@lightnessss The Napoleonic era equivalent of "special" forces in the British Army. Sharpe belongs to the 95th sharpshooters regiment and he commands a personal unit known as the "chosen men". The "chosen men" were among the best soldiers in the regiment, hand picked for "special" duties. They could march, shoot, and fight better than the common soldier. So although not the Coldstream Guards, the French Old Guard, etc., elite units, they represented a different type of professional soldier.
@lightnessss Riflemen wore green. They werent really 'special forces', there were whole regiments of riflemen. In the first episode, Sharpes rifleman regiment, the 95th, were wiped out, except the light company he commanded, which was scaled down from a historical 100 to a cost effiecient ten. The light company then became attatched to the South Essex. The chosen men were lance corporals, and historically would not have formed their own little club, this was just for the series.
Hakeswill was Sharpe's sergeant when Sharpe served as a private in India, and he got Sharpe flogged. He also tried to rape Sharpe's girl (in that particular book anyway).
it never made sense to me that sharpe didn't just kill hakeswill right when he caught him trying to rape Theresa. I guess he didn't do it for dramatic tension. Too bad!
i don't like it when they change actors in sharpe the irish fella was good and solid the old guy is washe up i mean he acts in coronation street which seems to lesser my amusement for waching sharpe
"stand up straight. arms down where they they should be. ATTENSHUN!" <kicks him the balls "you see you never move when an officer is talking to you! you should know that by now!"
Its such a shame the novels set in India were never made (Properly - they merged about 3 of them and set it after Waterloo for the last stories - rubbish) into TV films, Obadiah Hakeswill was at his most evil then.
@Dessan01 yeah. i think pete posthlewaite does a good job. everytime i read shapre's tiger i can't stop think of sharpe as from yorkshire and sean bean and Hakeswilll as pete
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I want to, but there not very easy to find over here. I can order them, but I am not too sure with which book to start. Perhaps I'll start with rifles as I do not really care for the India bit.
Sharpe should have split his gullet when he had the chance - I can't figure out why Sharpe didn't kill the bugger when he had good cause, attempted rape of Theresa. Script always finds a way to get rid of Sharpe's women so new lady love can come into the plots, but it keeps the story lively.
I agree and love your remark about "hating him down to the crust"
Did you see episode when Hakeswell is shot to death at firing squad? Sharpe calls him "not human, he is an IT, not a human". Big bummer when Theresa was killed by Hakeswell, what a rotten break - Theresa is my favorite of Sharpe's women, the best of the bunch.
hmmm he is the perfect villian no one can sympathise with him.and theresa is the best of his wemen the only one who doesn't actually need sharpe. I hate the fact she dies trying to save the woman her husband sleeps with... is there no justice?
Why don't you like Theresa? She's courageous, brave and everyone respects her. IMHO, she's the very best out of all Sharpe's women. She DOES wear a dress in one scene, different epsisode she's in the city w/ her family, all dressed up very fancy. But since when does wearing a dress make you a "lady"? Come on, she's a soldier, can't fight in battle in a dress. She isn't a tramp, she has aristocratic title from a leading Spanish family.
Hakeswill finally!!!
chadrageus 1 month ago
"D'you know th wife. She knows you. Attend my quaters at seven."
You can see whats going through Sharpe's head! "God, have I just gone and had it off with my Companding Officer's wife!
CordeliaMoreno 2 months ago
Have any of you ever been on The Sharpe Compendium? It's great!
CordeliaMoreno 2 months ago
Possibly the greatest headbutt in history.
Malastare258 3 months ago
"Permission to carry on and murder him, Sir?"
SyntaxErr00r 3 months ago
@SyntaxErr00r Your welcome Harper!
CordeliaMoreno 2 months ago
I'm Harry Price. I was just sick. The drink you see.
:D
Why couldn't I ever play off my drunkenness so smoothly?
SyntaxErr00r 3 months ago
@jhk717 There was a reason I hated Pete Pothethwaite, he played Obadiah so well.
OnionMan 4 months ago
Pete Postlewaite also played opposite to Rugter Hauer in Split Second ,great monster movie!
grimman55 5 months ago
Pete Postlethwaite, a great actor, see how he plays up to Sean Bean. Obadiah Hakeswill beats men till the wives come to him. And you can believe it.
johnnybriggs118 8 months ago
The GREAT Pete Postelwaite. Magnificent actor.
ganjalord 8 months ago
1:38-1:40 sharpe turns round to look at the seargeant the ironside theme tune would go so well with that.
wigster600 9 months ago
'How much Sen-whora?'
Hakeswill is awesome.
otherjr 9 months ago
are Sharpe's troop, black dressed, some kind of special forces ?
I just discovering the serie
lightnessss 9 months ago
@lightnessss The Napoleonic era equivalent of "special" forces in the British Army. Sharpe belongs to the 95th sharpshooters regiment and he commands a personal unit known as the "chosen men". The "chosen men" were among the best soldiers in the regiment, hand picked for "special" duties. They could march, shoot, and fight better than the common soldier. So although not the Coldstream Guards, the French Old Guard, etc., elite units, they represented a different type of professional soldier.
HHFD50 9 months ago
@lightnessss The 95th dressed in dark green "camoflauge" uniforms with blackened equipment to blend in to various terrain.
HHFD50 9 months ago
@HHFD50 thank you sir, great knowlegde
lightnessss 9 months ago
@HHFD50 Smarter than being a "lobster" & visible at a distance!
Astraea52 7 months ago
@lightnessss Riflemen wore green. They werent really 'special forces', there were whole regiments of riflemen. In the first episode, Sharpes rifleman regiment, the 95th, were wiped out, except the light company he commanded, which was scaled down from a historical 100 to a cost effiecient ten. The light company then became attatched to the South Essex. The chosen men were lance corporals, and historically would not have formed their own little club, this was just for the series.
otherjr 9 months ago
@otherjr thank you sir ;)
lightnessss 9 months ago
How come he didn't mark time when he came up against an obstacle at 2:21?? :D
Liam0125 10 months ago
I can't stop thinking that this will turn into a musical right there when he yells Antonia and the music starts up
SixFootBabyStudios 10 months ago
what happened to hogan?
PUKANA69 1 year ago
@PUKANA69 He got cut I guess
LordWellington15 11 months ago
Cannot stand Hakeswill
LOVE Postlewaithe!!
sday4857 1 year ago 2
Peter William Postlethwaite rest in peace
cstaats 1 year ago 13
R.I.P. Pete Postlethwaite :-(
Tolly9184 1 year ago 5
RIP Pete Postlethwaite 7 February 1946 - 2 January 2011, you portrayed Hakeswill so well :(
rodeman3 1 year ago 7
lol i feel sorry for the guy being beatan up
nathnastyman 1 year ago
harper has a iron head
ColScots726 1 year ago 3
PETE F*CKING POSTLETHWAIT!!! And, Paddy seems to have aquired his famous minigun musket! Shaping up to be an epic episode!
gullivera 1 year ago
Hakeswell, Hogan and Simmerson... the best characters in the sharpe movies! Thumbs up if joo agree!
Gooseman2k2 1 year ago
rofl\\
didnt see harpers headbutt coming
heezysteezy 1 year ago
who is this guy Hakeswill anyway?
bh5496 1 year ago
@bh5496
Hakeswill was Sharpe's sergeant when Sharpe served as a private in India, and he got Sharpe flogged. He also tried to rape Sharpe's girl (in that particular book anyway).
mikeygigs 1 year ago 3
@bh5496 he had sharpe flogged for nothing before
MountRushCollymore 1 year ago
2.40. terrible shun
ukanian 1 year ago
this harper is funny, not charlie harper.this harper
kjsh987 1 year ago
it never made sense to me that sharpe didn't just kill hakeswill right when he caught him trying to rape Theresa. I guess he didn't do it for dramatic tension. Too bad!
ss454pro 1 year ago
i don't like it when they change actors in sharpe the irish fella was good and solid the old guy is washe up i mean he acts in coronation street which seems to lesser my amusement for waching sharpe
thespir1tguru 1 year ago
more the Irish Kiss, from him
Isildun9 1 year ago
That one is called the scottish Kiss.
oldsreo 2 years ago
again classic teresa at her best, obadiah hakeswill has just been taught a lesson he won't try and rape her again in a hurry
danielbaines3456 2 years ago
ahhahaha nice headbutt at 4:33
PsychoBisket 2 years ago 2
"stand up straight. arms down where they they should be. ATTENSHUN!" <kicks him the balls "you see you never move when an officer is talking to you! you should know that by now!"
FinalFreek 2 years ago
"Permission give to carry on and murder him sir?" right after a Glasgow kiss (ie headbutt). Fuuuuuny.
JackJivewriter 2 years ago 4
Oh my word what a surprise Sharpie
Its such a shame the novels set in India were never made (Properly - they merged about 3 of them and set it after Waterloo for the last stories - rubbish) into TV films, Obadiah Hakeswill was at his most evil then.
Dessan01 2 years ago
@Dessan01 yeah. i think pete posthlewaite does a good job. everytime i read shapre's tiger i can't stop think of sharpe as from yorkshire and sean bean and Hakeswilll as pete
FinalFreek 2 years ago
@Dessan01 Didn't really matter if they had it before or after the Napoleonic Wars, India was still there.
MajBlood 1 year ago
Harper Headbut!
WalrusDawgs 2 years ago
Im Harry Price, i was just sick!
Hahahahahahahaaaaaa Fantastic!
Obraxes 2 years ago 2
Peter Postehwaite is an excellent actor.
galtai 2 years ago 8
ya he is
CJL1194 2 years ago 2
peter postlethwaite really does a good job of making a very hateable character here
duncan01234 2 years ago 4
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hidefmusic 3 years ago
Witch episode do Hakeswill die in?
Shadowblade345 3 years ago
"Sharpe's Enemy"
ShinobiSpade1981 3 years ago
well in the books, he dies in sharpes enemy
DivineBeast99 2 years ago
lol hakeswill the "loveable" rogue can someone plz tell me which episode he appears in first
Shadowblade345 3 years ago
You should read about Hakeswill in the books... I hated him before I saw the episode =p
notonestepbackwards 3 years ago
he was much more sinester in the books, and twice as ugly
DivineBeast99 2 years ago
twice as ugly I will believe, but even uglier? is that even possible?
Soliwo 2 years ago
Read the book ;-) And you'll know.
notonestepbackwards 2 years ago
I want to, but there not very easy to find over here. I can order them, but I am not too sure with which book to start. Perhaps I'll start with rifles as I do not really care for the India bit.
Soliwo 2 years ago
Hmm, I can't really help you, I'm from Belgium and we only have 2 of the books. I found them both in the library.
notonestepbackwards 2 years ago
Right, I am Dutch. The library. I haven't even thought of that. I will give it a try.
Soliwo 2 years ago
Goed idee. Handig gebouw om in de buurt te hebben ;-)
notonestepbackwards 2 years ago
lol hakeswill the "loveable" rogue can someone plz tell me which episode he appears in first
aron3535 3 years ago
This one, Aron.
tommytoxen 3 years ago
3:20, I love how Harper's always watching Sharpe's back. x]
"Ooh, you see, you don't move when an officer's talking to ya. You should know that."
Ah, that made me laugh entirely too hard. x'D
DearGirlMoonLoon 3 years ago 37
@DearGirlMoonLoon 'Your mother was a bogs ridden sow hord herself to a toad'
I've got to use that some day!
CordeliaMoreno 2 months ago
I like the bit where paddy puts that bad ass down with a nut! mint!
Drew82a 3 years ago 5
How does sharpe now hakeswell?
at 1.50
Drew82a 3 years ago
He and sharpe go back a long way. In the books he's in Sharpe's Tiger.
slimes23 3 years ago 7
lol i was hoping he would of walk into the wall
melodycass 3 years ago
bloody obadire i hate that cunt and shadrak bikkerstaff!! god dammit i cant wait to see obadire slain¬!
asddfkfkfkfkf 3 years ago
Learning was never Hagewell's strong point.
Ci3lag0 4 years ago
Love it. Thank you!
Ladna37 4 years ago
Sharpe should have split his gullet when he had the chance - I can't figure out why Sharpe didn't kill the bugger when he had good cause, attempted rape of Theresa. Script always finds a way to get rid of Sharpe's women so new lady love can come into the plots, but it keeps the story lively.
grailmaiden 4 years ago
thanks for the live action video - I like it so much more than just pix and music
colleen
grailmaiden 4 years ago
i hate obadiah right down to the crust he is so mean.
popprincess2006 4 years ago
I agree and love your remark about "hating him down to the crust"
Did you see episode when Hakeswell is shot to death at firing squad? Sharpe calls him "not human, he is an IT, not a human". Big bummer when Theresa was killed by Hakeswell, what a rotten break - Theresa is my favorite of Sharpe's women, the best of the bunch.
colleen
grailmaiden 4 years ago
hmmm he is the perfect villian no one can sympathise with him.and theresa is the best of his wemen the only one who doesn't actually need sharpe. I hate the fact she dies trying to save the woman her husband sleeps with... is there no justice?
CLIFFLOVESPIE 4 years ago
These are great.
PLEASE UPLOAD THE REST OF SHARPE'S COMPANY! Merry Christmas!
ARKALER 4 years ago
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I hate Theresa. If she wore a dress and actually acted like a lady, I might respect her.
7111nailuj 4 years ago
Why don't you like Theresa? She's courageous, brave and everyone respects her. IMHO, she's the very best out of all Sharpe's women. She DOES wear a dress in one scene, different epsisode she's in the city w/ her family, all dressed up very fancy. But since when does wearing a dress make you a "lady"? Come on, she's a soldier, can't fight in battle in a dress. She isn't a tramp, she has aristocratic title from a leading Spanish family.
grailmaiden 4 years ago 5
It is a TV show you're talking about, not a real person. Regardless - what a loser thing to say, as if she needs or wants your respect.
MALOSINZ 4 years ago
You suck cause I happen to like her.
Song476 2 years ago 2
obadiah is low class villain indeed...
dewiplityp 4 years ago 2
I wish Teresa slid his throat right then and there!!!!!XD
PrincessSys24 4 years ago