Sharpe's Regiment - part 9

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[@thefrecklepuny]

"Make yer mark, sign yer name, it's all the same to me, NEXT!" Great stuff!

[@Dragon43ish]

One of the best series to come along in a long long time. 6 Stars two thumbs up

[@markleggett9714]

Simmerson and Girdwood are two of the best characters in this series,

[@davidripley2916]

None of the Stunt Chickens were harmed during the making of this classic. Now that's finger-licking Soldiering !

[@nepntzerZer]

Don't

[@mikeburkholder9153]

"In Spain, my voice wasn't heard" Simmerson. Yeah, well, you did lose the king's colours.

[@milodack1599]

And a man who loses the King’s Colours loses the King’s friendship

[@Taylexwow]

He should have answered with his life if he had any sense of honour

[@KBTW1]

@@Taylexwow He disgraced us, sir. He shamed us, sir. He will answer!

[@thedukeofswellington1827]

He has a cousin at horseguards...and friends at court...have you heard of Lord Biggus Dickus?

[@lawrencemelia2724]

@@KBTW1 he answered with his life SIR!!!

[@MinisterAilingTongue]

"Sign your name!" I'm sure for many that meant a big ole X.

[@SantomPh]

he said "sign your name, make your mark it's all the same to me".

[@lyndonjames9178]

@@SantomPh you forgot Next!

[@nepntzerZer]

10 years later lol

[@weponic]

Prince Regent wasn't this mad he was actaully quite intelligent he designed several palaces including Buckingham.

[@chrishalstead4405]

You sure? I think the Duke of Buckingham donated it to the Crown…..

[@lolwutyoumad]

You mean someone else did it and a rich fop took credit? Welcome to 19th century society

[@psychoscotsman6536]

One of my fav TV shows Sean bean played the roll like it was child's play. Also one of the uks best actors

[@jayjay-71]

Prince regent was mad...his father George III was as nutty as a big pile of squirrel poo though...

[@darthrevan4933]

Wasn’t his father the mad one?

[@1979RayDay]

Crashing the Prince of Wales party? That’s more than soldering, that’s Gangsta😎

[@VonPete105]

"You cannot take that!" "Bitch I do what I WANT!"

[@bookloverholic]

he only married Jane to save her, Sharpe is a sucker for falling in love with damsels in distress

[@zcoosa1648]

33 man battalion about to completely turn the tide of war

[@davidduncan1444]

Love this episode lol

[@compendos]

Sharpe is brave, smart and bold... yet when it comes to women he is soooo ignorant !

[@coolcraignvodka]

Ohhh nooo Richard!! Don't give her money!! It ''MIGHT'' end badley! lol

[@denizen9998]

Now we know where "waltzing Matilda" comes from.

[@stephenclues2948]

Careful, Sharpie...

[@LonoTheOno]

At 4:15, the sergeant is handing out "bando, bayonet, cartridge box" to each soldier. bando=bandobass=musket, according to Mr. R. Kipling.

[@MrThehowells]

M. Lono Burke its actually bundook not bando! Bundook is slang for a service rifle in the British military it’s derived from the Hindi word bānduk meaning gun !

[@seymourskinner2533]

That’s not waltzing Matilda!

[@cambs0181]

It went on to be Waltzing Matilda.

[@ghostlypresence5362]

Hope those chickens weren't somebody's living..

[@matt2house]

well similar melody but different song all together

[@NobleKorhedron]

@coolcraignvodka: "pisses 10K up the wall quicker than the Euro Star!!" - ROTFLMAO!! :-D

[@Lamporre]

@Shugotenshi47 I can understand that about receiving items in the military (which I am not trying to bash), but I'm sure the guys giving out the items don't give each item out like it's the deciding factor in the war. I don't mean to include Ted Carew in my joke (the 'make your mark' guy) His acting was way more believable. Just that one guy afterward giving out the shakos. He was way too over-the-top LoL

[@digitalradiohacker]

It wasn't a million miles off the way we were treated in the early 2000's. I was given a beret that was way WAY too big, and when I made it known, the SQMS told me to "fuck off you honking little mutant". I bought an officers item on Ebay which had a far nicer lining and fitted much better.

[@nate-otero]

Waltzing Matilda alternate lyrics music video

[@Eskay1206]

4:45 That song..the tune is used in waltzing matida an Australian anthem, wow, I thought ours was original. turns out no.

[@bronsonperich9430]

As original as Pavlova.

[@SmugCanadian]

@Songsmirth Nah every year I rewatch these and it makes me laugh seeing comments I posted 2-3 years ago.

[@Cortanakya]

How about a decade later than you left this comment? That's a hefty chunk of time.

[@jaspermoss94]

being nice OR marrying jane is a BIG mistake, you will know why in the future:)

[@CarmelSRobinson]

Hey, isn't that Waltzing Matilda they're singing there?

[@b0ywithhat]

It's A Trap!!!!!!

[@nooo8oooo]

oh well it sounds the same so i'm half right

[@halfpintgamescast]

@Ohloveeh We want Dan and Harris eh?

[@scantrontheimmortal]

no they have not,well maybe the amount of papers to sign,heh

[@Freddie-x4s]

You can't beat a bloke from Sheffield

[@imnotgivingmyname_toamachine]

Get in step ya lousy extras!

[@bookloverholic]

@Finchy000 he'd prob still save her from gurwood and simmerson

[@rej3kt]

@Finchy000 Thanks to you and raraandraja for ruining it, wish I hadn't minimised now.

[@jlawsl]

Did British have, well, British accents back then? I have read that the modern British accent was adopted during the Victorian era but not this early. British, at that time, should have sounded more like Americans do today. Perhaps only the higher class, officers and such, should have spoken with the accent.

[@andirutherford2615]

There are lots of British Accents and dialects not just one

[@johnnyfarout]

sharpe would have done better with marryin' lady anne

[@deand8070]

Any Australians start singing Waltzing Matilda from the 5.00 mark or was it just me?

[@chopkins57]

Hey now, stop it with the spoilers about the niece. Some of us are watching this series for the first time.

[@ChrisVillagomez]

Man so many genuinely likeable characters, Lady Comoyne, Major Hogan, Captain Leroy, Carligne, Theresa, that French general and his food-taster Gaston, the list goes on and on

[@madjack1748]

it's too bad Brian Cox and David Troughton left the series.

[@flameblitz]

I'll marry you. *Jane, stunned look* *Jane thinks: OMG, I HIT A JACKPOT!

[@CommiTsunami]

10,000 guineas...

[@jediknight1294]

@@josephodonnell6760 hardly money was a part of the great game and she played it with a bad hand. Sharpe is an officer, his heroism allows him to pay at a far higher level than a man from the ranks normally would have. Normally he wouldn't be an officer long, he'd have been bought over or bankrupt himself paying for his position. If she was a gold digger she'd have married Girdwood.

[@lyndonjames9178]

@@jediknight1294 he married into a family of vipers. He should of married Lady Ann Carmoyne. ( Dowager )😃😃😃

[@Trek001]

I love how Sharpe casually walks past a guy dressed as Boney, a guy with fake breasts, grabs the Eagle and casually walks back out

[@Taylexwow]

Well he did take it off the battlefield.....when he captured it and got seriously hurt doing it.......he gives no fucks

[@ethrsag735]

@@Taylexwow "You will bring it back won't you sir?" "I did the last time didn't I?"

[@davidtuttle7556]

Is that Lord Grantham with the fake titties?

[@Crispy_Bee]

The guy with the fake breasts is Alexander Armstrong, known from Armstrong and Miller. One of the best comedians on this planet.

[@jimminey-fooking-cricket4903]

Now that's a promotion from a rifle regiment major IIRC to prince regent. Well done sir well done.

[@aaravtulsyan]

he was in the very first film

[@andrewpestotnik5495]

Now that's Acting!

[@willerwin3201]

""Take these to my house. Tell the steward to burn them. Every page!" *A dozen soldiers stand behind this guy with torches*

[@MinisterAilingTongue]

I'm starting to get worried...Sharpe hasn't been shot yet in this episode!

[@Dragon43ish]

ROTFL

[@davidtuttle7556]

He got engaged and later married Jane. Better that hed been shot again seeing as how she took all his money and ran off with a young fop.

[@MrSirwolf2001]

He was....Shot through the heart. "Shot through the heart It's all part of the game that we call love". Bon Jovi

[@A_massive_wog]

4:44 Waltzing matilda, waltzing matilda, you'll come a waltzing matilda with me...

[@joenelson4235]

Most reliable rifle (smooth musket) in British history if memory tells. Don't get the lads singing so fondly about our current equipment!!

[@patrickasplund]

It's hard to think of Cromwells army doing exactly the same thing, on the same roads as this.

[@coolcraignvodka]

ffs i wish Captain Fredrickson and the rest of the 60th Rifles was in this! they should have played a bigger part since their first appearence! agree?

[@cambs0181]

Fun fact. In the book Fredrickson is actually a German.

[@gvicze]

@@cambs0181 German/ Germany didn’t exist then. He was from Westphalia. Or at least Hannover or Braunschweig, territory’s acquired by Napoleon from the Prussians.

[@Aethgeir]

Given what happens later, all the stuff with Jane takes on a very different tone.

[@Burnzi2]

sharpe hasnt seen his daughter for a while has he

[@SuperJogvan]

I love how they all play along with their mad prince regent. So British...

[@SantomPh]

he was not mad, he was just a big fop. His brother the Duke of York ('Freddie') however was sharp as a tack and as Commander in Chief reformed the whole Army to the point where the army became professional later on.

[@jordanhicks5131]

It was his FATHER who was madder than a 6 legged goat

[@electroenzo]

3 years late but I suggest you look up a game called Mount and Blade Warband Napoleonic Wars.

[@jsthecanuck6804]

7 years late but you should look up a mod called “l’aigle” and newer one called “between empires”. L’aigle is placed in early 1800’s during the napoleonic wars, Between empires is 1860’s to pre WW1 (between empires lets you research technology and the battles have been improved to allow total war esque control of your units akin to an RTS)

[@henrynelson11]

you should try reading the book series too, they are very good too!

[@soakingbook]

The inept steward was the real hero of this story. Wonder what happened to him.

[@bumcheese1981]

take the kings shilling take the kings shilling take the kings shilling for wellington and me

[@Lamporre]

Those guys giving out the uniforms took their jobs waayyyyy too seriously, lol

[@acgorrell]

Is is just me or does the "take the king's shilling" song have a similar measure to Waltzing Matilda?

[@italktoomuch6442]

Yup. It's the same song.

[@acgorrell]

@@italktoomuch6442 Ahh, I thought so but wasn't able to find anything about the song itself.

[@northislandguy]

In the books when Sharpe sees the Colour, he gets so offended haha

[@Nomozacc]

Well yeah cos Simmerson lost em

[@kurumais]

sharpie and harper look good in clean uniforms

[@Tredegar82]

i haven't seen the rest of the series, i just feel this girl is troubles.

[@nooo8oooo]

i know it would be an awsume gamem they'de have to make reloading faster then real life if they make a FPS

[@SuperSparrow45]

Realistically, Fenner couldn't have thought it'd be that easy. You clearly have hundreds of soldiers marching your way, and you think burning the books will absolve you of any wrong doing? So, lemme get this straight. You flat out said to multiple of your superiors, including the Prince of Wales, that this regiment only exists on paper. And yet...here they are! So what does said paper say about this so-called non-existent regiment? Oh, the paper no longer exists? That isn't even remotely suspicious... Fenner should've known the second that Sharpe booted Girdwood out of his command, that the jig was up and the cleanest way to avoid a scandal was simply giving command of it to Sharpe and ordering him to fight in France under the command of Wellington.

[@Football__Junkie]

Always that damned Simmerson mixed up in this foolishness

[@archonmarch3965]

"I will marry you" one of the biggest mistakes in period drama history. Why did he settle for pie and mash when standing rib roast was literally falling into his lap

[@Winterx69]

"Take these to my house. Tell steward to burn them - every signle page" That is the most silly thing I have seen on this series to date. The old villain-talks-too-much in quite a daft reprise. Of course the books aren't burned asap- no. Instead we take them to London so as to to demostrate how the leverage is no more and then they are still not burned asap... sigh- instead carry them around a bit more without need just so that Sharpe still manages to save the day. Damn silly.

[@SuperSparrow45]

True. That said, it's also silly that an entire regiment of soldiers just shows up on the Prince's doorstep, one that nobody thought existed except on paper, and suddenly...there is no paper on them, yet nobody would bat an eye at that. Pretty much every sensible gentlemen would suspect something very fishy and that Lord Fenner would make such a claim that they exist on paper and that said paper no longer exists. Well, why does it not exist? Fenner would then be at the center of accusations that he clearly burned the books on this regiment in order to clear his hands of a scandal. At that point, it would be far more convenient for Fenner to simply give Sharpe the regiment to France to avoid any suspicion. So for him to think that the scandal is completely avoided simply by getting rid of the books and then telling Sharpe to fuck off to Australia is pretty shortsighted on his end.

[@Keyne89]

You mean the Prince of Wales George of Hannover? He was the British Prince Regent since 1811. The mentally illness of his father King George III. was so strong that he could no longer rule the United Kingdom.

[@elliswatkeys5827]

Isn't that Julian Fellows playing Prinnie?

[@MarkWeston-h8e]

She’s not one of them she says yeah then why did u leave sharpe and run of with his money

[@IbeeejayI]

Empire total war Its amazing, best game evah!!!!

[@Albukhshi]

well, judging from his reputation, he might as well be price of Wales and Whales. :P

[@StarkCoyotEspada1]

Me an aussie instantly singing waltzing matilda at 4:43

[@oldsreo]

Doesn't Harper have that top nco swagger down. He was lovin' it.

[@nooo8oooo]

no that must be the prince of whales

[@willgold9989]

Wow. As far as issuing gear it hasn’t changed a fucking bit...

[@cambs0181]

Apart from it now being done by civvies, that are contracted by serco disillusioned with life.

[@LutzDerLurch]

it'S from the song "The [Rochester] Recruiting Sergeant"

[@bumcheese1981]

over the hills and far away!!

[@LutzDerLurch]

why? Ye firelock makes a good club as well.

[@vincemoran587]

Boitlicking gun fodder.

[@paulsmith-ll9vg]

when they got to the barracks they was riding horses, and yet when they left the barracks they were not riding horses anymore, so what happened to the horses, and after smith`s comment you do have to wonder just how innocent these officers are, and what role did they play at foulness, and just how much money did they trouser for keeping quite etc, and did they ever possibly consider the fact that what they were involved in was not really strictly legal and certainly not morally right, at what stage were there consciences pricked if ever, and as at foulness the sergeants seemed to be having a lovely if evil time with the new recruits, how would it be possible for sharpe to lead men into battle knowing this, and even if lynch is soon no more, was lynch the only bad apple, or should i be worried that perhaps more sergeants will now be also having nasty and fatal accidents, and as i cannot really remember what happened to these recruits in perhaps the next few episodes of sharpe did any of them get promoted or whatever, and that it is usually not always a good thing to be a raw recruit around sharpe if he is about to go into battle, because not everyone survives, and although no doubt sharpe gets covered in even more glory, sometimes you do have to wonder at what cost to his men.

[@erkful]

What’s the song they sing at 5:12

[@Keyne89]

and the faces of those who annoy him. XD

[@r.ezradrake4178]

3:00 noooooo!!!! Bloody hell, Man! You ain’t turned Simp?! Cuz that was some Simp shit.

[@OptimusWombat]

7:42 I couldn't quite make out what the woman was saying. Did she call the Prince of Wales "fat"?

[@svublues26]

haha i can't stand her anyway but in some way i think it's funny that she is portrayed by Bean's third wife ;)

[@shinnidan]

🤔hmmm...thought the battalion was around 700 ? 🤨

[@suelizjohnson]

4th v.The Recruiting Sergeant: "Ah I," said the young man, "have long endured the Parish dues -No more charity for the likes of me - Starvation and danger, they shall be my destiny - I'll take the Queen's shilling for Marlborough and thee - I'll take the Queen's shilling; I'll take the Queen's shilling , , ,for *Marlborough and thee.." *Re:ference to one of the Dukes of M. The 1st Duke of Marlborough b. 1650 son of Sir Winston Churchill &ancestor to Sir Winston Spencer-Churchill (1874-1965)

[@darrenmonks4532]

What the ???? The song (Take the King's Shilling or whatever it's called?) at 4.45 is basically the same tune as Waltzing Matilda (Australia's unofficial national anthem). Please don't tell me Waltzing Matilda wasn't original. Oh no.

[@manjacovus5342]

The tune goes back to at least the Seven Years War and referenced the then Duke of Marlborough.

[@saturn_illus]

8:33 the sound of gloves clapping is so satisfying

[@bookloverholic]

lol, u tell all she wants is money the minute she asks for it, a look into the future

[@MIck-M]

Stealing Australian folk songs 50+ years before they are written? - thats not soldiering. Damned impudence of those bloody lobsters.

[@kenperry9739]

Original tune dates to 1700 under the title of “The Gay Fusillier,”

[@nobsei]

even though its not related but thumps up for nerimon and charlieissocoollike

[@BarryAllen-oj3wm]

3:04 not as sorry as you will be, laddie . . .

[@100temps]

QM’s hasn’t changed much.

[@Albukhshi]

@b0ywithhat true that, Admiral Akbar. :P

[@riabina17]

sharpe is so sweet promising to marry her!

[@thotarojoestar3045]

9:08 what does girdwood say? "She said that you had sent her" or "She said the Jew had sent her"?

[@ILZames]

"She said that you had sent her"

[@musclesmouse]

why did he marry her?

[@ragw33d]

a nice mmorpg would be nice

[@MinisterAilingTongue]

8:42 It's a Mitt Romney ralley! Note, that's not merely a reference to the wealth but the small number of sycophants and relations attending.

[@Linkster2o]

They are a tough breed lol

[@Apollo976]

do they have to?