@BigAlCorc i asked this last time i saw the series, from what i recall he went back to england or something, basically died out ahaha the books tell u
That ending shot of Sharpe walking away and then turning around as the dust swirls around him is one of my favorite shots in all of cinema. I really consider the Sharpes series as close to the American "Band of Brothers" series. I love "Band of Brothers" but I feel that Sharpe's addresses issues of class and imperialism that Band of Brothers does not.
That shot at the end where Sean Bean turns around with the dust flying around him is just an awesome shot! The grizzled soldier with a sword, a rifle and a long bad ass looking green coat, to me, just sums up the character so perfectly.
All people that think there is any glory in war should see the last shot of the battlement of the men's bodies who were climbed over. An old soldier told me once, "Only old fools and young men believe there is any glory in war."
@11Cheesewaffles but in the books it isn't price who gets shot but another officer. Price is with Sharpe at Waterloo, I don't know why they killed him here.
So, how did Obadia get away with murdering an officer? Sure it was the middle of a battle, but there were other officers nearby that were looking right there when he was shot.
@11Cheesewaffles just like any householder, he kills the next man wearing the uniform of the yutz holding a knife to his niece's throat....instinct shot.
Thank you very much for putting this up here, for me also childhood memories! Quite a bloody episode this one.... Such a shame Brian Cox didn't continue the series.
Thank you so much for putting these up! I'm loving every minute of re-living my childhood television! Whan a truely amazing series. Great production, great writing, great acting (Sean Bean is Sharpe - simple as).
2:04 - out of the many times I have watched this one, when Harper lets his nine-barrels rip in to Hakeswell, he kills another solder because of the width of fire! never noticed that before!
What the British did once they got into Badajoz was God awful. The soldiers got out of control. Rape and murder everywhere. Men women and kids. They killed their own officers. It was one of the darkest episodes in British Military history. We are not welcome in Badajoz to this day.
I'm an American and have just begun watching the Sharpe series. I'm enjoying it immensely ( I miss Hogan ), but would like to watch it in order. Could any of our British cousins tell me which episode is next? It would be greatly appreciated. Thank you.
Search Sean Bean on Wikipedia and read his filmography. There you'ff find 'em in order by year of making. Good luck. Not and english cousin but a swede ;D
It has something to do with taking the fortress. It was usually a long a frustrating process and then storming usually took a huge toll on the attackers. Once in an armies discipline would usually just colapse. Also we have to recognize that when Wellington Said "I lead the scum of Britain" in 1812 he would've had a really good point . The british army was renouned for having great soldiers that were usually criminals, despots and street children while many other armies had conscription and duty
It wasn't just the British. It was the accepted practice of the time by the troops that if a town resisted and caused large numbers of casualties in the besieging force then it was sacked. There are rumours that Wellington alowed the sacks of Badajoz and Ciudad Rodrigo to carry on for longer than normal as a warning to pro French Spanish civilians.
Postlethwaite is a tremendously skilled actor, portrayed Obadiah Hakeswell's controlled (and in some ways, sanctioned) madness then increasing fall into lunacy very convincingly.
The disturbing thing is how believable the character is for the period: many soldiers were conscripts, often criminals who took to soldiering rather then jail.
Hakeswell is likely one of these, and his insanity was tolerated simply because he always followed orders to the letter.
The British soldiers showed insane bravery to get into Badajoz, but the awful/horrific aftermath is probably why Badajoz is rarely mentioned in British military history. It is one of the hardest battles the British army has ever fought.
Probably dramatic license but the british contingent in the peninsular war wasn't actually that big ranging from 20,000 to 55,000 and there is the possibility that Clayton had served under him for years, as well Clayton's family was there increasing the chances of them having met. I think Clayton was relatively low ranking but being in the baggage train its possible he was responsible for some of the dukes posessions.
SLRL1A1- I take it you mean Wellington? My guess, judging by reading some of the books, is that he knew him from India, when he was with Sharpe's company, and Sharpe saved him from a...lancer or something.
Also- where the hell is Sharpe walking to at the end of this? haha
in the real battle, over 4,000 spanish civilians were raped or killed by the British.The soldiers even killed some of the officers that tried to stop them.
Sadly, this was quite common with most armies of the period, and throughout history in general.
Soldiers were usually the lowest of the low, and as such were given to this type of behaviour after a prolonged siege. It is certainly nothing new, nor isolated to one particular country.
Well that's the sign of good writing and of a good antagonist, that with the limited amount of time they're focused on in the story you can hate them so damn much you feel every bit of enjoyment out of the protagonist's eventual triumph
Yeah. Can't wait to see what happens next! This has been a great experience on Christmas day amidst the dinner and gifts. Thankyou ShinigamiTiger99. Have a great New Year fellow Shape fans!
Harry has been thus far my favourite character! Figures! It's either associations with Sharpe or being liked by me. ALL my fav. characters drop dead. Damn.
I think she was the wife of the chubby soldier playing with the kids (and dying in the assault) - an NOT a prostitute.
When a regiment left the UK it often stayed away for a long time - could be for years.
A few solders wives of good character were allowed to travel along with the regiment cooking food, doing laundry etc. as part of its logistics organisation.
Also note that when Sharpe first mentioned his "wife" to the regimental commander he had her looked up in the roll.
CLAYTON DID NOT DIE IN THE BOOKS! NOR DID HIS WIFE!
ChickenMeCrazy 2 months ago
@ChickenMeCrazy THANK YOU FOR RUINING THE BOOK FOR ME! PRAT!
TheSirPrise 3 weeks ago
What happened to Tongue? Why wasn't he in this one?
BigAlCorc 2 months ago
@BigAlCorc i asked this last time i saw the series, from what i recall he went back to england or something, basically died out ahaha the books tell u
PUKANA69 3 weeks ago
There are more brits in Teresa's house than there were storming the walls.
SyntaxErr00r 3 months ago
That ending shot of Sharpe walking away and then turning around as the dust swirls around him is one of my favorite shots in all of cinema. I really consider the Sharpes series as close to the American "Band of Brothers" series. I love "Band of Brothers" but I feel that Sharpe's addresses issues of class and imperialism that Band of Brothers does not.
TheSauron21 3 months ago 3
Sergents of this era were supposed to carry halberds (Pikes) there job was to cheevy up the soldiers to make sure they moved forward.
Royl34 4 months ago
Poor Clayton :/
pepsipi1 4 months ago
That shot at the end where Sean Bean turns around with the dust flying around him is just an awesome shot! The grizzled soldier with a sword, a rifle and a long bad ass looking green coat, to me, just sums up the character so perfectly.
TheSauron21 5 months ago
This is a really good series, I'm glad I happened across it.
DoughboyJonesmk2 6 months ago
Obadiah is a complete retard xD Riding a donkey and only having a spear? wtf XD
KieranJohnson77 6 months ago
@KieranJohnson77 He was a Pikeman.
MrPaddyR 4 months ago
@MrPaddyR No he wasn't. The men who guarded the colours fought with such weapons as a mark of honour. Hakeswill took the weapon off someone else.
PhinfanUK 3 months ago
I love the accent: "Shii miight neveh ah knoown mii Teraseh!"
MrEreda 6 months ago
Thanks for puting this up Tiger 99.. :-)
flembag32 7 months ago
All people that think there is any glory in war should see the last shot of the battlement of the men's bodies who were climbed over. An old soldier told me once, "Only old fools and young men believe there is any glory in war."
Songsmirth 7 months ago
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Octavius0 8 months ago
god i love hating obadiah
MateusVIII 9 months ago
can't believe he killed price he was the only british upper class person i liked in this series :(
11Cheesewaffles 9 months ago
@11Cheesewaffles but in the books it isn't price who gets shot but another officer. Price is with Sharpe at Waterloo, I don't know why they killed him here.
mordig 9 months ago
@mordig
Harry Price isn't actually killed here in the film either, just wounded.
He survives and appears in "Sharpes Waterloo", however a different actor (Nicholas Irons) plays him.
So three cheers for Harry!
Octavius0 8 months ago 3
why price, why?
BenlikesPoo 9 months ago
Every character Pete Postlethwait ever played was done fantastically, he will be missed.
Starbuck827 10 months ago
omg he killed sally :O
121Swaleskid 11 months ago
badajoz isn't nearly as well known as it should be, it's certainly one of the british army's darkest moments, right up to the world wars
donorleone 1 year ago
Pete Postlethwaite rip
bookloverholic 1 year ago 11
So, how did Obadia get away with murdering an officer? Sure it was the middle of a battle, but there were other officers nearby that were looking right there when he was shot.
Raithulu 1 year ago 5
@Raithulu yeah and why did the spannish guy shoot the soldier that came in afterwords?
11Cheesewaffles 9 months ago
@11Cheesewaffles just like any householder, he kills the next man wearing the uniform of the yutz holding a knife to his niece's throat....instinct shot.
It happens.
It is a gun fight not a cotillion ye amadan.
aikigeorge3 9 months ago
Who else here is dying to see Obidiah mutilated and nuedered
jizzinmypants191919 1 year ago 7
@jizzinmypants191919 and then killed, slowly and painfully.
Raithulu 1 year ago
Nice that that general truly grew a heart after seeing the horrors of war and how good Sharpe was.
MajBlood 1 year ago
God bless ya' sir!
flyck510 1 year ago
God bless ya' Mr. ShinigamiTiger99
flyck510 1 year ago
Not Price!
Sharp7 1 year ago
Thank you very much for putting this up here, for me also childhood memories! Quite a bloody episode this one.... Such a shame Brian Cox didn't continue the series.
Quit059 1 year ago
at 2:02 harper shot obediah and another brit solider o.o
121Swaleskid 1 year ago
@121Swaleskid Oh yeah...Harper did just casually murder some random Brit...that's a shame :\
JarCooler 1 year ago
@JarCooler indeed, also a shame when he shot 4 irishmen with "mr knock"
121Swaleskid 1 year ago
@121Swaleskid they were turncoats tho
heartandsoul1988 1 year ago
@121Swaleskid Well they did say that the penalty for looting was death...
SuperJogvan 1 year ago
Thank you so much for putting these up! I'm loving every minute of re-living my childhood television! Whan a truely amazing series. Great production, great writing, great acting (Sean Bean is Sharpe - simple as).
Rubethebest 1 year ago
did obadia just rape and kill that guys's wife!?
bh5496 1 year ago
Thank you Sharpe for finally doing something about that hat anyway I'm going to miss Price...Hakesville deserves to die a slow and painful death...
stupidintellect90 1 year ago
wtf, hakeswell murdered like 5 people and then he gets to fuck off with a chest of silver LOL, what a cunt
3101jimbo 1 year ago 6
@3101jimbo cunt is the understatement of the century!
trixyrixy 1 year ago
that picture there at 5:50 seems like there was no spit on it..... he must have cleaned it real well
dahchestah 1 year ago 4
Sharpe owes that one fellow a debt; he got rid of the pesky father-in-law.
NardolTheElf 1 year ago
@NardolTheElf Haha how very true!
Quit059 1 year ago
oh how i hate hakeswill.
NaworForSure 1 year ago 6
Before I watched Sharpe's series I had no idea the electric guitar was invented in Napoleonic Europe!
efaek 1 year ago 6
@efaek ha ha, yeah, its weird how much the music in 1812 sounds almost exactly like the music from the 1980s.
gingerjames86 1 year ago 4
That guy's wife is fuck ugly.
And where is Sharpe going at the end? "Fuck this shit, I'm leaving."
mrchrisdavis09 1 year ago
do you not udnerstand beauty doesn't mean anything to SHarpe he loves her because like him she's a warrior he never has to pretend with her.
isisdragoness1981 1 year ago 2
I was talking about the painting in the hat. If I mean Sharpe, I would have said "Sharpe" not "That guy".
mrchrisdavis09 1 year ago
That guy's wife is fuck ugly.
mrchrisdavis09 1 year ago
@btoZproductions yeah, sorry, ment 7
coolcraignvodka 2 years ago
"Cry havoc and let slip the dogs of war"
In the 'Ordinances of War of Richard II' in that book we find:
"Item, qe nul soit si hardy de crier havok sur peine davoir la test coupe."
An English text which comes nearer to defining the term is Grose's History of the English Army, circa 1525:
"Likewise be all manner of beasts, when they be brought into the field and cried havoke, then every man to take his part."
thegoof171 2 years ago
2:04 - out of the many times I have watched this one, when Harper lets his nine-barrels rip in to Hakeswell, he kills another solder because of the width of fire! never noticed that before!
coolcraignvodka 2 years ago
@coolcraignvodka its only seven barrel not 9
BtoZproductions 2 years ago
yeh thats quite a gun pat has.. sharpe said he was the only man who could handle it lol
kiely456 1 year ago
3:03
F*cking bastard!
HGRadetzki 2 years ago
What the British did once they got into Badajoz was God awful. The soldiers got out of control. Rape and murder everywhere. Men women and kids. They killed their own officers. It was one of the darkest episodes in British Military history. We are not welcome in Badajoz to this day.
BlackCountryPuddler 2 years ago 4
No worse than hundreds of years of murder, rape, thievery and the rest visited on Ireland. Not welcomed there either I should say.
RadioPaul1 2 years ago
SHIT, i've been watching all these episodes in the wrong order! I've been following them chronologically from the BOOKS list
whalahiguy 2 years ago
Sharpe's got a fat baby
rifleman1122 2 years ago
hard pounding gentlemen lets see who pounds the hardest
choconibletbeans 2 years ago 3
3:28 watch the dude behind Wellington. He's supposed to be dead... Dead men don't change their positions....
SleepingTenshi 2 years ago 3
I'm an American and have just begun watching the Sharpe series. I'm enjoying it immensely ( I miss Hogan ), but would like to watch it in order. Could any of our British cousins tell me which episode is next? It would be greatly appreciated. Thank you.
Rikki0 2 years ago
Search Sean Bean on Wikipedia and read his filmography. There you'ff find 'em in order by year of making. Good luck. Not and english cousin but a swede ;D
SleepingTenshi 2 years ago
Thank you most kindly, Sleeping. That was a great help to me. I appreciate it.
Rikki0 2 years ago
spiritgirl2796 2 years ago 3
Did Lieutenant Price survive?
Lachausis 2 years ago
no he dint
Phil1796 2 years ago
How sad! Was such a nice fellow!
Lachausis 2 years ago
It has something to do with taking the fortress. It was usually a long a frustrating process and then storming usually took a huge toll on the attackers. Once in an armies discipline would usually just colapse. Also we have to recognize that when Wellington Said "I lead the scum of Britain" in 1812 he would've had a really good point . The british army was renouned for having great soldiers that were usually criminals, despots and street children while many other armies had conscription and duty
Swazi54 2 years ago
It wasn't just the British. It was the accepted practice of the time by the troops that if a town resisted and caused large numbers of casualties in the besieging force then it was sacked. There are rumours that Wellington alowed the sacks of Badajoz and Ciudad Rodrigo to carry on for longer than normal as a warning to pro French Spanish civilians.
peterlesliegordon 2 years ago
pete postlethwaite is ace in this. The way he plays hakeswell is great. detestable but intriguing.
burnzgotshot 2 years ago 29
@burnzgotshot
Postlethwaite is a tremendously skilled actor, portrayed Obadiah Hakeswell's controlled (and in some ways, sanctioned) madness then increasing fall into lunacy very convincingly.
The disturbing thing is how believable the character is for the period: many soldiers were conscripts, often criminals who took to soldiering rather then jail.
Hakeswell is likely one of these, and his insanity was tolerated simply because he always followed orders to the letter.
TheBType 7 months ago
@TheBType You mean he _was_ a tremendously skilled actor. He died in January of this year from pancreatic cancer.
Fleetfoot01 4 months ago
@Fleetfoot01
Jesus that's sad :(.
He was awesome.
TheBType 4 months ago
The British soldiers showed insane bravery to get into Badajoz, but the awful/horrific aftermath is probably why Badajoz is rarely mentioned in British military history. It is one of the hardest battles the British army has ever fought.
redfowlham 2 years ago 10
great series
masonicrite 2 years ago 3
How theh hell would Wellesley have even known a common soldier like "Clayton" , much less recognise him?
SLRL1A1 2 years ago 3
Probably dramatic license but the british contingent in the peninsular war wasn't actually that big ranging from 20,000 to 55,000 and there is the possibility that Clayton had served under him for years, as well Clayton's family was there increasing the chances of them having met. I think Clayton was relatively low ranking but being in the baggage train its possible he was responsible for some of the dukes posessions.
DouglasEdward84 2 years ago 4
SLRL1A1- I take it you mean Wellington? My guess, judging by reading some of the books, is that he knew him from India, when he was with Sharpe's company, and Sharpe saved him from a...lancer or something.
Also- where the hell is Sharpe walking to at the end of this? haha
Groomers10 2 years ago 3
Pete Postlethwaite does a very very good job,
mcardle1 2 years ago 5
russians did it in the 80's, in afganistan
Burnzi2 2 years ago
Some one PLEASE Kill obadiah! >:(
spiritgirl2796 2 years ago 6
in the real battle, over 4,000 spanish civilians were raped or killed by the British.The soldiers even killed some of the officers that tried to stop them.
dmaclady 2 years ago 9
Sadly, this was quite common with most armies of the period, and throughout history in general.
Soldiers were usually the lowest of the low, and as such were given to this type of behaviour after a prolonged siege. It is certainly nothing new, nor isolated to one particular country.
DarkZenith2007 2 years ago 3
They also did it in Ciudad Rodrigo and in San Sebastián. British came to Spain as "allies", but they acted more like enemies.
Albertoscutarium 2 years ago
obadiah omg can someone kill him already i hate him so much lol kill this monkey.
Patatofagos 3 years ago 43
Well that's the sign of good writing and of a good antagonist, that with the limited amount of time they're focused on in the story you can hate them so damn much you feel every bit of enjoyment out of the protagonist's eventual triumph
murphy3162 1 year ago 10
@Patatofagos but he's indestructable XD atleast for now XD
paulsky1 1 year ago
@Patatofagos
CptPorkPie 4 months ago
Obadiah got away once again, goddamn lol
realmusikforya 3 years ago 3
Haha, at about 3:28 when Wellesley (I think?) is talking, one of the "dead" men behind him shifts a little, then goes still again.
DioTheCynic 3 years ago 5
Nice spot.
fourganger88 2 years ago
Hakeswill has killed all my favorite characters in this episode. ._.
DioTheCynic 3 years ago
haha they screwed up and killed him but he comes back later in the series
liloma831 2 years ago
what a cold heart man i bet his mother was a right whore
june1935 3 years ago
Sharpe's mother was a whore...
notonestepbackwards 3 years ago
DArn somebody, somebody please-get that obadiah. End his "immortality" lol
1AnuJazz 3 years ago 3
Many thanks for putting these up on here!
QuimbyMouse 3 years ago
No! Harry Price! Damn Obadiah . . .
thorntonleclay 3 years ago
I used to watch this on telly Thursday nights when I was in Newbuildings, Co. Londonderry. Good memories.
PrenticeBoy1688 3 years ago
The song on the end is great!! "Over the hills and far away..." can I download it somwhere?
notonestepbackwards 3 years ago
lol at 2:03 and harper misses hakeswill and hits a random :P
Michaelrulesos 3 years ago 2
these are great! thank you. was that Price who gets killed by hakeswill? the young officer who was swaying in the beginning?
lamoinette23 3 years ago
Yeah. Can't wait to see what happens next! This has been a great experience on Christmas day amidst the dinner and gifts. Thankyou ShinigamiTiger99. Have a great New Year fellow Shape fans!
RamBeauBull 3 years ago 4
Sharpe is fantastic. Thanks Tiger!
Avaroid 3 years ago
Were does Harper hit Hakeswell?
Kp1O 3 years ago
Lol,hakeswill gets his ass kicked by sharpe!
Tex3393 3 years ago
Damn fine piece thank you Cornwell thank you Bean and thank you ShinigamiTiger
EScotty23 3 years ago 5
I think it was meant as better dead with her husband then a battalion whore(Which was the result of many widow traveling with the army)
EScotty23 3 years ago
Wow, it doesn't do anybody good to have associations with Sharpe does it. ESPECIALLY if you're a halfway decent person. Poor Harry Price.
Unwardil 3 years ago 7
Harry has been thus far my favourite character! Figures! It's either associations with Sharpe or being liked by me. ALL my fav. characters drop dead. Damn.
lagayna 3 years ago 4
I get the shivers when the music starts playing at the end. The good kind. Epic music, thank you for uploading this.
Nurdbot 3 years ago 6
damn obadiah he killed sal that bastard i'd run a bayonet up his arse
gokory 3 years ago 6
thanks for posting, i hadn't seen it in years.
batroc79 3 years ago
Thanks tiger!
EgolandTed 3 years ago 3
Damn that bastard Obadiah escaped! Sharpe had better kill him SOON!
LeChatBlanche 3 years ago 5
Where is the one where Perkins dies???
deanomusicman 3 years ago
i don't think its uploaded, but that one is Sharpe's Waterloo
mz5566 3 years ago
Perkins dies in Sharpe's battle he gets bayonetted by O'rourke
Iminthecarsi 3 years ago 2
omfg...he raped her and killed her...how could he do that to a girl like that even though she's a whore....fuck...
SwornReaper 3 years ago 4
I think she was the wife of the chubby soldier playing with the kids (and dying in the assault) - an NOT a prostitute.
When a regiment left the UK it often stayed away for a long time - could be for years.
A few solders wives of good character were allowed to travel along with the regiment cooking food, doing laundry etc. as part of its logistics organisation.
Also note that when Sharpe first mentioned his "wife" to the regimental commander he had her looked up in the roll.
CarlAlex2 3 years ago 9
sharpes company rocks
naalby 3 years ago
sharpe rocks read the books there longer more details
homzi20 3 years ago 8
Obadiah Hakeswill is the devil himself!
Ereldor 3 years ago 22
thats my best one of sharpe
jjjnapoleonjjj 3 years ago 3
Awsome!
Capt51stALA 3 years ago 4
thanks!
usualfighter 3 years ago 4