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0:00:05 > 0:00:06'I am Uhtred, son of Uhtred.
0:00:06 > 0:00:08'I was born a Saxon lord, but raised as a Dane
0:00:08 > 0:00:10'until the eve of my sister's wedding,
0:00:10 > 0:00:11'when my family were murdered.
0:00:11 > 0:00:13'I am a warrior,
0:00:13 > 0:00:16'but when the Danes attacked Alfred's stronghold of Winchester,
0:00:16 > 0:00:18'all a man could do was run.
0:00:18 > 0:00:20'Some faster than others,
0:00:20 > 0:00:23'including my enemy, Young Odda.
0:00:23 > 0:00:26'And so, Guthrum took Winchester.
0:00:26 > 0:00:29'Aethelwold pledged his allegiance to the Danes,
0:00:29 > 0:00:32'though Guthrum still feared Alfred's God.
0:00:32 > 0:00:37'I could only hope my now-distant wife and child would be safe.
0:00:37 > 0:00:41'We had no choice but to hide and pray for a miracle.
0:00:41 > 0:00:45'Iseult, my virgin queen, saved the King's son -
0:00:45 > 0:00:47'but at a cost only she could see.
0:00:48 > 0:00:50'She gave Alfred strength.
0:00:51 > 0:00:55'With the King alive and well, there is hope for Wessex.
0:00:56 > 0:00:57'Destiny is all.'
0:01:40 > 0:01:42Agreed, we have fired a good number of ships...
0:01:42 > 0:01:44- A fleet.- A fleet.
0:01:44 > 0:01:47But in the meantime, we have left hundreds of Danes stranded in Wessex
0:01:47 > 0:01:49with no means of leaving...
0:01:49 > 0:01:52Wulfhere, I do not believe their intention was to ever leave.
0:01:52 > 0:01:55And in a few months, there will be more ships, more men.
0:01:55 > 0:01:58- Now is the time to fight. - Fight with what?
0:01:58 > 0:02:01We are without an army, and the Danes will number thousands.
0:02:01 > 0:02:03The men are out there, Wulfhere - and they are waiting.
0:02:03 > 0:02:05- What they need is the call. - Indeed, but...
0:02:08 > 0:02:09Lord...
0:02:10 > 0:02:14..what if I suggest we escort you to Frankia?
0:02:14 > 0:02:17That will not happen. I will not hide -
0:02:17 > 0:02:19not here, nor in Frankia.
0:02:19 > 0:02:22- But my lord... - I have prayed daily for guidance.
0:02:23 > 0:02:27The only way I see to save Wessex is with what we have begun -
0:02:27 > 0:02:29one, defining battle.
0:02:31 > 0:02:32We shall be leaving the marshes.
0:02:36 > 0:02:37Courage and faith.
0:02:39 > 0:02:41- Amen.- Amen.
0:02:42 > 0:02:43Amen.
0:02:49 > 0:02:53It will not be recorded that King Alfred was a weak, frail man
0:02:53 > 0:02:56in mind, body and soul,
0:02:56 > 0:02:58unfit to be called king.
0:02:58 > 0:03:02- Nothing of what you say is true. - But it would become true.
0:03:03 > 0:03:04Never.
0:03:06 > 0:03:09You, my love, will remain here.
0:03:11 > 0:03:15If I fail, you must go to Frankia.
0:03:15 > 0:03:18- Not without you.- You must save and protect our children.
0:03:22 > 0:03:24For me...
0:03:25 > 0:03:28..there can be no other country but England.
0:03:29 > 0:03:31No other wife but Aelswith.
0:03:36 > 0:03:37Father Beocca.
0:03:39 > 0:03:40Father...
0:03:42 > 0:03:44..I am not saying I know everything,
0:03:44 > 0:03:48but the King must continue to trust me.
0:03:48 > 0:03:50The arrival of Asser may change him.
0:03:50 > 0:03:52The arrival of Brother Asser has given him strength.
0:03:52 > 0:03:56The Brother is not a warrior. Now is a time for warriors.
0:03:57 > 0:04:00And though I never thought I would say it, we need Odda the Younger.
0:04:00 > 0:04:03He commands the biggest fyrd. He is the beginning of our army.
0:04:04 > 0:04:07That is where we are headed.
0:04:07 > 0:04:10Uhtred, I will do everything I can to help.
0:04:11 > 0:04:12I will be at your side.
0:04:12 > 0:04:15I will be a flea in Alfred's ear.
0:04:15 > 0:04:17Thank you.
0:04:17 > 0:04:19Your father would be a proud man...
0:04:20 > 0:04:22..as am I.
0:04:32 > 0:04:35I shall ready my men, and by tomorrow, have horses waiting.
0:04:35 > 0:04:37Uhtred...
0:04:40 > 0:04:43You believe the Danes can be defeated?
0:04:46 > 0:04:49I will see you across the water, Ealdorman Wulfhere.
0:04:54 > 0:04:55You will.
0:05:09 > 0:05:12Aethelcod, Aethelcod, my friend,
0:05:12 > 0:05:16the man who would be King of Wessex.
0:05:16 > 0:05:19Thank you, thank you, for coming to see me.
0:05:19 > 0:05:22- It is Aethelwold... - Yes, please. Sit down. Sit down.
0:05:23 > 0:05:27So... I want you to tell me
0:05:27 > 0:05:30everything you know about Alfred.
0:05:30 > 0:05:33I have told you, lord - he thinks with his dick.
0:05:33 > 0:05:36He can barely keep his breeches on.
0:05:36 > 0:05:38Hear the question, boy.
0:05:38 > 0:05:39Not everybody enjoys a fool.
0:05:43 > 0:05:45Alfred...
0:05:45 > 0:05:46Though he may be afflicted by pain,
0:05:46 > 0:05:49he is as strong a man as you will find.
0:05:49 > 0:05:52He is also as clever a man as you will find.
0:05:52 > 0:05:56I was ready to have him as my advisor, until he stole my crown.
0:05:57 > 0:06:01His strength, lord, I believe, comes from his faith...
0:06:01 > 0:06:03LAUGHTER
0:06:04 > 0:06:06..from God.
0:06:16 > 0:06:20Do you believe in this God?
0:06:23 > 0:06:26I believe in myself.
0:06:26 > 0:06:28Why did Alfred steal the crown?
0:06:29 > 0:06:32For silver, or to be a stronger King to the people?
0:06:32 > 0:06:34No! Erm...
0:06:34 > 0:06:36Yes, in part.
0:06:36 > 0:06:38Which is it?
0:06:38 > 0:06:42Unfairly, I was not seen as a man to follow, by some.
0:06:45 > 0:06:48I was not a man to fight Danes, it was said -
0:06:48 > 0:06:51and which is true, because I know the Danes will win.
0:06:51 > 0:06:56Whereas, Alfred... Alfred believes that he can win.
0:06:56 > 0:06:57- Even now?- Yes!
0:06:58 > 0:07:01He is wrong, of course, but...
0:07:01 > 0:07:06but his faith that God will not desert him
0:07:06 > 0:07:09will make him believe that he will win.
0:07:14 > 0:07:15BLADE UNSHEATHES
0:07:26 > 0:07:28Then you have to kill him.
0:07:29 > 0:07:31I must kill him?
0:07:31 > 0:07:35Who else...than King Aethelcod
0:07:35 > 0:07:37can walk into Alfred's camp...
0:07:39 > 0:07:42..and be welcomed as a friend?
0:08:41 > 0:08:43Wulfhere and his men.
0:08:49 > 0:08:52Stay... Stay away!
0:08:52 > 0:08:53I have skills!
0:08:53 > 0:08:55Put that piece of tin away, boy.
0:08:55 > 0:08:57Oh, thank Christ, you're English.
0:08:57 > 0:09:01I thought you were one of them, what with the hair.
0:09:03 > 0:09:05Where is the Ealdorman Wulfhere?
0:09:07 > 0:09:08Gone, lord.
0:09:10 > 0:09:11I am Halig.
0:09:11 > 0:09:14- I take care of the horses. - Gone where?
0:09:15 > 0:09:17Now I'm thinking on it, lord, he did not say.
0:09:17 > 0:09:20- I thought you would know. - Wulfhere - where is he?
0:09:20 > 0:09:21He has gone, lord.
0:09:23 > 0:09:24Lord.
0:09:24 > 0:09:26- He has gone where?- He didn't say.
0:09:29 > 0:09:30He has left you horses, lord.
0:09:30 > 0:09:34- We keep moving.- Without Wulfhere?
0:09:34 > 0:09:37Our plan doesn't change. We make our way to Odda's estate.
0:09:47 > 0:09:49We cannot use the Roman roads.
0:09:51 > 0:09:53We can make our way to my farmstead
0:09:53 > 0:09:55and from there, across covered ground to Odda's.
0:09:55 > 0:09:59- That is the safest path, Leofric? - It is, lord.
0:09:59 > 0:10:00Let's return to the others.
0:10:15 > 0:10:17There is pain here for you, my love.
0:10:42 > 0:10:43Do you know them?
0:10:43 > 0:10:45Tenants.
0:10:57 > 0:10:59CHICKENS SQUAWK
0:11:33 > 0:11:34No.
0:11:46 > 0:11:48No, no...
0:11:59 > 0:12:01UHTRED SOBS
0:12:34 > 0:12:37UHTRED WEEPS
0:12:51 > 0:12:54We shall bury the dead
0:12:54 > 0:12:55and pray for their souls.
0:12:55 > 0:12:57When you are ready...
0:12:58 > 0:13:01..I would like to say a prayer for Uhtred, son of Uhtred.
0:13:15 > 0:13:16I must search for Mildrith.
0:13:18 > 0:13:20She may be dead and unburied.
0:13:20 > 0:13:22Uhtred, no, no...
0:13:25 > 0:13:27She has buried your son with care
0:13:27 > 0:13:29and she has left this place.
0:13:32 > 0:13:35It was no longer home for her, anymore.
0:13:36 > 0:13:38Believe me.
0:13:42 > 0:13:46Your tears on the earth will show him that you loved him.
0:14:02 > 0:14:04Lord, may I ask what you are writing?
0:14:04 > 0:14:07The first of many letters.
0:14:07 > 0:14:09Each will say the same.
0:14:09 > 0:14:12The men of Wessex and beyond shall gather at Egbert's Stone
0:14:12 > 0:14:14and together, we will fight.
0:14:15 > 0:14:18When you send out your messengers, lord,
0:14:18 > 0:14:21might I suggest you hand them the letters personally -
0:14:21 > 0:14:24perhaps place a hand on their shoulder.
0:14:24 > 0:14:26It will embolden them, I'm sure.
0:14:28 > 0:14:30Thank you, Beocca.
0:14:30 > 0:14:31I will do that.
0:14:50 > 0:14:54You know I did this to you, when I saved the King's son.
0:14:54 > 0:14:56You did not.
0:14:56 > 0:14:58I knew an innocent would die.
0:15:00 > 0:15:01I am tired of being like this.
0:15:04 > 0:15:06I have seen too much.
0:15:06 > 0:15:08I know too much.
0:15:11 > 0:15:13I want to see no more.
0:16:22 > 0:16:23Mildrith?
0:16:27 > 0:16:28Mildrith?
0:16:34 > 0:16:35Mildrith!
0:16:39 > 0:16:43Lord, you should be resting. We should all be resting.
0:16:43 > 0:16:44I am tired of resting.
0:16:44 > 0:16:46I spend too many days doing nothing.
0:16:46 > 0:16:49- Then at least sit, before you become unsteady.- Where is my wife?
0:16:49 > 0:16:51She is resting, lord.
0:16:51 > 0:16:53And my son?
0:16:53 > 0:16:55- He is away, lord.- Still?
0:16:58 > 0:17:00Important business demands time.
0:17:07 > 0:17:09It is not a betrayal...
0:17:10 > 0:17:12No, it is not, lord.
0:17:21 > 0:17:24Look what I have done to you, child.
0:17:24 > 0:17:27- I am content enough, lord. - Look what God has done to you.
0:17:30 > 0:17:35You deserve so much more than the clothes of a nun.
0:17:39 > 0:17:40I have purpose, lord.
0:17:42 > 0:17:45My child is with God and I am close to God.
0:17:47 > 0:17:49There is joy in my days, at times.
0:17:53 > 0:17:55Do not fear the Danes.
0:17:57 > 0:17:58You will be protected.
0:18:00 > 0:18:02My son will ensure that.
0:18:24 > 0:18:26You are Earl Skorpa?
0:18:29 > 0:18:33You are here to surrender and not waste my time.
0:18:33 > 0:18:34I am here to negotiate.
0:18:34 > 0:18:36Surrender and you will live.
0:18:37 > 0:18:39Talk too much and I will kill you.
0:18:39 > 0:18:41Of all the Ealdormen of Wessex,
0:18:41 > 0:18:45I am the man who can assemble the greatest fyrd -
0:18:45 > 0:18:47the greatest army.
0:18:47 > 0:18:49I now have to make a choice -
0:18:49 > 0:18:52whether to side with Guthrum, or with Skorpa.
0:18:53 > 0:18:55One Dane looks much like the other to me.
0:18:55 > 0:18:58I am occupying your land.
0:18:58 > 0:19:00Why should I not simply crush you?
0:19:02 > 0:19:04Accept my invitation.
0:19:05 > 0:19:08Eat with myself and with my father -
0:19:08 > 0:19:12and I will tell you all about my land, the range of my influence.
0:19:13 > 0:19:17I am sure an agreement can be reached.
0:19:17 > 0:19:22Neither of us need lose any men. Neither of us need be weakened.
0:19:22 > 0:19:25- Eat?- ..And drink - at my hall.
0:19:27 > 0:19:29I assure you, this is no trap.
0:19:39 > 0:19:43I will arrive at your hall after the new moon.
0:19:44 > 0:19:45I shall expect you.
0:19:48 > 0:19:51Then we have peace - at least for a time?
0:19:51 > 0:19:52Oh, we do.
0:19:59 > 0:20:01You have lost much...
0:20:03 > 0:20:04..fathers, mothers...
0:20:06 > 0:20:07..a son...
0:20:09 > 0:20:10..lovers.
0:20:18 > 0:20:20I have you.
0:20:24 > 0:20:25I have a brother.
0:20:27 > 0:20:28Ragnar.
0:20:28 > 0:20:29Yes.
0:20:36 > 0:20:38Your sister, Thyra...
0:20:40 > 0:20:42Yes?
0:20:46 > 0:20:47She is alive.
0:20:51 > 0:20:52No, she is dead...
0:20:53 > 0:20:55..in the fire.
0:20:56 > 0:20:58Uhtred, she lives -
0:20:58 > 0:21:00and is being held in the north.
0:21:03 > 0:21:05It is the truth.
0:21:07 > 0:21:09Skorpa told me.
0:21:10 > 0:21:13I thought at first, it could be a lie to torment you.
0:21:13 > 0:21:16Hearing it from me would have made it true.
0:21:18 > 0:21:21But now, I know that it is true.
0:21:21 > 0:21:22She lives.
0:21:25 > 0:21:26You have seen it?
0:21:28 > 0:21:31Yes. I have seen her.
0:21:32 > 0:21:35But I will see her no more. The gift is fading.
0:21:37 > 0:21:40When this battle is done, Uhtred, your path leads north.
0:21:43 > 0:21:45It will be time to face your past.
0:21:48 > 0:21:49And you will be with me?
0:22:02 > 0:22:03Always.
0:22:07 > 0:22:09Lord...
0:22:09 > 0:22:11if God's help is required,
0:22:11 > 0:22:14how could he look favourably upon Uhtred - a non-believer?
0:22:18 > 0:22:19God is good.
0:22:19 > 0:22:22Yes, lord, but in following the heathen,
0:22:22 > 0:22:24what does that say about our beliefs?
0:22:24 > 0:22:27Death could be waiting over the very next hill,
0:22:27 > 0:22:29and it will be Uhtred who stands in its way.
0:22:29 > 0:22:31I have no doubt - a Dane will always protect his plunder.
0:22:31 > 0:22:33The King is of value.
0:22:33 > 0:22:37He is here to protect the King - something neither you nor I can do.
0:22:37 > 0:22:38He is a man without a soul.
0:22:38 > 0:22:41Then I will be his soul, lord. I will pray for him.
0:22:41 > 0:22:44I will ride beside him, always - and into battle.
0:22:44 > 0:22:46I will be his conduit to God.
0:22:46 > 0:22:48And if you fall in battle?
0:22:48 > 0:22:50With the help of your prayers, Brother,
0:22:50 > 0:22:53I shall become invincible, I'm sure.
0:22:58 > 0:23:00Brother Asser.
0:23:02 > 0:23:05I should like you to be the first of my messengers.
0:23:21 > 0:23:22Morning.
0:23:22 > 0:23:25Sleep well?
0:23:25 > 0:23:27He means, did you hump well?
0:23:27 > 0:23:30- I know what he means. - Sleep well, lady?
0:23:31 > 0:23:34If I may speak to you all.
0:23:45 > 0:23:49Though we are yet to complete the first segment of our journey to Odda's estate,
0:23:49 > 0:23:51it is important we begin the second.
0:23:51 > 0:23:54Word of our army's gathering point must be despatched
0:23:54 > 0:23:56to the further reaches of our land.
0:23:56 > 0:23:59Brother Asser here will be my first messenger.
0:24:01 > 0:24:03Halig.
0:24:03 > 0:24:04Yes, lord.
0:24:05 > 0:24:10You will also be my voice.
0:24:10 > 0:24:12I will, lord.
0:24:12 > 0:24:14And me, lord.
0:24:14 > 0:24:15Hild?
0:24:17 > 0:24:19Lord, she is a woman.
0:24:19 > 0:24:22I am as good a horseman as anyone here.
0:24:22 > 0:24:25If it means more Danes will die, then I will do it.
0:24:26 > 0:24:27Yes, Hild...
0:24:29 > 0:24:30..you will.
0:24:56 > 0:24:58Your horses belong to whom?
0:24:58 > 0:25:00The Lord Odda.
0:25:02 > 0:25:04- You will let us pass. - Are you selling or buying?
0:25:04 > 0:25:06Selling - to the Danes.
0:25:07 > 0:25:09There is a peace.
0:25:10 > 0:25:13- Did you not know? - That Odda has made a peace?
0:25:14 > 0:25:16No, I did not.
0:25:34 > 0:25:36Odda is loyal.
0:25:36 > 0:25:39We shall see for ourselves what is true.
0:25:49 > 0:25:51Lord, you should remain out of sight,
0:25:51 > 0:25:54until we can be sure of your safety.
0:25:54 > 0:25:55Odda is not a danger.
0:25:57 > 0:25:58But who sits with Odda?
0:26:00 > 0:26:04- I will not hide. - Lord, please, hear the advice.
0:26:04 > 0:26:06You are a symbol of Wessex,
0:26:06 > 0:26:09you are the standard around which our army will gather.
0:26:09 > 0:26:10You cannot be put at risk.
0:26:13 > 0:26:15Very well.
0:26:35 > 0:26:36I must see this with my own eyes.
0:26:36 > 0:26:40- Lord, that is not advisable. - I have made up my mind!
0:26:40 > 0:26:43If there is treachery, it is something I must witness.
0:26:43 > 0:26:45- Then I will go with you. - I do not require a nursemaid!
0:26:45 > 0:26:47- I am a priest.- And I, a King!
0:26:48 > 0:26:51You will wait here with Iseult.
0:26:51 > 0:26:54I am aware of the care I need to take.
0:27:18 > 0:27:20Nuns should not be so pretty,
0:27:20 > 0:27:22nor have lips that demand to be kissed.
0:27:24 > 0:27:26I see that you agree.
0:27:26 > 0:27:29- When is it you are leaving? - When I am rested, lord.
0:27:35 > 0:27:37Lord...
0:27:41 > 0:27:43What is it? Have the Danes arrived?
0:27:45 > 0:27:49Leofric - he is outside.
0:27:49 > 0:27:52Then bring him inside. He is our man.
0:27:52 > 0:27:53He is with Uhtred.
0:27:57 > 0:27:59Bring them both to me.
0:28:06 > 0:28:09CROWD MURMURS
0:28:11 > 0:28:15Leofric, Uhtred. My prayers have been answered!
0:28:16 > 0:28:17God is good!
0:28:20 > 0:28:21Lords.
0:28:22 > 0:28:25It is good to see you both safe and well.
0:28:25 > 0:28:28Leofric. You are home.
0:28:28 > 0:28:30Where in God's name have you been?
0:28:30 > 0:28:32Hiding, lord - and killing Danes.
0:28:32 > 0:28:34Hopefully not on my land?
0:28:34 > 0:28:36We have been sent by the King.
0:28:36 > 0:28:40- We bring orders from the King. - What King is that?- King Alfred?
0:28:40 > 0:28:41Who else, lord?
0:28:41 > 0:28:44Wessex, it seems, is full of kings.
0:28:44 > 0:28:47There is Guthrum, who is King of East Anglia -
0:28:47 > 0:28:49who now sits in Winchester.
0:28:49 > 0:28:51There is Aethelwold here,
0:28:51 > 0:28:53who will tell anyone who cares to listen that he is King...
0:28:53 > 0:28:55Where will it end?
0:28:55 > 0:28:57- I have Alfred's written order. - It means nothing.
0:28:57 > 0:29:01- You are to raise the fyrd. - It is over for Alfred!
0:29:03 > 0:29:06Alfred gave up on Wessex.
0:29:06 > 0:29:08He decided to save himself!
0:29:09 > 0:29:14No man has been more loyal to Alfred than my father and I,
0:29:14 > 0:29:16but he has failed us.
0:29:17 > 0:29:20Danes surround us and he is hiding.
0:29:21 > 0:29:25Alfred is King of the eels, slippery and elusive.
0:29:26 > 0:29:28I see it's true.
0:29:30 > 0:29:32You have sided with the Danes.
0:29:34 > 0:29:36What has Skorpa promised you?
0:29:38 > 0:29:39Are you to be King Odda?
0:29:41 > 0:29:44- Leofric, are you are still my man? - Am I right?
0:29:44 > 0:29:46I asked you a question, Leofric.
0:29:46 > 0:29:48I am still your man, lord.
0:29:51 > 0:29:55Then you will finish the business you have with this Dane and kill him.
0:29:59 > 0:30:00You have my order. Kill him.
0:30:02 > 0:30:05- Lord, I cannot do that. - I stand here as Alfred's messenger.
0:30:05 > 0:30:07I will not tell you again, Leofric.
0:30:07 > 0:30:10Should any man try to kill me, then that man is a traitor to the King.
0:30:10 > 0:30:13Leofric, you will kill him! Alfred is no longer my king!
0:30:13 > 0:30:15I will not do it, lord!
0:30:15 > 0:30:18- My son... - Father, you will not interfere.
0:30:34 > 0:30:36May your mother forgive me...
0:30:37 > 0:30:39..and may you be forgiven for your treason.
0:31:00 > 0:31:03Lord, forgive him.
0:31:05 > 0:31:07Let him die a noble.
0:31:08 > 0:31:09Forgive him.
0:31:10 > 0:31:13I ask you this as your servant.
0:31:16 > 0:31:17Odda...
0:31:19 > 0:31:21..you will do as I command.
0:31:23 > 0:31:25You will raise the Somerset fyrd.
0:31:28 > 0:31:33Lord, forgive my son, please!
0:31:33 > 0:31:37I will not forgive what I have seen.
0:31:40 > 0:31:42You will raise the fyrd.
0:31:46 > 0:31:47Yes, lord.
0:32:09 > 0:32:11I will need 20 horsemen...
0:32:14 > 0:32:19..to take word to ALL men who are able to carry sword, hook or spear.
0:32:23 > 0:32:27The word is that Alfred is King...
0:32:27 > 0:32:30CHEERING
0:32:30 > 0:32:37..and will fight alongside the swords of Wessex to his dying breath!
0:32:38 > 0:32:41Come on!
0:32:41 > 0:32:43Come on!
0:32:44 > 0:32:46Come on!
0:33:02 > 0:33:03May we speak?
0:33:07 > 0:33:09About our son?
0:33:11 > 0:33:13You know?
0:33:15 > 0:33:16Then there is nothing left to say.
0:33:19 > 0:33:22I am sorry that his death was something
0:33:22 > 0:33:23that you had to face alone.
0:33:25 > 0:33:27I was not alone.
0:33:27 > 0:33:31Being without a husband does not mean that I am alone.
0:33:31 > 0:33:34Then I am sorry for the life that I've given you.
0:33:34 > 0:33:37I have found peace. I hope you can do the same.
0:33:41 > 0:33:42Was there sickness?
0:33:43 > 0:33:46- I would like to understand. - Children are frail.
0:33:47 > 0:33:53You will have other sons, I'm sure, with your queen.
0:33:54 > 0:33:56Is she here?
0:33:58 > 0:33:59Yes.
0:34:01 > 0:34:03I would like you to leave me alone.
0:34:03 > 0:34:05Never speak to me again.
0:34:05 > 0:34:08We have nothing that binds us - nothing.
0:34:08 > 0:34:11Avoid me - please.
0:34:33 > 0:34:35Uhtred Ragnarsson.
0:34:36 > 0:34:38Should I be pleased to see you?
0:34:38 > 0:34:40Skorpa of the White Horse.
0:34:40 > 0:34:43I am expected, by the Lord Odda...
0:34:43 > 0:34:46The Lord Odda is in the ground, buried as a traitor.
0:34:49 > 0:34:51So, what now?
0:34:52 > 0:34:53Do I speak with you?
0:34:55 > 0:34:57Does the truce stand?
0:34:57 > 0:34:58For today, it stands.
0:34:59 > 0:35:01Tomorrow, we will kill you.
0:35:01 > 0:35:02You will kill me?
0:35:03 > 0:35:05With what?
0:35:06 > 0:35:09I have almost 1,000 men to call upon...
0:35:09 > 0:35:13Your ships have been burned, Skorpa - by Alfred.
0:35:14 > 0:35:16He is gathering a great Saxon army.
0:35:16 > 0:35:18I am aware my ships are gone...
0:35:19 > 0:35:21..and I will have my revenge.
0:35:21 > 0:35:24You should return to Guthrum and prepare to die.
0:35:26 > 0:35:33Did your queen tell you that your sister is being humped in the arse
0:35:33 > 0:35:36each and every night by One-eyed Sven?
0:35:36 > 0:35:41Did your mother tell you that she should have kept her legs closed?
0:35:41 > 0:35:45I will look for you first across the battlefield!
0:35:45 > 0:35:49I will be there - and I will not be difficult to find.
0:36:00 > 0:36:02He will go to Guthrum?
0:36:03 > 0:36:04I believe he will, lord.
0:36:06 > 0:36:08Then the battle is one step nearer.
0:36:10 > 0:36:14Beocca, you should wash out your mouth.
0:36:15 > 0:36:18Yes, lord, I will -
0:36:18 > 0:36:19with ale.
0:36:43 > 0:36:45How many men?
0:36:45 > 0:36:47400. No more.
0:36:48 > 0:36:50And this is the great Saxon army?
0:36:52 > 0:36:53Their numbers will grow.
0:36:54 > 0:36:56We need to march.
0:36:58 > 0:37:00There needs to be a story of a slaughter.
0:37:00 > 0:37:04Only days ago, Ragnar was asking if the war was over.
0:37:04 > 0:37:06Skorpa is right, there must be a slaughter.
0:37:06 > 0:37:11We must take the fight to Alfred - and his God.
0:37:11 > 0:37:14And you are ready to kill your brother?
0:37:18 > 0:37:20If it comes to that, yes.
0:37:27 > 0:37:31Then we shall face one great army with another.
0:37:31 > 0:37:35Once the armies are assembled, I shall speak to them, as one.
0:37:37 > 0:37:39Each man should know...
0:37:40 > 0:37:42..this war is not only about land.
0:37:44 > 0:37:46Should the heathens win,
0:37:46 > 0:37:48then Christ is defeated.
0:37:51 > 0:37:54When you speak to the men, lord,
0:37:54 > 0:37:56you cannot make it a sermon.
0:37:56 > 0:37:58Then what do you suggest I say?
0:38:00 > 0:38:03Tell them that you will die for them, that is good.
0:38:04 > 0:38:06Tell them we will make the Danes pay in blood -
0:38:06 > 0:38:10and that they will be rewarded in plunder.
0:38:10 > 0:38:12I am to talk of revenge and greed?
0:38:12 > 0:38:14They are men, lord, not angels.
0:38:19 > 0:38:20We shall stop for a moment.
0:38:20 > 0:38:22Hold...
0:38:22 > 0:38:24We hold!
0:38:33 > 0:38:35Lord?
0:38:35 > 0:38:36It is Egbert's Stone.
0:38:38 > 0:38:42Within these next few yards, we will know if we have an army...
0:38:44 > 0:38:46..of angels, or otherwise.
0:38:48 > 0:38:49I will go alone.
0:38:57 > 0:38:59If no-one is there, what then?
0:39:03 > 0:39:04I see.
0:39:18 > 0:39:20Not a single one.
0:39:23 > 0:39:26Not a single man has answered my call.
0:39:30 > 0:39:31Then we wait.
0:39:33 > 0:39:35We must wait, lord.
0:39:53 > 0:39:55A fine knife.
0:39:57 > 0:39:58A Dane's knife.
0:40:00 > 0:40:02This thing?
0:40:02 > 0:40:04Yes, I took it from a Dane -
0:40:04 > 0:40:05a Dane I killed.
0:40:05 > 0:40:07Where?
0:40:07 > 0:40:10- Winchester.- This is before you grovelled on your arse to Guthrum?
0:40:10 > 0:40:13Before I presented myself to him, yes.
0:40:14 > 0:40:17I was not, however, treated in a kingly manner -
0:40:17 > 0:40:19and decided to escape.
0:40:19 > 0:40:21A king under the Danes is no king.
0:40:21 > 0:40:25Uhtred, I do like you, but I rather tire of your preaching.
0:40:26 > 0:40:28Have you ever thought of becoming a priest?
0:40:28 > 0:40:30Ever since I was a boy.
0:40:30 > 0:40:33That's a lie - I've baptised him twice,
0:40:33 > 0:40:34and he's still not a Christian.
0:40:36 > 0:40:37For luck.
0:40:41 > 0:40:42Then I will need a lock from you.
0:40:44 > 0:40:46Where's Alfred?
0:40:46 > 0:40:47Watching.
0:40:49 > 0:40:50Waiting for his army.
0:40:54 > 0:40:57I think I shall go and sit with him a while.
0:41:00 > 0:41:02You are fond of him now?
0:41:16 > 0:41:17For luck.
0:42:18 > 0:42:19Lord...
0:42:26 > 0:42:28I thought you would like company.
0:42:40 > 0:42:42What do you see?
0:42:42 > 0:42:43What do you hear?
0:42:43 > 0:42:45- I hear nothing, lord...- No, no...
0:42:48 > 0:42:52There is a change in the shadows - in the air.
0:42:52 > 0:42:53They are out there.
0:42:53 > 0:42:55I see nothing but grass, lord...
0:42:57 > 0:42:59- ..and beyond the grass, trees... - There! There!
0:43:01 > 0:43:03It's men!
0:43:05 > 0:43:07And more men, there.
0:43:09 > 0:43:11They have answered the call.
0:43:12 > 0:43:14They have answered the call.
0:43:14 > 0:43:16The swords of England, they're coming...
0:43:22 > 0:43:23It is the swords of Wessex!
0:43:29 > 0:43:31Swords of England!
0:43:36 > 0:43:39Today is a day for warriors.
0:43:41 > 0:43:43A day to kill your enemies.
0:43:44 > 0:43:49A day we make the pagans wish they had never heard of Wessex!
0:43:50 > 0:43:54Today, we fight for Wessex!
0:43:54 > 0:43:58CHEERING
0:44:01 > 0:44:03And not only for Wessex.
0:44:05 > 0:44:07We have men here from Northumbria...
0:44:08 > 0:44:10..from Mercia, from East Anglia...
0:44:11 > 0:44:13And why are the pagans here?
0:44:15 > 0:44:18They want your wives for their pleasure.
0:44:18 > 0:44:21They want your children as their slaves.
0:44:21 > 0:44:24They want your homes as their own!
0:44:24 > 0:44:27But they do not know us!
0:44:27 > 0:44:29CHEERING
0:44:35 > 0:44:37They do not know our swords.
0:44:38 > 0:44:41They do not know our axes, our spears...
0:44:42 > 0:44:44They do not know our courage!
0:44:45 > 0:44:48And today...
0:44:48 > 0:44:51we kill them! CHEERING
0:44:52 > 0:44:57We shall make the ground red with their blood!
0:44:57 > 0:45:00We shall strip them of what they have plundered,
0:45:00 > 0:45:02we shall make them cry out for mercy
0:45:02 > 0:45:04and there will be none!
0:45:06 > 0:45:07No mercy!
0:45:07 > 0:45:11- CHANTING:- No mercy! No mercy! No mercy!
0:45:11 > 0:45:12CHANTING CONTINUES
0:45:21 > 0:45:24Should I fall, you and Hild are to take my horse
0:45:24 > 0:45:27- and ride clear of here. - You will not fall. I forbid it...
0:45:27 > 0:45:30Everything I have is packed in my bags - it's yours.
0:45:32 > 0:45:34You will not fail.
0:45:38 > 0:45:40I fight for you.
0:45:47 > 0:45:49Kill them all!
0:45:50 > 0:45:53CHANTING: No mercy! No mercy!
0:46:00 > 0:46:02Then "no mercy" it must be.
0:46:05 > 0:46:08Should you meet Uhtred in battle, there can be no doubt.
0:46:09 > 0:46:12No mercy.
0:46:12 > 0:46:13None.
0:46:21 > 0:46:23We should not be holding back, lord.
0:46:23 > 0:46:25We should attack with every man.
0:46:25 > 0:46:28I will decide how we fight. You will follow my orders.
0:46:28 > 0:46:29Yes, lord.
0:46:38 > 0:46:39No mercy...
0:46:41 > 0:46:43Form our lines!
0:46:44 > 0:46:46Form our lines!
0:46:46 > 0:46:48Shields up!
0:46:51 > 0:46:52Advance!
0:46:52 > 0:46:55Come on!
0:46:55 > 0:46:56Forward...
0:47:04 > 0:47:07Hold the line, we work as one.
0:47:07 > 0:47:09We do not break.
0:47:09 > 0:47:11Shields, lock.
0:47:15 > 0:47:16Hold the line.
0:47:27 > 0:47:29- Halt!- Halt!
0:47:33 > 0:47:37Wulfhere, I will have your guts, you traitorous bastard!
0:47:37 > 0:47:39This is our land!
0:47:39 > 0:47:41SAXONS CHEER
0:47:43 > 0:47:46DANES CHEER
0:48:00 > 0:48:03First in line, as you wished.
0:48:09 > 0:48:12DANES ROAR
0:48:14 > 0:48:16Here they come!
0:48:20 > 0:48:21Hold.
0:48:25 > 0:48:26Hold!
0:48:41 > 0:48:43Keep the wall tight.
0:48:48 > 0:48:50Have that, Wulfhere, you bastard!
0:49:03 > 0:49:05Leofric!
0:49:05 > 0:49:07Onto your feet!
0:49:07 > 0:49:10- Leofric!- Leave him. Leave him.
0:49:10 > 0:49:13Close the gaps. Keep the wall tight.
0:49:17 > 0:49:19- Three, two, one... - SAXONS GRUNT
0:49:28 > 0:49:30No mercy....
0:49:41 > 0:49:43No more ground shall be lost.
0:49:49 > 0:49:51Follow me!
0:49:56 > 0:49:57God have mercy.
0:50:34 > 0:50:38We fall back as one.
0:50:38 > 0:50:41We ease! We ease!
0:50:42 > 0:50:45Hold! We hold here! We go no further!
0:50:49 > 0:50:52Edge backwards with me, at my level.
0:51:13 > 0:51:14Uhtred Ragnarsson!
0:51:15 > 0:51:18- Do you hear me?- I hear you, Skorpa.
0:51:19 > 0:51:21Do you wish to surrender?
0:51:21 > 0:51:22I have a gift for you..
0:51:23 > 0:51:25..your queen!
0:51:32 > 0:51:34No mercy!
0:51:34 > 0:51:36DANES ROAR
0:51:36 > 0:51:38You will be struck down with my spear!
0:51:38 > 0:51:42UHTRED ROARS
0:51:42 > 0:51:45And you will spend eternity in the fires of hell!
0:52:00 > 0:52:02Uhtred!
0:52:05 > 0:52:06SKORPA GRUNTS
0:52:06 > 0:52:09SAXONS CHEER
0:52:12 > 0:52:14Take the horse.
0:52:24 > 0:52:27SKORPA SCREAMS
0:52:34 > 0:52:37Lord, what are your orders?
0:52:37 > 0:52:38Lord?
0:52:38 > 0:52:39Did you see that?
0:52:41 > 0:52:43It came as the priest said.
0:52:44 > 0:52:45What, lord?
0:52:45 > 0:52:47Their God is with them.
0:52:48 > 0:52:50What are your orders?
0:53:52 > 0:53:54No mercy!
0:53:59 > 0:54:00No mercy!
0:54:36 > 0:54:39His grave is to be marked like that of an ealdorman.
0:54:41 > 0:54:42I shall see to it.
0:54:46 > 0:54:48Uhtred...
0:54:49 > 0:54:51..Iseult is whole.
0:54:52 > 0:54:55She has been wrapped and made ready for burial.
0:55:00 > 0:55:02I want her to have a pyre.
0:55:04 > 0:55:05Then she shall have it.
0:55:09 > 0:55:10Uhtred...
0:55:12 > 0:55:14..for all that you have done,
0:55:14 > 0:55:16for all that you have shown me...
0:55:17 > 0:55:19..thank you.
0:55:21 > 0:55:23You have given everything.
0:55:25 > 0:55:27You are the man I always hoped you would become.
0:56:32 > 0:56:36'In the year 878, at Ethandun,
0:56:36 > 0:56:39'King Alfred defeated Guthrum of the Danes
0:56:39 > 0:56:42'and drove them from Wessex.'
0:56:42 > 0:56:44I am indebted,
0:56:44 > 0:56:45Uhtred of Bebbanburg.
0:56:47 > 0:56:48Wessex is indebted.
0:56:54 > 0:56:56There can be no negotiation, lord...
0:56:57 > 0:56:59..only surrender.
0:56:59 > 0:57:01That is your advice?
0:57:01 > 0:57:02It is.
0:57:04 > 0:57:05I hear you.
0:57:07 > 0:57:09Lord.
0:57:15 > 0:57:18'Peace was secured with hostages,
0:57:18 > 0:57:20'including my friend Brida...
0:57:22 > 0:57:24'..and my brother, Young Ragnar.
0:57:31 > 0:57:35'Peace was further secured by Earl Guthrum's baptism
0:57:35 > 0:57:37'and acceptance of the Christian God.'
0:57:37 > 0:57:40Do you renounce the devil and all his work?
0:57:40 > 0:57:41I do.
0:57:41 > 0:57:43Let this water cleanse you
0:57:43 > 0:57:46and make you worthy of God's blessing.
0:57:47 > 0:57:50Guthrum, you are now a child of God.
0:57:50 > 0:57:51ALL: Amen.
0:57:54 > 0:57:56'As for Uhtred the Godless...
0:57:59 > 0:58:01'..my journey continues.
0:58:05 > 0:58:08'My path leads north -
0:58:08 > 0:58:11'to blood feuds, to revenge...
0:58:14 > 0:58:15'..and to Bebbanburg.
0:58:16 > 0:58:19'Destiny is all.'