0:00:02 > 0:00:05This programme contains some violent scenes and scenes of sexual violence.
0:00:05 > 0:00:09'I am Uhtred, son of Uhtred, born a Saxon Lord, but raised by Danes as a warrior.
0:00:09 > 0:00:11'I now serve Alfred, the Saxon King of Wessex
0:00:11 > 0:00:13'and protect this last Kingdom of England
0:00:13 > 0:00:16'from Guthrum and his Viking army.
0:00:16 > 0:00:18'But not all believe in the King.'
0:00:18 > 0:00:21I am my father's heir.
0:00:21 > 0:00:23'To some, I am seen as an enemy within.'
0:00:23 > 0:00:26With luck, he will fall in battle.
0:00:26 > 0:00:30'It is a court without justice, where I will always be seen a pagan,
0:00:30 > 0:00:34'even through the eyes of my pious and now distant wife.
0:00:34 > 0:00:39'And so, to pay off the debt on my land, I plundered as a Viking would
0:00:39 > 0:00:41'and I found a pagan queen -
0:00:41 > 0:00:43'a seer, whose gift is linked to her purity.'
0:00:43 > 0:00:45She is not to hump.
0:00:45 > 0:00:47'I am now called a traitor.'
0:00:47 > 0:00:50I, Brother Asser, swear these oaths.
0:00:50 > 0:00:53'Alfred's court decided I should be executed.'
0:00:53 > 0:00:55I request that he dies at my sword.
0:00:55 > 0:00:58You will fight to the death.
0:00:58 > 0:00:59'Destiny is all.'
0:01:44 > 0:01:46Get out, you drunk bastard!
0:01:51 > 0:01:53Is he here?
0:01:53 > 0:01:55With a woman who's not his wife.
0:02:00 > 0:02:01Your friend is here.
0:02:10 > 0:02:11May I sit?
0:02:11 > 0:02:14Or will I spoil the gift of a last night of freedom?
0:02:14 > 0:02:15Sit.
0:02:26 > 0:02:29Do you believe I have betrayed you, arseling?
0:02:29 > 0:02:32- I don't.- Make no mistake -
0:02:32 > 0:02:34Odda had 20 men or more, ready to swear against you.
0:02:37 > 0:02:41I am here to tell you that I am better than you, right now.
0:02:41 > 0:02:43I will kill you.
0:02:44 > 0:02:46A warrior's death is all I can give.
0:02:46 > 0:02:49Forgive me, but I am trying to forget you are my friend.
0:02:50 > 0:02:52As long as you understand.
0:03:07 > 0:03:10If you have more to say, you should say it.
0:03:13 > 0:03:15Leofric!
0:03:15 > 0:03:17Leofric!
0:03:21 > 0:03:23This isn't a fight I want.
0:03:23 > 0:03:25I have been allowed my freedom tonight
0:03:25 > 0:03:29and if I could slip away, I would. But I cannot do that.
0:03:29 > 0:03:30Reputation is all.
0:03:31 > 0:03:35- I know it.- I have feuds to settle, promises to keep - I must live.
0:03:37 > 0:03:39Then you must kill me.
0:03:39 > 0:03:41- And you me.- I intend to.
0:03:46 > 0:03:48I will have the advantage.
0:03:48 > 0:03:51The King's wife is praying for me.
0:03:51 > 0:03:52God loves her.
0:03:52 > 0:03:53Someone's got to.
0:03:58 > 0:04:00It has been good to have you as my friend.
0:04:02 > 0:04:04I'll make your death quick and painless.
0:04:04 > 0:04:06- Then hump my queen?- And your wife.
0:04:06 > 0:04:08But you will be without your balls(!)
0:04:15 > 0:04:17I will see you tomorrow morning.
0:04:17 > 0:04:18You will.
0:04:35 > 0:04:36What are you thinking?
0:04:40 > 0:04:42What goes on inside this head?
0:04:51 > 0:04:55I was thinking how I would like to lie with you -
0:04:55 > 0:04:56as a woman.
0:04:58 > 0:05:00You were?
0:05:03 > 0:05:05- I cannot.- Yes, you can.
0:05:05 > 0:05:07I cannot, you know I cannot,
0:05:07 > 0:05:09I will lose my gift.
0:05:09 > 0:05:10Who cares?
0:05:12 > 0:05:14The future is fate - it won't change.
0:05:19 > 0:05:21And if today I die?
0:05:23 > 0:05:25I have not seen your death.
0:05:34 > 0:05:35Uhtred!
0:05:37 > 0:05:39Uhtred!
0:05:39 > 0:05:40The King wishes to speak with you.
0:05:40 > 0:05:42About what?
0:05:42 > 0:05:45He is unsure what to wear this morning and needs your advice(!)
0:05:45 > 0:05:46With me.
0:06:00 > 0:06:03Are you going to eat all of this,
0:06:03 > 0:06:06or shall we save half for Edward?
0:06:06 > 0:06:08He's a baby!
0:06:08 > 0:06:11Oh, is he? Is he really? I had quite forgotten(!)
0:06:13 > 0:06:16Ah, Uhtred.
0:06:16 > 0:06:17Lord.
0:06:18 > 0:06:21- I trust you slept well?- I did not. BABY COUGHS
0:06:21 > 0:06:23My son is coughing
0:06:23 > 0:06:26and two of my best warriors will today try to kill each other.
0:06:26 > 0:06:29BABY WHIMPERS
0:06:32 > 0:06:36Today is the feast of Saint Cedd. We have decorated the Great Hall.
0:06:36 > 0:06:37Do you know of Saint Cedd?
0:06:37 > 0:06:39No, lord.
0:06:39 > 0:06:42Well, I like to think of him as a symbol.
0:06:42 > 0:06:46He worked in East Anglia and Mercia and he died in Northumbria -
0:06:46 > 0:06:48your part of the country.
0:06:48 > 0:06:51- A man of all England. - Exactly, Uhtred...
0:06:53 > 0:06:59..which is why I am loathe to shed Saxon blood, on his day of days.
0:07:02 > 0:07:04Resume your debt.
0:07:04 > 0:07:07Despatch your "queen" back to Cornwalum -
0:07:07 > 0:07:09and there need be no bloodshed.
0:07:10 > 0:07:12Those are my terms, they will not change...
0:07:12 > 0:07:15If Iseult returns to Cornwalum, she'll be killed.
0:07:17 > 0:07:20I'm prepared to resume my debt, to save Leofric,
0:07:20 > 0:07:21but Iseult must stay with me.
0:07:21 > 0:07:25She is plunder and as such, she must be returned, regardless of her fate.
0:07:25 > 0:07:27I can't abandon her! The Queen stays with me.
0:07:36 > 0:07:37You are a fool.
0:07:40 > 0:07:42You are a sinner and a heathen and I...
0:07:45 > 0:07:47..I have lost my patience with you.
0:07:49 > 0:07:50The fight will go ahead.
0:07:55 > 0:07:59May your soul receive its just reward.
0:07:59 > 0:08:00Lord.
0:08:18 > 0:08:21CROWDS SHOUT AND CLAMOUR
0:08:42 > 0:08:43Make way. Make way!
0:08:51 > 0:08:53Silence!
0:08:59 > 0:09:02Silence!
0:09:02 > 0:09:05CROWD FALLS SILENT
0:09:05 > 0:09:08Your Majesty. Lords, ladies.
0:09:08 > 0:09:11Great unwashed and stinking people of Winchester!
0:09:11 > 0:09:14LAUGHTER
0:09:14 > 0:09:18We are gathered to witness justice!
0:09:18 > 0:09:20We are gathered to witness a fight to the end -
0:09:20 > 0:09:25that end being death - that end being the fires of hell.
0:09:25 > 0:09:28We are hear to witness a battle between Uhtred, the Godless...
0:09:28 > 0:09:31- CROWD BOOS - ..and Leofric, of Winchester!
0:09:31 > 0:09:34CROWD CHEERS
0:09:34 > 0:09:35Take your shields.
0:09:43 > 0:09:45Warriors -
0:09:45 > 0:09:46are you prepared?
0:09:48 > 0:09:50- I am.- Yes.
0:09:55 > 0:09:56It is to the death -
0:09:56 > 0:09:59no matter how death occurs.
0:09:59 > 0:10:01May God choose his victor.
0:10:03 > 0:10:04Swords...
0:10:11 > 0:10:13Begin!
0:10:19 > 0:10:20HORSE WHINNIES
0:11:07 > 0:11:10Brother Asser, I wish you well on your return to Cornwalum.
0:11:10 > 0:11:12- You do not wish to see the outcome, lord?- No. No, I do not.
0:11:12 > 0:11:15My dear, will you ask the nurses to fetch the children?
0:11:15 > 0:11:16I wish to walk with them.
0:12:26 > 0:12:30The Danes! The Danes are here, they have breached the city walls!
0:12:30 > 0:12:32Save yourselves!
0:12:32 > 0:12:35The fight is finished, arseling! Come on, run!
0:12:35 > 0:12:38Stand to a man! They are not to pass.
0:12:38 > 0:12:41They are not to approach the palace!
0:12:41 > 0:12:43Father, they will hack the likes of us to pieces.
0:12:43 > 0:12:45The King! Where is the King?
0:12:45 > 0:12:47The King will have to make his own arrangements.
0:12:47 > 0:12:49And what of me? Odda! Odda!
0:12:49 > 0:12:50Leofric, this way.
0:12:50 > 0:12:53SCREAMING
0:13:24 > 0:13:25Go, quickly.
0:13:33 > 0:13:36There will be nothing left in the stables but horse-shit.
0:13:36 > 0:13:37Let's go this way.
0:14:11 > 0:14:13We hide here, wait for nightfall.
0:14:20 > 0:14:21I want the King -
0:14:21 > 0:14:26and I want him alive, crawling on his knees!
0:14:26 > 0:14:28WOMAN SCREAMS
0:14:52 > 0:14:54GUTHRUM: Find me Alfred!
0:14:54 > 0:14:56DISTANT SHRIEKS
0:15:07 > 0:15:10Keep away! Stand back, I warn you.
0:15:11 > 0:15:13God will protect me... God will...
0:15:13 > 0:15:15PRIEST SCREAMS
0:15:26 > 0:15:28Only Guthrum can save you.
0:15:28 > 0:15:31Guthrum is your God now.
0:15:31 > 0:15:33- Should I spare you?- Please.
0:15:36 > 0:15:37Please...
0:15:42 > 0:15:43Go in peace.
0:15:47 > 0:15:48Go!
0:15:51 > 0:15:53Find Alfred.
0:16:28 > 0:16:29You are Guthrum,
0:16:29 > 0:16:31the great warrior.
0:16:33 > 0:16:34I am Aethelwold...
0:16:35 > 0:16:38..son of King Aethelred and rightful King of Wessex.
0:16:40 > 0:16:42Alfred stole my crown.
0:16:47 > 0:16:48This crown.
0:16:54 > 0:16:58As King, I am prepared to negotiate.
0:17:11 > 0:17:12End of negotiation.
0:17:14 > 0:17:15GUTHRUM SNIFFS
0:17:15 > 0:17:18You smell like you shit yourself.
0:17:18 > 0:17:19I've not been well.
0:17:21 > 0:17:25- I pledge to you my allegiance! - AETHELWOLD GROANS
0:17:50 > 0:17:53WOMAN: No! Let go of me! No!
0:17:53 > 0:17:55SCREAMING
0:18:03 > 0:18:07No! No! No! No!
0:18:18 > 0:18:20Lord, you are with me,
0:18:20 > 0:18:22you will not desert me.
0:18:22 > 0:18:27I feel nothing...except your love...
0:18:32 > 0:18:33- Iseult!- Look out!
0:18:41 > 0:18:42NECK SNAPS
0:18:47 > 0:18:51They are gone. They are gone. It is over.
0:18:51 > 0:18:53They are gone.
0:18:58 > 0:19:00We need to be gone ourselves.
0:19:00 > 0:19:03Put on a helmet. We are Danes.
0:19:03 > 0:19:06- Again?- You will not be leaving me.
0:19:06 > 0:19:07We will not.
0:19:07 > 0:19:09You are prisoners.
0:19:14 > 0:19:17SCREAMING AND LAUGHTER
0:19:30 > 0:19:31Uhtred the Saxon.
0:19:34 > 0:19:35Brida!
0:19:39 > 0:19:40What's this?
0:19:42 > 0:19:44You mean to do me harm?
0:19:44 > 0:19:47- I haven't decided. - Good to see you again, Brida.
0:19:47 > 0:19:49Leofric.
0:19:49 > 0:19:52How did you manage to get such a big head into such a small helmet?
0:19:52 > 0:19:54It was necessary.
0:19:59 > 0:20:01Why are you doing this?
0:20:05 > 0:20:08- Where's Ragnar? Is he here? - He is almost ready to travel north.
0:20:08 > 0:20:10- To kill Kjartan?- What do you care?
0:20:19 > 0:20:21The guards at the gates will be drunk.
0:20:21 > 0:20:23Your way is clear.
0:20:23 > 0:20:25Brida...
0:20:28 > 0:20:31..tell Ragnar I am still his brother.
0:20:32 > 0:20:36I'll tell him you were here and that you left.
0:20:36 > 0:20:37Arseling.
0:20:46 > 0:20:47Brida has changed.
0:20:51 > 0:20:52She was always angry.
0:20:54 > 0:20:56Now, she is nasty.
0:20:58 > 0:21:00Either she has changed, or I have changed.
0:21:05 > 0:21:06She once loved you.
0:21:08 > 0:21:10Not anymore.
0:21:10 > 0:21:12Even I could see that much.
0:21:28 > 0:21:29I hate the forest.
0:21:41 > 0:21:42Where is your wife?
0:21:45 > 0:21:48I know you are married to the Lady Mildrith.
0:21:53 > 0:21:55She will have sought refuge...
0:21:57 > 0:21:59..with the Church.
0:22:02 > 0:22:04She used to come to the nunnery.
0:22:06 > 0:22:07I would pray with her.
0:22:08 > 0:22:10I watched her, as she changed.
0:22:16 > 0:22:18Why does a woman become a nun?
0:22:21 > 0:22:23Because of her love for God.
0:22:25 > 0:22:27God will never abandon her.
0:22:27 > 0:22:30You were being humped against your will.
0:22:32 > 0:22:33Where was God?
0:22:37 > 0:22:38He sent you.
0:22:46 > 0:22:48Is the King likely to have been killed?
0:22:48 > 0:22:50The King is not our concern.
0:22:50 > 0:22:53If the King is dead, then Wessex is dead.
0:23:02 > 0:23:04Where are you going?
0:23:04 > 0:23:05I need darkness.
0:23:07 > 0:23:08She needs darkness for what?
0:23:09 > 0:23:11- UHTRED SIGHS - To see.
0:23:22 > 0:23:24Leofric, where are we?
0:23:24 > 0:23:27We are at the marshlands of the Severn.
0:23:27 > 0:23:28The swamplands.
0:23:29 > 0:23:31I have never seen lands like this before.
0:23:38 > 0:23:40Hurry, they've seen us!
0:23:40 > 0:23:43- The boats won't wait!- Priests.
0:23:43 > 0:23:47Come quickly, We need to leave. Hurry!
0:23:47 > 0:23:48In fear.
0:23:48 > 0:23:50God preserve us.
0:23:50 > 0:23:51Time to fight, arseling!
0:24:14 > 0:24:15Uhtred!
0:24:26 > 0:24:27Arseling!
0:24:29 > 0:24:31I have your sword.
0:24:45 > 0:24:46We'll get you!
0:24:48 > 0:24:52I hope you're carrying silver, priest. We have saved your life.
0:24:52 > 0:24:55I am saved by ghosts, it seems.
0:24:56 > 0:24:58Lord!
0:24:59 > 0:25:01Thank God you are unhurt.
0:25:01 > 0:25:02I was blessed.
0:25:02 > 0:25:05- And your family?- Are safe.
0:25:05 > 0:25:07They are in the boat ahead,
0:25:07 > 0:25:10hoping to find sanctuary in these marshlands.
0:25:13 > 0:25:16At the palace, lord - they came from nowhere.
0:25:17 > 0:25:21- They did.- They came because they were allowed to.
0:25:21 > 0:25:24Where were your watchers? Your spies?
0:25:24 > 0:25:26On their knees, no doubt.
0:25:26 > 0:25:27You should show respect.
0:25:27 > 0:25:30Wessex allows its warriors to kill each other
0:25:30 > 0:25:32and spends too much time on its knees
0:25:32 > 0:25:34and too much money on its churches.
0:25:34 > 0:25:37If Guthrum were Christian, and not pagan, there would be no war.
0:25:37 > 0:25:42- But...he is not.- You will do well to remember that I am King.
0:25:42 > 0:25:44King of what? Look around you.
0:25:44 > 0:25:46He is our King!
0:25:46 > 0:25:49Like every kingdom before it, Wessex has fallen.
0:25:49 > 0:25:53He is Alfred, a man.
0:25:53 > 0:25:54King of nothing.
0:26:51 > 0:26:54BABY COUGHS AND WHEEZES
0:27:00 > 0:27:05Lord God, allow your blessed oils to penetrate and take away
0:27:05 > 0:27:08any and all fever and sickness.
0:27:08 > 0:27:12Restore health and strength to the child
0:27:12 > 0:27:15and to his ever-watchful parents.
0:27:15 > 0:27:16Amen.
0:27:16 > 0:27:17- Amen.- Amen.
0:27:19 > 0:27:20BABY WHIMPERS
0:27:20 > 0:27:22AELSWITH SHUSHES
0:27:46 > 0:27:49Lord, I have prepared a tonic -
0:27:49 > 0:27:50for the pain.
0:27:51 > 0:27:53For the pain you suffer here.
0:27:55 > 0:27:57You pass blood? From your arse?
0:28:04 > 0:28:08It is nothing more than what grows from the earth, lord - drink it.
0:28:19 > 0:28:21Is it good?
0:28:21 > 0:28:22Oh, not at all.
0:28:25 > 0:28:27- Thank you. - There will be more tomorrow.
0:28:37 > 0:28:40He will become lost, I guarantee it.
0:28:56 > 0:28:59Were you worried that I would lose my way?
0:28:59 > 0:29:02One path looks like another.
0:29:02 > 0:29:04You have explored?
0:29:04 > 0:29:05A little.
0:29:07 > 0:29:10What do you notice about this place?
0:29:12 > 0:29:14It's wet.
0:29:14 > 0:29:16There are no horizons...
0:29:17 > 0:29:19..no sense of something beyond.
0:29:21 > 0:29:25My priests have visited here once or twice, to preach.
0:29:25 > 0:29:27The people are oblivious to God.
0:29:33 > 0:29:34You look tired.
0:29:36 > 0:29:38Sleep has been a rarity, yes.
0:29:41 > 0:29:44My wife would like us to take a ship to Frankia.
0:29:44 > 0:29:46To become another king in exile?
0:29:46 > 0:29:48So, you admit I am still a king?
0:29:51 > 0:29:52We dare not travel.
0:29:54 > 0:29:56My son would never survive it.
0:30:05 > 0:30:07You should send out word that you are alive,
0:30:07 > 0:30:10asking men to join you, to follow you.
0:30:10 > 0:30:12And then what? Fight?
0:30:13 > 0:30:16- Is that what you would do? - It's what a king would do.
0:30:18 > 0:30:21I have given it thought, of course I have -
0:30:21 > 0:30:22and this much I know...
0:30:24 > 0:30:29..if I am to fight, it would have to be a single battle - and soon,
0:30:29 > 0:30:31before yet more Danes arrive.
0:30:31 > 0:30:33Before Wessex crumbles,
0:30:33 > 0:30:36skirmish by skirmish, raid by raid, piece by piece.
0:30:36 > 0:30:39Therefore, the first task
0:30:39 > 0:30:44would be to somehow convince the Danes
0:30:44 > 0:30:47to hold one great and deciding moment.
0:30:50 > 0:30:52A single, defining battle.
0:30:52 > 0:30:53Yes.
0:30:54 > 0:30:56Who should I send -
0:30:56 > 0:30:58out into the country, with the news I am here?
0:30:58 > 0:31:01It would have to be your priests. All of them.
0:31:01 > 0:31:03- Each in a separate direction. - Their prayers are needed here.
0:31:06 > 0:31:09Your son grows weaker, despite their prayers.
0:31:10 > 0:31:12For that, I am sorry.
0:31:25 > 0:31:27Every breath is an effort for him.
0:31:29 > 0:31:32I don't know whether to make him warm or keep him cool.
0:31:34 > 0:31:36Well, we will...
0:31:36 > 0:31:39We will remain here until he is well.
0:31:39 > 0:31:42BABY CRIES AND COUGHS
0:32:05 > 0:32:07BABY CRIES
0:32:11 > 0:32:12Will the child die?
0:32:16 > 0:32:18Can you save him?
0:32:22 > 0:32:23There is a way...
0:32:25 > 0:32:27..though it is not a good way.
0:32:29 > 0:32:32If it is the only way, then you must.
0:32:46 > 0:32:49You are feeling a little better, lord?
0:32:50 > 0:32:51I am.
0:32:56 > 0:32:57Iseult is a healer.
0:33:00 > 0:33:02She could help your son.
0:33:07 > 0:33:08Thank you.
0:33:15 > 0:33:18If you help, then you better succeed.
0:33:18 > 0:33:20If the child dies, you will be blamed.
0:33:20 > 0:33:21We cannot do nothing.
0:33:21 > 0:33:24That is not what I am saying.
0:33:24 > 0:33:27Iseult is a pagan and a woman.
0:33:27 > 0:33:30She will be blamed, regardless of her meaning well.
0:33:40 > 0:33:43If it's true that Alfred is in the swampland,
0:33:43 > 0:33:45how long do we wait for him to come out?
0:33:45 > 0:33:48If he is hiding in the swampland, we would be fools to go searching.
0:33:48 > 0:33:50Have you seen anything like this?
0:33:52 > 0:33:55- The monasteries keep words like this...- No, no, not like this...
0:33:55 > 0:33:56What does it all mean?
0:33:57 > 0:34:00What does all this speak of?
0:34:00 > 0:34:01I cannot say I care.
0:34:02 > 0:34:06Whatever Alfred found out about his enemies, he would write.
0:34:06 > 0:34:09Yeah. It's magic. Yeah, it is.
0:34:09 > 0:34:12BRIDA AND RAGNAR LAUGH You are laughing?
0:34:12 > 0:34:14It is a weak kind of magic.
0:34:14 > 0:34:16No, you are wrong.
0:34:16 > 0:34:19This is... This is words without sound.
0:34:19 > 0:34:21It is voices without people.
0:34:21 > 0:34:24I am going to learn how to use this magic.
0:34:24 > 0:34:27And if we took Alfred, he could teach you.
0:34:28 > 0:34:33Only a fool would march an army into a swampland.
0:34:33 > 0:34:34Are you that fool?
0:34:42 > 0:34:45Are you that fool, Ragnar?
0:34:45 > 0:34:46No, I'm not.
0:34:48 > 0:34:50Then we wait.
0:35:06 > 0:35:07We need to be closer.
0:35:12 > 0:35:15ARROW THUDS DEER CRIES OUT
0:35:36 > 0:35:39Uhtred, the water is rising.
0:35:49 > 0:35:50Lord, you had one task.
0:35:52 > 0:35:53Oh, no. I am sorry.
0:35:54 > 0:35:57I've never cooked before - and never again, I fear.
0:35:58 > 0:36:01- Are they burned? - They are done well, lord -
0:36:01 > 0:36:04a challenge for your teeth and stomach.
0:36:05 > 0:36:07I have seen a fleet on the Severn.
0:36:09 > 0:36:11They carry Skorpa's colours.
0:36:11 > 0:36:13- How many ships?- 20, or more.
0:36:15 > 0:36:17That is over 1,000 men.
0:36:18 > 0:36:20Guthrum will have the same.
0:36:20 > 0:36:22- More.- God save us.
0:36:22 > 0:36:24We can save ourselves.
0:36:25 > 0:36:27We must believe it.
0:36:34 > 0:36:37Will the Lady be joining us, lord?
0:36:37 > 0:36:39No, she will not.
0:36:39 > 0:36:43She is angry with me still, for sending away the priests.
0:36:43 > 0:36:47Sending out the priests was the right thing, lord.
0:36:47 > 0:36:49Let us pray you are correct.
0:36:50 > 0:36:52If you will excuse me.
0:36:56 > 0:37:01If the child dies, it will take the fight from Alfred's bones -
0:37:01 > 0:37:03and we will never save ourselves.
0:37:19 > 0:37:20Aelswith.
0:37:21 > 0:37:23You must end this silence.
0:37:26 > 0:37:27The priests will fetch men.
0:37:27 > 0:37:30Without men, safe passage to the South and to Frankia
0:37:30 > 0:37:31would be impossible.
0:37:34 > 0:37:37At best, our children would be taken as slaves.
0:37:46 > 0:37:49You are eating meat.
0:37:49 > 0:37:50Why?
0:37:50 > 0:37:52These last few days, the pains have abated.
0:37:52 > 0:37:55Meat does not agree.
0:37:55 > 0:37:57I could not cope with further sickness.
0:38:03 > 0:38:06In the mind of Brother Asser, she is a witch -
0:38:06 > 0:38:08and yet, you gladly drink her potions.
0:38:08 > 0:38:11- It is a tonic.- I can read you.
0:38:11 > 0:38:14You wish to put our child in the hands of the devil!
0:38:14 > 0:38:17Our prayers are not being answered.
0:38:17 > 0:38:20Is it any wonder we find ourselves living in a muddy puddle?
0:38:22 > 0:38:24BABY COUGHS
0:38:45 > 0:38:47Father, please. Come and sit by the fire.
0:38:47 > 0:38:49I bring word - from the King.
0:38:58 > 0:39:01He lives?
0:39:01 > 0:39:03Wessex lives and breathes, Wulfhere.
0:39:03 > 0:39:05Thank God.
0:39:23 > 0:39:25Oh, my goodness.
0:39:25 > 0:39:28She has the nerve to approach.
0:39:28 > 0:39:30She has helped me.
0:39:33 > 0:39:34Thank you.
0:39:37 > 0:39:40I, for one, do not wish to hear your voice.
0:39:41 > 0:39:43Do not speak a word.
0:39:47 > 0:39:50Is there something you wish to say, Iseult?
0:39:53 > 0:39:58If you wish, lord - I will try and help your child.
0:39:58 > 0:39:59We do not wish.
0:39:59 > 0:40:01Tonight is a good night.
0:40:01 > 0:40:04We do not wish!
0:40:04 > 0:40:08- Tomorrow, it will be too late. - What kind of talk is that?
0:40:08 > 0:40:11- What kind of talk is "too late"? - AELSWITH WEEPS
0:40:12 > 0:40:14Are you saying that my child will die?
0:40:14 > 0:40:16Aelswith. Aelswith, please.
0:40:16 > 0:40:18Get her away from me. Get her away from me!
0:40:18 > 0:40:21- Get her out of my sight! - Please, stop.
0:40:21 > 0:40:24- Get her out of my sight! - Lord, she is offering help.
0:40:24 > 0:40:27My priests told me that you are a witch and they are correct!
0:40:27 > 0:40:31- She is no witch!- Aelswith, please, no more. No more. No more.
0:40:31 > 0:40:35You are upsetting yourself and you are upsetting the children, no more!
0:40:42 > 0:40:45- No, no, please! - BABY COUGHS AND CRIES
0:40:50 > 0:40:53Go. Go, please.
0:40:53 > 0:40:56Iseult, you must prepare.
0:40:56 > 0:40:58ALFRED SHUSHES BABY
0:41:00 > 0:41:01Lord?
0:41:02 > 0:41:04It can only be tonight.
0:41:07 > 0:41:08She will be ready.
0:41:34 > 0:41:39The child will pass from one chamber to the other...
0:41:41 > 0:41:42..from near death to life.
0:41:50 > 0:41:51What is it?
0:41:53 > 0:41:56If this child is to live,
0:41:56 > 0:41:58then another, somewhere, must die.
0:42:02 > 0:42:03I will be taking a life.
0:42:05 > 0:42:06A stranger, an innocent...
0:42:08 > 0:42:09Iseult...
0:42:13 > 0:42:14..this must be done.
0:42:33 > 0:42:34Lady Aelswith?
0:42:36 > 0:42:37Leave me.
0:42:41 > 0:42:44I cannot.
0:42:44 > 0:42:45Leave me.
0:42:45 > 0:42:46Lady...
0:42:48 > 0:42:49..you need comfort.
0:43:02 > 0:43:03When a child suffers...
0:43:06 > 0:43:08..the mother suffers.
0:43:10 > 0:43:12I know this.
0:43:14 > 0:43:15I know the pain you feel.
0:43:18 > 0:43:19It is almost unbearable...
0:43:21 > 0:43:23..even for a queen.
0:43:25 > 0:43:28I'll stay only for as long as you need me -
0:43:28 > 0:43:30for a moment, a year...
0:43:35 > 0:43:37He's dying.
0:43:37 > 0:43:40AELSWITH WEEPS
0:43:48 > 0:43:49She is a pagan...
0:43:51 > 0:43:54..and yet, she has helped the King.
0:43:56 > 0:44:00I am to trust a stranger with my child?
0:44:10 > 0:44:13There is good in Iseult.
0:44:32 > 0:44:35I don't know what is worse -
0:44:35 > 0:44:37when he cries, or when he is still.
0:44:37 > 0:44:40When he is still, I feel the need to prod him awake.
0:44:42 > 0:44:44It is retribution. God is punishing me.
0:44:44 > 0:44:46For what?
0:44:46 > 0:44:48For Aethelwold. For taking his crown.
0:44:48 > 0:44:51Aethelwold is a fool. He could never be King.
0:44:51 > 0:44:53Your God is testing you.
0:44:56 > 0:44:58Lord, give Edward to Iseult.
0:45:00 > 0:45:02If God will not cure Edward,
0:45:02 > 0:45:07what makes you think he would allow a pagan to succeed?
0:45:24 > 0:45:26Who is to say God is not working through us all?
0:45:28 > 0:45:30Did he not make the pagans too?
0:45:33 > 0:45:37Beocca would tell me that God's ways are known only to himself.
0:45:41 > 0:45:44You have been brought to the marshes for a reason.
0:45:44 > 0:45:48You have this one chance to save your son.
0:45:48 > 0:45:51And you will have one chance to save your Kingdom.
0:45:51 > 0:45:53The two are bound together.
0:45:55 > 0:45:56Edward is your heir.
0:45:59 > 0:46:00If he lives...
0:46:02 > 0:46:04..I would say it is a sign.
0:46:05 > 0:46:06Wessex will live.
0:46:17 > 0:46:19There is barely a heartbeat.
0:46:22 > 0:46:24Let me give the child to Iseult.
0:46:46 > 0:46:48May God have mercy on each of us.
0:47:11 > 0:47:13Where has he taken him?
0:47:14 > 0:47:16Am I allowed to know?
0:47:17 > 0:47:19To Iseult.
0:47:21 > 0:47:23God is watching.
0:48:06 > 0:48:07Lord?
0:48:11 > 0:48:12Lord?
0:48:14 > 0:48:15Good morning, lord.
0:48:15 > 0:48:18We received your message. We came as quickly as we could.
0:48:20 > 0:48:22Father Beocca? Is that you?
0:48:22 > 0:48:24Yes, lord.
0:48:25 > 0:48:27You are here?
0:48:27 > 0:48:29I am, lord.
0:48:34 > 0:48:36You have brought men.
0:48:36 > 0:48:38- Wulfhere!- Lord.
0:48:41 > 0:48:44Well, how warming it is to see you all.
0:48:44 > 0:48:46It is good to see you again, lord.
0:48:46 > 0:48:48And many more are nearby.
0:48:48 > 0:48:52Guards, men - even the Brother Asser is here.
0:48:52 > 0:48:55We have all been saying prayers for your health and safety.
0:48:57 > 0:48:59Praying? Yes...
0:48:59 > 0:49:01And for Edward, of course.
0:49:01 > 0:49:02Every priest in the land
0:49:02 > 0:49:05has been instructed to hold service for his recovery.
0:49:08 > 0:49:09For Edward. I am blessed.
0:49:11 > 0:49:13How is the boy, lord?
0:49:16 > 0:49:17Edward...
0:49:20 > 0:49:21Lord?
0:49:23 > 0:49:24What is it, lord?
0:49:29 > 0:49:31Oh, please, oh, please, God, no...
0:49:33 > 0:49:35Say he has not been taken from me.
0:49:35 > 0:49:37No, lord. This is not his grave.
0:49:40 > 0:49:42BABY WHIMPERS
0:49:45 > 0:49:47He is well, lord.
0:49:47 > 0:49:48What?
0:49:48 > 0:49:50And he is healed.
0:49:50 > 0:49:51Healed?
0:49:53 > 0:49:54Lord, what is this?
0:49:57 > 0:50:00It is good news, Father. Rejoice.
0:50:00 > 0:50:01He is well.
0:50:07 > 0:50:09ALFRED LAUGHS
0:50:09 > 0:50:13He is well! It is true, he is...
0:50:13 > 0:50:15He is well. He is cool.
0:50:15 > 0:50:17He is well, Beocca.
0:50:19 > 0:50:22I can feel his heart beating strongly.
0:50:23 > 0:50:25God has not forsaken you, lord.
0:50:25 > 0:50:27Fetch Aelswith, fetch his mother!
0:50:27 > 0:50:29The prayers of the whole of Wessex have been answered.
0:50:29 > 0:50:32- Indeed.- Every mass, lord -
0:50:32 > 0:50:35every mass said by 100 priests or more has been heard.
0:50:35 > 0:50:37Look at him. Look at him - he is well!
0:50:37 > 0:50:40God is good! Praise him!
0:50:46 > 0:50:49Yes, praise him, Father Beocca.
0:50:59 > 0:51:01You did well.
0:51:01 > 0:51:02Why the tears?
0:51:07 > 0:51:09They are for the stranger's child.
0:51:11 > 0:51:13ISEULT WEEPS
0:52:10 > 0:52:11You are wet, arseling.
0:52:11 > 0:52:16I am. Wet, tired - but I have a plan.
0:52:16 > 0:52:21Lord, the ships are guarded by no more than 60 men.
0:52:21 > 0:52:24The rest of the army will be inland, looking for food.
0:52:24 > 0:52:26We kill the men, we burn the ships.
0:52:26 > 0:52:30- You really believe Skorpa will then go to Guthrum?- I do.
0:52:30 > 0:52:32One army, one battle. It's the only way, lord.
0:52:35 > 0:52:38It begins here, in these waters.
0:52:43 > 0:52:45You were brought here for this reason, lord.
0:53:14 > 0:53:18They need to give chase and they need to believe they can reach us.
0:53:18 > 0:53:22We stand our ground until the very last moment.
0:53:22 > 0:53:25Then, we stay on the safe path
0:53:25 > 0:53:27and let the land half kill them before we attack.
0:53:29 > 0:53:31And if they do reach us?
0:53:37 > 0:53:38Ready?
0:53:55 > 0:53:57Remember, don't kill them, just make them mad.
0:54:14 > 0:54:15Another.
0:54:24 > 0:54:26Are you wishing to die?
0:54:28 > 0:54:29Another.
0:54:39 > 0:54:42Who are you, you piece of weasel shit?
0:54:42 > 0:54:44You want me to spill your guts?
0:54:44 > 0:54:45Here I am, I'm waiting!
0:54:47 > 0:54:49We will send each of you to corpse hall!
0:54:49 > 0:54:51Hit the big bastard.
0:54:59 > 0:55:01Come and fight! Are you afraid?
0:55:04 > 0:55:07DANES ROAR
0:55:08 > 0:55:09We stand our ground.
0:55:14 > 0:55:15We stand our ground.
0:55:20 > 0:55:22Run! Run, run, run!
0:56:59 > 0:57:01Now for the ships!
0:57:08 > 0:57:10A new horizon, lord.
0:57:11 > 0:57:12A beacon of hope.
0:57:18 > 0:57:19God has tested you, lord.
0:57:20 > 0:57:24He has put you into the fire, as a smith would his steel -
0:57:24 > 0:57:27and like the steel, you have emerged stronger.
0:57:30 > 0:57:32Praise him.
0:57:32 > 0:57:34Praise him, lord.
0:57:34 > 0:57:36You are right, Beocca.
0:57:36 > 0:57:40God works in the strangest of ways,
0:57:40 > 0:57:41known only to himself.