The unit display why they're riflemen. __ In the Peninsular War, a British sergeant is field promoted to a lieutenant in charge of a disrespectful rifle company.
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@dastemplar96812 жыл бұрын
I like how Sharpe takes notice of Harris’ ability to read. He himself learned during his service in India off a torn page of a Bible courtesy of an officer who he shared captivity with, so he very well knew life without that ability. For that he respects Harris, not many common soldiers at the time could.
@julianmhall2 жыл бұрын
IIRC the officer in question was [then] Lieutenant Lawford, the same Colonel Lawford on Wellesley's [Wellington's] staff. Or was it Colonel McCandless?
@dastemplar96812 жыл бұрын
@@julianmhall it was Lawford
@kef02052 жыл бұрын
Respectfully, I think he's mostly deciding what to do with the shade. Harris's diction and vocabulary suggest a rich background, and he knows by now that Sharpe came from the ranks. He's pointing out he can read because he's betting Sharpe cannot. Sharpe seems to consider responding to Harris, then says nothing. He has just been underestimated, but he's not going to reveal that yet.
@andrewrobinson16342 жыл бұрын
@@kef0205 Spot on, it was blatant disrespect. Same with the reference to the classics (courtier of Bacchus).
@tilasole32522 жыл бұрын
@@kef0205 I was curious about that. The way he glared back at the younger soldier, than walked away meant something was up, but I did not know what.
@Moneysreal4 жыл бұрын
"I know how to read..... sir" Sharpe "well, given the year of our lord, that is pretty fucking impressive lad"
@samsondelighted3 жыл бұрын
I thought that was a defensive jab back at sharpe who didn't read that well.
@danielross79833 жыл бұрын
@@samsondelighted It was a jab. :)
@engasal3 жыл бұрын
That is literally not the quote
@eddievhfan19843 жыл бұрын
@@engasal True, but you can bet that Sharpe was thinking that exact thought.
@ChaseMcCain813 жыл бұрын
Lol
@Shkibs4 жыл бұрын
Of all the things Sharpe was good at, breathing through nose was not one of those. To balance out his greatness, he was made a mouth-breather
@callithowiseeit58063 жыл бұрын
I remember noticing it and hoping it wouldn't annoy me from watching, every scene seemed to have him recovering from a long run lol, luckily I got over it
@TimedRevolver3 жыл бұрын
@@callithowiseeit5806 Wouldn't be surprised if Sean Bean was getting winded during filming. Playing Sharpe was probably more demanding than any other role he'd had before.
@soakingbook Жыл бұрын
I don't know why, but it seems to fit the intensity of the character.
@markblackwell9486 Жыл бұрын
He is perpetually out of breath
@DanStrayer Жыл бұрын
Don’t you mean “That’s mouth breathering!”
@janesmith40484 жыл бұрын
Sharpe: is there anything you can do? Harris: I can read sir Sharp:...[swallowed hard]
@highstakes12353 жыл бұрын
Sharpe can read though, but still intimidated
@davfree97323 жыл бұрын
Sharpe: Ow many words Arris? Harris: Over Nine Thousand, sir.
@blade58963 жыл бұрын
Nice profile picture
@truckwarrior59443 жыл бұрын
@@highstakes1235 but not very well. Sharpe is aware that he is not very good at reading, while this soldier is.
@clpfox4703 жыл бұрын
@@davfree9732 huwat 9000!!! sorry lol
@omarbaassiri86892 жыл бұрын
Army, sir.... just army. This really hits.
@AbCat42 жыл бұрын
The way Isaiah Tongue says *Don't know, sir* three times, first in shame, then in fear, then in sadness. Poor lad.
@momotheelder71245 жыл бұрын
Really strong work by the costuming department. Note how each soldier's uniform is rumpled in a different way, holes, missing buttons, open seams. They tell a story of their own and give depth to the characters.
@carlwilson53395 жыл бұрын
Its a wonderful switch to costume realism, with authentic holes, rips, tears, dirt, missing parts Love it
@carlwilson53395 жыл бұрын
The UNION BERDAN Sharpshooters in the USA CIVIL WAR DRESSED SIMILAR, it was a preview of Army Rangers
@kev3d5 жыл бұрын
I was thinking the same thing. How many movies have we seen where the uniforms were pristine?
@slobama5 жыл бұрын
@@kev3d That's when Hollywood just doesn't get it.
@neilwilson57854 жыл бұрын
Aye! Very fancy. Now do up that button or you are on a charge, Momo!
@oldskoolfool1412 жыл бұрын
Tongues story breaks my heart every time, brilliant writing from Tam
@duomaxwell71903 жыл бұрын
Its crazy seeing Sharpe not liking Harper here after seeing how close of friends the two are later, almost like brothers
@CS-zn6pp3 жыл бұрын
It's funny how often that happens tbh.
@johnvonhorn29423 жыл бұрын
He is a bone headed paddy
@khankrum13 жыл бұрын
I have several close freinds that I disliked intensly when we first met. Time always tells.
@thesmirkingwolf2 жыл бұрын
@@khankrum1 the love of my life and I met each other by having an argument, and my finest friends and I have traded blows. I've never been betrayed by or been loved more by than the people who couldn't stand me in the beginning.
@karma0253 Жыл бұрын
Happens a lot in the military
@ricksimon98673 жыл бұрын
2:00 - He feels genuinely sorry for the poor kid (or at least, I think that's what Sean Bean was trying to convey).
@rosePetrichor3 жыл бұрын
And he sees more than a bit of himself in there, too.
@user-ns3vs3bp3e2 жыл бұрын
Nah it’s more that he knows exactly what his life has been since that is also Sharpe’s background. In the books he’s an orphan that joined at 16 (ish doesn’t know his birthday so couldn’t be sure). He might feel bad for him knowing what that life is but more likely he’s seeing himself and reacting to how depressing that list sounds.
@verbalpressure3 күн бұрын
I like to think Sharpe's feeling sorry for himself. Each member of his new command is worse than the last: a thief, a poacher, a cad, and finally a waif. Having already formed a low opinion of Harper, he's thoroughly unimpressed by the 'Chosen Men'. "Well, I didn't choose you," he mockingly tells them.
@2hot2handle653 жыл бұрын
The books behind this show were the inspiration for Gaunt's Ghosts.
@DinsRune3 жыл бұрын
No shit? I gotta sit down and read these sometime.
@molenat99733 жыл бұрын
I was interested in gaunt’s ghosts before. But now I’m intrigued
@michaelriddick71163 жыл бұрын
@@molenat9973 Great series to a point :) Dan Abnett is a good author :)
@ottokarl54273 жыл бұрын
I mean, the similarities are definetly there. Gaunt may not be "from the ranks", but he and Sharpe are basically the same. Witty, strong, great and brave leaders, annoyed by superior officers and a hand with the ladies
@Pandaman942 жыл бұрын
NO SHIT???
@jooberboober4609 Жыл бұрын
I like how Sharpe is really an NCO with the rank of an officer. It makes his style of leadership much more hands-on instead of letting Harper take care of it, like traditional officer-NCO leadership.
@eaglehigh13074 жыл бұрын
Just like the military. “I’m gonna throw your hat up and you shoot it” *shoots hat* “YOU DISRESPECT YOUR UNIFORM LIKE THAT?!?! I COULD HAVE YOU CHARGED FOR THAT!!!!
@qualitycroissant85274 жыл бұрын
Yes we all watched the same video
@zefft.f40104 жыл бұрын
Could it be because it *is* the military? ;)
@acolddarkgentlebruh82054 жыл бұрын
It makes me laugh how he just knows that he wants him to shoot the hat instantly without even telling him lol.... bit silly.
@varis20003 жыл бұрын
@Droxy 56 Any player of a decent military game like ARMA or Eve Online knows friendly fire is an issue...
@Venthe3 жыл бұрын
@@varis2000 friendly fire is an opportunity. Happenstance. Acceptable casualty.
@NeilTheFerret13 жыл бұрын
I love how when he speaks to Tongue he see's himself as in knowing almost nothing else.
@xWhocaresxX3 жыл бұрын
I can see a sadness in sharpes face. As in tongue had the worst hand of life a healthy person could get
@deadlegs1873 жыл бұрын
R.I.P Grandad. You'll always be with me when I watch Sharp xx
@kubikkuratko1883 жыл бұрын
Was he into this or even live at this time?
@ChaseMcCain813 жыл бұрын
Yeah?
@Briselance2 жыл бұрын
... now that's grandsoning.
@kapnerad5 жыл бұрын
Harris, "Sir, a question if I may?" Sharpe, "What is it, Harris?" Harris, "Sir, what was YOUR previous employment before the army?" Sharpe, "Shut it, Harris! We're talking about you lot, not me!"
@engasal3 жыл бұрын
'arris
@ProjectEkerTest332 жыл бұрын
Pretty sure Sharpe had been in the army ever since he was a child, he was a drummer boy in Flanders
@Sunny-day-therian2 жыл бұрын
He was a school teacher.
@Briselance2 жыл бұрын
@@Sunny-day-therian Harris was, not Sharpe.
@DieFlabbergast Жыл бұрын
@@engasal Aye, 'arris 'as a haitch hon it, right?
@SmokeyBCN5 жыл бұрын
Imagine if Paul McGann had not broken his leg, we'd have never seen the iconic Sean Bean as Sharpe.
@Swarm5095 жыл бұрын
I think Paul could of handled the role though. He was very good on Hornblower as a leader of men.
@swindonbadger5 жыл бұрын
Well at least one of the got into the show with Harper :) I'll murder the pair of yas !
@SantomPh5 жыл бұрын
He became William.Bush and Dr Who so all is well
@CountZurich5 жыл бұрын
He narrated some Sharpe audiobooks, very well i might add
@THE-BUNKEN-DRUM4 жыл бұрын
I didn't know that. They've both played, Andy McNab aswell, small world.
@alittlebitofhistory4 жыл бұрын
I have recently found out that this scene was pretty much completely rewritten by John Tams (Rifleman Hagman.)
@scotiadragoon59743 жыл бұрын
Busy boy, that John Tams. He performed the theme music as well( I’d have to try and look it up, but I seem to recall that he wrote some of the episode-relevant lyrics, too).
@alittlebitofhistory3 жыл бұрын
@@scotiadragoon5974 Yeah I'm pretty sure he did all of that too, I can't remember exactly when he rewrote this scene but I believe it was in the down time after Paul McGann had been sent home but before Sean Bean arrived.
@alittlebitofhistory3 жыл бұрын
@Michael Halligan Realistically probably, but it must be remembered that although he's just a chosen man (Lance Corporal) Harper is clearly respected by his officers, while Sharpe a new comer and raised from the ranks isn't any type of complaint would of just been ignored.
@sullyb235113 жыл бұрын
@@alittlebitofhistory Paul McGann?
@alittlebitofhistory3 жыл бұрын
@@sullyb23511 Yes he was originally going to play Sharpe they even filmed several parts of Rifles and Eagle with him if you google Paul McGann Sharpe there are pictures of him in costume, but during a break from filming he broke his leg playing football and filming had to stop. Sean was brought in very quickly to take over and the role changed forever Sharpe is originally from London not Yorkshire that changed in the books because of Sean. The swap is also the reason Gold is so weird (They couldn't use the original script written because of legal issues.) and why Sharpe has it jacket un done for much of the first 2 episodes, It was Tailored to fit Paul not Sean. If you look up the Channel History Hack they have loads of podcasts taking to the cast of Sharpe.
@madmarvshighwaywarrior28705 жыл бұрын
One does not simply join the Green Jackets
@carlwilson53395 жыл бұрын
One does not simply let the White walkers through the wall
@thomaswhittaker41375 жыл бұрын
@@carlwilson5339 ?
@alundavies84025 жыл бұрын
You have to be a Pukkah soldier to get into the Greet berets 100 try 3 get in America’s finest and don’t take the piss they are fucking good
@mickeydiver174 жыл бұрын
@@alundavies8402 Typical American. The Green Jackets have diddly squat to do with the US army dickhead! Oh & just remind me of John Wayne's Service Record again?
@alundavies84024 жыл бұрын
mickeydiver17 I thought that it said green berets sorry I didn’t read it properly
@benhaggerty87073 жыл бұрын
Before I'd memorised all of the chosen men's names I referred to Harris as "I can read" purely because the way je delivered that line made me chuckle
@Briselance2 жыл бұрын
Why doesn't he say his first name? I always wondered that.
@batatmi5 жыл бұрын
Daniel Hagman trifecta: best shot, best player (violin) and best singer!
@verbalpressure Жыл бұрын
And medic. Best brown paper and paraffin oil. 😅
@alanwong85874 жыл бұрын
I couldnt imagine myself trying to shoot a hat thrown in air with a baker rifle. The timing from when the lit pan to the charge going off must make this even harder.
@oscarhawkley4 жыл бұрын
Bear in mind how well these men know their rifles. For you it's hard to not have instantaneous fire, for them they all know the day of the baker rifle
@DreadX103 жыл бұрын
"trying to shoot a hat" ? That's easy and almost always successful......
@TonkarzOfSolSystem2 жыл бұрын
Honestly he barely aims it.
@paulpeterson42162 жыл бұрын
This show was so low-budget that they kept that prop hat with the hole and re-used it in the scene where Sharpe and the men meet Sweet William. (BTW I made that up, but you believed it, and it may well be true.)
@Conan_the_Based4 жыл бұрын
And here I was, half expecting "Did your parents have any children that lived?"
@mr.pavone97193 жыл бұрын
Parents sir? I sprang fully grown from a latrine after Christmas dinner!
@trevormoses50613 жыл бұрын
LOL
@trevormoses50613 жыл бұрын
@@mr.pavone9719 LOL
@Briselance2 жыл бұрын
@@mr.pavone9719 That was a piss-poor decision!
@HenriHerbert883 жыл бұрын
Makes me want to court BACCHUS AND GET INTO DEBT
@tomonetruth3 жыл бұрын
Me too, but I can't read.
@exceltraining4 жыл бұрын
3:13 to 3:41 - that horse nods to the beat
@thebyronicmann82924 жыл бұрын
exceltraining people like you are the reason I read the comments! So funny you noticed that! Genius 🤣👏👏👍
@exceltraining4 жыл бұрын
@@thebyronicmann8292 cheers..... i dunno why i spot these things !
@thebyronicmann82924 жыл бұрын
exceltraining haha glad you did I was giggling my arse off! 🤣👏👏
@robertnett97934 жыл бұрын
Now that's what I call horsing around.
@Jaceric23 жыл бұрын
Its an army horse sir, of course it can keep the beat.
@MichaelLee-tt7gm4 жыл бұрын
"So if there's any man amongst you expecting a quick ramble through this war, now's the time." Oh, if only the recruiting sergeants had said this in July 1914.
@adamhauskins64073 жыл бұрын
They had gone through the boer war little over a decade previously Britain should have known better
@AtheAetheling3 жыл бұрын
@@adamhauskins6407 Britain DID know better. It was not Britain's fault the war devolved into a stalemate, but the improvements the British army made as a result of the Boer War stopped an easy German victory as in the Franco Prussian war. The French made similar improvements. The problem was that doctrine had evolved to the point that it was a slugging match because everyone was on a similar level. If you're saying Britain should have not gotten involved for the above reason, thats probably true. But Britain certainly wasnt meat grinding its army. Thats a myth.
@adamhauskins64073 жыл бұрын
@@AtheAetheling I meant the British public. The British army was the best equipped and probably most effective force in 1914 they just didn't have the number that the Germans had
@AtheAetheling3 жыл бұрын
@@adamhauskins6407 ah I see. Yeah very true.
@danielross79833 жыл бұрын
@@adamhauskins6407 They didn't have the leadership capable of adjusting doctrine to the weapons at hand. They were still trying to fight line battles against machine guns.
@williamwills492 Жыл бұрын
Marching over those rocks without falling over...Now that's bouldering
@rosePetrichor Жыл бұрын
'a courtier to my lord Bacchus' Bacchus being the Roman god of wine, means that this is Harris' high-brow way of saying he was a drunkard.
@AngelicusImmortus3 жыл бұрын
Sharpe is tough on them here to test their honesty. With Harper he calls him stupid because he Irish and doesn’t actually have to be there.
@DieFlabbergast Жыл бұрын
The fact that he's Irish is irrelevant. None of them "volunteered" out of patriotism: they are there for the regular pay. Life was so hard at the bottom of the social ladder -- whether you were Irish or English -- that risking life and limb in the army seems like a good bargain.
@deanodog3667 Жыл бұрын
Almost half pennisular army were Irish
@Shed_Heeran Жыл бұрын
"Ah bejebus boys I have der cuckoo" Sgt Masterson, Battle of Barrosa.
@cosmicwartoad25875 ай бұрын
@@DieFlabbergast For some it was the only stability they had in their lives like it is now.
@magunra3k5 жыл бұрын
Top notch show, loved watching every minute
@ianmatthews30414 жыл бұрын
@Liverpool 11 I'm sure that the mysore book was written long time after the first sharpe book! So the tv series was a few years older than the book of mysore!
@ianmatthews30414 жыл бұрын
@Liverpool 11 Thought as much only started reading Sharpe after tv series had begun and remember the mysore book being newely published! Was it Sharpe's Tiger or was that another of the Indian ones?
@samconduct13564 жыл бұрын
Now that's top watching.
@tomservo53475 жыл бұрын
This show drew me in during my teenage years like a moth to flame.
@slayerhuh4045 жыл бұрын
Jesus I forgot how much I love these movies.. almost makes me a bit misty eyed.
@boomtaylor82972 жыл бұрын
This is one of the best scenes in the whole series that really stuck with me
@madlarkin84 жыл бұрын
E4 MAFIA representing strong here.
@The2ndFirst4 жыл бұрын
That's a bunch of E-4s sure.
@eddievhfan19843 жыл бұрын
Well, the Chosen Men, as I understand would all be Lance Corporal equivalents, so would that make them E-2 instead? Or am I missing something?
@madlarkin83 жыл бұрын
@@eddievhfan1984 in the US army, it is usually, (but not always) expected that you progress to E-3 before you even complete your training. So you arrive at your unit as an E-3. The term "E-4 Mafia" is a running joke in the US military referring to the leadership bottleneck that occurs. Suggesting that of the junior enlisted, the ones who have been in the longest but have not made sergeant yet are the ones who get everything done in the military because they have the experience but are virgin and untouched by the bureaucracy of leadership.
@eddievhfan19843 жыл бұрын
@@madlarkin8 I have been enlightened, sir, thanks.
@davegrenier11603 жыл бұрын
@@madlarkin8 Don't know what era of US Army you're talking about, but in the 1970s you finished your training as an E-2 (private), and would in less than a year be advanced to E-3 (private first class or PFC). I was then promoted to E-4 (specialist 4th class or "Spec 4"), and then immediately re-assigned to E-4/corporal (the most junior NCO rank - same pay, but different responsibilities) at the prodding of my platoon and first sergeants. Within three years (and after finishing #1 at my class in Primary Non-Commissioned Officer Course, which course I took while a Spec 4 and returned to my unit to find my re-assignment waiting for me) I passed the board and was promoted to E-5/Sergeant. I don't recall exactly, but I may have come out of training as an E-3 because I was credited with a six months of inactive reserve service, due to my entry via the "delayed enlistment" program. (I was signed up six months before reporting for duty/training.) I do remember a lot of E-2s coming out of training with me, and newbies arriving at my units later as E-2s as well.
@snakeenjoyingacanofbeans52195 жыл бұрын
“What are you good for?” “I know how to wear my hat, sir.”
@kevinchambers175 жыл бұрын
a stawart bunch of lads by any sergeant's definition - and they proved themselves! Over the hills and far away
@musices79075 жыл бұрын
These clips are brilliant! I must start watching the show!
@neilwilson57854 жыл бұрын
It's excellent Watch Hornblower as well.
@jpaulc4415 жыл бұрын
Undercover Boss: 1800's edition
@joed98494 жыл бұрын
Intimidating your subordinates by way of introduction. That's a soldiering.
@tomcat23952 жыл бұрын
Sharpe you are ordered to take command of a rifle company, oh ok that's 5 blokes.
@scrubsrc40843 жыл бұрын
"You bone headed paddy" I can see they will get along swimmingly
@joec96934 жыл бұрын
The start of a beautiful friendship
@gungriffen Жыл бұрын
Everyone but Harper and Cooper were Killed in Action at some point.
@ethanrichardson8853 жыл бұрын
There's something about Army just Army that gets me every time
@giovanniacuto2688 Жыл бұрын
My grandfather "army". My father "army". My brother and me "not bloody likely" but it still rubs off.
@freyylmao8 сағат бұрын
Tongue is the heart of your squad. A perfect soldier.
@golden.lights.twinkle23292 жыл бұрын
This was a great TV series, the like of which we will never see again. And I'm sure it will never be re-broadcast.
@AngeliqueKaga3 жыл бұрын
I've always loved Sharpe!
@lougray4185 Жыл бұрын
Watched three times…love this show.
@ChibiNinjaVT Жыл бұрын
"So, Chosen men eh? Well I didn't choose you." "They were mine... I chose them... THEY FOUGHT WITH ME!"
@MisterGarak3 жыл бұрын
Anyone else notice the other two soldiers smiling at each other at 0:52 when Hagman shoots his cap? Not sure if that was scripted.
@paulwolf27755 жыл бұрын
Great show. Wished be they still made em like this...
@DarrenMalin3 жыл бұрын
they do not allowed war any more it is against health and safety are work rules.
@backalleycqc4790 Жыл бұрын
I'm trying to picture Sharpe as a trans ... I just can't get there, so I hope they NEVER remake this show.
@karlmodry716 Жыл бұрын
This went from funny to really sad pretty quick.
@OneofInfinity.3 жыл бұрын
Harper's shako looks impeccable, as a former NCO i approve 👍
@CAP1984625 жыл бұрын
Reading the Sharpe book series, I find the series more intriguing for the changes now.
@eizoshen75485 жыл бұрын
CAP198462 Picturing Sean Bean as Sharpe and reading his lines in his voice makes the books rather more enjoyable.
@carlwesternut24343 жыл бұрын
I read one of the books thats got the same main character , but they were fighting in India. Good book.
@sethwoll62404 жыл бұрын
*heavy breathing between each sentence intensifies*
@SNIFFMYBADGER Жыл бұрын
Melting a metal alloy usually made of tin and lead with a hot iron to create a strong electrical bond. That's soldering
@wbbartlett Жыл бұрын
Cutting toast into thin strips and dunking it into soft boiled eggs. That's soldiering
@davidroby7290 Жыл бұрын
The prince regent as an officer ??? Definitely got a good promotion eh Dickie??
@igorvanushin8566 Жыл бұрын
Хороший фильм. Искренний. И снят в натуральных условиях ( а то сейчас только супермены, да бетмены....бррррр)
@SuperSparrow452 жыл бұрын
Chosen Men: The OG E-4 Mafia
@namelessentity58515 жыл бұрын
Mr. Bean is a U.K. National treasure. If he has not been Knighted yet, then the Queen is going to get a 'P'shaw!' from me. A very scathing P'shaw!
@kakabukkake05 жыл бұрын
hear hear! a scathing P'shaw indeed
@markhepworth48045 жыл бұрын
Nameless Entity We're not exactly short of good actors in the UK,can't knight them all...
@niallreid76645 жыл бұрын
Fucking Mr. Bean lol
@johntowers12135 жыл бұрын
Probably best if he avoids a sword coming anywhere near his neck by royal decree. Didn't work out too well last time it happened.
@michaelmartin90224 жыл бұрын
@@niallreid7664 It got me for a second, I thought he'd somehow mixed up Rowan Atkinson lol
@garvwadhwaney3067 ай бұрын
I love how Sharpe feels bad for Isaiah. He's an orphan just like him.
@belfastbrit3 жыл бұрын
Swift and Bold Folks, Swift and bold. Motto of the much missed Royal Green Jackets.
@howardsix97083 жыл бұрын
dont you just love Daniel Hagman, excellent part for him...........
@sebastianmaharg3 жыл бұрын
It would be very useful if you could specify also what specific episodes you're sourcing these clips from...
@jacksonemory43582 жыл бұрын
1:17 best response ever 😀
@bugvswindshield Жыл бұрын
Love this entire "series"!
@scatcat19945 жыл бұрын
Ye bone headed Paddeh
@veronicadredd225 жыл бұрын
God save Ireland , God save Ireland
@jamietodd25604 жыл бұрын
Maybe Sharpe hurt himself when he headbutted him.
@CommanderStudios5 жыл бұрын
Great show I wonder why its showing up everywhere now.
@krondarr88655 жыл бұрын
Maybe (hopefully) someone is trying to garner interest for a reboot? I would love for some one like Netflix to put some a real budget behind a project to do that. Minus any sjw crap of course.
@detectivedonaldkimball5 жыл бұрын
@@krondarr8865 naw, leave it be I say
@docreaver11384 жыл бұрын
Well, Sean Bean has Always said he'd love to do more episodes and let's face it, we'd hate it if anyone else played him wouldn't we? They did do some more in the 2000's ( challange and Peril), let's hope this channel gets the word out on this little gem of a show, you never know....
@callithowiseeit58063 жыл бұрын
Probably a ressurgence of people wanting wholesome stories again with strong male influences pushing through the algorithms, hopefully that's the case
@jessicabuckman96752 жыл бұрын
Sharp and Harper become the best of friends.
@DieBlah3 жыл бұрын
You down with OPP Cooper? Yeah, you know me, Sir.
@megagunner12345 Жыл бұрын
“… you boneheaded paddy” lmao
@normvw40532 жыл бұрын
I was introduced to Sargent Sharp by PBS. Later I read the books.
@willobi5 жыл бұрын
That's the British army down to a tee.
@Pfsif5 жыл бұрын
Pretty much my Irish lineage.
@willobi5 жыл бұрын
@@Pfsif Irish regiments made the British army and the empire.☘️
@veronicadredd225 жыл бұрын
@@willobi then they lost it when we left
@paddypup18365 жыл бұрын
Brian clough to the Leeds players before he got booted 😆
@callithowiseeit58063 жыл бұрын
"Aww missing from there you want SHOOTING... Mr Hagman, 3 rounds please in your own time"
@whoobear34765 жыл бұрын
Day one of gun logistics
@hohaia01 Жыл бұрын
It was a great series, that.
@teamdrummond69156 ай бұрын
When she drew her last breath, Sharpe died inside. It is truly a tragedy.
@meandermyself617 ай бұрын
Re-watching this, I'm struck how Sharpe says a lot of the same stuff Hakeswill once said - Sharpe's model for leadership is still unformed. And you can kind of see that Sharpe might have been tempted to be a petty tyrant, too.
@wagie957 ай бұрын
Swift & Bold
@hebanker3372 Жыл бұрын
02:12 Sharpe is on the right side of Harper. 02:16 Sharpe in on the left side of Harper.
@Joemantler3 жыл бұрын
Not much "display of skill" there. A nice scene, maybe, but I was expecting to see why they were Chosen Men.
@johnkurtz77054 жыл бұрын
Enjoyed the books
@Gladius_Here Жыл бұрын
Man, sean bean is awesome :D
@voiceofreason92382 жыл бұрын
So Sharpe is ordered to form a rear guard. He responds by having his men march in the vanguard.
@Saintbow3 жыл бұрын
That was my favorite hat Sir....
@ahmataevo3 жыл бұрын
How did Sean bean survive this scene?
@architectofheaven Жыл бұрын
Hmm ... I just noticed ... "Right face!" ... and they all turn to their left.
@AngeliqueKaga3 жыл бұрын
Patrick Harper and Richard Sharpe become good friends.
@importantname5 жыл бұрын
i got no where else to go
@sheldon-cooper4 жыл бұрын
Something something... That's soldiering
@justinrowe78693 жыл бұрын
Starting as a Major and then becoming Prince Regent - now that’s soldiering.
@georgeedwards48073 жыл бұрын
Haha spat me brew out reading that!!
@peace-now3 жыл бұрын
Interesting. They were all very tall then - around 6 foot 4. By WW1, they had shrunk. We have a colonel's uniform from then and the guy would be around 5 foot 5.
@tommymarion6222 жыл бұрын
Very good 👍
@gurpreetdigpal81293 жыл бұрын
Absolute quality
@johncaithness82672 жыл бұрын
The series couldn’t live up to the sheer scale of the books I’m afraid
@Bullet-Tooth-Tony-5 жыл бұрын
The British are the best riflemen in history.
@Bullet-Tooth-Tony-5 жыл бұрын
@Sage Brignac Canadian's are trained to the same standards, in the Napoleonic Wars, the British regulars were the only soldiers in the world who trained with live ammunition and who could shoot 1,500 rounds a minute in 4-5 volleys.
@Bullet-Tooth-Tony-5 жыл бұрын
@Sage Brignac Sorry have you never heard of Craig Harrison? A 20 year old British identified six insurgents moving along a wall towards British and Afghan soldiers 930 yards away. (850 meters) As soon as he saw one of them wearing heavy clothing with a PKM hiding underneath it, he was given the green light to engage the insurgents. He fired one shot at the insurgent carrying the PKM with heavy clothing. The insurgent and his 5 buddies all vaporized instantly in a massive blast. Turns out the insurgent with the PKM was wearing a suicide vest estimated to have contained 44 lbs (19kg) of high explosives. If that’s not badass enough, with his first shot on the tour of duty, the same sniper killed a Taliban machine-gunner from 1,465 yards. (1340 meters) Source: www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/afghanistan/10735666/British-sniper-in-Afghanistan-kills-six-Taliban-with-one-bullet.html
@Bullet-Tooth-Tony-5 жыл бұрын
@Sage Brignac Did you know a couple of years ago in 2014 Burundi was preparing to send a peace keeping contingent to the Congo and Somalia yet they knew that their army was not up to scratch and begged for a UN training team to come and train it. On being asked who they would like, they decided to look at the Americans, French, Canadians, Germans and Swedes but it was the British army that they chose to train their army because they said they wanted to be trained by the best, so eleven members of the Royal Irish Regiment were deployed in. What does that tell you about our riflemen? The British are world class.
@Bullet-Tooth-Tony-5 жыл бұрын
@Sage Brignac May I also point out the excellent British Expeditionary force in WW1, the average British soldier was able to hit a man-sized target fifteen times a minute, at a range of 300 yards (270 m) with his Lee-Enfield rifle, they were so good that when the Germans first fought them in France they assumed that the British emplacements they were attacking were manned by Machine guns, when in fact the British only had their lee enfield rifles!
@Bullet-Tooth-Tony-5 жыл бұрын
@Sage Brignac You do realise that we never even modelled ourselves on the Prussians? The British army was first established after the English civil war in the 1600's known as the new model army, way before the Prussians were even a military power, we never copied them, also it's funny how you mention Prussia yet the same Prussia got embarrassed in the Napoleonic wars while the British army never lost a single battle against Napoleonic France, so who really was more professional XD also you must be kidding yourself if you think the Germans matched the British in 1914, at the Battle of Mons the British numbered only around 80,000 troops and still managed to hold off a large concentration of Germans up to 160,000, the British lost 1,500 men while the Germans suffered over 5,000 casualties, whenever they "matched us" they always had superior numbers unlike the British.
@makara804 жыл бұрын
Does anyone familiar with the Sharpe novels know whether Harris' backstory is explained in greater detail in them? I only ask as it's presented slightly ambiguously here with Harris vaguely stating he was a "courtier" and a "debtor"...was he supposed to have hailed from gentry but gambled away his family's wealth or something?
@evenmoor4 жыл бұрын
Harris said "a courtier to my lord Bacchus," which would likely mean he was a guy who liked to party, as Bacchus was the god of wine and revelry in ancient Greece and Rome. Harris's problem was that he never had the money to actually pay for his revelries. Hence being an "unremitting debtor," and he escaped his debts by joining the army. As far as I'm aware, Harris's backstory in the novels isn't explained in any greater detail than it is here.
@gwishart4 жыл бұрын
In the novels, he was a schoolmaster from Lichfield who slept around, drank a lot and ran up huge debts gambling on "cards and bones" (bones, being another name for dice). He joined the army to escape from people he owed money to, and several angry husbands.