"Whom should we send as agent?" "Send Harper. If anything goes wrong, Sharpe will rescue him."
@stevemuldoon94516 ай бұрын
That's generaling.
@theo-jamesmoulton20002 ай бұрын
Yeah... That was probably the conversation.
@2WARDEN24 жыл бұрын
Keeping Sharpe's best friend's wife outside the meeting room to guilt-trip him into changing his mind in case he said no? Now that's Wellington-ing.
@SajuukGold4 жыл бұрын
Yea they got him good on that one fail safe plane lol
@jamesward64604 жыл бұрын
That's not soldiering
@jeefgaming13674 жыл бұрын
@@jamesward6460 agreed
@GeoEstes4 жыл бұрын
Why didn't Wellington just tell Sharpe straight up? This was a bit of uncalled-for manipulation.
@studinthemaking4 жыл бұрын
Wellington knew how to pull the strings. That for sure.
@paulmccloud93954 жыл бұрын
"In 1815 a legendary colonel led the charge against Napoleon. This man promptly hung up his sword and retired to farming life. Today, still wanted by the military, he survives as a soldier of fortune. If you have a problem, and no one else can help, and if you can find him, maybe you can hire Colonel Sharpe!"♫Dunnn dun dunn du du dunnnn♫
@spectra54074 жыл бұрын
I can see that
@SuperParatech4 жыл бұрын
Brilliant!
@samconduct13564 жыл бұрын
Now that's referencing!
@ouiouipiggy43904 жыл бұрын
Top post, love it!
@carolina11b4 жыл бұрын
a horse drawn carriage with the red slash graphics...I pity the fool who goes off half cocked...
@OriginalGazGoose3 жыл бұрын
Wellington: Farming, really? Man of your talents? Sharpe: It's a peaceful life.
@hannibalburgers4773 жыл бұрын
Ah yes, nice Diocletian reference.
@t.wcharles21712 жыл бұрын
@@hannibalburgers477 we were on the verge of greatness we were this close.
@RichardEnglander2 жыл бұрын
And that's farming.
@NewGuy25343 жыл бұрын
Wellington is a crafty devil. He boosted Sharpe up to officer out of thanks, and Sharpe has been paying him back ever since.
@rcslyman89292 жыл бұрын
To be fair, he did warn Sharpe of the disservice being done to him by making him a Lieutenant.
@abcdefghijklmop76592 жыл бұрын
I think it’s a mix of that and trusting sharpe
@qwertyuiopqwerty1122 жыл бұрын
Many many times over
@goen56012 жыл бұрын
What can we say, Sharpe just prove himself time and time again as someone who get jobs done and still survive. I would pick him to do all the dangerous stuff. Beside ain't Sharpe also looked forward for a promotion?
@nctpti20737 ай бұрын
@@goen5601 I sometimes wonder if Sean Bean's deaths in pretty much everything else he has done are compensation for all he lived through as Richard Sharpe, lol
@jamesmasonaltair3 жыл бұрын
Sharpe is like a proto James Bond. Ex military officer, smart, badass turned intelligence officer. That template has been a staple for at least decades in TV and movies.
@LoudaroundLincoln2 жыл бұрын
Do they ever go into Bonds military career? I got the impression that his commander rank is more of a formality than him having an actual naval background.
@jamesmasonaltair2 жыл бұрын
@@LoudaroundLincoln From Google: a young James Bond, fresh out of college, joined the Royal Navy where he enjoyed a distinguished military career and attained the rank of Commander within the RNR Defence Intelligence Group. It was then, around the age of 30, that Bond was recruited into MI6 and assigned the 007 moniker. Hope that helps!
@Kref32 жыл бұрын
@@LoudaroundLincoln Read the books then. He served in the RN as an officer in WW2. He achieved the rank of commander before transferring to MI6 in the 50s. The Commander title in the movies has been taken over from the books without going into it too deeply. Of course Sean Connery was too young to play Bond at the age of 32. Bond was in his late 30s, early 40s in the early books.
@TheSpartan4512 жыл бұрын
Proto? Bond's novels were written before Sharpe's I believe.
@jamesmasonaltair2 жыл бұрын
@@TheSpartan451 yes, sir, but I am not referring to when they were written, but rather the time in which the character interacts with his environment. Sharpe, Napoleonic Wars, 1800's vs. James Bond, Cold War, 1946-present(?). Sharpe pre-dates Bond by roughly 100+ years so hence the "proto-" prefix.
@deathkorpsofkreig4754 жыл бұрын
I love it how wellington just writes to "come at once". Years of fighting together and wellington still doesn't talk to Sharpe normally. the books are funny as both men respect each other and kept signing praises for each other but can be kept in the same room
@asleandere88523 жыл бұрын
In real life that is how Wellington spoke, apparently, so that point is realistic. He had by many accounts a very abrupt manner, and had a habit of scrawling pithy one-liner responses to elaborate correspondence on schedules, requests and petitions by way of reply to the sender.
@namekman012 жыл бұрын
can you even imagine wellington wring a letter in the style of 'my dearest richard'
@InfernosReaper2 жыл бұрын
@@asleandere8852 a man of practicality and efficiency. that's why he won
@adarkwind47122 жыл бұрын
@@namekman01I imagine if he tried Sharpe would’ve brought a war with him cause he’d know that either it wasn’t Wellington or all of Britain was about to fall.
@robertcottam8824 Жыл бұрын
@@namekman01 No. But he wrote very fondly to Queen Victoria in his dotage.
@Rowrin3 жыл бұрын
Sharpe: "Wait, your missing man is Harper? Why didn't you lead with that? Could have saved us a whole lot of pointless discussion!" Wellington: "But the audience needs this background info!" Sharpe: "Wut?" Wellington: "Wat?"
@RedStickLouisiana3 жыл бұрын
You speak BBC drama?
@samuelzuleger51342 жыл бұрын
They tried it - Wellington: Harper's gone and gotten himself missing chasing some would-be Raj in India. Sharpe: When's the ship set sail?! Where's me Baker rifle? Can I get my sword? It just...didn't get the required background information or needed plot twist in there.
@Pulang_Diwa2 жыл бұрын
Weillingtons: Har-- Sharpe: Say no more fam. I gotchu.
@rukdropov Жыл бұрын
No, the preferred to have him volunteer, but had more incentive there if needed. Also when he volunteered and learned this after that Harper was there, he would have been optimally motivated.
@TrollOfReason Жыл бұрын
Is that the script, Sir Wellington? Did you drop it?
@HenriHerbert884 жыл бұрын
Not ageing a day since Waterloo. That's Wellingtoning.
@han3wmanwukong1253 жыл бұрын
@@AP-qs2zf Made of Tender loin and crust, that man is!
@haulperrel25473 жыл бұрын
Was only 2 years prior.
@PlacidDragon3 жыл бұрын
Well, in fairness, Waterloo was in 1815, this is 1817. Its hardly a 10+ year leap :)
@oldfrend3 жыл бұрын
@@PlacidDragon are you guys really that dense? or just enjoy being obtuse? he's referring to the film which was 9 years prior to this one.
@danielbyrne54023 жыл бұрын
No writing while talking is wellingtoning
@derwynowen86094 жыл бұрын
"Save him Sean Bean Kenobi, you're his only hope" says Princess RamonaD2
@bsuper634 жыл бұрын
good one!
@GeoEstes4 жыл бұрын
lol!
@gumzey19514 жыл бұрын
Hahaha
@andrewmetcalfe98984 жыл бұрын
Snap!
@mertekren80274 жыл бұрын
hello there
@finncullen4 жыл бұрын
"How has this man succeeded where so many others have failed?" Delivering clunky lines with commitment. Now that's soldiering
@spanishpeaches29303 жыл бұрын
Haha! I thought exactly the same when he mouthed that iffy sentence !
@bigjo663 жыл бұрын
I don't have a bad word to say about the cast, but the writing on the 'new' Sharpes was pretty dire.
@BarnDoorProductions3 жыл бұрын
I'd have to say "Now, that's acting!"
@johnbell80922 жыл бұрын
"When I delivers a clunky line, I delivers it with commitment. That's my style, sir!"
@AlyssMa7rin Жыл бұрын
@@johnbell8092A Clunky line is not my fault, Ser. It is the Writers who must answer!
@murphyjack904 жыл бұрын
"Splendid...splendid!" He's basically saying "You're even more awesome then I was told"
@Tadicuslegion784 жыл бұрын
Sending your best soldier's best friend first to get him to go to India That's Wellingtoning.
@leekent35874 жыл бұрын
That's Duking :>
@mrsillywalk4 жыл бұрын
You do realize that this is a fantasy?
@tanksoldier4 жыл бұрын
@@mrsillywalk ...but the tactic works in real life, too.
@JckSwan4 жыл бұрын
Cheaper option.
@daverage47294 жыл бұрын
"Come at once!!!..." Ol Wellington doesn't mince his words, does he? Lol!
@TheAngelOfDeath014 жыл бұрын
No, he doesn't. Nor did he back then.
@hansheden4 жыл бұрын
This was written in 1812. Gentlemen, Whilst marching from Portugal to a position which commands the approach to Madrid and the French forces, my officers have been diligently complying with your requests which have been sent by H.M. ship from London to Lisbon and thence by dispatch to our headquarters. We have enumerated our saddles, bridles, tents and tent poles, and all manner of sundry items for which His Majesty’s Government holds me accountable. I have dispatched reports on the character, wit, and spleen of every officer. Each item and every farthing has been accounted for, with two regrettable exceptions for which I beg your indulgence. Unfortunately the sum of one shilling and ninepence remains unaccounted for in one infantry battalion’s petty cash and there has been a hideous confusion as the the number of jars of raspberry jam issued to one cavalry regiment during a sandstorm in western Spain. This reprehensible carelessness may be related to the pressure of circumstance, since we are war with France, a fact which may come as a bit of a surprise to you gentlemen in Whitehall. This brings me to my present purpose, which is to request elucidation of my instructions from His Majesty’s Government so that I may better understand why I am dragging an army over these barren plains. I construe that perforce it must be one of two alternative duties, as given below. I shall pursue either one with the best of my ability, but I cannot do both: 1. To train an army of uniformed British clerks in Spain for the benefit of the accountants and copy-boys in London or perchance. 2. To see to it that the forces of Napoleon are driven out of Spain. Your most obedient servant, Wellington
@flankspeed4 жыл бұрын
That's generalling.
@Num434 жыл бұрын
@@hansheden When speaking to Sharpe, use direct sentences. When speaking to babbling fools, inform them of how many jars of jelly you lost.
@SvendleBerries4 жыл бұрын
"Come at once!" "I just did, your Grace!" "What?" "What?"
@werriboy554 жыл бұрын
Giving up being a French farmer to go to India to find an Irishman who was your Sargent Major in the Peninsula campaign and who just showed up at Waterloo so he could catch a glimpse of Bonaparte. That's soldiering.
@zedddddful3 жыл бұрын
Coming to a sharpe video to hear the "now that's soldiering memes" now that's Youtubing.
@joshthomas-moore26564 жыл бұрын
Sharpes internal monologue when he hears its Harpers the one in trouble "Harper you fool!"
@Tacitusreborn2 жыл бұрын
“Patrick, you boneheaded paddy.”
@packhorsetriumph53194 жыл бұрын
The quality of these later episodes werent as good as the originals I found, but it was still so great to get a few more episodes after all those years
@elthionel3 жыл бұрын
shoe horning the prequel novels into a post-Napolenic career in India, it took A LOT of script doctoring. But at least it was a decent swan song of Sean Bean as Sharpe.
@alexmccrorie41954 жыл бұрын
Sharpe I never missed an episode .loved that show .Sean bean was made to play him .
@elviswho16154 жыл бұрын
Changing your mind in a split second when the wife of a man you consider a brother to you asks you to go find her husband on the other side of the globe? Now that’s friendshipping.
@dragonsword73704 жыл бұрын
Okay, dude "friendshipping" sounds like couples "swinging" to me! Then again... both Harper's lady and Sharpes best gal are both Fine examples of womanly beauty🤣!
@Enkrod3 жыл бұрын
@@dragonsword7370 Well at this point only one of the ladies is alive.
@alarak21594 жыл бұрын
Watched Sharpe's Challenge once again after viewing this clip. Such an excellent film - I do hope Sean & co. come back for more Sharpe; one of my all time favourite series.
@Former_Halo_Fan4 жыл бұрын
Too old. Honestly, if they're going to do another Sharpe series they might as well do a reboot with a fresh cast.
@sergeanthowiefromthemainland3 жыл бұрын
@@Former_Halo_Fan Nah, the wokeness would be insufferable.
@alarak21592 жыл бұрын
@@sergeanthowiefromthemainland this is true.
@alarak21592 жыл бұрын
@@Former_Halo_Fan sadly, perhaps also true.. or rather, one last hurrah for Sharpe post farmer life!
@steveh.7552 Жыл бұрын
Bean is excellennt in this role (among all his other roles), true- but have you read the books? I just finished the 1st on, where Sharpe became a Sgt in India.
@hazbojangles26812 жыл бұрын
They should really film Sharpe's Devil. He's the perfect age now.
@121Swaleskid4 жыл бұрын
In almost every episode Wellington has a new number one
@AdrianBordoy4 жыл бұрын
You mean number 2
@121Swaleskid4 жыл бұрын
Well I was thinking of Star Trek, where Riker was Picards number One ya know?
@PurelyJimbo4 жыл бұрын
Number One would be correct, as in 'first officer'.
@dchegu4 жыл бұрын
I think that was the original plan when they started the series.
@Tapsomebong2344 жыл бұрын
Major Hogan was the best. Don't say "shenanigans" or he'll pistol whip you.
@rjmusicltd Жыл бұрын
That is the genius of Wellington. He was a master of contingency. Had Patrick's wife waiting for Sharpe all the while. A measure of Sharpe's reason, loyalty to whom and motive. A farmer and soldier have three things in common..a heart, love and conscience. Wellington defeated the minds of Napolean's elite.
@captain_misaki2 ай бұрын
Richard should have walked back into the room, decked Wellington and then set out for India to rescue Patrick.
@bronsonperich943029 күн бұрын
@@captain_misakihe could not possibly deck the man who got him out of living battle to battle and onto the path of officering.
@paulmccann4474 жыл бұрын
Divide and rule...thats empiring!
@thomasgregg75274 жыл бұрын
lol
@02222222204 жыл бұрын
Yeah right. Divide the movie to 3 minute clips and rule the KZbin
@iggyortful4 жыл бұрын
The English did it very well. No issues with me
@DanBrayve4 жыл бұрын
Divide et imperia.
@mr.dalerobinson3 жыл бұрын
It’s now its a profit making scheme of news media.
@Southern_Crusader4 жыл бұрын
Achievement Earned: *Englishman looks for Itishman in India, there’s a joke somewhere*
@dragonsword73704 жыл бұрын
A missing Irishman no less.
@CS-zn6pp4 жыл бұрын
@Trevor Clark better times...
@splitpitch4 жыл бұрын
@Trevor Clark you are always allowed to make jokes about the English.
@welshpete124 жыл бұрын
Wellington was Irish , it may come as a surprise to you , but he started his career as a solder in India !
@doug65004 жыл бұрын
@@welshpete12 Anglo-Irish*
@nothanks3236 Жыл бұрын
Reading the Sharpe books, as well as Patrick O'Brien's Aubrey/Maturin series, were some of the best reads of my life. Enjoyed all of them. A treat for history buffs like me, even if the timelines sometimes didn't add up...
@AutoFirePad2 жыл бұрын
WHOAAAA!!!! Amazing scene. Thanks to the channel for showing me such a great series! (First video I watched was the "Major Lennox ansered with his life!!!!!! As yo should have done if you had any sense of honor!!!!" One of the best scenes of the series)
@TD402dd Жыл бұрын
I always loved how Lord Wellington setup Sharpe, and he did it again in this sequence.
@LordSpleach3 жыл бұрын
Already sending Sharpe's best mate on the mission. Now That's Wellingtoning!
@Glee732 жыл бұрын
Sharpe has a particular set of skills..
@tommiatkins34433 жыл бұрын
"How come this man has succeeded where so many others have failed" . I keep playing this line, but Beans acting never gets any better.
@CB-xr1eg Жыл бұрын
Not easy for any actor to deliver such a poorly written line convincingly.
@jrhawk574 Жыл бұрын
A great series that bares watching over and over. Sean Bean was truly "Lord in the North..."GOT". And, a charter member of the "Fellowship"...."LOTR" .
@dodgeplow4 жыл бұрын
This is our most desperate hour. Help me Sharpe, you're my only hope.
@santoslittlehelper064 жыл бұрын
I feel like Wellington was a bit wasted here. Usually he'd have some candid discussion with his adjutant, little bit of his personality, scorching the toffs in various degrees depending on the circumstances, plotting to have incompetent and pompous officers either killed or disgraced. Here he's really just here to introduce the plot and get Sharpe on his way.
@DarthRushy2 жыл бұрын
Tbh Wellington was never the same after David Troughton left
@Mugdorna4 жыл бұрын
Well played Wellington, well played sir.
@arransinnock99804 жыл бұрын
Right at the very end, his look, you know he just said bugger to himself!
@TrazynTI4 жыл бұрын
Declining a mission? That's retiring .
@patrickturner68784 жыл бұрын
This is actually one of my favorite Sharpe movies. Sure it basically rips Novel Continuity apart but it is a very well done script.
@flyingbeaver574 жыл бұрын
Haven't seen it yet, so going to quit here before the spoilers take away all the taste.
@AlyssMa7rin2 жыл бұрын
That's the thing about adaptation If it's not faithful, at *least* make it well written.
@datroof182 жыл бұрын
Upon seeing a Sharoe clip, i subscribed. That's my style sir
@scottadler4 жыл бұрын
He should first demand a full colonel rank, a knighthood, and two thousand pounds up front.
@thotarojoestar30454 жыл бұрын
Pretty sure he's getting his bird once the mission is over, or during it
@chipschannel94944 жыл бұрын
Feds also 2000 pounds annual pension the “RAJ” could afford it.
@booth27104 жыл бұрын
... and a helicopter and 20 pizzas ..
@alpinewolf77514 жыл бұрын
That wouldn't be soldiering
@HenriHerbert884 жыл бұрын
He's not Flashman.
@jamesbyersmusic4 жыл бұрын
I LOVE the outfit Sharpe is wearing here! :-)
@talavera95154 жыл бұрын
It's very well done, isn't it - every inch the prosperous farmer and so totally NOT Sean Bean, but he carries it off convincingly.
@SharpesRifles10 күн бұрын
When I saw more Sharpe clips, I naturally gave the order to view it. Thats my style sir,
@eleanorforbes1842 Жыл бұрын
“That may be so!...” The polite way of saying “I couldn't give a s***” since 1817 😅
@woodrobin Жыл бұрын
You'll notice as Sharpe enters Wellington's office, there's a slight halt in his step. That's the moment that Wellington tightened his grip on Sharpe's short and curlies by letting Mrs. Harper into the foyer.
@Southern_Crusader4 жыл бұрын
Achievement Earned: *Swords to Plowshares* *Commando* (Tell me this don’t seem like it, the ex special forces member pulled out of retirement)
@thotarojoestar30454 жыл бұрын
Well, he was an infantry O-5, not SF
@Charlie54784 жыл бұрын
Thotaro Joestar kind of, he did command an infantry regiment of the line by the end, but he always wore the dark green of the 95th Rifles who would have been an SF unit back in the day.
@FerretJohn4 жыл бұрын
Pulling a soldier/agent reluctantly out of retirement isn't an uncommon trope, alas Sharpes daughter (wherever she is) was not kidnapped by the bad guy, so not that much resemblance to Commando.
@marcuscribbhistory4 жыл бұрын
Sharpe was never in the Special Forces though. The 95th Rifles rarely fought as Sharpe depicts. They were experimental and cutting edge. Maybe "elite" but a far flung throw from the SF community.
@thotarojoestar30454 жыл бұрын
@@Charlie5478 oh really? Didn't know that, also I think that the unit he commanded in the last Waterloo episode was a BN sized element
@jules25454 жыл бұрын
I see they are making a new series of Sharpe. The feature length first episode sees Colonel Sharpe transferring into the Catering Corp after Waterloo. The new series will be called Sharpe's Trifles.
@bluerock44563 жыл бұрын
Hah!
@jules25453 жыл бұрын
@@bluerock4456 Crikey, it took two months to get a laugh on that one.
@bluerock44563 жыл бұрын
@@jules2545 ... . Some might not know what a trifle is ... but I think that they are quite tasty!
@maryanneslater96753 жыл бұрын
That pun's worth a cringe and a facepalm.
@bluerock44563 жыл бұрын
@@maryanneslater9675 and a wee laugh!
@porten12774 жыл бұрын
I only read the books and now it just struck me that I didn’t know this scene... so finally after months of watching YT clips here I found an excuse to watch the whole Movies/Series : D
@seraphinaaizen6278 Жыл бұрын
I imagine it was no accident that Patrick's wife was waiting in that room that Sharpe just happened to be led through on his way out. Wellington knew damn well what Sharpe would do when he realized it was his friend who was missing.
@angiki998811 ай бұрын
2:04 Friggin' fly landed right on his chin.
@joshferreria61134 жыл бұрын
Just when I thought I was done with this series... Now that's marketing.
@captainmashedpotato26304 жыл бұрын
[Transcribed Letter]: Come at once. Wellington. X
@specialandroid160310 ай бұрын
Sharpe and Hornblower my two favourite series
@bigpopparowlynwa19344 жыл бұрын
Finding lost Irishmen, now that’s soldiering
@tylerjanes12624 жыл бұрын
He’s probably in a pub
@konstantinosnikolakakis81254 жыл бұрын
I believe colonial India has more brothels then pubs
@mwnciboo4 жыл бұрын
@@tylerjanes1262 touche...
@Icanhasautomaticcheeseburger4 жыл бұрын
No, that's podracing...
@TheEvilChipmunk4 жыл бұрын
Not sure why Wellington didn't just lead with "It's Pat Harper, Sharpe, he's missing". You *know* that would've put an end to Sharpe's whole "but, I'm a farmer now" nonsense, right away.
@hoilst3 жыл бұрын
Would've saved on film. "Patrick Harper's gone missing in India. He was an agent investigat-" "Right. Get me a bloody ship."
@PhoenixT702 жыл бұрын
A better way to do it would be for Sharpe to start to turn and have Wellington drop that line.
@CB-xr1eg Жыл бұрын
@@PhoenixT70 Sharpe would quickly about turn and say, "well why didn't you bloody well say so in the first place? Your Grace"
@PhoenixT70 Жыл бұрын
@@CB-xr1eg Which would have been hilarious.
@daveangelew Жыл бұрын
Apsley House is a nice gaff as places go, formerly had the address of Number 1, London!
@detectivedonaldkimball4 жыл бұрын
Writing this comment before even viewing the video? Madness you say? No, this is Sparta!
@MrMegamike2k3 жыл бұрын
Wellington: "Today is my 100 and eleventith birthday" Sharpe: "You haven't aged a day..." Now that's buggering...
@simonmillard8931Ай бұрын
I love this story. I have it on dvd and am always watching it
@Jon_H_S4 жыл бұрын
Been summoned at once by the Duke of Wellington? That's soldiering!
@jedrinck3 жыл бұрын
Exactly the way Colonel Trautman keeps getting Rambo to come out of retirement again and again.
@victorfinberg859510 ай бұрын
for all his wonderful qualities, and make no mistake, he is a hero, sharpe is still a small player in a very large game. people like sir samuel may push hard, but it's all a test. minus one eye, that did not happen by chance
@cubefarmerhkc91052 жыл бұрын
Needs another sharpe movie while Sean bean is still alive
@paulpeterson42164 жыл бұрын
Help me Obi-Sharpe-Kenobi, you are his only hope.
@fawziekefli22733 жыл бұрын
Wellington had Sharpe by the balls; he just didn't know it, yet. So when Sharpe refused, all Wellington had to do was _squeeze..._
@DT-diztortion4 жыл бұрын
Thank you for the uploads!
@coffeehound49354 жыл бұрын
Oh, Plot... That's a dirty trick Edit: After watching it a few times, I see Wellington smiling and nodding his head in the background... that sly dog
@Arderas8114 жыл бұрын
Wellington is a devious bastard throughout the series. If you didn't know something like this was coming... well...
@seandlax94 жыл бұрын
Trolling Sharpe is a bit of a hobby of his throughout the series
@victorfinberg859510 ай бұрын
i feel that this whole scene was set up to give wellington plausible deniability: "did you ask sharpe to do this black op?" wellington: "i did, and he refused" wellington knows perfectly well that he could have got sharpe straight up, just by laying his cards on the table
@orion22503 жыл бұрын
Got him by the short and feelies..a dastardly move
@mysticdragonwolf898 ай бұрын
Imagine a trio such as Sharpe, James Bond, and Robin Hood would be - chaos and absolute glorious
@kaiserwilhelmshatner31562 жыл бұрын
It would have been easier to say "An agent of ours based in India has gone missing. He is a good acquaintance of yours. A Patrick Harper." Sharpe: I am on me way, Your Grace!
@thegeneralmitch3 жыл бұрын
Sharpe should have known wellington well enough to know the man never committed his reserves unless he had to, and he always has something up his sleeves... ;D
@harrychung4334 жыл бұрын
I knew Wellington liked playing it close to the vest and doing what needs to bet it done, but that was a low blow even for him.
@quitequiet52814 жыл бұрын
When they didn’t offer land and title... his alarm bells should have started ringing.
@nctpti20734 ай бұрын
"Help us, farmer Richard Sharpie! You're our only hope!"
@kapnerad4 жыл бұрын
This is missing one of the most important lines in the entire episode (movie?) They try to play on Sharpe's sense of patriotism and asking why he won't fight for his country anymore. He says, "Country? I hear no talk of country, only company!" (talking about the East India Company) Wellington replies something about what's best for business and commerce being what's best for the country...and that's why they want an experienced soldier like Sharpe to go there to secure England's economic interests and position. Things haven't changed much.
@konstantinosnikolakakis81254 жыл бұрын
I’d like to quietly point out you said the DUTCH East India Company, in which case Sharpe would definitely say no given his previous experience with a particular Dutchman.
@kapnerad4 жыл бұрын
@@konstantinosnikolakakis8125 Yeah, good point. Meant to say, "EAST India Company." Nothing to do with that "Silk stocking full of shit."
@konstantinosnikolakakis81254 жыл бұрын
No problem, I do it half the time when I’m typing
@craigthomasjohnson4 жыл бұрын
Feel like it cuts off just before a tirade of fluent yorkshire pleasantries 😂
@cobden28whittehnam74 жыл бұрын
'Fluent Yorkshire pleasantries'......we can all imagine what THAT would have been :) !
@oldfrend3 жыл бұрын
@@cobden28whittehnam7 'Welly yuh roight fookin bahstud! where do i sign oop?!?'
@buster91022 жыл бұрын
i know its only a program said loosely but huge respect to the righters well done and great respect for knowing how it went down
@zachm.6572 Жыл бұрын
Using his best friend’s wife to get you to say yes? That’s soldiering.
@drdeadbeat16042 жыл бұрын
Damn it Sharpe! Noone else will do!
@marcosaraiva92054 жыл бұрын
A note paper to Sharpe" come at once if inconvenient come all the same" Duke of Wellington
@pappy3743 жыл бұрын
"Come at once if convenient. If inconvenient come all the same"
@mikecimerian69133 жыл бұрын
Telling Wellington to stuff himself, that's farming.
@professor.moriarty9803 Жыл бұрын
Sharpe: "That maybe so m'lord, but what happens in India are the business of men with influence and great import, and not of a farmer" Wellington: "Very well, Brigadier General Sharpe, that is all, dismissed!"
@MLaak86 Жыл бұрын
"Will you take me to Wellington? Or shall I dig the bugger out myself?" *pregnant pause then approving grin that Sharpe clearly doesn't hold rank or station as scared* "Splendid. ...Splendid"
@kensmith81522 жыл бұрын
“Damn it Sharpe the rat is in the bottle!”
@caesar48573 жыл бұрын
"Now, will you take me to Wellington? Or should I dig the bugger out myself?"
@cbhlde3 жыл бұрын
"When a man soils a Wellington he puts his foot in it." :)
@Suprahampton3 жыл бұрын
You are a genius
@seanhuds2294 жыл бұрын
You can almost see sharps face turn at the end, that moment where you think "Oh Piss"
@maryanneslater96753 жыл бұрын
Sean Bean does that expression so well. "Well, we're fooked. I guess we'll just have to pull off another bloody miracle."
@seanhuds2293 жыл бұрын
@@maryanneslater9675 Haha indeed, the true British way.
@_-JonDoe-_Ай бұрын
“Why didn’t you LEAD with that?! I gotta go save my boy!”
@DimaEgorovRU4 жыл бұрын
When shape goes soldiering, the enemies go dying.
@MrMysteryGuest14 жыл бұрын
Sean Bean does not die in this scene. (Ding!)
@MrSinnlee3 жыл бұрын
Right at the end there, he's thinking Oh you bastid about Wellington 😆
@BurningArt782 жыл бұрын
AWESOME. Like a 19th Century 'Solid Snake'.
@kevinneely21174 жыл бұрын
The wrath of Sharpe to get Harper back? I would not want to face that.
@leondillon8723 Жыл бұрын
1:11)The Corn Bill was about wheat.
@pippipster6767 Жыл бұрын
What are those rubber boots you’re working on my lord?
@neemancallender90924 жыл бұрын
keep up this series
@odysseusrex59083 жыл бұрын
Alas Sharpe, Mrs. Harper's husband is also our missing agent. Well, you could have mentioned that fact!
@joed98494 жыл бұрын
Telling your former commander that your soldiering days are over. That's a soldiering!
@theflyer68 Жыл бұрын
I cannot fight no more as the actor that plays me is Sean Bean