum,
0:10:50 > 0:10:53we will all be killed! He guarantees that outcome.
0:10:53 > 0:10:55Leofric, I am a changed man, I swear!
0:10:55 > 0:10:57We kill him. He will not be missed.
0:10:59 > 0:11:00We take him with us.
0:11:02 > 0:11:04I owe him. He's my responsibility.
0:11:09 > 0:11:11He has my protection.
0:11:11 > 0:11:13And who will protect the rest of us?
0:11:17 > 0:11:18I've never seen him so angry.
0:11:18 > 0:11:21You will clean our mail and tend to the horses.
0:11:21 > 0:11:22Anything.
0:11:22 > 0:11:25- You will wipe our arses, if I say so.- Of course.
0:11:26 > 0:11:29I am gathering the moss and dock leaves as you speak, lord(!)
0:11:48 > 0:11:50What do you know of Cornwalum?
0:11:51 > 0:11:53That it's not Wessex.
0:11:55 > 0:12:00The Wessex-Cornwalum border is this river, the Tamar river.
0:12:00 > 0:12:03Which is why we are camped here.
0:12:03 > 0:12:05It flows north to south -
0:12:05 > 0:12:09and Cornwalum itself has a coastline shaped like a leg.
0:12:09 > 0:12:11- So, they are traders?- Yes.
0:12:11 > 0:12:15On the north coast, to the Welsh Kingdoms and Ireland,
0:12:15 > 0:12:18and on the south, to the Franks.
0:12:18 > 0:12:19How do you know this?
0:12:19 > 0:12:21I am an educated man, Leofric.
0:12:22 > 0:12:25I simply enjoy hiding the fact.
0:12:25 > 0:12:26You do it well.
0:12:29 > 0:12:31Do they have a king?
0:12:31 > 0:12:33- More than one.- Fierce fighters?
0:12:33 > 0:12:37Have no fear, Leofric. We are Danes.
0:12:41 > 0:12:44I want to be blooded - in battle.
0:12:46 > 0:12:47Don't worry, boy.
0:12:47 > 0:12:50You'll be first in line.
0:12:50 > 0:12:51I look forward to it.
0:13:08 > 0:13:09Good day, lord.
0:13:11 > 0:13:15Tell your master - Ealdorman Odda is here, with God's Bishop Alewold.
0:13:15 > 0:13:17Yes, lord.
0:13:17 > 0:13:18Quickly!
0:13:23 > 0:13:26It's not the most desirable farmstead I've seen.
0:13:31 > 0:13:34Ealdorman Odda. Bishop Alewold.
0:13:34 > 0:13:36A pleasant surprise.
0:13:36 > 0:13:38May I offer a refreshment?
0:13:38 > 0:13:41We are here in the King's business.
0:13:41 > 0:13:42It is with your husband.
0:13:43 > 0:13:45Is he here?
0:13:45 > 0:13:47He is not.
0:13:47 > 0:13:49Can he be fetched, my dear?
0:13:55 > 0:13:57All crucifixes and crosses!
0:13:59 > 0:14:02You are god-fearing Christians no more.
0:14:07 > 0:14:10You are Danes now - pagans.
0:14:10 > 0:14:14You don't cross yourself, nor look to the heavens.
0:14:17 > 0:14:21- Let's make ourselves rich! - CHEERING
0:14:39 > 0:14:42My husband is protecting our kingdom.
0:14:42 > 0:14:44From whom? We are at peace.
0:14:44 > 0:14:47He only said he was doing Alfred's work.
0:14:47 > 0:14:48He doesn't trust the Danes.
0:14:48 > 0:14:51He thinks he knows better than the King.
0:14:51 > 0:14:53Your own man Leofric will give you detail, I'm sure.
0:14:53 > 0:14:57- Yes.- Odda, it's not the child's fault
0:14:57 > 0:15:00that she was married off to a tyrant and a fool.
0:15:02 > 0:15:04No...
0:15:04 > 0:15:05of course not.
0:15:07 > 0:15:09Mildrith...
0:15:09 > 0:15:11It is with great reluctance
0:15:11 > 0:15:14that I must serve you with this letter.
0:15:14 > 0:15:17For your husband, upon his return.
0:15:17 > 0:15:20He must settle the wergild for Oswald's death,
0:15:20 > 0:15:22or face confiscation of his property.
0:15:24 > 0:15:26..Which is also my property.
0:15:29 > 0:15:32If you are ever in need, my father's house will always be your house.
0:15:32 > 0:15:35How is Lord Odda faring? Well, I hope?
0:15:36 > 0:15:39Frail. He's still very frail.
0:15:39 > 0:15:41The blow would have killed many a man.
0:15:44 > 0:15:48Take consolation, lady -
0:15:48 > 0:15:51that should your land be confiscated,
0:15:51 > 0:15:53it is the Church that will benefit.
0:15:55 > 0:15:58SCREAMING
0:16:11 > 0:16:14Where's it buried? Where's the silver?
0:16:15 > 0:16:18Where is it?
0:16:18 > 0:16:20These people have nothing.
0:16:20 > 0:16:22- Please! - MAN WHIMPERS
0:16:25 > 0:16:27Five days and nothing.
0:16:28 > 0:16:29There is time yet.
0:16:30 > 0:16:33We're not the first Danes they've seen.
0:16:33 > 0:16:35- I need silver.- So, we keep looking.
0:16:35 > 0:16:38And what if the whole of Cornwalum has been sacked already?
0:16:38 > 0:16:41We keep looking. We keep heading west.
0:17:14 > 0:17:15Do they want to speak?
0:17:20 > 0:17:21Five men, to match theirs...
0:17:23 > 0:17:25..and only I speak.
0:17:26 > 0:17:28Aethelwold?
0:17:28 > 0:17:29I heard.
0:17:29 > 0:17:31Only the great Uhtred speaks.
0:17:50 > 0:17:51I am Brother Asser.
0:17:52 > 0:17:55I bring you a gift, from my king.
0:17:57 > 0:17:59From King Peredur.
0:18:01 > 0:18:03King who?
0:18:03 > 0:18:05King Peredur...
0:18:05 > 0:18:06of the Britons.
0:18:07 > 0:18:09Never heard of him.
0:18:09 > 0:18:12I assure you, my king has heard of you.
0:18:12 > 0:18:17A troop of Danes raiding villages in Cornwalum does not go unnoticed.
0:18:17 > 0:18:20Why does your Peredur send me these miserable offerings?
0:18:20 > 0:18:22A gesture of peace - a token.
0:18:24 > 0:18:27Our king has been attacked by a fellow Briton and neighbour -
0:18:27 > 0:18:32Callyn - whose forces have seized the fort guarding our land.
0:18:32 > 0:18:33I am sent to tell you,
0:18:33 > 0:18:36Peredur will pay you well to help him recapture this fort.
0:18:37 > 0:18:40"Pay us well"? How much?
0:18:40 > 0:18:44I do not know the sum, but I am sure he will be generous.
0:18:44 > 0:18:46He has silver?
0:18:46 > 0:18:47He is a king.
0:18:49 > 0:18:52CHILDREN LAUGH
0:19:02 > 0:19:04ALL FALL SILENT
0:19:27 > 0:19:29- KNOCKS AT DOOR - Up-up-up-up-up!
0:19:35 > 0:19:36Winchester, it is not.
0:19:38 > 0:19:40Alfred, he is not.
0:19:42 > 0:19:44The King greets you.
0:19:44 > 0:19:47He does? I hear nothing.
0:19:47 > 0:19:48You are pagans.
0:19:48 > 0:19:51The King is Christian, and will only speak with you through me.
0:19:51 > 0:19:54If you would come forward and pay your respects...
0:20:00 > 0:20:03Please inform the King - Danes don't bow to Christians.
0:20:04 > 0:20:08This fort you want us to recapture - it is defended by how many Britons?
0:20:08 > 0:20:10And what price will you pay?
0:20:14 > 0:20:17It would be much simpler if the King addressed me directly.
0:20:17 > 0:20:19Easy...
0:20:24 > 0:20:26They have between 40 and 50 men.
0:20:28 > 0:20:29No more than 50.
0:20:31 > 0:20:35We are 30 - fighting men.
0:20:35 > 0:20:36And we are 20.
0:20:37 > 0:20:39How much in silver?
0:20:39 > 0:20:42100 pieces of silver.
0:20:42 > 0:20:45I won't bargain. I'll tell you the price.
0:20:45 > 0:20:46400 pieces of silver.
0:20:46 > 0:20:49- That is an absurd sum. - Is Peredur a king, or not?
0:20:53 > 0:20:55I will call for Queen Iseult.
0:20:55 > 0:20:57Lord, perhaps, instead,
0:20:57 > 0:21:00- you should take a moment and pray, for guidance...- Iseult!
0:21:02 > 0:21:04You are needed!
0:21:24 > 0:21:26I am blessed with two wives...
0:21:27 > 0:21:29..two queens.
0:21:29 > 0:21:31Iseult is a Shadow Queen.
0:21:33 > 0:21:36You know what I require of you - of course you do.
0:22:05 > 0:22:07Who are you?
0:22:08 > 0:22:11And what will you do for the King?
0:22:15 > 0:22:16I am Uhtred Ragnarson.
0:22:18 > 0:22:21I am here to fight for your King,
0:22:21 > 0:22:22if he pays me what I'm worth.
0:23:14 > 0:23:16He is the one.
0:23:33 > 0:23:35You are fortunate to have such a wife.
0:23:35 > 0:23:37She is not to hump.
0:23:39 > 0:23:40She is too valuable.
0:23:45 > 0:23:50400 pieces of silver...
0:23:53 > 0:23:56- Agreed.- I will see it.
0:23:56 > 0:23:59- You'll see it once the fort is taken.- No, I'll see it now.
0:23:59 > 0:24:03All of my wealth is hidden within the fort.
0:24:03 > 0:24:04Then your enemy has it.
0:24:04 > 0:24:07Well-hidden.
0:24:07 > 0:24:10You have your price, you have my terms.
0:24:10 > 0:24:11I know you will accept.
0:24:13 > 0:24:15I know you can smell the silver.
0:24:18 > 0:24:20Danes...
0:24:20 > 0:24:23You have a nose for blood and silver...
0:24:24 > 0:24:25..and women.
0:24:26 > 0:24:28And so, I will add to the price...
0:24:30 > 0:24:31..my Queen.
0:24:33 > 0:24:34This Queen.
0:24:34 > 0:24:37LAUGHTER
0:24:40 > 0:24:42If we win back the fort and you are lying about the silver,
0:24:42 > 0:24:45- I'll kill you. - Which is why I do not lie!
0:24:50 > 0:24:52Call the men up - we stay here.
0:24:56 > 0:24:58I'll dream about that Shadow Queen.
0:25:00 > 0:25:03You told her your name - and word travels.
0:25:03 > 0:25:05Uhtred Ragnarson?
0:25:08 > 0:25:12I have noticed that you have Saxons amongst your ranks.
0:25:12 > 0:25:15Some, from Mercia. They'd rather fight than work in the fields.
0:25:15 > 0:25:16The pay is better.
0:25:16 > 0:25:18He would like to attack at the earliest opportunity.
0:25:18 > 0:25:21He does not wish to feed you for more than one night.
0:25:21 > 0:25:23How Christian of him(!)
0:25:23 > 0:25:26He would like to be a man of God,
0:25:26 > 0:25:30but as you have witnessed, he cannot let go of his pagan ways.
0:25:30 > 0:25:33The Queen Iseult.
0:25:33 > 0:25:34She is a gwrach.
0:25:35 > 0:25:37A sorceress.
0:25:37 > 0:25:39What are her powers?
0:25:40 > 0:25:43Peredur believes she can see into the future...
0:25:44 > 0:25:47..for as long as she remains a virgin.
0:25:48 > 0:25:49What do you believe?
0:25:49 > 0:25:51I know the devil exists.
0:25:52 > 0:25:57Hiding within beauty is a trick he will use often, I'm sure.
0:25:58 > 0:26:00Tell the King to have his men ready.
0:26:07 > 0:26:12Peredur - any in the fort who try to escape are yours, yes?
0:26:12 > 0:26:15You will do your part, Dane - I will do mine!
0:26:19 > 0:26:21Walk on. Advance!
0:26:23 > 0:26:27Let's scare the shit out of these bastard Britons -
0:26:27 > 0:26:29see if they have the stomach for this.
0:26:37 > 0:26:38Hold!
0:26:40 > 0:26:41We hold here!
0:26:48 > 0:26:51Why would they leave a fortress to face us?
0:26:53 > 0:26:54Aethelwold, advance.
0:26:56 > 0:27:00Go on the ridge and see why they're prepared to leave the fortress.
0:27:00 > 0:27:02On my own?
0:27:02 > 0:27:04You wanted to be first in line!
0:27:09 > 0:27:10SWORD UNSHEATHES
0:27:10 > 0:27:13HORSE WHINNIES LAUGHTER
0:27:43 > 0:27:45What do you see?
0:27:45 > 0:27:47They are Danes!
0:27:47 > 0:27:49Real Danes!
0:27:52 > 0:27:54Stand still! Hold!
0:27:57 > 0:27:58What are you waiting for?
0:27:58 > 0:28:01- They're Danes!- What do you care?
0:28:01 > 0:28:04You people will fight anyone for money - even yourselves!
0:28:04 > 0:28:05You lied to me!
0:28:05 > 0:28:07Think of the silver!
0:28:07 > 0:28:10The Queen has seen your victory, so fight!
0:28:10 > 0:28:11Uhtred.
0:28:16 > 0:28:17He's a sword Dane...
0:28:18 > 0:28:20..a Lord of War.
0:28:20 > 0:28:24If the Lord of War wants to talk, may I suggest we listen?
0:29:01 > 0:29:02Name yourself.
0:29:04 > 0:29:05I am Uhtred Ragnarson.
0:29:07 > 0:29:08Who are you?
0:29:08 > 0:29:11Skorpa of The White Horse.
0:29:14 > 0:29:16You are the Uhtred Ragnarson who was at Cynuit?
0:29:19 > 0:29:20I am.
0:29:20 > 0:29:22The Saxon son of Earl Ragnar.
0:29:24 > 0:29:25Yes.
0:29:26 > 0:29:27You will not defeat me.
0:29:29 > 0:29:31You know this.
0:29:31 > 0:29:33Perhaps not, but I could kill half your men trying.
0:29:33 > 0:29:35Ah...
0:29:36 > 0:29:39Yes.
0:29:39 > 0:29:40Yes, you could.
0:29:42 > 0:29:46Then it would be best for us both if you did not try.
0:29:48 > 0:29:52Lord? Lord, I fear what will happen if they are allowed to speak.
0:29:52 > 0:29:56Then, go to them! Listen to what they're saying.
0:29:56 > 0:29:59My presence, lord, will serve only to antagonize the Dane.
0:29:59 > 0:30:01Uhtred Ragnarson!
0:30:01 > 0:30:04What is happening here?
0:30:04 > 0:30:06They must leave my kingdom or die!
0:30:06 > 0:30:08Bastard Danes!
0:30:09 > 0:30:12The Queen saw victory.
0:30:12 > 0:30:14I pray, lord.
0:30:14 > 0:30:16What is your battle price?
0:30:16 > 0:30:17Silver.
0:30:17 > 0:30:19He says it's hidden in the fortress.
0:30:20 > 0:30:23SKORPA LAUGHS
0:30:24 > 0:30:26No.
0:30:27 > 0:30:30No, we have ripped the fortress apart.
0:30:30 > 0:30:32We found nothing.
0:30:32 > 0:30:34He must have something.
0:30:34 > 0:30:37- Somewhere.- Uhtred Ragnarson!
0:30:37 > 0:30:39Whatever he has,
0:30:39 > 0:30:42I say we split.
0:30:43 > 0:30:45Half and half.
0:30:46 > 0:30:49We kill his men, we spare the King.
0:30:49 > 0:30:52He takes us to his wealth.
0:30:55 > 0:30:57Half and half.
0:31:01 > 0:31:04I will advance.
0:31:04 > 0:31:05You will turn...
0:31:07 > 0:31:09..and we will attack together.
0:31:12 > 0:31:14Now, this is for the benefit of the King.
0:31:17 > 0:31:19You bastard piece of rassragr!
0:31:19 > 0:31:21I will destroy you!
0:31:23 > 0:31:27Be ready! We kill them all - every last one of them dies!
0:31:28 > 0:31:30Tell the men we are with the Danes.
0:31:42 > 0:31:43At the ready!
0:31:45 > 0:31:47You trust this Skorpa?
0:31:47 > 0:31:48We have no choice but to trust him.
0:31:48 > 0:31:51BATTLE CRIES
0:32:00 > 0:32:01Now, turn!
0:32:28 > 0:32:30To the death!
0:32:31 > 0:32:32You bastard Danes!
0:32:32 > 0:32:36You'll cry for your stinking whore mothers!
0:34:18 > 0:34:22You lying, thieving, bastard Danes!
0:34:22 > 0:34:25I could kill at least one more of you!
0:34:30 > 0:34:31It is over.
0:34:34 > 0:34:35Your wealth.
0:34:35 > 0:34:38My wealth for my life, is it?
0:34:38 > 0:34:40Your wealth and your Shadow Queen.
0:34:40 > 0:34:43Useless bitch. She saw victory.
0:34:43 > 0:34:45Where is the silver?
0:34:45 > 0:34:49If I tell you, you'll kill me - and I would rather you remained poor.
0:34:49 > 0:34:52You have my word, as a warlord...
0:34:53 > 0:34:55..you will be spared.
0:34:55 > 0:34:57Where is the silver?
0:35:00 > 0:35:03Speak, or you will die.
0:35:05 > 0:35:06It's buried...
0:35:07 > 0:35:10..in the hall, beneath my throne.
0:35:10 > 0:35:12I'll need a small amount myself...
0:35:31 > 0:35:34Do we split her, too?
0:35:34 > 0:35:36- You have the tits, I'll have the arse.- She's mine.
0:35:36 > 0:35:38You are here for the silver.
0:35:40 > 0:35:42It is beneath this seat.
0:35:59 > 0:36:00I have a question.
0:36:03 > 0:36:05Have you been waiting for us?
0:36:08 > 0:36:10- For you. - AXE THUDS
0:36:10 > 0:36:12Then you saw what would happen?
0:36:12 > 0:36:14I knew that you would come.
0:36:16 > 0:36:17That is all.
0:36:19 > 0:36:22Uhtred, what do you know of a church with a golden altar?
0:36:24 > 0:36:25At Cynuit.
0:36:27 > 0:36:29To celebrate the killing of Ubba.
0:36:30 > 0:36:32I hear they're building a church.
0:36:32 > 0:36:34Who's been telling you this?
0:36:34 > 0:36:35Men...
0:36:36 > 0:36:38..begging to live.
0:36:38 > 0:36:40..Would say anything.
0:36:40 > 0:36:43And that's where you'll go? To Cynuit?
0:36:43 > 0:36:46Well, I have ships to repair.
0:36:46 > 0:36:48The coastline here has been murderous.
0:37:02 > 0:37:05How do we do this? How do we share?
0:37:07 > 0:37:09We don't...share.
0:37:13 > 0:37:15Oh, we can fight -
0:37:15 > 0:37:17and some of us will die,
0:37:17 > 0:37:19including your queen.
0:37:40 > 0:37:42Uhtred Ragnarson,
0:37:42 > 0:37:45keep your sword in its scabbard.
0:37:45 > 0:37:46Wise queen.
0:37:46 > 0:37:48She stays with me.
0:37:54 > 0:37:57- She stays with me!- Do nothing!
0:37:57 > 0:37:59SKORPA CACKLES
0:38:13 > 0:38:14Uhtred, no! Uhtred!
0:38:14 > 0:38:16- They have our treasure!- No!
0:38:16 > 0:38:18I will not fight these Danes for silver.
0:38:18 > 0:38:21- For King, yes - but not for silver! - I am tethered by debts.
0:38:21 > 0:38:24I need to raise an army and they get away further with every second!
0:38:24 > 0:38:26I will not allow half of these men or more to die!
0:38:26 > 0:38:28I can give you what you need.
0:38:29 > 0:38:31There's more -
0:38:31 > 0:38:32silver.
0:38:50 > 0:38:53What did Skorpa whisper, when he was leaving?
0:38:56 > 0:38:59I will tell you when I believe you need to know.
0:39:06 > 0:39:09How was I - as a warrior?
0:39:12 > 0:39:13Aethelwold...
0:39:14 > 0:39:16..you are as much a warrior as you are a king.
0:39:36 > 0:39:38This isn't part of the plunder.
0:39:40 > 0:39:43It's a holy cross. It goes back to the Church. There'll be blessings.
0:39:45 > 0:39:47But the rest...
0:39:48 > 0:39:50..it's all ours!
0:39:56 > 0:39:57Home?
0:39:57 > 0:39:58Wessex.
0:39:58 > 0:40:01And our separate ways. There's a bishop I must see.
0:40:47 > 0:40:50I've never seen a village like this before.
0:40:50 > 0:40:52We will be here for just the day.
0:40:58 > 0:41:01- Who are you? - I'll speak with the Bishop Alewold.
0:41:01 > 0:41:03Bishop Alewold is at prayer.
0:41:03 > 0:41:06- He'll see me.- He is at prayer and won't be disturbed!
0:41:06 > 0:41:08Alewold? Bishop Alewold!
0:41:08 > 0:41:10What is this?
0:41:10 > 0:41:12Get out!
0:41:12 > 0:41:16Out! We're...busy with our work.
0:41:16 > 0:41:17So I see!
0:41:17 > 0:41:19I said, get out!
0:41:22 > 0:41:23I know you!
0:41:24 > 0:41:27Uhtred...
0:41:27 > 0:41:29..The Godless, yes.
0:41:29 > 0:41:33And my wife, through her father, has inherited a debt to the Church.
0:41:33 > 0:41:35Oh, yes.
0:41:35 > 0:41:37A substantial debt, I recall.
0:41:37 > 0:41:39Which I would now discharge.
0:41:39 > 0:41:42You would? Very well. As you see, we're busy with...
0:41:44 > 0:41:45ALEWOLD GASPS
0:41:49 > 0:41:51That's Irish work.
0:41:52 > 0:41:55It looks Irish -
0:41:55 > 0:41:56and its weight...
0:41:57 > 0:42:00A thing of beauty and of great value.
0:42:00 > 0:42:03It seemed a fitting way of settling the debt -
0:42:03 > 0:42:05if you'll accept, of course.
0:42:05 > 0:42:07If not, I'll put it in the smith's fire.
0:42:07 > 0:42:11I accept. On behalf of the Church, I accept.
0:42:14 > 0:42:17I trust I can rely upon your good judgment
0:42:17 > 0:42:21in dismissing the matter of my servant Oswald's wergild.
0:42:23 > 0:42:25He was a thief.
0:42:25 > 0:42:28- His family will swear otherwise. - My people will swear he was.
0:42:29 > 0:42:33And time will be wasted, with no end.
0:42:36 > 0:42:39In that case, consider all matters resolved.
0:42:40 > 0:42:41Bless you.
0:43:23 > 0:43:25I've been praying daily for your safe return.
0:43:35 > 0:43:36Who's this?
0:43:38 > 0:43:39She's a queen.
0:43:40 > 0:43:43Queen of where - of whom?
0:43:43 > 0:43:44Britons.
0:43:55 > 0:43:58Uhtred, you walked by your son without a look.
0:44:01 > 0:44:03Is he baptised now?
0:44:03 > 0:44:05Yes.
0:44:05 > 0:44:06Against my wishes.
0:44:06 > 0:44:09I have done nothing that requires forgiveness.
0:44:12 > 0:44:13What's her name?
0:44:13 > 0:44:16- I am called Iseult. - I'm speaking with my husband.
0:44:16 > 0:44:18You can kindly remain silent.
0:44:18 > 0:44:22Mildrith, we are hungry, thirsty and in need of rest.
0:44:22 > 0:44:24I am not your servant!
0:44:24 > 0:44:26Do not speak to me as if I were!
0:44:26 > 0:44:28I am your wife.
0:44:28 > 0:44:30You are no longer a part of Uhtred's path.
0:44:32 > 0:44:33It is true.
0:44:36 > 0:44:38Out.
0:44:38 > 0:44:41Out! This "Queen" can sleep with the animals.
0:44:46 > 0:44:49You should know that your land is safe.
0:44:49 > 0:44:52I have seen Bishop Alewold. The debt's settled - all of it.
0:44:52 > 0:44:55That's what I've come to tell you, nothing more.
0:44:57 > 0:44:59And what of Oswald's wergild?
0:44:59 > 0:45:02That, too, is settled. His family won't receive a penny.
0:45:03 > 0:45:06Then you can explain that to the King's council.
0:45:06 > 0:45:08Alfred has called you to the Witan.
0:45:12 > 0:45:15It's finished -
0:45:15 > 0:45:16everything.
0:45:19 > 0:45:22Before I left, I said that I've loved you...
0:45:23 > 0:45:25..and it's true.
0:45:25 > 0:45:28You will not speak of us in this way -
0:45:28 > 0:45:31and in the presence of a pagan whore!
0:45:32 > 0:45:33She is with me.
0:45:37 > 0:45:40Will you be resting with your family, or with the animals?
0:45:47 > 0:45:51You chose the company of pigs and a goat over your wife and son.
0:45:57 > 0:45:59My wife's a good woman.
0:46:01 > 0:46:04She loves her God and it's hard for her to be with the like of me.
0:46:08 > 0:46:10If the marriage is to be ended,
0:46:10 > 0:46:12I must become used to life without my son.
0:46:26 > 0:46:27I am here because I choose you...
0:46:32 > 0:46:34..though I won't keep you against your will.
0:46:42 > 0:46:43What?
0:46:50 > 0:46:51I will be with you, Uhtred...
0:46:53 > 0:46:55..from now, until the very end.
0:46:58 > 0:47:00That is what I see.
0:47:08 > 0:47:11I want you to see my home - my land in the north.
0:47:14 > 0:47:17It is this Alfred who directs you, for now.
0:47:18 > 0:47:20You must give in to fate.
0:47:22 > 0:47:23Attend his Witan.
0:47:28 > 0:47:31Will you sleep alongside me tonight, under the furs?
0:47:33 > 0:47:35Sleep?
0:47:35 > 0:47:36Nothing more.
0:47:39 > 0:47:40I would like that...
0:47:44 > 0:47:47..as the only other source of warmth would be a goat.
0:47:51 > 0:47:52QUIET LAUGHTER
0:48:01 > 0:48:03Edwina.
0:48:07 > 0:48:09Lady?
0:48:09 > 0:48:13Please inform your family that I will be travelling, with the child.
0:48:16 > 0:48:19We will leave for Lord Odda's estate.
0:48:21 > 0:48:25I would like you with me, but it is your decision.
0:48:25 > 0:48:29I know how important it is to be amongst the people who care for you.
0:48:33 > 0:48:35I would not wish to leave you.
0:48:38 > 0:48:40MILDRETH SOBS
0:48:49 > 0:48:53The very day I am told that my home is my own
0:48:53 > 0:48:55is the day I decide I must leave.
0:49:36 > 0:49:41O Lord, grant wisdom to your servants gathered here.
0:49:41 > 0:49:46Help them to decide what is right, what is just and what is fair.
0:49:47 > 0:49:49Grant us this, O Lord.
0:49:50 > 0:49:52- ALL:- Grant us, O Lord.
0:50:02 > 0:50:04- Leave your sword. - SWORD UNSHEATHES
0:50:05 > 0:50:06Uhtred!
0:50:07 > 0:50:09- Uhtred!- Beocca.
0:50:09 > 0:50:12Quickly. You're late.
0:50:12 > 0:50:16You were sent for days ago. You should have been here on time!
0:50:16 > 0:50:18Since when has my presence been so important?
0:50:18 > 0:50:20- Who is she?- She's with me.
0:50:20 > 0:50:23Is she part of your plunder?
0:50:23 > 0:50:25What's been said?
0:50:25 > 0:50:27You will hear it all, soon enough.
0:50:27 > 0:50:32Now we must go and you must be respectful - now more than ever.
0:50:37 > 0:50:42And as local thegns skimp in their duty to repair the bridges,
0:50:42 > 0:50:44I wish to ask of the King
0:50:44 > 0:50:49to appoint an official to survey the kingdom's roads.
0:50:49 > 0:50:53The bridge on the road out of Avingdon, for example,
0:50:53 > 0:50:56- is in such a state of disrepair... - Now's the time, my lord.
0:50:56 > 0:50:59..it is now dangerous for man or...
0:50:59 > 0:51:02What reason do I have to beg for mercy? What's been said?
0:51:02 > 0:51:04- Quiet, now.- Is it Cornwalum?
0:51:04 > 0:51:06- Respect.- ..Remains disinterested.
0:51:06 > 0:51:08We shall talk of bridges later.
0:51:10 > 0:51:13- Beocca, what is this? - You will be quiet there!
0:51:13 > 0:51:15Face your King!
0:51:16 > 0:51:17Come.
0:51:17 > 0:51:22There is an urgent matter which, with the Witan's permission,
0:51:22 > 0:51:23we shall deal with now.
0:51:36 > 0:51:38Ealdorman Uhtred...
0:51:39 > 0:51:42..also known in your parish as Uhtred the Godless...
0:51:44 > 0:51:46..you are on this day charged
0:51:46 > 0:51:49with taking a troop of the King's men into Cornwalum
0:51:49 > 0:51:54and there making war against the Britons without your King's consent.
0:51:54 > 0:51:57You are also charged with joining forces
0:51:57 > 0:51:58with the Dane called Skorpa...
0:52:00 > 0:52:04..to murder Christian-folk in Cornwalum,
0:52:04 > 0:52:09despite these folk all living in peace with Alfred and with Wessex.
0:52:10 > 0:52:13All this is proven with oaths.
0:52:13 > 0:52:15And the punishment for these crimes is death.
0:52:18 > 0:52:20Who swears these oaths?
0:52:20 > 0:52:22- We shall get to that! - Show me! Who swears?
0:52:22 > 0:52:26I, Brother Asser, swear these oaths.
0:52:27 > 0:52:30- Uhtred, to your knees.- Never!
0:52:30 > 0:52:31Lord, we were patrolling your borders
0:52:31 > 0:52:33and protecting your kingdom, nothing more.
0:52:33 > 0:52:36There is more to my story, lord - if I may.
0:52:36 > 0:52:37Now is the time to beg.
0:52:37 > 0:52:39Yes, let him speak. Let's hear his story.
0:52:39 > 0:52:44On my way to make this complaint to King Alfred,
0:52:44 > 0:52:45I came via Cynuit.
0:52:47 > 0:52:50And such a sight I hope never to see again.
0:52:51 > 0:52:53For, where the church to commemorate
0:52:53 > 0:52:56Lord Odda's victory over Ubba was to be built,
0:52:56 > 0:53:00I saw devastation, destruction
0:53:00 > 0:53:05and the charred remains of 15 monks or more.
0:53:05 > 0:53:07Men have told me that this evil
0:53:07 > 0:53:12was the work of the very same Skorpa who was in Cornwalum
0:53:12 > 0:53:16and that with him, once more, was the Ealdorman Uhtred.
0:53:16 > 0:53:20- This man!- No! No, these are lies! Lord, he lies with every breath!
0:53:20 > 0:53:24- Lord, hear me - let me speak - and hear the truth...- We are the Witan!
0:53:24 > 0:53:27And we shall behave in the way of a Witan!
0:53:30 > 0:53:33The ealdorman is entitled to respond.
0:53:33 > 0:53:35Yes, I was at Cynuit.
0:53:35 > 0:53:38I was at Cynuit once and once only.
0:53:39 > 0:53:44I was at Cynuit on the day that I, Uhtred of Bebbanburg, killed Ubba.
0:53:46 > 0:53:49I look around this hall
0:53:49 > 0:53:52and into the eyes of the warriors who know this to be true.
0:53:54 > 0:53:58- And that is the ONLY occasion I was at Cynuit.- We are here...
0:54:00 > 0:54:03We are here to deliver judgment on the murder of King Peredur
0:54:03 > 0:54:05and the Christian Britons of Cornwalum.
0:54:05 > 0:54:09- Then if I can speak of Cornwalum, lord?- There is a further witness, I believe.
0:54:09 > 0:54:11What if Peredur's Queen was to stand in front of this Witan
0:54:11 > 0:54:13and tell you that Peredur lied and cheated us?
0:54:13 > 0:54:16She is a Shadow Queen and a pagan, lord.
0:54:16 > 0:54:18- Her words would be meaningless. - Is the truth not important, lord?
0:54:18 > 0:54:21- Lord!- Odda, we shall move on. There is a further witness.
0:54:21 > 0:54:23Yes, lord. Bring the prisoner.
0:54:31 > 0:54:33- What is this?- Odda means for you to die as a traitor...
0:54:33 > 0:54:37- You will stand separate. - ..and you will die.
0:54:37 > 0:54:40If it is Valhalla you want, I will do my best to give it.
0:54:40 > 0:54:41I said, you will stand separate!
0:54:46 > 0:54:49Leofric, you have sworn your oath.
0:54:50 > 0:54:52And you will tell the truth.
0:54:52 > 0:54:54I will, lord.
0:54:54 > 0:54:55God is merciful.
0:54:56 > 0:55:00You are a man of Wessex and have been loyal to the King?
0:55:00 > 0:55:02I am loyal to the King, lord - always.
0:55:03 > 0:55:06Were you in Cornwalum with the Ealdorman Uhtred?
0:55:09 > 0:55:11I was. CROWD MURMURS
0:55:11 > 0:55:16Did you kill and plunder Peredur and his Britons?
0:55:16 > 0:55:17I did.
0:55:17 > 0:55:22Leofric, have you now donated your share of the plunder to the Church?
0:55:23 > 0:55:26I have, lord - and have begged forgiveness.
0:55:26 > 0:55:28APPROVING MURMURS
0:55:28 > 0:55:30The Witan hears you, Leofric.
0:55:34 > 0:55:36Whom did you follow into battle?
0:55:39 > 0:55:41I went willingly, lord.
0:55:41 > 0:55:44No. Uhtred led, you followed.
0:55:44 > 0:55:46He is the ealdorman, he is to blame.
0:55:46 > 0:55:49- I share the blame, lord. - No, he is responsible!
0:55:49 > 0:55:51- Irresponsible!- And he will pay for it with his life!
0:55:51 > 0:55:53For the very last time, beg.
0:55:53 > 0:55:57No, I will not beg! I will fall to my knees for no man, no King
0:55:57 > 0:55:58and no Christian God!
0:56:08 > 0:56:10He must pay, with his life.
0:56:12 > 0:56:14Lord, if I may make a plea to the King and the Witan?
0:56:14 > 0:56:18- I have not yet finished.- I beg your pardon, lord, but if I may?
0:56:19 > 0:56:23It is clear that, like me, the arseling here is guilty.
0:56:23 > 0:56:25Thank you, my friend(!)
0:56:26 > 0:56:31It is also clear that he is too proud and too stupid to repent -
0:56:31 > 0:56:33and as a consequence, will die.
0:56:33 > 0:56:36He will die for leading men to treachery.
0:56:36 > 0:56:38Because of my own guilt,
0:56:38 > 0:56:42and because of my respect for Uhtred as a warrior,
0:56:42 > 0:56:44I request that he dies at my sword.
0:56:49 > 0:56:53You wish to become executioner, Leofric?
0:56:53 > 0:56:56My plea is for a fight to the death, lord.
0:56:56 > 0:56:58Me against the arseling.
0:56:58 > 0:57:01If God is with me, I will be the victor -
0:57:01 > 0:57:04and the ealdorman is allowed to die as a warrior should.
0:57:04 > 0:57:07If he should win this fight to the death - what then?
0:57:07 > 0:57:09He will not.
0:57:09 > 0:57:12It would take God's intervention for him to beat me.
0:57:12 > 0:57:14Let them fight, lord!
0:57:14 > 0:57:16Let God decide!
0:57:17 > 0:57:19CROWD SHOUTS
0:57:19 > 0:57:22Lord? Lord, it is clear the guilt lies with Uhtred.
0:57:22 > 0:57:25SHOUTING INCREASES
0:57:28 > 0:57:30VOICES DIE DOWN
0:57:31 > 0:57:34Leofric, you have spoken well...
0:57:37 > 0:57:39..and your request is granted.
0:57:44 > 0:57:47You will fight tomorrow, to the death.
0:57:47 > 0:57:49CROWD SHOUTS
0:57:49 > 0:57:50Swords and shields.
0:57:52 > 0:57:54God shall determine the victor.