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  • Опубликовано: 30 сен 2024
  • Sharpe is enlisted in the army to help fight.
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    In the Peninsular War, a British sergeant is field promoted to a lieutenant in charge of a disrespectful rifle company.

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  • @keighlancoe5933
    @keighlancoe5933 2 года назад +1457

    A man who uploads Sharpe clips earns the Kings friendship. I like your style, sir.

    • @paulpurves484
      @paulpurves484 2 года назад +7

      Ha-ha😁😁

    • @jlhopwo
      @jlhopwo 2 года назад +8

      @@paulpurves484 Best comment ever.

    • @stevenwebb3634
      @stevenwebb3634 Год назад +31

      Major Lennox uploaded with his life, Sir!

    • @peterclarke7240
      @peterclarke7240 Год назад +15

      @@stevenwebb3634 "You will be the first to see a Sharpe Upload, Sir. It is not a pretty sight."

    • @stevenwebb3634
      @stevenwebb3634 Год назад +17

      @@peterclarke7240 upon sighting a Sharpe upload I click on it. That's my style, Sir.

  • @chuchulainn9275
    @chuchulainn9275 4 года назад +2318

    "Now I am going to do you a damn bad one."
    At least he's upfront about it...

    • @douglascanoose5281
      @douglascanoose5281 4 года назад +63

      At least he isn't OCS Butter Bar.

    • @MrDanielvass
      @MrDanielvass 4 года назад +51

      The Burden of Command

    • @bookman7409
      @bookman7409 3 года назад +135

      There's another old saying that's related. "Good work, and you know what the reward for that is, more difficult, dangerous work. "

    • @echoct506
      @echoct506 3 года назад +37

      @@douglascanoose5281 Facts. I'd take a mustang leading me over a fresh butterbar (hell even some up to Capt.) any day.

    • @mottthehoople693
      @mottthehoople693 3 года назад +4

      @@echoct506 amen brother....those rank virgins only get you killed

  • @A_massive_wog
    @A_massive_wog 5 лет назад +3787

    Whoever started uploading these clips is a gentleman and a squire.

  • @Sidragrosm
    @Sidragrosm 5 лет назад +1822

    Then, as in ancient times, Agamemnon was wise to keep Odysseus close by...

    • @sanjosesharkrock
      @sanjosesharkrock 5 лет назад +94

      Great Troy reference lol

    • @dc1397
      @dc1397 5 лет назад +30

      Now that is funneh

    • @decado7
      @decado7 5 лет назад +30

      AHA! I was just thinking - jesus christ that guys voice sounds familiar!! Thanks :)

    • @JonatasMonte
      @JonatasMonte 5 лет назад +12

      @@decado7 NO WAY! he looks like Sean Bean but now that you've mentioned it you're right!!!

    • @themanwithnoname2857
      @themanwithnoname2857 4 года назад +13

      That Sack of Wine!!!

  • @SmithNorthwest
    @SmithNorthwest 3 года назад +468

    How many people didn't realize that the electric guitar was invented in the late 18th Century by Ben Franklin?

    • @1daddy57
      @1daddy57 3 года назад +16

      Well, Abe Lincoln did fight in the Golden Gloves...

    • @seldonwright4345
      @seldonwright4345 3 года назад +10

      No doubt powered by that kite in the sky ...

    • @cassconner6023
      @cassconner6023 3 года назад +4

      I did, and Eddie Van Halen stole the opening riff of "Ain't talkin' bout love" from Franklin himself. ruclips.net/video/Y-IUB62zDlA/видео.html

    • @scottcrawford3745
      @scottcrawford3745 3 года назад +8

      Les Paul.

    • @dakkahead517
      @dakkahead517 3 года назад +13

      Amazing, one can say Ben Franklin was a... radical Revolutionary.
      I'll be leaving now...

  • @josephmassaro
    @josephmassaro 5 лет назад +2461

    I just realized, Sharpe isn't shivering from shock and awe. He's shivering because he's freezing his ass off. They filmed this in the Ukraine.

    • @alabasterscarf612
      @alabasterscarf612 3 года назад +82

      Wasn't the film 'Waterloo' also filmed in the Ukraine?

    • @_Hoagie
      @_Hoagie 3 года назад +237

      @@alabasterscarf612 It was, though Sharpe was filmed in the 90s after the fall of communism, while Waterloo was filmed in the 70s as a collaboration between Italy and the USSR, with actual Red Army units being used to create the giant, real armies in the film.

    • @ricksimon9867
      @ricksimon9867 3 года назад +76

      "Ukraine" is a country, not a temperature. The Ukraine may not be Florida, but it ain't Wisconsin either.

    • @josephmassaro
      @josephmassaro 3 года назад +112

      @@ricksimon9867 Since you called it The Ukraine in your follow up sentence, you're comment cancelled itself out.

    • @eddiejc1
      @eddiejc1 3 года назад +47

      "I just realized, Sharpe isn't shivering from shock and awe. He's shivering because he's freezing his ass off. They filmed this in the Ukraine."
      Ironic considering that it's supposed to be Spain, and the reason why most Britons decide to visit Spain when they go on holiday.

  • @HenriHerbert88
    @HenriHerbert88 3 года назад +1386

    Surviving a huge sabre cut to the back - that's soldiering.

    • @hillbill79
      @hillbill79 3 года назад +16

      I'm still wondering why he didn't block it with his rifle rather than his back

    • @iskandartaib
      @iskandartaib 3 года назад +71

      @@hillbill79 Can't remember where I read it - probably in one of the Sharpe books. Infantrymen often got hit with a sabre across the back, got knocked down but were surprised to find themselves unhurt, because they were wearing their pack, which took the blow.

    • @hillbill79
      @hillbill79 3 года назад +7

      @@iskandartaib Yeah, i remember that aswell.

    • @rasferet
      @rasferet 3 года назад +14

      just a flesh wound

    • @perisaizidanehanapi7931
      @perisaizidanehanapi7931 3 года назад +21

      Tis, but a scratch!

  • @g3heathen209
    @g3heathen209 5 лет назад +1589

    One does not simply walk into a field promotion

    • @josiahfleming7549
      @josiahfleming7549 5 лет назад +19

      or away from one at that

    • @Stoneleafs
      @Stoneleafs 5 лет назад +30

      Sharpe had good reputation, so it had to happen soon enough

    • @cyberdiver7076
      @cyberdiver7076 5 лет назад +19

      @@Stoneleafs I read all these comments with an English accent, best damn thing I've done in my entire life.

    • @BuntFencer
      @BuntFencer 5 лет назад +52

      God.... the TV version is so diluted. In the book series, it is described clearly. It requires 3 things:
      (1) The soldier must to something extraordinary in battle - Sharpe saves Arthur Wellesley in battle of Assaye.
      (2) A general must witness the deed - Wellesley obviously witnesses it.
      (3) The soldier must know to read and write. - Sharpe is taught by Lt.Lawson in Tippu's prison.
      Finally, the soldier must wish it. Sharpe had expressed that wish to his Colonel, which is told to Wellesley. Also, he was promoted to ensign rank. He becomes lieutenant later when he joins the rifles, which doesn't have ensign rank.

    • @hans2406
      @hans2406 5 лет назад

      Not?
      Then?

  • @benjaminbierley2074
    @benjaminbierley2074 Год назад +407

    You have to appreciate how Wellington knows that making Sharpe an officer is a double-edged sword for the poor guy.

    • @stevekaczynski3793
      @stevekaczynski3793 Год назад +43

      He will encounter snobbery or worse. Promoting NCOs was sometimes paradoxical - for example, a regimental sergeant major promoted to second lieutenant in say WW1, went from being the chief NCO in a battalion, with responsibilities to the whole battalion, to being only a platoon commander. He had commissioned status but that was it.

    • @Catonzo
      @Catonzo Год назад +35

      Indeed. While the promotion was in sense a demotion from experienced and respected soldier to a rookie and bottom ranked officer, it also was the way into lower nobility. He was basically turned into a Gentleman.

    • @stephen2583
      @stephen2583 10 месяцев назад +8

      This was only done for the TV show. In the books Sharpe wanted to be an officer, told another officer, who told Welsley and Welsley promoted him in India. Where as welsley asks who is is here, in the books he has known Sharpe since he was a private.

    • @issimondias
      @issimondias 9 месяцев назад +8

      @@stephen2583 in the books, Sharpe was commissioned in the field after saving Wellesley’s life during the battle of Assaye.

    • @mikefleet8375
      @mikefleet8375 9 месяцев назад +1

      @@stevekaczynski3793 Typically a Sargeant or Warrant officer would commission to Lieutenant. They are already at the platoon level, and would probably be given a platoon. If a Master or Chief Warrant Officer (Company or Regiment/Battalion SgtMaj) commissioned, they would commission to captain, and probably end up as a staff officer.

  • @red.5475
    @red.5475 2 года назад +618

    The actor that portrayed Wellington in the first couple of Sharpe's episodes was by far the best.

    • @AmTrFilms
      @AmTrFilms 2 года назад +35

      I only realised they changed him now...

    • @FFGuy-eu7hr
      @FFGuy-eu7hr 2 года назад +42

      @@AmTrFilms Same with Hogan.

    • @realburglazofficial2613
      @realburglazofficial2613 2 года назад +68

      They were both good at being Wellington, David Troughton (the first actor) looked more like the real Wellington though.

    • @ricksimon9867
      @ricksimon9867 2 года назад +42

      @@realburglazofficial2613
      The first one felt more intense, in a "we'll rip the frogs apart limb by limb" kind of way, whereas the second one felt like, "oh look at the silly frogs trying and failing."

    • @realburglazofficial2613
      @realburglazofficial2613 2 года назад +25

      @Peter T yeah it was a prop, but by all accounts Wellington did have a _very_ 'roman' nose.

  • @FerretJohn
    @FerretJohn 5 лет назад +902

    Sharpe to the rescue, while the rest of the company just stands around...

    • @philip013
      @philip013 5 лет назад +153

      They were on a break.

    • @ralphraffles1394
      @ralphraffles1394 5 лет назад +57

      philip013 Tea break!

    • @somedudeonthetube5110
      @somedudeonthetube5110 5 лет назад +11

      Those sleepin bastards

    • @BuckmeisterSupremeWithCheese
      @BuckmeisterSupremeWithCheese 4 года назад +14

      I think the rest of the company was a bit further off and didn't see until they heard gunshots.

    • @SandmanGotBeer
      @SandmanGotBeer 4 года назад +19

      Am I the only one who thinks that the extras were actually cardboard cutouts? Lol they don't move.

  • @silafuyang8675
    @silafuyang8675 3 года назад +150

    0:08 This guy dies several times each episode. Now that's soldiering.

  • @flavivsaetivs5738
    @flavivsaetivs5738 2 года назад +146

    2:28
    And so history was made, and all of France shruddered in danger, as Wellesley had unleashed a weapon. An unstoppable force, one man who could rout whole armies

    • @mrsupremegascon
      @mrsupremegascon 2 года назад +18

      As a French from Bordeaux I concur, I can't barely sleep at night knowing that Sharpe might be still around, hunting French.

    • @forlornhope7121
      @forlornhope7121 2 года назад +10

      It's OK Martin. He's happy to stay in Normandy and farm these days. You could probably swing by for a drink and a chat about the old days.

    • @jamesmatthews291
      @jamesmatthews291 Год назад +6

      Or at least 20-30 locally hired extras, representing an entire battalion provided they don't zoom out! 😂

  • @imonlyamanandiwilldiesomed4406
    @imonlyamanandiwilldiesomed4406 5 лет назад +656

    The electric metal guitar really made the scene...

    • @Balinux
      @Balinux 5 лет назад +17

      The sarcasm is strong in this one.

    • @imonlyamanandiwilldiesomed4406
      @imonlyamanandiwilldiesomed4406 5 лет назад +83

      @@Balinux Period specific electric guitar, quite historic.

    • @jwrockets
      @jwrockets 5 лет назад +12

      Likely played through a Magpie amplifier.

    • @SeaJayBelfast
      @SeaJayBelfast 4 года назад +51

      Nothing says 'Napoleonic war drama' quite like an electric guitar

    • @dalemcilwain
      @dalemcilwain 4 года назад +12

      It made the series most attractive to watch.

  • @joec9693
    @joec9693 5 лет назад +409

    Rescuing Lord Wellington
    That's Soldiering

    • @dontrotter1099
      @dontrotter1099 4 года назад +20

      He was wellsley. he became lord wellington after waterloo.

    • @swanner95
      @swanner95 4 года назад +12

      Actually I think he was Wellesley, until talavera when he is made a viscount

    • @casaMariaPT
      @casaMariaPT 4 года назад +3

      I thought he was already Wellington and "Wellsley" was his nickname from the lads.....

    • @connorgonzalez4023
      @connorgonzalez4023 4 года назад +12

      @@casaMariaPT Sir Arthur Wellesley is his actual personal name.

    • @guypierson5754
      @guypierson5754 3 года назад +8

      @@casaMariaPT His name was Arthur Wellesley, he was knighted Sir Arthur, and for his service was made the Duke of Wellington, so he was Sir Arthur Wellesly, the Duke of Wellington. The lads called him Old Nosey cause of his large nose. This was not seen as too disrespectful, because he treated his men well by the time's standards, and pubicly called them "The scum of the earth", so it's only fair they had a nickname for him too. Both nicknames seem fitting and accurate so I guess so no-one was offended in them days.

  • @pickeljarsforhillary102
    @pickeljarsforhillary102 5 лет назад +360

    Now get me to the surgeon. I am bleeding out standing here.

    • @killersalmon4359
      @killersalmon4359 5 лет назад +73

      The whole bit with Sharpe standing at attention while bleeding out reminded me of what happened with Charles Nungessor, a French pilot during WWI - he was one of the top French aces, but was also notorious for his wild partying (he flew some missions hungover, still wearing the tuxedo he had worn the night before under his flying clothes), wild womanizing, and his tendency to be totally reckless in combat, so he not only shot down a lot of Germans, he also wound up getting shot down a lot himself (he ended the war having broken literally almost every bone in his body from air crashes). During one dogfight, he got badly wounded by the Germans, managed to limp his plane back to French lines, crash landed, crawled out of the wreckage, and found that the French troops in the area were all standing at attention for inspection from a visiting general...he got in line, stood at attention, and only passed out after he had passed inspection. The man was a lunatic.

    • @dlxmarks
      @dlxmarks 5 лет назад +16

      The surgeon's first course of treatment is to immediately bleed him.

    • @Lusitani74
      @Lusitani74 5 лет назад +2

      Just a scratch...

    • @kaczynskis5721
      @kaczynskis5721 5 лет назад +1

      @@dlxmarks Yes, they needed to remove the bad humours and the only way to do that was to sap their precious bodily fluids.

    • @iamjimb
      @iamjimb 5 лет назад +2

      @@killersalmon4359 cheers for that, sounds like an interesting guy to check out

  • @davidandrews2972
    @davidandrews2972 4 года назад +138

    Nice to see Sean Bean (a) looking so young and (b) not dying for once.

    • @TINCANsquid
      @TINCANsquid 2 года назад +1

      nice

    • @lindildeev5721
      @lindildeev5721 Год назад +1

      The show started a few years before Goldeneye, he was in his early 30's at the time.

    • @martinfiedler4317
      @martinfiedler4317 Год назад +5

      Sean Bean is a tomcat.
      Unfortunately, he used up all of his lives while filming Sharpe...

    • @negate3
      @negate3 Год назад +4

      Sean Bean dies in every movie to balance out all the people he killed as Sharpe.

    • @brothersofliberty2437
      @brothersofliberty2437 3 месяца назад

      ​@lindildeev5721 but he's been dying since his 20s lol

  • @mwnciboo
    @mwnciboo 5 лет назад +332

    Brian Cox is outstanding as an Officer who understands all sides, being a soldier, NCO and Officer.

    • @SantomPh
      @SantomPh 4 года назад +48

      he's a spymaster, an exploratory officer and an engineer. Men like this would form the basis for MI6 and British intelligence.

    • @frankyw8803
      @frankyw8803 3 года назад +5

      And a Physicist ...

    • @reidycruise
      @reidycruise 2 года назад +3

      @@SantomPh yep 👍

    • @hibbidyjibbidyy
      @hibbidyjibbidyy 9 месяцев назад

      what your saying he has wide avenue for decisions that may outstrip his "official" capacity, the simmerson wondering how wellington can promote on merit

    • @hibbidyjibbidyy
      @hibbidyjibbidyy 9 месяцев назад

      imagine the pressure, you need to produce results

  • @warbacca1017
    @warbacca1017 5 лет назад +455

    "He'll need a mentor."
    "Hogan you keep your hands off him

    • @rhaivaen
      @rhaivaen 3 года назад +30

      And then he ignores hands off anyway, 😂

    • @gwendolynerosehand54
      @gwendolynerosehand54 3 года назад +3

      @@rhaivaen Hey - when you put a Mustang on your staff, they know when not to do exactly as you told them. xD If they do exactly as you told them, you're either a fine officer yourself, or they're trying to get you in trouble 'cause you're not!

    • @SantomPh
      @SantomPh 2 года назад +8

      @@gwendolynerosehand54 Hogan is not a Mustang, he is an Engineer- meaning he was commissioned solely on merit, unlike most of the Army

    • @ethrsag735
      @ethrsag735 2 года назад +17

      @@SantomPh "Major Hogan's coat buttons tight over a number of other duties, sir @SantomPh"

    • @scottmatheson3346
      @scottmatheson3346 2 года назад +2

      porn soundtrack fades in

  • @jonathangeddes-mcclure1923
    @jonathangeddes-mcclure1923 3 года назад +62

    Having the makeup department give you a frankly unconvincing prosthetic nose which you manage to keep on your face despite falling into the river-that’s soldiering

    • @Anonie324
      @Anonie324 2 года назад +4

      That's not a nose, that's an axe-blade.

    • @UKSponge360
      @UKSponge360 8 месяцев назад

      that's field marshall-ing!

  • @raylucas4307
    @raylucas4307 4 года назад +237

    This series inspired me to read every single book written by Bernard Cornwell about Sharpes Rifles. Twice. About 23 all together.

    • @jjkunzler
      @jjkunzler 4 года назад +52

      Now that’s readering

    • @JohnSmiffer
      @JohnSmiffer 4 года назад +3

      @@jjkunzler I laughed. I did.

    • @craigrfoley
      @craigrfoley 4 года назад +1

      Worth it?

    • @raylucas4307
      @raylucas4307 4 года назад +12

      @@craigrfoley definitely worth it. The books are much better.

    • @iskandartaib
      @iskandartaib 4 года назад +3

      When I started reading the Sharpe books it was sort of a guilty pleasure. Sharpe came across as a military superman who went through all sorts of unlikely trials (getting stuck in the chimney in Copenhagen?) and always getting out of them. He' was always pretty sure of what he was doing (at least, in battle situations). The later part of the series, though... he's a great deal more rounded out as a character. Looks like they've changed the story somewhat for the TV series. Did the TV series start in India? Given that it's a relatively low budget TV series (as opposed to a movie), fights which should have involved a company seem to involve a half platoon at most. Wonder what the BIG battles look like - I'll have to go looking.

  • @kaczynskis5721
    @kaczynskis5721 5 лет назад +90

    Battlefield commissions for NCOs were fairly rare but did occur during the era when most officers purchased their rank. Not surprisingly the newly promoted faced social challenges - even in the Third Reich, officers promoted from the ranks were sometimes derisively nicknamed VOMAGs - an abbreviation for "people's officer with a working class face". Earlier, in the WW1 German army, there was a class of "Feldwebel Leutnants" who had junior officer responsibilities but still wore NCO collar braid. Their status as more than NCOs but not really officers but still doing the work of officers was irksome to them.

    • @Axemantitan
      @Axemantitan Год назад +5

      VOMAG = Volksoffizier Mit Arbeiter Gesicht.
      The Feldwebel Lieutenants that you describe sound similar to American warrant officers.

    • @Kraken160th
      @Kraken160th Год назад

      I had never heard of someone referring to the nazis like that

    • @Perkeletricksterservantofrher
      @Perkeletricksterservantofrher Год назад

      the real ones are the ones who got a new country@@Kraken160th

    • @hibbidyjibbidyy
      @hibbidyjibbidyy 9 месяцев назад

      @@Axemantitan, interesting, i grew up around minnonites fled religious persecution in germany, being pacifists, they cant say much about military life lol. they spoke 2 types of german, high and low. i dunno if its even the same language, but the girls are nice, and the men are hard working, the girls are real nice

    • @hibbidyjibbidyy
      @hibbidyjibbidyy 9 месяцев назад

      they may be passifists, but they are not afraid of a fistfight, lol. may have happened meeting those nice girls lol

  • @majuli8420
    @majuli8420 5 лет назад +192

    Convenient, how that second French dude happens to fall onto a dry surface in the middle of that river so his pistol remains usable for Sharpe...

    • @kefkahkefkah
      @kefkahkefkah 5 лет назад +32

      well, sharpedid calculate the angle point of his strike just so that it would land dry so he could use it.

    • @imedi
      @imedi 5 лет назад +10

      not to mention the third guy politely waited so sharpe would be ready when it came to his turn

    • @kaczynskis5721
      @kaczynskis5721 5 лет назад +17

      @@imedi They were dressed as lancers but did not carry lances. If they had, it might have proved a bigger problem for Sharpe.

    • @TheStapleGunKid
      @TheStapleGunKid 5 лет назад +8

      It was also polite of the French cavalry man to go after Sharpe with a sword instead of just shooting him with his pistol.

    • @eldorados_lost_searcher
      @eldorados_lost_searcher 4 года назад +4

      @@kaczynskis5721
      Well, once you get past the point, it's just like killing rabbits.

  • @no1mafiaman
    @no1mafiaman 3 года назад +171

    Having a surrender flag, handily wrapped around your hat, that's French soldiering

    • @dantheman4908
      @dantheman4908 3 года назад +3

      Brilliant 😂

    • @beepboop8949
      @beepboop8949 3 года назад +2

      Whats worse is that they're wearing a polish cap

    • @onebullet2689
      @onebullet2689 3 года назад +2

      @@beepboop8949 I think they mixed up polish Lancers and cavalry

    • @bloodybones63
      @bloodybones63 Год назад

      That's the funniest comment in ALL of these videos! My belly hurts.

  • @muddyboots4267
    @muddyboots4267 5 лет назад +132

    This and Hornblower. 👍👍

    • @FerretJohn
      @FerretJohn 5 лет назад +9

      I'd go with Patrick O'Brien's Master & Commander series as well

    • @stargate12345678
      @stargate12345678 5 лет назад +8

      Hornblower was great!

    • @gazof-the-north1980
      @gazof-the-north1980 4 года назад +5

      *Aerrowflex* Totally agree. I just wish they'd made more episodes of Hornblower.

    • @VileCAESARB
      @VileCAESARB 4 года назад +6

      This pissed all over Hornblower.

    • @Meshakhad
      @Meshakhad 3 года назад +2

      Now I'm imagining a crossover. Aubrey and Hornblower command a squadron on some special assignment, with Sharpe handling things on land. Of course, it culminates in all three men leading a boarding action against a French warship.

  • @TheRealBoroNut
    @TheRealBoroNut Год назад +4

    0:17 Only the French have that certain je ne sais quoi in there look that can set a poor damsel's heart all a-flutter. Now that's smouldering!

  • @WesOEden
    @WesOEden 2 года назад +28

    Sharpe was so badass, he survived be played by Sean Bean.

  • @mrjamieson4741
    @mrjamieson4741 3 года назад +62

    I’ve always loved how not a single other solider does a dam thing

  • @notmenotme614
    @notmenotme614 4 года назад +80

    1:58 I love how the French cavalry ... all 3 of them ... were totally outnumbered, but the rest of the British just stood there on the riverbank and watched.

    • @BlunderMunchkin
      @BlunderMunchkin 4 года назад +3

      Yeah, budget wasn't great and they couldn't just CGI more troops in back in the early 90's when this series was made.

    • @aidencleary
      @aidencleary 4 года назад +10

      @@BlunderMunchkin thank god they couldn't. This is quality production.

    • @DeltaEchoGolf
      @DeltaEchoGolf 4 года назад

      Well, he did say to look down.

    • @notmenotme614
      @notmenotme614 4 года назад +3

      @@BlunderMunchkin must be low budget if they could only get 3 horse riders. 3 !
      But I’m sure many more would have done it for free.

    • @Catonzo
      @Catonzo 8 месяцев назад

      Everyone but Sharpe, who was a Sergeant, looks to have been unarmed.. and very obviously not mounted. Obviously not expecting any battle to take place they had left their rifles at camp, with only Sharpe (conveniently) bringing his along. The entire crowd arrived by the time Sharpe had already saved Wellington.
      Of course in the books this is not how Sharpe saved Wellington. It was a much more grand spectacle. But saving the life of a General is the same whether it was done in spectacular fashion or from a small scout patrol. I imagine it's not unbelievable to be receiving a Field Commission if you save the life of the Field Marshal... with the expectation of training to become an officer to follow.
      Still, this was a good, quick way of setting the scene of the Officer the story revolves around rather than the NCO.

  • @broncosgjn
    @broncosgjn 5 лет назад +385

    In the books there was a big battle and plenty of British redcoats (not rifles) died and Sharpe was last man standing left fighting off a bunch of French with a cannon rammer while General Wellington was laid out stunned between the wheels of the cannon. Then the English Cavalry arrived and drove off the French. Sharpe swore he was just trying not to get killed but the fact was he pushed Wellington under the cannon and stood over him with the rammer. In the books Sharpe is a big bastard and so is Sgt Patrick Harper. I like the actors in this series but in the books they are big bastards. This makes it more believable that Sharpe can beat up the Sultans strongmen and fight off a bunch of Frenchmen with a cannon rammer.
    I don't know if the TV series goes into Sharpe's childhood but he was a London orphan and brought up rough and had to learn to fight for survival. Once he is an officer and get leave he goes back to London looks up some people who ran the orphanage gives some he liked money and kills some he didn't like. "Remember me?" Richard Sharpe?" My How you have grown Richard." Yes I have and that's a bit of hard luck for you now isn't it."

    • @LandersWorkshop
      @LandersWorkshop 5 лет назад +21

      He does mention to the Spanish woman he marries of his rough and tumble past.

    • @arthurpendragonsyt
      @arthurpendragonsyt 5 лет назад +48

      Which book was the one with the French and the cannon rammer? I only rmb the scene during the Battle of Assaye in Sharpe's Triumph where he pushed Wellington between the cannon and fought of mixed groups of Maratha gunners and horsemen with a light cavalry sabre and got his comission as an Ensign afterwards.

    • @williammassey8514
      @williammassey8514 5 лет назад +20

      @@arthurpendragonsyt you are correct sir. i bought every damn book and watched the series. only way to go. sharpe/hornblower excellent.

    • @broncosgjn
      @broncosgjn 5 лет назад +10

      @@arthurpendragonsyt I cant remember and I could be wrong because i am old and incontinent.

    • @arthurpendragonsyt
      @arthurpendragonsyt 5 лет назад +20

      @@broncosgjn No worries, mate. But you're right about Sharpe and Harper being huge buggers. In Sharpe's sword, there was the intro with the French colonel who was horrified at how big Sharpe was and was even more alarmed to see Harper.

  • @The_OneManCrowd
    @The_OneManCrowd 5 лет назад +103

    Brian Cox is my all-time favorite actor he kills every role.

    • @petergibbs8547
      @petergibbs8547 5 лет назад +4

      Agreed he is brillient

    • @taylormoore5098
      @taylormoore5098 4 года назад +10

      And Sean Bean dies in every role. A perfect match.

    • @commandingjudgedredd1841
      @commandingjudgedredd1841 3 года назад +3

      A wee wiff o' quim in the morning, Mr Sharpe, Sir. Just the thing to clear yer head.

    • @Arbeedubya
      @Arbeedubya 3 года назад +4

      The original Hannibal Lecter--or "Lecktor" as it's spelled in Manhunter.

    • @michaeldiekmann6494
      @michaeldiekmann6494 2 года назад +1

      Killing every role you get, thats soldiering

  • @DrumsTheWord
    @DrumsTheWord 3 года назад +23

    Who needs an entire division standing by and watching when you have Sharp?

  • @RaferJeffersonIII
    @RaferJeffersonIII 5 лет назад +251

    He was a non commissioned office. He’s now a commissioned officer.

    • @EHou01
      @EHou01 3 года назад +4

      He was a Sargent. He came from the ranks. Was promoted to Ensign, not Lieutenant.

    • @onebullet2689
      @onebullet2689 3 года назад +10

      @@EHou01 yes he was made a sergeant after rescuing colonel mccandless and he was made an ensign after saving Arthur Wellesleys life when his horse was killed beneath him, the book also mentions he was a corporal a few times but was demoted due to his behaviour

    • @julianmhall
      @julianmhall 3 года назад +10

      @@EHou01 a Sergeant IS a non-commissioned officer.. that's what NCO means.

    • @julianmhall
      @julianmhall 3 года назад +2

      @@onebullet2689 He was made a Sergeant because he was due to be lashed, but then offered the - frankly suicidal - mission with Lawford. He said three stripes was better than 200 and if he survived he wanted to be promoted to Sergeant.

    • @SantomPh
      @SantomPh 2 года назад +2

      @@EHou01 he was not an Ensign while in the Rifles because the Rifles do not have ensigns , being a company taken from other battalions' best shooters. Sharpe is a Leftenant almost from the get-go

  • @thenewlc
    @thenewlc 2 года назад +65

    I love how the same sword swipe that just gives him a medium cut on his back is the same one that effortlessly kills soldiers throughout the rest of the series 🤣🤣

    • @Grimisnowhere
      @Grimisnowhere 2 года назад +14

      Thats because hes got armor on. Plot Armor

    • @cliffamesbury1071
      @cliffamesbury1071 Год назад +2

      Spoilsport and picky😂

    • @thenewlc
      @thenewlc Год назад

      @@cliffamesbury1071 nobody’s perfect 😂

  • @Gizimpy
    @Gizimpy Год назад +15

    "Then, as fortune would have it, the Romulans made a foolhardy attempt to board our ship. I earned a battlefield commission."

    • @starguy2718
      @starguy2718 Год назад +3

      The Romulans were able to board the Enterprise because the dilithium crystals had cracked, and Scotty hadn't yet repaired them.

    • @devinthierault
      @devinthierault 6 месяцев назад +2

      ​@@starguy2718thats just his style sir

  • @anagramconfirmed1717
    @anagramconfirmed1717 5 лет назад +80

    Hogan is that one dude. We all know who he is, I can’t point it out exactly.

    • @3ggh3ad
      @3ggh3ad 5 лет назад +3

      Brian Cox?

    • @jarberwoks8399
      @jarberwoks8399 4 года назад +5

      I think he was once a Russian spy who helped Sgt McClain in that one movie that was named after a color

    • @colin8321
      @colin8321 4 года назад +11

      And he hates the word 'shenanigans'

    • @SantomPh
      @SantomPh 4 года назад +3

      He is Brian Cox. Aka Agammenon in the movie Troy, which also stars Sean Bean.

    • @terrorfire8505
      @terrorfire8505 4 года назад +1

      XDD

  • @christopherboudreau2451
    @christopherboudreau2451 4 года назад +24

    Why don't they make shows like this anymore. I don't know anyone who watched an episode who didn't become a fan...

  • @LiorIPSC
    @LiorIPSC 3 года назад +22

    In the books his field commission was slightly more interesting!

  • @arafdi
    @arafdi 5 лет назад +320

    Love the rock-ish guitar they use for the added tension lol

    • @dr.ryttmastarecctm6595
      @dr.ryttmastarecctm6595 5 лет назад +18

      *22 FEB 2019 @ 22,37 UTC*
      Reminds me of the electric guitar riffs in the movie, _"Top Gun."_ Of course, Sharpe's electric guitar burned coal!

    • @annoyed707
      @annoyed707 5 лет назад +5

      @@dr.ryttmastarecctm6595 The other kind had to be plugged in to a water wheel.

    • @tommyzDad
      @tommyzDad 5 лет назад +17

      It looks like a great show, but that key-tar is off-putting.

    • @TheBoozehounde
      @TheBoozehounde 5 лет назад +5

      arafdi I understand why the music coordinator did not receive an academy award.

    • @SmokeDog1871
      @SmokeDog1871 5 лет назад +2

      Thats actually the one thing that I dont like about the show, everything else is great

  • @albertjester
    @albertjester 3 года назад +10

    Whover set the pickets for that camp (or failed to by the look of things) needs a flogging.

  • @johnbrickel6446
    @johnbrickel6446 5 лет назад +50

    So the narrator from Civ 6 and the captain for super troopers got together....

  • @Absaalookemensch
    @Absaalookemensch 5 лет назад +32

    Sharpe was put on a 30 days limited duty profile and no PT.

  • @DrSho
    @DrSho 5 лет назад +108

    That's Sean Bean...why didn't he die?

    • @jinyiwei4057
      @jinyiwei4057 5 лет назад +3

      cuz u haven't seen all episodes yet :p

    • @mrlugh
      @mrlugh 5 лет назад +21

      i watched these long before bean dying became a thing. To me it's offensive. Bean will always be the great unconquerable Sharpe to me.

    • @HexAppeal
      @HexAppeal 5 лет назад +9

      Sharpe can't die ans Sean Bean can only die...it's the unstoppable force vs the immovable object.

    • @spwicks1980
      @spwicks1980 5 лет назад +3

      Literally the only thing Sean Bean has been in where he doesnt die! :D

    • @paulgray5961
      @paulgray5961 5 лет назад

      @@spwicks1980 well one of the very few roles he survived..... but I see your point

  • @congyoglas
    @congyoglas 9 месяцев назад +4

    the historic Wellington probably would have said "thank you sergeant. here's money for a new uniform."

  • @echostarling84
    @echostarling84 4 года назад +40

    When Agamemnon takes young Stark under his wing., now that's soldiering

    • @JnEricsonx
      @JnEricsonx 3 года назад +4

      That's Ulysses, so that doesn't hurt.

    • @echostarling84
      @echostarling84 3 года назад +3

      @@JnEricsonx holy fuck he did play that role in Troy!! lol

  • @johndunkin505
    @johndunkin505 4 года назад +15

    My father was proud of his cousin Freddie Milne, who was commissioned in the field in May 1918 - He was a 19 year
    old Colour Sergeant in 7th London Regiment at the time and
    during the German spring offensive in France.

  • @MrIrishscouse
    @MrIrishscouse 3 года назад +15

    Saving the commander of the British Army in the Peninsula less than 5 minutes into the series . . . That's soldiering.

  • @Rekaert
    @Rekaert 4 года назад +12

    Loved Brian Cox in it. Shame he departed part way through the series.

  • @macklee6837
    @macklee6837 4 года назад +11

    2:31 tfw you're made a lieutenant in the 95th

  • @rocketguardian2001
    @rocketguardian2001 Год назад +2

    One day there will be a Sharpe Hornblower Aubrey shared universe and i hope i live to see it.

  • @sheldon-cooper
    @sheldon-cooper 4 года назад +11

    Something something...
    That's soldiering

    • @terrorfire8505
      @terrorfire8505 4 года назад +2

      I have a cousin at horse guards and I have friends at court.....

  • @free_at_last8141
    @free_at_last8141 5 лет назад +100

    These BF1 mods keep getting better.

    • @RaferJeffersonIII
      @RaferJeffersonIII 5 лет назад +1

      free_at_last awesome

    • @Athidius
      @Athidius 5 лет назад +3

      Bad joke

    • @neotheone7923
      @neotheone7923 5 лет назад

      sometimes the internet is is still a fun place to be

    • @TheStapleGunKid
      @TheStapleGunKid 5 лет назад

      If they actually made a BF or COD game for the Napoleonic wars, that would be awesome.

    • @asleandere8852
      @asleandere8852 4 года назад

      ROFL "Sharpe-the-last-of-us" !

  • @PzGren_1907
    @PzGren_1907 4 года назад +8

    Shooting a Dragoon with a slashed shoulder..... NOW THATS SOLDIERING 💪🏻😄

  • @markanthony8147
    @markanthony8147 3 года назад +6

    Standing around watching your commander in chief get attacked...that's soldiering

  • @kirklenagh3095
    @kirklenagh3095 3 года назад +4

    Using brandy to dissolve that dried blood stain. Now that’s solventing.

  • @ScoutSniper3124
    @ScoutSniper3124 3 года назад +2

    "A Natural Born Officer"... not sure there's a worse insult in the universe.

  • @thelastsaints101
    @thelastsaints101 5 лет назад +150

    Sharpe was already in the army. He just got promoted.

    • @izaakwedgwood9153
      @izaakwedgwood9153 5 лет назад +32

      He wasn't commissioned though, he was a sergeant

    • @TheBaconWizard
      @TheBaconWizard 5 лет назад +1

      What does the C in NCO stand for?

    • @MadPhantom
      @MadPhantom 5 лет назад +47

      @@TheBaconWizard Yes but the N stands for Non hence he wasn't commissioned as he was a Non Commissioned Officer

    • @TheBaconWizard
      @TheBaconWizard 5 лет назад +2

      @@MadPhantom FACEPALM. An NCO is NOT a lieutenant ffs! You don't get to try and tell people it's not a "commission" when other ranks specifically talk about being NOT commissioned. Especially if you don't know that Lieutenant is a commissioned rank.

    • @ziergiest
      @ziergiest 5 лет назад +34

      @@TheBaconWizard...What are you talking about?

  • @AnimeFan401
    @AnimeFan401 4 года назад +10

    Saving the Duke Of Wellington's life Now That's Soldiering

  • @rac3r5
    @rac3r5 4 года назад +9

    Wow, that dude has one crooked nose. Never noticed when I watched last year.

    • @flavivsaetivs5738
      @flavivsaetivs5738 3 года назад +2

      That's why they called him Nosey

    • @stevensonbak
      @stevensonbak 3 года назад +2

      You probably knew this, but it's a prosthetic, and they tone it down in later episodes. They probably realized it was too distracting

    • @LucidDream
      @LucidDream 3 года назад

      'Ol Nosey

  • @dimitriosskrepetos6106
    @dimitriosskrepetos6106 5 лет назад +16

    Isn't it a little weird that so many soldiers and officers witnessed the attack on their general and yet only Sharpe intervened?

    • @oliverlane9716
      @oliverlane9716 4 года назад +4

      Shush haha. I suspect this scene was hobbled together in about 5 mins when the original actor set to play sharpe was injured whilst filming and Bean had to be flown in.

    • @SantomPh
      @SantomPh 4 года назад +3

      They are not armed. Sharpe, being a Rifleman has his gun to hand.

    • @EHou01
      @EHou01 3 года назад +2

      @@SantomPh - Sharpe was not a Rifleman yet.

    • @ronaldfox4964
      @ronaldfox4964 3 года назад +2

      It’s because of the typical expedience of movies and TV programs moving so far from source materials. In the book series Sharpe saves Wellington in India as a redcoat if the 33rd Regt of Foot in battle. Given a commission as Ensign and sent to the rifles as they are new and like Sharpe unconventional. Series suffered badly due to this straying from the books

    • @mrfreeman2911
      @mrfreeman2911 Год назад

      @@ronaldfox4964 budget.
      They could remake it now if they spent money on it.

  • @stevejh69
    @stevejh69 Год назад +3

    The french even had their surrender flags built into their hats! Wow, I didn't realize that before!

  • @kadindarklord
    @kadindarklord Год назад +2

    I find it odd that Sharpe is the only soldier that fires. If he was alone, I could understand. But... really?

  • @flankspeed
    @flankspeed 5 лет назад +11

    "Eyes down."
    That attitude didn't last long!

  • @russeads2995
    @russeads2995 Год назад +3

    Correct me if I'm wrong, but in the books, didn't Sharpe get his commission by saving Wellesley's life at the Battle of Assaye?

    • @MissCaraMint
      @MissCaraMint Год назад +1

      Yes, but they did this so they could skip that early stuff and focus just on the Napoleonic war.

  • @energyexecs
    @energyexecs 5 лет назад +12

    ...I just discovered "Sharpe" - Thank you!

  • @ricksimon9867
    @ricksimon9867 Год назад +3

    Once you have seen it, you cannot unsee it: All those extras just standing in the background, not giving a damn ;) Some of them are like five seconds away. "Should be help?" ... "naaaaaah ..."

    • @TrueFork
      @TrueFork 5 месяцев назад

      bystander syndrome, probably no officer to command them

    • @ricksimon9867
      @ricksimon9867 5 месяцев назад

      @@TrueFork
      But the French have weapons. Sheer self preservation should result it some action.

  • @basicpigeonbee
    @basicpigeonbee 3 года назад +7

    HOLY SHIT I'VE BEEN LOOKING FOR THIS SHOW FOR YEARS NOW

  • @ThomasFishwick
    @ThomasFishwick 3 года назад +6

    Richard Sharpe
    The only character that deserves an electric guitar solo as his theme during the Napoleonic wars. Sean Bean dies in every thing he's been in since, only to keep the scales balanced!

  • @stevenpilling5318
    @stevenpilling5318 5 лет назад +11

    Sean Bean's survival skills have improved!

  • @jimmason1072
    @jimmason1072 5 лет назад +14

    So what were the other guys doing while all this was happening.... In the books I thought Sharpe got upped in India....

    • @100mmtubeofjustice7
      @100mmtubeofjustice7 5 лет назад +11

      the producers didn't want to have to fake india, admittedly the crimea isn't exactly like spain but its close, and to be honest they muddled the books all over the place, but yes in the books sharpe was in india and he already had met wellington.

    • @jimmason1072
      @jimmason1072 5 лет назад

      @William Brooke yes I read them all a number of years ago....

    • @baddog5936
      @baddog5936 5 лет назад

      @tavisxavier nice

    • @dlxmarks
      @dlxmarks 5 лет назад +1

      Back to your first point, that was rather a large group of soldiers playing at concerned bystanders while the action happened.

    • @video589
      @video589 5 лет назад

      @tavisxavier May I borrow them for a bit?

  • @npc3po301
    @npc3po301 Год назад +3

    "Men are dirty, Fender Stratocasters are clean, sir"

  • @grahamreeve5209
    @grahamreeve5209 3 года назад +5

    Stunning how he managed to get a a 1970s hair style all those years ago

  • @angelbangtana9885
    @angelbangtana9885 3 года назад +4

    i often wonder if Hogun hadn't had his eye on young sergeant Sharpe already....

    • @alexh3974
      @alexh3974 3 года назад

      for other uses maybe. He was Intel and Sharpe as a SGT already had a number of notable achievements in India.

  • @davidryley4162
    @davidryley4162 2 года назад +1

    David Troughton was perfect as
    Sir Arthur Wellesley

  • @feral26
    @feral26 3 года назад +5

    Can't help but notice the 80s guitar rock being used to hype up the action. That and the fact that the French cavalry apparently were getting their fashion advice from Chef Boyardee.

  • @knowkratom
    @knowkratom 2 года назад +2

    Location scout: Where is a good place that looks like Portugal, Oh I know Ukraine

  • @eddiemorrone870
    @eddiemorrone870 5 лет назад +8

    That soundtrack! It was the electric guitar that won the fight.

  • @steztoyz
    @steztoyz 2 года назад +5

    "As long as it's safe sir." 🤣

  • @scatterthewinds3126
    @scatterthewinds3126 3 года назад +2

    They spent the entire budget on training the dog to follow the horse.

  • @donswee914
    @donswee914 Год назад +2

    Each time something exciting happens, Steve Vai chimes in with his guitar to express his opinion.

  • @alicefox8789
    @alicefox8789 3 года назад +3

    Bringing your electric guitar to the battlefield- that's soldiering.

  • @JohnPlantaganet-wt3pe
    @JohnPlantaganet-wt3pe Год назад +2

    Actually the battlefield commission in the books was probably more impressive, then again that was written after this wasn't it?

    • @minh1335
      @minh1335 Год назад +1

      yeah especially regarding the 3 books in india where he went from private to serjeant to ensign

  • @smokeybear5460
    @smokeybear5460 5 лет назад +24

    "Give the ring to Frodo"

    • @noldorwarrior7791
      @noldorwarrior7791 3 года назад +1

      "As you wish. I care not..................bastid"

  • @95thRiflesOCI
    @95thRiflesOCI 4 года назад +2

    1:28 you hear the gun shot of a musket which leads u to believe the horse got shot instead of trip bringing Wellseley to his knees then you see the horse alive and well.

    • @1daddy57
      @1daddy57 3 года назад

      ..and the dog?

  • @repairupdaterepeat5815
    @repairupdaterepeat5815 4 года назад +6

    Taking a sabre to the back to save the life of Wellington then shooting an attacking force in the head while he's charging on a horse........ That's soldiering

  • @cakecakeham5823
    @cakecakeham5823 2 года назад +4

    Hogan was a terrific character. This series had a lot of cards, but he was really good.

    • @daynechastant
      @daynechastant 8 месяцев назад

      And you could tell how well Hogan and Sharpe could communicate. Both quick on the uptake.

  • @rossholt6847
    @rossholt6847 5 лет назад +5

    What a scene this is!
    Sharpe saves Wellesy life and takes down 3 frogs
    I was hooked on the series when I first saw this scene

    • @idealicfool
      @idealicfool 5 лет назад

      I've never watched the series outside of clips of seen here, but over my life have read the series several times over. Long time ago was the last read through, but from what I remember I did quite like Hogan and his dry sense of humour.

    • @DunedinMultimedia2
      @DunedinMultimedia2 3 года назад

      Frogs? I'm guessing you're Brexit.

  • @dorkmax7073
    @dorkmax7073 5 лет назад +13

    The description calls it an enlistment, but it's not. An enlist is a regular soldier from private to sergeant. An officer is commissioned and that's a very important distinction. Interestingly enough, a commonly shown situation in the show is inexperienced lieutenants who know less than veteran sergeants. This is still the case today. The highest ranked enlist is still lower than a novice officer

    • @Covey7342
      @Covey7342 5 лет назад +2

      Coda Mission Going from private to sergeant isn’t an enlistment, it’s called a promotion😂. An enlistment is when someone enters into enlisted service.

  • @IceDaemon
    @IceDaemon 5 лет назад +7

    And so it begins.

  • @Colin_
    @Colin_ 3 года назад +2

    Uploading clips of Sharpe to RUclips; That's soldiering.

  • @JDimitrius433
    @JDimitrius433 5 лет назад +3

    Agamemnon and Boromir hwah what a pair !

  • @ginskimpivot753
    @ginskimpivot753 2 года назад +1

    _"Light duties, Sharpe. You can do crappy double-agent and voiceover work."_

  • @lobo81865
    @lobo81865 4 года назад +4

    The way he saved Wellington in the book was much more heroic.

    • @Catonzo
      @Catonzo 4 года назад +1

      You make it an epic battle on a shoestring budget. Also sometimes less is more. Biting over more than one can chew could easily lead to chaotic storytelling. I've never read the books and I am sure I would be disappointed if I had before watching the series -- knowing what kind of epic battles took place in the book. However for the TV screen it always makes sense to downscale things a good bit, even if the budget is still there. Just for the sake of easy viewing. And Sharpe was easy viewing with damn fine actors.

    • @dgray3771
      @dgray3771 4 года назад +1

      @@Catonzo True, only the specials with him in India are shot with more budget. And that is still subpar. If it were done today with a GOT budget it would be a seriously insane series. But it has a nostalgic feeling watching these old series. It really is good as it is and should remain untouched.

  • @brucejenner5856
    @brucejenner5856 11 месяцев назад +2

    Best bit of tv ever, apart from when the Duke chewed out Simmerson, what a brilliant piece of acting.

    • @UKSponge360
      @UKSponge360 8 месяцев назад +1

      apparently they could hear that conversation back at Horse Guards! 🤣

  • @VaeVictisXIII
    @VaeVictisXIII 5 лет назад +4

    "capital choice sir" hahah this guy is always so coked xD

  • @saltykenny5370
    @saltykenny5370 3 года назад +1

    Fucking Sick Ass Guitar Riffs - that's soldiering.

  • @tumadoireacht
    @tumadoireacht 2 года назад +3

    Wonderful scene. Great scriptwriting from an Irishman.

  • @Trev0r98
    @Trev0r98 Год назад +1

    of course, back in those days, they had not just whiskey, but levoquin and macrolide antibiotics, to treat Sharpe's nasty ventral sword wound.

  • @Apollomasque
    @Apollomasque 2 года назад +8

    I like the touch that Sharpe just received a massive gouge to the back with that sabre cut and visibly struggling to maintain decorum and proper posture in the face of his commander in chief. All that shivering and gasping is probably from the tremendous amount of pain he's in from the open, bleeding wound he just suffered.

    • @Galastel
      @Galastel Год назад +1

      Real life, it was just cold the day they were filming, and Sean Bean is wearing a wet shirt. Story-wise, Sharpe was always nervous around Wellington. And there would be the adrenaline after what's just happened.
      It's not the wound, which isn't serious at all - just a shallow cut. He's taken worse wounds than this, with much less of a reaction.

  • @elliotkane4443
    @elliotkane4443 4 месяца назад +1

    If they filmed this today half the actors would be black with dreadlocks or cornrows, both French and English.