Sharpe Is Summoned To Duke Of Wellington's House | Sharpe 

Yea they got him good on that one fail safe plane lol

That's not soldiering

@@jamesward6460 agreed

Why didn't Wellington just tell Sharpe straight up? This was a bit of uncalled-for manipulation.

Wellington knew how to pull the strings. That for sure.

I can see that

Brilliant!

Now that's referencing!

Top post, love it!

a horse drawn carriage with the red slash graphics...I pity the fool who goes off half cocked...

That's generaling.

To be fair, he did warn Sharpe of the disservice being done to him by making him a Lieutenant.

I think it’s a mix of that and trusting sharpe

Many many times over

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?

@@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

Ah yes, nice Diocletian reference.

@@hannibalburgers477 we were on the verge of greatness we were this close.

And that's farming.

You speak BBC drama?

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.

Weillingtons: Har-- Sharpe: Say no more fam. I gotchu.

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.

Is that the script, Sir Wellington? Did you drop it?

good one!

lol!

Hahaha

Snap!

hello there

@@AP-qs2zf Made of Tender loin and crust, that man is!

Was only 2 years prior.

Well, in fairness, Waterloo was in 1815, this is 1817. Its hardly a 10+ year leap :)

@@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.

No writing while talking is wellingtoning

That's Duking :>

You do realize that this is a fantasy?

@@mrsillywalk ...but the tactic works in real life, too.

Cheaper option.

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.

can you even imagine wellington wring a letter in the style of 'my dearest richard'

@@asleandere8852 a man of practicality and efficiency. that's why he won

@@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.

@@namekman01 No. But he wrote very fondly to Queen Victoria in his dotage.

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.

@@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!

@@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.

Proto? Bond's novels were written before Sharpe's I believe.

@@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.

Haha! I thought exactly the same when he mouthed that iffy sentence !

I don't have a bad word to say about the cast, but the writing on the 'new' Sharpes was pretty dire.

I'd have to say "Now, that's acting!"

"When I delivers a clunky line, I delivers it with commitment. That's my style, sir!"

​@@johnbell8092A Clunky line is not my fault, Ser. It is the Writers who must answer!

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🤣!

@@dragonsword7370 Well at this point only one of the ladies is alive.

“Patrick, you boneheaded paddy.”

No, he doesn't. Nor did he back then.

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

That's generalling.

@@hansheden When speaking to Sharpe, use direct sentences. When speaking to babbling fools, inform them of how many jars of jelly you lost.

"Come at once!" "I just did, your Grace!" "What?" "What?"

A missing Irishman no less.

@Trevor Clark better times...

@Trevor Clark you are always allowed to make jokes about the English.

Wellington was Irish , it may come as a surprise to you , but he started his career as a solder in India !

@@welshpete12 Anglo-Irish*

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.

lol

Yeah right. Divide the movie to 3 minute clips and rule the RU-vid

The English did it very well. No issues with me

Divide et imperia.

It’s now its a profit making scheme of news media.

Tbh Wellington was never the same after David Troughton left

You mean number 2

Well I was thinking of Star Trek, where Riker was Picards number One ya know?

Number One would be correct, as in 'first officer'.

I think that was the original plan when they started the series.

Major Hogan was the best. Don't say "shenanigans" or he'll pistol whip you.

He’s probably in a pub

I believe colonial India has more brothels then pubs

@@tylerjanes1262 touche...

No, that's podracing...

Too old. Honestly, if they're going to do another Sharpe series they might as well do a reboot with a fresh cast.

@@Former_Halo_Fan Nah, the wokeness would be insufferable.

@@sergeanthowiefromthemainland this is true.

@@Former_Halo_Fan sadly, perhaps also true.. or rather, one last hurrah for Sharpe post farmer life!

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.

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.

Well, he was an infantry O-5, not SF

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.

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.

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.

@@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

Not easy for any actor to deliver such a poorly written line convincingly.

Would've saved on film. "Patrick Harper's gone missing in India. He was an agent investigat-" "Right. Get me a bloody ship."

A better way to do it would be for Sharpe to start to turn and have Wellington drop that line.

@@PhoenixT70 Sharpe would quickly about turn and say, "well why didn't you bloody well say so in the first place? Your Grace"

@@CB-xr1eg Which would have been hilarious.

Pretty sure he's getting his bird once the mission is over, or during it

Feds also 2000 pounds annual pension the “RAJ” could afford it.

... and a helicopter and 20 pizzas ..

That wouldn't be soldiering

He's not Flashman.

Haven't seen it yet, so going to quit here before the spoilers take away all the taste.

That's the thing about adaptation If it's not faithful, at *least* make it well written.

Hah!

@@bluerock4456 Crikey, it took two months to get a laugh on that one.

@@jules2545 ... . Some might not know what a trifle is ... but I think that they are quite tasty!

That pun's worth a cringe and a facepalm.

@@maryanneslater9675 and a wee laugh!

You are a genius

'Fluent Yorkshire pleasantries'......we can all imagine what THAT would have been :) !

@@cobden28whittehnam7 'Welly yuh roight fookin bahstud! where do i sign oop?!?'

"Come at once if convenient. If inconvenient come all the same"

Wellington is a devious bastard throughout the series. If you didn't know something like this was coming... well...

Trolling Sharpe is a bit of a hobby of his throughout the series

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.

@@konstantinosnikolakakis8125 Yeah, good point. Meant to say, "EAST India Company." Nothing to do with that "Silk stocking full of shit."

No problem, I do it half the time when I’m typing

Sean Bean does that expression so well. "Well, we're fooked. I guess we'll just have to pull off another bloody miracle."

@@maryanneslater9675 Haha indeed, the true British way.