"A fine body of men sir. Sir Arthur warned me in advance, 'Hogan,' says he, 'the South Essex is a sight to make you shiver.'" Love Hogan's double meanings.
@A_massive_wog12 жыл бұрын
I love how everyone already hates Simmerson before he is even introduced.
@Thespian8214 жыл бұрын
Perhaps it's just my inner historian talking, but Simmerson always reminded me of the American officer, James Wilkinson. A veteran of three wars, (Revolution, NW Indian, & 1812) but by no means a gentleman or one of honorable character. He was nothing more or less than an deceitful opportunist, a liar, a invalid, and a traitor to the young nation.
@AceMoonshot3 жыл бұрын
And when he finally takes the stage, he does not disappoint. He is such a delightfully loathsome character.
@TheRarook3 жыл бұрын
fuck that simmerson guy
@michaelreifenstein21142 жыл бұрын
Shows you how good an actor Michael Cochrane is. he was a great guy in wings as Charles Gaylion, and a horror as Henry Simmerson.
@Rikki014 жыл бұрын
I love Hogan's sense of sarcasm. Wish he had stayed for the entire series.
@nickm47253 жыл бұрын
Wait he didn't. Noooooo
@Rikki03 жыл бұрын
@@nickm4725 He had serious asthma, I believe it was, and the locations they were shooting in were taking a pretty bad toll on him physically so he was more or less forced to give up the role. It wasn't that he wanted to leave or that anyone wanted him to. Just bad luck.
@KugleeKuglee3 жыл бұрын
@@Rikki0 very sad :(
@Justicar25032 жыл бұрын
@@nickm4725 Same with the actor that played Wellington, he had some cases of injures and had to leave.
@davidbruce55244 жыл бұрын
the actor that played Simmerson should have received an Emmy LOL.. He made me want to slap the teeth out of his mouth LOL
@leedaltez4 жыл бұрын
david Bruce yeah top actor - Michael Cochrane
@thomasrussell71353 жыл бұрын
all the villains were portrayed by exceedingly talented actors, a huzzah thrice to them
@jc38344 жыл бұрын
Heres to 2020! All the negative stuff and I find this amazing show. Thanks dude!
@patcheezy19854 жыл бұрын
Another great historical series is Horatio Hornblower
@jc38344 жыл бұрын
@@patcheezy1985 Thanks! I plan to check that out next
@AlexanderWolle4 жыл бұрын
Riiight! This was recommended at random
@HJW0184 жыл бұрын
Like finding light in the darkness.
@jeremycox29834 жыл бұрын
Just as the song says sometimes darkness can show you the light
@TheBType13 жыл бұрын
I find it amazing how Sean Bean is perpetually pidgeonholed into exactly two roles: that of the foreign traitor/badguy or Richard Sharpe, where he plays the dour-faced, serious, but honorable and forthright soldier. Which character he is generally depends on if the film was made by Americans or not.
@BigBWolf902 жыл бұрын
Explains his role as Eddard Stark & his time in the movie the Martian right?
@tukangiseng2 жыл бұрын
they also regularly kills him off early...but not this time...Sharpe's so tough that it survived being played by Sean Bean.
@Whitpusmc2 жыл бұрын
What about his role as Boromir? As valiant a man never lived.
@gussiejives12 жыл бұрын
Man, Brian Cox just owns every scene he's in, but David Troughton gives him a run for his money.
@samsignorelli3 жыл бұрын
Man...does Troughton have a beak on him!
@burntbacon79952 жыл бұрын
Cox is one of Mel Gibson's favour actors.
@jeanne_guitton12 жыл бұрын
I really hated the electric guitars the first time I watched Sharpe. By now, I am absolutely loving them :-).
@TheTrop8882 жыл бұрын
I still haven't gotten used to them. Jarring.
@LangstoniusRex2 жыл бұрын
its an odd choice lol
@crosscounty242 жыл бұрын
Lol yeah it grows on you
@Hermod_Hermit4 жыл бұрын
Lord Flashheart is stunningly silent in this one.
@oatnoid4 жыл бұрын
Good lord, that nose could change a ship's course.
@rayhuntley89665 ай бұрын
Hence his nickname, "Old Nosey" or "Old Hooky".
@lazylazymule13 жыл бұрын
what a great show. I'm so glad someone else remembers this. i grew up with this show.
@oatnoid4 жыл бұрын
Takes me back to a simpler time, when I was just Duncan McCloud of the clan McCloud. So many lifetimes ago.
@rebellion20544 жыл бұрын
You’ve done your fair share of time-porting John
@jaredvh70344 жыл бұрын
Just found this show, now I'm binge-watching.
@draale12 жыл бұрын
4:40 That nose is amazing!
@warbacca10174 жыл бұрын
I love that they show you the train of though behind Wellington and Hogan scheming
@Rumpelstyltskin4 жыл бұрын
Irish scheming is a dangerous thing indeed.
@trojanhorsechannel6 ай бұрын
Basically, "Give Simmerson a job so small and simple even HE can't fuck it up." Simmerson the failed to meet even their most minor exprctations
@warbacca10176 ай бұрын
@trojanhorsechannel oh no, they knew that simmerson screwing up was a possibility. They just realize how bad he would do it.
@phillipchambers60554 жыл бұрын
I'm discovering Sharpe at work while doing 'brainless' tasks - I'm really loving it. Even the electric guitars, which I first felt were out of place but now I'm quite enjoying the effect they bring.
@nathanielwilliams38914 жыл бұрын
Welcome to 1990s television drama. :)
@Hyporama3 жыл бұрын
this series reveals more about soldierin' and human character in a shorter amount of time than any show i've seen
@tricky19920004 жыл бұрын
we will lose a gallant officer..... forshadowing Simmersons incompetence in getting major lennox killed.
@BigBadBill232313 жыл бұрын
@theathiestalaby That song is the "Rogues's March". It was the song played marching defaulters to punishment. "Twenty I got for selling my coat, Twenty for selling my breeches. If ever I serve in the Army again, the devil will be my Sergeant". The chorus is "Poor, poor soldier, Poor poor soldier"!
@sethraelthebard54592 жыл бұрын
The exchange in the beginning is flawless. Wellsley and Hogan discussing tactics, politics, and intrigue in a few syllables. Wellesley's actions might seem repugnant from a honorable position, but there is an underlying pragmatism to him. He would be what the troops refer to as a "proper bastard."
@Truebluejock0912 жыл бұрын
This is the best TV adaptation of a Sharpe book.
@ChristInMeA2Z15 жыл бұрын
Sean Bean was a very good pick. Probably the best for Sharpe. :)
@josiahfleming75494 жыл бұрын
I love the scheming between the nose and Uncle Bradley...
@Maria2949312 жыл бұрын
4:32 My God look at the beak on that man.
@svublues2614 жыл бұрын
David Troughton + Brian Cox ROCK!
@DinkiDiDude14 жыл бұрын
Cheers mate helped heaps.....those Green Uniforms look pretty badass as well.......
@tonytwist91053 жыл бұрын
Great show Thank you
@SGTBizarro3 жыл бұрын
I love how Harper just casually shoves a brush full of shaving cream on Sharpe's face LOL
@stephenking143311 жыл бұрын
i love the books have all of them & sean bean is the only one i can imagine as sharpe
@ElectroBro8082 жыл бұрын
2021 and still watching. nice one pal
@straintheory65983 жыл бұрын
This show is still amazing :D
@dunn9863215 жыл бұрын
i love this show i have the whole series
@mavisformula13 жыл бұрын
I dont know why but I love the theme music and song for this series. And I love sean bean aswell, plays the part well.
@AnikaJarlsdottr3 жыл бұрын
*sees berry* holy crap, its Daniel Craig long before he appeared as Bond O.O
@Arathor823 жыл бұрын
Nice to see Major Hogan's future son became the Captain of the Spurbury State troopers, and good god does the actor playing Wellesley got a huge hooter !
@j.d75525 ай бұрын
Still blows my mind that Daniel Craig is in this episode lol
@thetayterminator14363 жыл бұрын
4:51 DAMN THATS A BIG ASS NOSE!!!
@Freddie19804 жыл бұрын
It's a shame David Troughton (son of 2nd Dr Who Patrick Troughton) didn't want to return to the series, as Wellington he brought a permanent sense of foreboding about him.
@dchegu4 жыл бұрын
Don't forget the rage mode.
@kingslegion113 жыл бұрын
brian cox.. ooh yea.. he is just damn good!
@superimposedtab4 жыл бұрын
A Victory, small but solid...... Now that's soldieeing!
@nicholasdonvito17034 жыл бұрын
Maggots are a poor mans penicillin, they really work. That’s from an old soldier.
@Noremorse1013 жыл бұрын
This show is so original and exciting, but I say you could steer a battleship with Troughton's nose.
@alanwong85874 жыл бұрын
i love how harper is like no man shes been bought out and i see Sharpe all like yea we'll see about that XD Thats soldiering
@nicholasdonvito17034 жыл бұрын
Can you please add,the last,episodes to these shows. Out of the original 16 only 14 made it this far! Thank you!
@CurvyPirate12 жыл бұрын
don't forget playing as musicians, that shit be fun. joining a regiment to have line battles is pretty sweet as well.
@BLACKFLAME49412 жыл бұрын
"hold steady sir" "eargh" leeel
@hartleymartin12 жыл бұрын
Real good to be playing the "Rogue's March" with the redcoats coming in. That piece is meant to be when drumming someone out of a regiment in disgrace!
@BurnedSpace3 жыл бұрын
wellingtons nose good lord
@thomaseubank15033 жыл бұрын
Watching this again after seeing the whole series I want to throw us looking at this guy
@Catonzo3 жыл бұрын
I love how Wellington is adamant about not wanting to lose Sharpe after Hogan says "We might lose a gallant officer". A Lieutenant being of more worth to the General than a Colonel is. Of course I know that the books have Sharpe rescuing Wellington in a much more spectacular manner, but still remains that he respects the man far more than he does a Colonel. A man that can "only" bring victories being more important than one who brings money. Then again, victory IS money.
@thrashing0donut13 жыл бұрын
I love the beginning theme!
@OldZikali12 жыл бұрын
In the books Sharpe's men are a small section of a rifle unit that get cut off during the retreat to Coruna earlier in the war. There are about thirty riflemen in the group in the books so it isn't a big unit even if it's not quite as small as here.
@melodycass17 жыл бұрын
thanks i have NEVER seen the tv show but i have read the books so it is a nice change :)
@nickm47253 жыл бұрын
We shall enjoy .
@argonaut20013 жыл бұрын
i had watched only hornblower, and my friend told me about sharpe. i am glad he did!
@sniperquasi13 жыл бұрын
@1988theLAW Perhaps on television, but hornblower was written in the 30's-50's. Sharpe was written in the 80's onwards.
@Stheno1614 жыл бұрын
Yup, the dark green uniforms were inherited from the German Jagers, who started using light riflemen a considerable while before the British did. Many Hanoverian officers and soldiers fled to Britain to escape Napoleon's occupation. That, and dark green uniforms make a lot more sense for light infantry than red ones do.
@oldsreo14 жыл бұрын
"Who's the boy with the hookey nose? Our Wellie"
@hoatattis72834 жыл бұрын
OLDSREO: Doctor Whos son
@gaelwynmackwyn15 жыл бұрын
Jesus, that's a nose to die for.
@coinsmith4 жыл бұрын
I must say that Mr. Bean is looking a great deal better than he used to...
@ridingwithsoumo27103 жыл бұрын
3 irishmen defeating the French Major Hogan Sir Wellington And Sargent Harper
@godblessolbas15 жыл бұрын
Lord Wellington's nose XD
@ChristInMeA2Z15 жыл бұрын
just follow the playlist order on the right. It's all in the right order there. Each episode. If you don't have a playlist, look up sharpe in KZfaq and you'll find one with all the episodes in order. :)
@theGreyback58111 жыл бұрын
i was playing Napoleon Total War and i just had to watch this
@sirderam112 жыл бұрын
@Prongsie93 "...the average age for an Ensign joining the Army was 16. Oddly younger than that of their Naval equals at the time..." In the Army a commission could be bought, and the officer didn't necessarily have to be able to do much beyond sit a horse and look good in a uniform. Naval officers were commissioned as Lieutenants at 18, if they could pass an exam in seamanship and navigation, though they may have been at sea first as boys and then as Midshipmen from as young as 8.
@TooLateForIeago16 жыл бұрын
I almost think of if as the actual World War I. That period saw about 15 years of warfare in North America, Europe, Africa, and large parts of Asia. And one nation had a prominient role in every area.
@j6cb15 жыл бұрын
dont forgett that most other powers in europe like denmark, france, spain etc were giving the revolutionaries massive amounts of armaments and funds,(which eventually was a factor in frances economic crash in the late 1780s ) and that on the land are troops were vastly out numbered, and the usa troops were fighting a guerilla war more and more.
@MrFlibble1313 жыл бұрын
The nose prosthetic is 'mazing!
@wryter9317 жыл бұрын
thanks for posting this. I love it
@1daddy573 жыл бұрын
David Troughton is Karl Malden in the Gen. Sir Arthur Wellesley Story.
@pattifunkhouse29323 жыл бұрын
Great villains and heroes. Agamemnon and James Bond are in this episode.
@oldsreo14 жыл бұрын
The men either loved Wellington or down right hated him.
@williamcarter199312 жыл бұрын
Wellington's nickname was 'Old Nosey!'
@Rampagedd4 жыл бұрын
Sean Bean is the man.
@Rumpelstyltskin4 жыл бұрын
Sharpe, Who in their right mind would fight for a cloth on a stick. Hogan, You do my dear boy, you do...
@1988theLAW13 жыл бұрын
@sniperquasi Thats true the one of the producer's stated that they wanted Hornblower to "take its rightful place on TV alongside sharpe". I enjoy them both, good actors good plots.
@mikeospitz3 жыл бұрын
Now that's soldering
@BladeMage317 жыл бұрын
The british also pushed their naval advantage where they could to avoid land battles.
@Rumpelstyltskin4 жыл бұрын
"You bear the loss with great fortitude", yep money generally does that.
@jamesfindlay71504 жыл бұрын
Nice to see 007 & 009 hated each other back then
@kaelan1515 жыл бұрын
sharpe is the best book series ive ever read- brilliant- ive read all 20- is it 20 or 21? but yes all of them:P picked up sharpes fury for 1 pound
@musclesmouse3 жыл бұрын
I never dreamed war was so dramatic.
@TheBType11 жыл бұрын
Sharpe in the books was tall and black-haired, which is hardly the image of a Cockney man frankly. I could just as well have described Benedict Cumberbatch. Sean Bean's not a bad replacement, because the Cockney thing is thanks to a strong association with Cockey accents as being working-class Londoners, but his Northern accent is equally associated with working-class folks.
@greetsiebaboo16 жыл бұрын
you're AWESOME!!! thanks for uploading this!!!
@warg2916 жыл бұрын
He is. He's also son of the actor Patrick Troughton, who's been in Doctor Who.
@TheBType11 жыл бұрын
I like how both Wellsley and Hogan conclude that if anyone were to die in the battle for the bridge, it would be Simmerson, despite Sharpe doing all the heavy lifting: Sharpe is badass to die, and they know it.
@andrewdoubtfire47004 жыл бұрын
Isn’t one of those junior officers in the South Essex James Bond?
@MrCrchandler4 жыл бұрын
Yes, a very young Daniel Craig.
@dchegu4 жыл бұрын
With a young Barnaby
@suelizjohnson14 жыл бұрын
Yes..maggots are used to this day! In class (nursing) I learned that it's not just the debridement of the rotten tissue but the secretions produced like ammonium bicarbonate, allantoin, urea etc. are helpful, as well as the fact their movement stimulates blood flow. The maggots they used then were from black blow fly. They've used MT at VGH recently... Studies show hydrogels work just as well and are as cost-effective... I'm cynical and wonder: did a drug co. pay someone off - again!
@Prongsie9313 жыл бұрын
@Bhumble121 Urm... Sharpe ALWAYS got the girl. He had at least three "marriages" and was engaged about 6 times. There's a reason Harper once said "Sharpe will chase anything in a petticoat and get it".
@LordWellington1513 жыл бұрын
Duke of Wellington was one of the greatest military leaders the British Army had to offer
@Maria2949312 жыл бұрын
Can't believe I'm discovering this now. Why does the U.K. have keep their good stuff from us?
@gaelwynmackwyn13 жыл бұрын
@HATINTHEKAT The awesome fantastic Brian Cox.
@LordWellington1512 жыл бұрын
@SyntaxErr00r That costs money. They would have to get uniforms, rifles etc. This isn't a very low budget film, but its not exactly a Hollywood blockbuster either.
@tommy416266167012 жыл бұрын
Fantastic series, done on a real minimum budget. Sean Bean was perfect for this role, as well as pete postalwaite rip..as sgt hakswell, darren omalley was not my choice of harper, as harper in the book was about six foot four...with red hair and a red moustache....as well hagman and harris where played perfectly..great book which i first read from 1984 I named my son after patrick harper..only think my ex and i ever agreed on.
@lordomacron37192 жыл бұрын
ah Nursemaid Harper who could want for better!
@cyrilderiviere13 жыл бұрын
@lexxboomtown really good books aren't they? I read them again and again throughout my childhood i just could not get enough of the great british hero sharpe. Even though i m french lol.
@stupidintellect9014 жыл бұрын
@coaubry as unsuitable the music is to this series...i think it's rather good and to me- it simply says 'Sharpe'
@TheBType11 жыл бұрын
Arthur Wellesly actually had a notorious intolerance for incompetent officers, and by the end of the Penninsular War his forces were easily the most battle-harded and experienced forces in the entire British Army. War has a really simple way of dealing with incompetent officers you see: it kills them.
@DouglasEdward8415 жыл бұрын
originally Paul McGann was supposed to play sharpe but got injured on the fourth day of filming sharpes rifles Bean was an emergency replacement, which ended being a bit of providence both for the series and bean