1 00:00:02,920 --> 00:00:05,719 SEAGULL CRIES 2 00:00:05,720 --> 00:00:09,719 This programme contains scenes of violence. 3 00:00:10,520 --> 00:00:14,279 Many long years ago, 4 00:00:14,280 --> 00:00:18,279 a great tumult came to the world of men. 5 00:00:19,000 --> 00:00:22,999 The kings of Middle Earth fell into battle. 6 00:00:24,160 --> 00:00:26,279 Great warriors of the English, 7 00:00:26,280 --> 00:00:28,959 the Vikings and the Normen were cut down. 8 00:00:28,960 --> 00:00:32,559 Not just in the fields beyond Hastings, 9 00:00:32,560 --> 00:00:36,559 but in three almighty battles. 10 00:00:36,800 --> 00:00:39,519 And our land, 11 00:00:39,520 --> 00:00:41,839 England, 12 00:00:41,840 --> 00:00:45,839 would never be the same again. 13 00:00:49,240 --> 00:00:52,999 These terrible events of the year 1066 14 00:00:53,000 --> 00:00:56,679 were woven into a tapestry fit for a king. 15 00:00:56,680 --> 00:01:00,679 But these threads speak only of conquest 16 00:01:00,920 --> 00:01:04,599 through the voice of a conqueror. 17 00:01:04,600 --> 00:01:06,639 If you look more closely, 18 00:01:06,640 --> 00:01:09,559 you will see a different story. 19 00:01:09,560 --> 00:01:13,559 Not of the highborn, but of the ordinary men of our shire. 20 00:01:18,960 --> 00:01:22,959 SHOUTING 21 00:01:56,600 --> 00:02:00,599 Theirs is the story of all Englishmen 22 00:02:01,440 --> 00:02:05,439 who laid witness to the darkest year of our times. 23 00:02:07,000 --> 00:02:10,999 This programme contains scenes of violence. 24 00:03:12,000 --> 00:03:15,999 DISTANT CHEERING 25 00:03:22,360 --> 00:03:26,359 CHEERING GETS LOUDER 26 00:03:28,200 --> 00:03:32,199 HOOTING 27 00:03:37,640 --> 00:03:41,639 IN ANGLO-SAXON: 28 00:03:46,080 --> 00:03:49,639 Childru! 29 00:03:49,640 --> 00:03:53,639 Giev me thinn sho. 30 00:04:07,520 --> 00:04:11,519 Nim minere hand. 31 00:04:11,800 --> 00:04:15,799 Ve sind handfeste. Ve sind vere and veef. 32 00:04:19,280 --> 00:04:21,519 Kiss her hie! 33 00:04:21,520 --> 00:04:25,519 Hie! 34 00:04:31,120 --> 00:04:35,119 Kiss her, then. 35 00:04:35,960 --> 00:04:39,959 CHEERING AND HOOTING 36 00:04:51,360 --> 00:04:53,399 Love to your spirit. 37 00:04:59,320 --> 00:05:01,359 Ordgar, is it you? 38 00:05:01,360 --> 00:05:03,479 It is, Leofric. 39 00:05:03,480 --> 00:05:07,479 Welcome home. 40 00:05:10,160 --> 00:05:12,959 (Ordgar) You know me 41 00:05:12,960 --> 00:05:14,799 and you know why I come. 42 00:05:14,800 --> 00:05:15,439 Lord... 43 00:05:15,440 --> 00:05:18,559 Lord... Today is the day. 44 00:05:18,560 --> 00:05:21,479 I can't help what you've chosen to do with it. 45 00:05:21,480 --> 00:05:25,479 The weaponed-men shall line up here. 46 00:05:25,760 --> 00:05:29,759 The wife-men shall sit. 47 00:05:29,920 --> 00:05:33,919 The wife-men shall sit! 48 00:05:40,560 --> 00:05:44,559 Today, the war-band turns over. 49 00:05:46,000 --> 00:05:49,999 But the weaponed-men I took last time will not be coming back. 50 00:05:53,600 --> 00:05:57,599 These fresh men I must take to join them. 51 00:05:59,320 --> 00:06:02,199 You. You, you. 52 00:06:02,200 --> 00:06:06,199 You. Go to your homes, collect your shield and your spear. 53 00:06:08,000 --> 00:06:10,959 And you, you. 54 00:06:10,960 --> 00:06:13,239 You sit down. 55 00:06:13,240 --> 00:06:16,759 You. 56 00:06:16,760 --> 00:06:20,759 Those who have none, those who are young, will be given new weapons. 57 00:06:20,800 --> 00:06:23,999 Why do you keep the men? Why do you take more? 58 00:06:24,000 --> 00:06:27,999 Where will we get our grain when the hunger comes at Easter time? 59 00:06:28,440 --> 00:06:31,639 If I do not take these men at this time, 60 00:06:31,640 --> 00:06:35,639 you shall none of you have stomachs to feel hunger. Sit down. 61 00:06:38,760 --> 00:06:40,719 You two, go to your home. 62 00:06:40,720 --> 00:06:44,719 There are some moments before we move on. 63 00:06:49,160 --> 00:06:53,159 Where is that Leofric gone? 64 00:07:17,680 --> 00:07:19,919 Leofric! 65 00:07:19,920 --> 00:07:22,359 Weak-heart! 66 00:07:22,360 --> 00:07:25,599 Come here. 67 00:07:25,600 --> 00:07:29,599 Ordgar, I'm just a farmer! > 68 00:07:29,760 --> 00:07:33,159 Well, now you are to be a soldier. 69 00:07:33,160 --> 00:07:37,159 No, no. I'm no soldier. > 70 00:07:38,000 --> 00:07:41,999 I have had you not on my war-band before. 71 00:07:43,560 --> 00:07:47,559 You would have been better off, had I caught you last time. 72 00:07:49,120 --> 00:07:51,759 Really? > 73 00:07:51,760 --> 00:07:55,319 How so? > 74 00:07:55,320 --> 00:07:59,319 There will be work this time. 75 00:08:06,920 --> 00:08:10,919 As we are taught and bidden, friends. 76 00:08:11,000 --> 00:08:14,439 I swear before this company... 77 00:08:14,440 --> 00:08:17,879 (Men join in) ..that I shall fight to the death for my King. 78 00:08:17,880 --> 00:08:21,879 If my King or my Lord shall die, 79 00:08:22,280 --> 00:08:26,279 I shall take his place and fight as he would have fought. 80 00:08:27,840 --> 00:08:31,839 If any men here see me taken with weak-heart and run away, 81 00:08:32,480 --> 00:08:36,479 he shall remind me of this pledge made here before my kin. 82 00:08:44,680 --> 00:08:48,679 It's time. 83 00:09:00,920 --> 00:09:04,599 Oh, my lover! > 84 00:09:04,600 --> 00:09:08,599 Come back safe. > 85 00:09:22,600 --> 00:09:25,679 What matters you, child? 86 00:09:25,680 --> 00:09:29,239 What do you see? 87 00:09:29,240 --> 00:09:33,239 The warrior sea king is coming west to fill England's graveyards. 88 00:09:37,080 --> 00:09:40,039 Black birds of carrion follow. 89 00:09:40,040 --> 00:09:44,039 Death comes. 90 00:09:53,520 --> 00:09:57,519 Move on and march! 91 00:10:21,520 --> 00:10:24,519 It was always custom for a handful of our weaponed-men 92 00:10:24,520 --> 00:10:28,519 to be called for the war-band. 93 00:10:28,520 --> 00:10:32,519 But this late summer was different. 94 00:10:32,760 --> 00:10:36,759 The huscarls of the King took what seemed like every farmer, 95 00:10:37,600 --> 00:10:40,399 every drover, every beekeeper 96 00:10:40,400 --> 00:10:44,399 from all over the forests of our shire. 97 00:11:08,760 --> 00:11:12,759 This new King, whom they called Harold, 98 00:11:12,760 --> 00:11:16,759 must surely have heard the portents of doom as we had done. 99 00:11:18,400 --> 00:11:22,399 They say a long-tailed star blazed across the sky 100 00:11:22,440 --> 00:11:25,399 when first he came to the throne. 101 00:11:25,400 --> 00:11:27,039 They spoke of his enemies 102 00:11:27,040 --> 00:11:31,039 across the whale-road, who meant to invade our lands and unseat him. 103 00:11:41,520 --> 00:11:45,519 DISTANT HUBBUB 104 00:11:50,280 --> 00:11:54,279 HAMMERING 105 00:11:56,440 --> 00:11:58,959 Christ almighty! 106 00:11:58,960 --> 00:12:01,959 You take this solemnly, then? 107 00:12:01,960 --> 00:12:05,439 They're coming. When the wind is right for them, 108 00:12:05,440 --> 00:12:08,759 the Normen will come under cover of dark. 109 00:12:08,760 --> 00:12:11,399 And in the dawn, 110 00:12:11,400 --> 00:12:15,399 there'll be nothing but ash. 111 00:12:24,120 --> 00:12:28,119 Oh, pity us and our blessed isle. 112 00:12:28,880 --> 00:12:32,759 This was a year like no other before it or since. 113 00:12:32,760 --> 00:12:36,759 Invaders indeed were coming to fill England's graveyards. 114 00:12:50,080 --> 00:12:54,079 Our England found herselfa vulnerable kingdom in this year, 1066. 115 00:12:59,160 --> 00:13:02,599 The old King Edward, known as Confessor, 116 00:13:02,600 --> 00:13:05,719 had promised England to many cousins 117 00:13:05,720 --> 00:13:09,719 around the Empire of the North Sea in exchange for a peaceful death. 118 00:13:13,120 --> 00:13:17,119 Harold, of no royal blood, stood closest to the death bed 119 00:13:18,960 --> 00:13:22,959 and took the crown for himself. 120 00:13:24,320 --> 00:13:28,319 We feared that jealous armies forged their weapons 121 00:13:28,400 --> 00:13:32,399 and waited for the wind to blow them across the whale-road. 122 00:13:32,840 --> 00:13:36,839 From Normandy, from Flandres, from Danmark. 123 00:13:39,000 --> 00:13:41,199 But the greatest danger of all 124 00:13:41,200 --> 00:13:44,999 came from the warriors brave men feared the most - 125 00:13:45,000 --> 00:13:47,039 the Vikingr, 126 00:13:47,040 --> 00:13:51,039 from the land of the fjords. 127 00:14:02,880 --> 00:14:06,879 MEN SPEAK IN OLD NORSE 128 00:14:14,560 --> 00:14:18,559 Much was told us about the lands of the Vikingr, where the soil was poor 129 00:14:20,040 --> 00:14:22,679 and the air was cold. 130 00:14:22,680 --> 00:14:26,679 Little wonder that its hardened warriorslooked upon England 131 00:14:27,240 --> 00:14:31,239 as a land of plentyand willingly answered any call to arms. 132 00:14:32,920 --> 00:14:36,919 HE SHOUTS AND MEN RESPOND 133 00:15:48,000 --> 00:15:51,999 SHOUTING 134 00:16:17,920 --> 00:16:21,919 HE GASPS 135 00:16:23,720 --> 00:16:26,079 Was it a dream? 136 00:16:26,080 --> 00:16:28,199 No. 137 00:16:28,200 --> 00:16:32,199 I do not dream. 138 00:16:32,200 --> 00:16:35,039 I was laid on stony earth, 139 00:16:35,040 --> 00:16:39,039 that's all. 140 00:16:44,480 --> 00:16:48,479 I must lead them to the boats. 141 00:17:25,120 --> 00:17:27,039 You make sure he comes back, brother. 142 00:17:27,040 --> 00:17:28,999 I will. 143 00:17:29,000 --> 00:17:30,399 You make sure. 144 00:17:30,400 --> 00:17:33,319 I will! 145 00:17:33,320 --> 00:17:37,319 Make sure! 146 00:18:02,000 --> 00:18:05,519 And use your shield as a weapon. 147 00:18:05,520 --> 00:18:08,479 Smash them in the face with it. 148 00:18:08,480 --> 00:18:12,479 Go under at his legs or cut down on him. 149 00:18:14,560 --> 00:18:18,319 It was not the first time England had readied itself 150 00:18:18,320 --> 00:18:21,679 to face this Northern terror. 151 00:18:21,680 --> 00:18:25,679 And remember, hold fast next to your brother. 152 00:18:27,240 --> 00:18:28,559 Go. 153 00:18:28,560 --> 00:18:32,239 The Vikingr had long ago come in wolf-packs 154 00:18:32,240 --> 00:18:34,999 from every crevice of their coast, 155 00:18:35,000 --> 00:18:38,519 and they had wreaked a whirlwind of destruction 156 00:18:38,520 --> 00:18:42,519 that did not bode well for the unready men of our shires. 157 00:18:48,880 --> 00:18:51,399 In their journey that summer, 158 00:18:51,400 --> 00:18:55,399 the Vikingr rowed 300 miles across open sea. 159 00:18:56,560 --> 00:19:00,039 200 ships cut past Shetland and Orkney, 160 00:19:00,040 --> 00:19:02,479 gathering more ships as they sped. 161 00:19:02,480 --> 00:19:06,479 Past the land of the Scots, whose king had lately killed Macbeth. 162 00:19:08,680 --> 00:19:12,039 For the Vikingr, prize lay further south. 163 00:19:12,040 --> 00:19:16,039 The greatest bounty in all Middle Earth. 164 00:20:37,360 --> 00:20:41,159 I thought I heard a keel on the whale-road. 165 00:20:41,160 --> 00:20:45,159 I thought I saw a lantern on the water. 166 00:20:45,840 --> 00:20:47,759 Oh, God. 167 00:20:47,760 --> 00:20:49,599 The Northmen, 168 00:20:49,600 --> 00:20:51,479 are they not men like ourselves? 169 00:20:51,480 --> 00:20:55,479 They are not men like ourselves. 170 00:21:08,360 --> 00:21:10,919 Poor farmers of Crowhurst, 171 00:21:10,920 --> 00:21:14,479 how could you have known? 172 00:21:14,480 --> 00:21:18,479 As you stood guard in the south expecting a Norman invasion, 173 00:21:19,280 --> 00:21:23,279 the Vikingr made surprise landfall hundreds of miles to the north. 174 00:21:36,720 --> 00:21:39,839 WOMAN SCREAMING 175 00:21:39,840 --> 00:21:43,839 SCREAMING 176 00:21:44,360 --> 00:21:46,879 And do not attack us. 177 00:21:46,880 --> 00:21:49,039 We want merely to trade. 178 00:21:49,040 --> 00:21:53,039 The Vikingr are learning to trade. 179 00:22:00,600 --> 00:22:02,079 SHOUTING 180 00:22:02,080 --> 00:22:06,079 You must listen to us, Engalisch. 181 00:22:18,800 --> 00:22:20,879 You must listen to us, Engalisch. 182 00:22:20,880 --> 00:22:22,519 We are learning to trade. 183 00:22:22,520 --> 00:22:26,519 But some of us are rather slow. 184 00:22:39,040 --> 00:22:42,879 While the Vikingr brutalised the unguarded settlements 185 00:22:42,880 --> 00:22:45,279 of the Northern shores, 186 00:22:45,280 --> 00:22:48,159 the south coast basked in the safe knowledge 187 00:22:48,160 --> 00:22:52,159 that the Normans had dared not come. 188 00:22:52,200 --> 00:22:56,199 Perhaps they were afraid of our brave weaponed-men. 189 00:22:57,720 --> 00:23:01,719 Perhaps they were simply not favouredby the sailing winds. 190 00:23:02,480 --> 00:23:04,439 In any case, 191 00:23:04,440 --> 00:23:07,719 fighting season was almost over 192 00:23:07,720 --> 00:23:11,719 and the harvest was due. 193 00:23:11,760 --> 00:23:15,759 The time had come to stand the farmers down. 194 00:23:18,080 --> 00:23:19,999 SIGHING 195 00:23:20,000 --> 00:23:23,679 I will not be on the war-band again for another year. 196 00:23:23,680 --> 00:23:25,719 You will be home before nightfall. 197 00:23:25,720 --> 00:23:29,719 Indeed. He to a lufsom bride, and I to a honeymoon in the hand. 198 00:23:31,800 --> 00:23:35,799 Is there still the great circle of oak trees in the forest by Crowhurst 199 00:23:36,440 --> 00:23:37,959 where the children climb? 200 00:23:37,960 --> 00:23:40,639 There is. 201 00:23:40,640 --> 00:23:44,639 I should like to climb those trees again. 202 00:23:47,560 --> 00:23:51,559 Huscarls! 203 00:23:54,720 --> 00:23:58,719 Don't worry about it, just little boys charging around. 204 00:23:58,840 --> 00:24:02,799 Tell you what, I'd like to see him try and climb a tree, yeah, 205 00:24:02,800 --> 00:24:06,799 with an head big as that. 206 00:24:08,720 --> 00:24:12,719 Halt! 207 00:24:12,920 --> 00:24:16,919 Your wives and your harvest will have to wait. 208 00:24:18,800 --> 00:24:22,799 Take up your weapons again. 209 00:24:32,200 --> 00:24:36,199 And so our new King faced a terrible choice. 210 00:24:37,280 --> 00:24:41,279 Should he leave the southern shores unprotected from an enemy 211 00:24:41,600 --> 00:24:45,519 that might yet arrive with a change of wind? 212 00:24:45,520 --> 00:24:49,359 With fighting season over, the King chose the invader 213 00:24:49,360 --> 00:24:53,359 already on our shores over the one that may never come. 214 00:24:55,840 --> 00:24:59,839 It was a choice that would seal the fate of Crowhurst 215 00:25:00,640 --> 00:25:04,639 and of all the villages of England. 216 00:25:22,440 --> 00:25:26,439 After ravaging the settlements of the northern coast, 217 00:25:27,200 --> 00:25:31,199 the Vikingr took to their boats again. 218 00:25:31,520 --> 00:25:35,519 If only they were setting a northerly path home. 219 00:25:37,080 --> 00:25:41,079 But no, they turned inland, 220 00:25:41,400 --> 00:25:45,399 heading upriver into the dark interior,where the great vale of Jorvik lay. 221 00:26:13,720 --> 00:26:16,319 The sagas record 222 00:26:16,320 --> 00:26:20,319 that Hardraada's Vikingrmet their first resistance atFulford, 223 00:26:21,800 --> 00:26:25,799 on the Wednesday before the feast of St Matthew. 224 00:26:36,560 --> 00:26:39,319 The brave seafarers have sent me, 225 00:26:39,320 --> 00:26:43,319 gifted with foreign language as I am to tell you 226 00:26:45,720 --> 00:26:48,879 that they will let you give silver and animals 227 00:26:48,880 --> 00:26:52,759 in exchange for peace. 228 00:26:52,760 --> 00:26:56,759 I believe it is better for you to buy off our raid in tribute 229 00:26:57,280 --> 00:27:00,959 than we should cut you down. 230 00:27:00,960 --> 00:27:04,319 We do not wish to fight. 231 00:27:04,320 --> 00:27:08,319 We just want to make a bargain. 232 00:27:08,960 --> 00:27:12,199 A bargain? 233 00:27:12,200 --> 00:27:14,959 We will give you tribute. 234 00:27:14,960 --> 00:27:18,439 Our swords and spears. 235 00:27:18,440 --> 00:27:21,999 And a thin smile of the war axe. 236 00:27:22,000 --> 00:27:25,879 I have two great earls with me with their men. 237 00:27:25,880 --> 00:27:28,359 Tribute! 238 00:27:28,360 --> 00:27:30,759 They will defend this land 239 00:27:30,760 --> 00:27:33,639 to the last ditch. 240 00:27:33,640 --> 00:27:37,599 Now pick up your dead animal and go. 241 00:27:37,600 --> 00:27:41,599 I'm so sad to hear that. 242 00:27:58,040 --> 00:28:00,919 Cattle die, 243 00:28:00,920 --> 00:28:03,159 kindred die, 244 00:28:03,160 --> 00:28:06,679 every man is mortal. 245 00:28:06,680 --> 00:28:10,479 But I know one thing that never dies, 246 00:28:10,480 --> 00:28:14,319 and that is the glory of the dead! 247 00:28:14,320 --> 00:28:17,719 With God's help, what is it that we want? 248 00:28:17,720 --> 00:28:19,839 (All shouting) To fight! 249 00:28:19,840 --> 00:28:23,839 To what? To fight! 250 00:28:25,960 --> 00:28:29,959 SHOUTING IN ANGLO-SAXON 251 00:28:56,360 --> 00:28:58,599 The soldiers and farmers gathered 252 00:28:58,600 --> 00:29:02,599 by the Northern Earls did not lack for courage. 253 00:29:03,120 --> 00:29:06,679 They could have shivered behind the walls of York, 254 00:29:06,680 --> 00:29:10,679 but they chose to take arms and face the strong invader across a ditch. 255 00:29:13,720 --> 00:29:17,719 To defend the honour of their wife-men, and the freedom of their children, 256 00:29:18,600 --> 00:29:22,599 they risked life and limb. 257 00:29:24,560 --> 00:29:28,559 An Englishman does not yield to bounty hunters. 258 00:29:52,200 --> 00:29:56,199 Thus insults and spears were slung, 259 00:29:57,680 --> 00:30:01,679 the men of York probing for weakness in the Viking shield wall. 260 00:30:06,000 --> 00:30:08,999 Once the name-calling could be borne no longer, 261 00:30:09,000 --> 00:30:12,999 the real battle would surely follow. 262 00:30:52,600 --> 00:30:56,599 The Battle of Fulford was the first of three battles in that fateful year. 263 00:31:01,960 --> 00:31:05,959 The English strategy was simple and brave - 264 00:31:06,200 --> 00:31:09,879 to pierce, if they could, the Vikingr line in the centre, 265 00:31:09,880 --> 00:31:13,879 and thus cause panic and a fracturing of their ranks. 266 00:31:29,000 --> 00:31:32,999 But the Vikingr were the best-trained warriors in the known world. 267 00:31:35,480 --> 00:31:38,519 Fighting in small deadly bands, 268 00:31:38,520 --> 00:31:42,519 driving the poor farmers like sheep to their slaughter. 269 00:32:01,120 --> 00:32:04,719 Again and again, the fearless English 270 00:32:04,720 --> 00:32:08,719 hurled themselves at the foreign giants, 271 00:32:08,840 --> 00:32:12,839 until they broke the Vikingr line. 272 00:32:27,720 --> 00:32:31,719 Sadly, this only favoured the Vikingr. 273 00:32:34,840 --> 00:32:37,039 They were merciless killers, 274 00:32:37,040 --> 00:32:40,759 whose strength grew in the madness of the battle. 275 00:32:40,760 --> 00:32:44,759 They knew too well how to go "berserk". 276 00:33:04,160 --> 00:33:08,159 BIRD SCREECHES 277 00:33:32,680 --> 00:33:36,679 Aaaargh! 278 00:33:56,480 --> 00:34:00,479 (HE SHOUTS) 279 00:34:04,840 --> 00:34:08,839 Many of those who dreamt of their death were to fall that day. 280 00:34:11,200 --> 00:34:15,199 But not the Vikingr. 281 00:34:15,880 --> 00:34:19,879 Death belonged to the men of York... 282 00:34:20,840 --> 00:34:23,399 ..because they had been lured into a trap, 283 00:34:23,400 --> 00:34:27,399 conceived by the Norse king Hardraada. 284 00:34:31,120 --> 00:34:35,119 He had drawn the poor, unwitting English into his middle... 285 00:34:38,120 --> 00:34:42,119 ..so he could cut them down, from behind their backs. 286 00:35:30,040 --> 00:35:34,039 The Vikingr have come, greybeard. 287 00:35:34,240 --> 00:35:38,239 You should have paid with something less dear. 288 00:35:59,480 --> 00:36:03,479 News of the agony of Fulford had spread throughout England. 289 00:36:06,400 --> 00:36:10,399 Now the men of Crowhurst knew what awaited them. 290 00:36:22,840 --> 00:36:26,839 Covering 200 miles in only four days, 291 00:36:26,920 --> 00:36:29,759 King Harold's trained huscarls, 292 00:36:29,760 --> 00:36:32,679 and untrained farmers, 293 00:36:32,680 --> 00:36:36,679 closed the ground on the invaders in the north. 294 00:36:41,680 --> 00:36:45,679 Harold was a famed warrior. 295 00:36:46,280 --> 00:36:49,599 As an Earl, he had wreaked destruction on the Welsh 296 00:36:49,600 --> 00:36:51,439 three years before. 297 00:36:51,440 --> 00:36:54,079 But as King, 298 00:36:54,080 --> 00:36:57,319 this was his first great test, 299 00:36:57,320 --> 00:37:01,119 and so much would depend on this army of the south, 300 00:37:01,120 --> 00:37:03,999 now strung across the forests of middle England 301 00:37:04,000 --> 00:37:07,999 as they headed up country. 302 00:37:12,320 --> 00:37:16,319 Seriously, my legs are going to fall off in a minute. 303 00:37:16,880 --> 00:37:18,919 You have the choice. 304 00:37:18,920 --> 00:37:22,919 Either shut up and save your breath...or drop dead. 305 00:37:26,920 --> 00:37:28,879 You were ever a bully, Ordgar. 306 00:37:28,880 --> 00:37:32,199 And you were ever a whining little shite. 307 00:37:32,200 --> 00:37:36,199 It's wondering to me we share the same grandfather. 308 00:37:36,600 --> 00:37:39,399 Aaaah.....ahhhh! 309 00:37:39,400 --> 00:37:43,399 Ahh, ahh! 310 00:37:44,680 --> 00:37:45,519 What have you done? 311 00:37:45,520 --> 00:37:46,879 I'm sorry. 312 00:37:46,880 --> 00:37:50,879 Ah... 313 00:37:51,680 --> 00:37:53,839 I wasn't meant for marching. 314 00:37:53,840 --> 00:37:56,159 Just leave me here. 315 00:37:56,160 --> 00:38:00,159 I am bound to provide every man and boy of fighting body. 316 00:38:00,560 --> 00:38:01,999 Can you stand? 317 00:38:03,600 --> 00:38:06,119 Ah. 318 00:38:06,120 --> 00:38:09,839 Ah! Ah! 319 00:38:09,840 --> 00:38:13,839 Here, you collect his shield. 320 00:38:14,120 --> 00:38:18,119 I hope you heal swiftly. 321 00:38:18,360 --> 00:38:22,359 You shall all need your feet when we reach the north. 322 00:38:22,400 --> 00:38:25,799 Yeah, if we ever reach the north, that is. 323 00:38:25,800 --> 00:38:28,159 If we don't die on the way there. 324 00:38:28,160 --> 00:38:32,119 We'll not die on the way! > 325 00:38:32,120 --> 00:38:36,119 Why am I carrying all his stuff? 326 00:38:40,920 --> 00:38:44,679 The Vikingr conquered the north with such ease 327 00:38:44,680 --> 00:38:48,679 that Hardraada, their king, chose to split his army into parts. 328 00:38:49,760 --> 00:38:53,759 One third would guard the ships at Rica-halh, 329 00:38:53,760 --> 00:38:57,359 while the remainder would camp for the winter near York, 330 00:38:57,360 --> 00:39:00,719 by Stamford Bridge. 331 00:39:00,720 --> 00:39:04,719 All enjoying the spoils of war. 332 00:39:11,840 --> 00:39:15,839 Hardraada instructs we divide our army. 333 00:39:16,480 --> 00:39:20,479 Two out of every three stay here to await the hostages. 334 00:39:20,600 --> 00:39:24,399 I will take some men and weapons back to guard the fleet. 335 00:39:24,400 --> 00:39:27,599 That's no fate for a brave captain. I will go. 336 00:39:30,920 --> 00:39:34,919 Snorri the Skald gave me good herbs, but they must work their work. 337 00:39:37,440 --> 00:39:41,439 You will...you will take the Hardraada's commands from now. 338 00:39:52,880 --> 00:39:54,639 The Vikingr have won. 339 00:39:54,640 --> 00:39:58,639 The North is falling. 340 00:39:58,760 --> 00:40:02,759 This is the greatest campaign the Vikingr have ever fought. 341 00:40:05,080 --> 00:40:09,079 We will flourish with England's riches! 342 00:40:10,280 --> 00:40:14,279 THEY CHEER 343 00:40:18,440 --> 00:40:20,679 Often and again, 344 00:40:20,680 --> 00:40:24,119 through God's grace, 345 00:40:24,120 --> 00:40:25,799 man and woman... 346 00:40:25,800 --> 00:40:26,999 (MEN) Ah! 347 00:40:27,000 --> 00:40:29,599 ..usher children into the world. 348 00:40:29,600 --> 00:40:32,799 ..usher children into the world. (MEN) Ah, yeah! 349 00:40:32,800 --> 00:40:34,439 They cherish them, 350 00:40:34,440 --> 00:40:36,879 and teach them 351 00:40:36,880 --> 00:40:39,839 as the seasons turn, 352 00:40:39,840 --> 00:40:43,839 until their young bones strengthen... 353 00:40:44,960 --> 00:40:48,559 ..their young limbs slowly lengthen. 354 00:40:48,560 --> 00:40:52,159 Now only God... 355 00:40:52,160 --> 00:40:54,319 ..only God knows 356 00:40:54,320 --> 00:40:58,319 how the coming years will use the growing children. 357 00:40:59,880 --> 00:41:02,639 One will... 358 00:41:02,640 --> 00:41:05,639 die young, 359 00:41:05,640 --> 00:41:09,079 bringing grief to his family. 360 00:41:09,080 --> 00:41:11,039 Hunger... 361 00:41:11,040 --> 00:41:15,039 hunger devour one. 362 00:41:15,440 --> 00:41:17,119 Storm... 363 00:41:17,120 --> 00:41:19,359 Aaaargh! 364 00:41:19,360 --> 00:41:23,359 ..storm shall dismast another. 365 00:41:24,520 --> 00:41:27,879 One will be spear-slain... 366 00:41:27,880 --> 00:41:29,599 You, if you don't watch it! 367 00:41:29,600 --> 00:41:32,479 LAUGHTER 368 00:41:32,480 --> 00:41:36,479 DISTANT HOOTING 369 00:41:40,440 --> 00:41:42,079 Elves. 370 00:41:42,080 --> 00:41:43,919 Don't say that. > 371 00:41:43,920 --> 00:41:45,919 Always in the woods there are elves. 372 00:41:45,920 --> 00:41:47,239 What did I just say? > 373 00:41:47,240 --> 00:41:49,799 They will steal your shadow 374 00:41:49,800 --> 00:41:52,999 and pour madness into your ears as you sleep. 375 00:41:56,280 --> 00:42:00,279 your heart as well. 376 00:42:03,680 --> 00:42:07,679 Reveal yourself, elf. 377 00:42:10,760 --> 00:42:14,759 Reveal yourself! 378 00:42:24,480 --> 00:42:28,479 You... You are not elves neither. 379 00:42:29,960 --> 00:42:32,879 Who are you? 380 00:42:32,880 --> 00:42:36,879 We are weapon-men of the west. 381 00:42:42,960 --> 00:42:44,959 We heard the war-call. > 382 00:42:44,960 --> 00:42:48,959 We come to fight for the King against the invaders in the North. 383 00:42:51,640 --> 00:42:53,239 How many are you? 384 00:42:59,680 --> 00:43:03,679 Wife-men who are not our wives. 385 00:43:21,560 --> 00:43:25,559 "Wife-men who are not our wives." 386 00:43:26,360 --> 00:43:26,999 You hear? 387 00:43:27,000 --> 00:43:28,399 CHEERING 388 00:43:28,400 --> 00:43:30,599 Join us and rest. Welcome. 389 00:43:30,600 --> 00:43:32,079 We march hard. 390 00:43:32,080 --> 00:43:33,239 Welcome. > 391 00:43:33,240 --> 00:43:37,239 Make room for our brothers. > 392 00:43:37,360 --> 00:43:39,439 Bring mead. > 393 00:43:39,440 --> 00:43:43,439 Welcome. Welcome. > 394 00:43:43,920 --> 00:43:47,919 Here, let's have more of your poem and less talk of death. > 395 00:43:52,160 --> 00:43:55,519 I am Ealfrith. 396 00:43:55,520 --> 00:43:57,719 Look you not fearsome. 397 00:43:57,720 --> 00:44:01,359 Do you have some bread? 398 00:44:01,360 --> 00:44:03,279 Don't...know...yes! 399 00:44:03,280 --> 00:44:05,119 Yes, er... 400 00:44:05,120 --> 00:44:09,119 No...no, but I have a wife-man. 401 00:44:12,560 --> 00:44:15,399 One child, > 402 00:44:15,400 --> 00:44:17,199 by God's grace, > 403 00:44:17,200 --> 00:44:20,879 will overcome all the hardship... > 404 00:44:20,880 --> 00:44:23,039 CHEERING 405 00:44:23,040 --> 00:44:27,039 ..the Devil with you... and achieve happiness. 406 00:44:28,360 --> 00:44:31,159 In old age, 407 00:44:31,160 --> 00:44:35,159 he will receive riches... 408 00:44:35,360 --> 00:44:36,759 ..treasures, 409 00:44:36,760 --> 00:44:38,959 and the mead-cup... 410 00:44:38,960 --> 00:44:40,199 CHEERING 411 00:44:40,200 --> 00:44:44,199 ..from his people as much as any man may own in his lifetime. 412 00:44:45,640 --> 00:44:49,359 CHEERING 413 00:44:49,360 --> 00:44:51,479 I have something for you. 414 00:44:51,480 --> 00:44:55,479 JEERING 415 00:44:55,920 --> 00:44:58,199 Tis bread! 416 00:44:58,200 --> 00:45:02,199 LAUGHTER 417 00:45:18,360 --> 00:45:20,919 Here's one. So... > 418 00:45:20,920 --> 00:45:24,919 I am a strange creature, for I satisfy women. 419 00:45:25,520 --> 00:45:29,519 Yeah? I grow tall and erect in a bed. 420 00:45:29,800 --> 00:45:32,959 And I'm all hairy underneath. 421 00:45:32,960 --> 00:45:34,479 From time to time, 422 00:45:34,480 --> 00:45:38,479 a beautiful girl may dare to grip me by my reddish skin, 423 00:45:39,040 --> 00:45:42,799 pop me in her pantry and rob me of my head. 424 00:45:42,800 --> 00:45:46,799 And all at once, I make her eyes water. What could I be? 425 00:45:47,360 --> 00:45:48,039 An onion. 426 00:45:48,040 --> 00:45:49,879 An onion. Thank you, Ordgar. 427 00:45:49,880 --> 00:45:52,719 Anybody here know these hills? 428 00:45:52,720 --> 00:45:56,719 I do. These are my lands. I know the lay of them. 429 00:45:56,720 --> 00:45:59,759 You? 430 00:45:59,760 --> 00:46:02,559 The Vikingr are beyond Jorvik. 431 00:46:02,560 --> 00:46:05,159 Well, then, the Derwent lies between us and them. 432 00:46:05,160 --> 00:46:07,559 A fish-road? And what bridges are there? 433 00:46:07,560 --> 00:46:10,959 Stamford Bridge. Small, wooden. 434 00:46:10,960 --> 00:46:14,959 Over those hills. 435 00:46:20,080 --> 00:46:24,079 After five days on the road, our small band of weapon-men 436 00:46:24,880 --> 00:46:28,279 came finally to the Derwent, 437 00:46:28,280 --> 00:46:32,279 a little downstream from the bridge at Stamford. 438 00:46:32,520 --> 00:46:36,519 This was the crossing point where tribute in silver and slaves 439 00:46:37,360 --> 00:46:39,639 was to be brought to the greedy Vikingr 440 00:46:39,640 --> 00:46:43,639 by the ransomed people of York. 441 00:46:49,680 --> 00:46:53,679 More fighting men came with every hour... 442 00:46:54,440 --> 00:46:57,879 ..and the word went round that King Harold planned to make 443 00:46:57,880 --> 00:47:01,879 a sudden dawn attack on the invaders. 444 00:47:04,520 --> 00:47:06,639 The year 1066 445 00:47:06,640 --> 00:47:10,639 was about to witness its second almighty battle. 446 00:47:30,920 --> 00:47:34,919 ANIMAL CALLS OUT 447 00:47:36,200 --> 00:47:38,079 Hey... 448 00:47:38,080 --> 00:47:39,639 Hey, maybe we should go back. 449 00:47:39,640 --> 00:47:43,639 No, no. We swore an oath that if we were taken by weak-heart, 450 00:47:45,200 --> 00:47:48,919 we would remind each other of that oath. 451 00:47:48,920 --> 00:47:51,999 And are you reminding me of it? 452 00:47:52,000 --> 00:47:53,439 I suppose so. 453 00:47:53,440 --> 00:47:56,599 Do you wish me to remind you of it? 454 00:47:56,600 --> 00:47:57,759 Yes. 455 00:47:57,760 --> 00:48:01,759 Fine, I remind you of your oath. 456 00:48:05,400 --> 00:48:09,399 Shhh. 457 00:48:10,040 --> 00:48:14,039 (Leofric) Christ Almighty, they're so close. 458 00:48:19,120 --> 00:48:23,119 HE ROARS 459 00:48:28,160 --> 00:48:32,159 (Leofric) They look like dragons. They're enormous. 460 00:48:33,360 --> 00:48:35,359 But we are fleet. 461 00:48:35,360 --> 00:48:39,359 Indeed. 462 00:48:39,480 --> 00:48:43,479 Which is very helpful in running away. 463 00:48:54,360 --> 00:48:56,919 Have to kill him. 464 00:48:56,920 --> 00:48:59,799 Got to kill him or he'll bring the whole camp on us. 465 00:48:59,800 --> 00:49:01,399 - You do it. - You do it! 466 00:49:01,400 --> 00:49:05,399 Let us both do it. 467 00:49:16,480 --> 00:49:20,479 I've just seen twoEnglisch in the forest. 468 00:49:21,720 --> 00:49:23,159 Did you kill them? 469 00:49:23,160 --> 00:49:27,159 No. 470 00:49:27,880 --> 00:49:29,759 Did they look like soldiers? 471 00:49:29,760 --> 00:49:33,119 Mostly they looked like farmers. 472 00:49:33,120 --> 00:49:36,559 Then that's what they were. You should have traded with them! 473 00:49:36,560 --> 00:49:40,559 HE CHUCKLES 474 00:50:18,000 --> 00:50:21,999 The sagas tell of a peaceful morning in the two Viking camps. 475 00:50:23,960 --> 00:50:27,479 One in three basked on the shores of the Humber, 476 00:50:27,480 --> 00:50:31,479 guarding the fleet. 477 00:50:43,400 --> 00:50:47,399 15 miles away, encamped around Stamford Bridge, 478 00:50:47,800 --> 00:50:51,799 two in three awaited further offers of tribute. 479 00:50:56,360 --> 00:50:58,399 I want that horse. 480 00:50:58,400 --> 00:51:00,999 To appease the Vikingr, 481 00:51:01,000 --> 00:51:03,759 the unhappy people of Yorkshire 482 00:51:03,760 --> 00:51:07,759 brought their harvest, their livestock, 483 00:51:08,320 --> 00:51:11,679 even their children. 484 00:51:11,680 --> 00:51:15,679 MEN ROARING 485 00:51:17,760 --> 00:51:21,759 Grab your armour! Assemble the rest of the army from the ships. 486 00:51:23,400 --> 00:51:26,639 Retreat! Defend the bridge! 487 00:51:26,640 --> 00:51:30,639 Defend the bridge! 488 00:52:08,040 --> 00:52:12,039 Fall back off the bridge! 489 00:52:13,240 --> 00:52:17,239 Form a shield wall! Run back! Both sides of the bridge! 490 00:52:17,920 --> 00:52:21,919 Shield wall. 491 00:52:23,520 --> 00:52:26,639 HE ROARS 492 00:52:26,640 --> 00:52:30,639 MEN SHOUTING AND BEATING SHIELDS 493 00:52:39,280 --> 00:52:40,919 What do we do now? 494 00:52:40,920 --> 00:52:44,599 Now? 495 00:52:44,600 --> 00:52:48,599 Now we stay very small. 496 00:52:50,040 --> 00:52:51,839 I've killed deer. 497 00:52:51,840 --> 00:52:53,679 I'm good at it. 498 00:52:53,680 --> 00:52:57,679 But I've never done this before. 499 00:52:58,320 --> 00:53:02,319 Have you? 500 00:53:16,920 --> 00:53:20,919 HORSES APPROACH 501 00:53:29,080 --> 00:53:33,079 INAUDIBLE 502 00:53:36,400 --> 00:53:40,199 We should not have divided the troops. 503 00:53:40,200 --> 00:53:42,759 Shoulder your armours. Shoulder your armours! 504 00:53:42,760 --> 00:53:46,759 Now! Now! 505 00:53:47,560 --> 00:53:51,559 Run! 506 00:53:53,160 --> 00:53:57,159 Run! 507 00:54:00,320 --> 00:54:03,999 Outnumbered by the English at Stamford Bridge, 508 00:54:04,000 --> 00:54:07,919 the Vikingr were desperate for reinforcements. 509 00:54:07,920 --> 00:54:11,919 But their brothers would have to run 15 miles in full armour 510 00:54:12,040 --> 00:54:16,039 to play their part. 511 00:54:18,080 --> 00:54:22,079 And yet all that effort might be in vain... 512 00:54:23,320 --> 00:54:27,319 ..if the two sides could agree to divide the kingdom. 513 00:54:47,360 --> 00:54:50,399 What's he saying? 514 00:54:50,400 --> 00:54:53,119 I hope he's offering 'em land. 515 00:54:53,120 --> 00:54:57,119 I hope he's leaving 'em the North entirely. 516 00:54:57,960 --> 00:55:01,959 Many good Englishmen who cannot be reborn or regrown will die here today. 517 00:55:03,600 --> 00:55:07,599 We need those men in the south. 518 00:55:08,280 --> 00:55:10,679 You said fighting season was over. 519 00:55:10,680 --> 00:55:12,439 That is what you said. 520 00:55:12,440 --> 00:55:15,319 Does it look to you like it is over now? 521 00:55:15,320 --> 00:55:16,839 Yaaah! 522 00:55:16,840 --> 00:55:20,839 MEN SHOUT OUT 523 00:55:24,120 --> 00:55:27,959 Words between kings came to naught. 524 00:55:27,960 --> 00:55:31,959 So Hardraada's army chose a champion to hold their foe at bay. 525 00:55:33,160 --> 00:55:37,119 I will do it. 526 00:55:37,120 --> 00:55:39,079 God be with you, friend. 527 00:55:39,080 --> 00:55:42,159 We do not need God on a day like today. 528 00:55:42,160 --> 00:55:46,159 We need Odin. 529 00:55:50,000 --> 00:55:53,999 Gyrdir Skallagrimmson will harness the berserker in him! 530 00:55:55,680 --> 00:55:57,559 Cattle die. 531 00:55:57,560 --> 00:55:59,679 Kindred die. 532 00:55:59,680 --> 00:56:01,639 Every man is mortal. 533 00:56:01,640 --> 00:56:04,839 But I know one thing that never dies, 534 00:56:04,840 --> 00:56:08,599 and that is the glory of the dead! 535 00:56:08,600 --> 00:56:11,479 With God's help, what is it that we want? 536 00:56:11,480 --> 00:56:13,039 (All) To fight! 537 00:56:13,040 --> 00:56:16,439 -What? - (All) To fight! 538 00:56:16,440 --> 00:56:17,959 (Ordgar) What's the matter? 539 00:56:17,960 --> 00:56:21,959 You afraid of him? 540 00:56:23,080 --> 00:56:25,959 - Where's my spearman? - Here. 541 00:56:25,960 --> 00:56:29,959 CHEERING 542 00:56:31,240 --> 00:56:35,239 MEN CHANT 543 00:56:59,840 --> 00:57:03,839 HE CHEERS 544 00:57:25,840 --> 00:57:27,399 He is but a man. 545 00:57:27,400 --> 00:57:31,399 Go! 546 00:57:36,720 --> 00:57:38,799 Stop pushing at the back! 547 00:57:38,800 --> 00:57:40,159 Stop pushing! 548 00:57:40,160 --> 00:57:44,159 For God's sake, stop... 549 00:57:46,360 --> 00:57:49,399 Come on! 550 00:57:49,400 --> 00:57:53,399 CHEERING 551 00:58:02,760 --> 00:58:06,759 Over the side! Over the side with you! 552 00:58:11,200 --> 00:58:15,199 GROANING 553 00:58:30,320 --> 00:58:33,359 Where my blood cousin? 554 00:58:33,360 --> 00:58:37,359 Here, you won't need that. Down the river. 555 00:58:40,160 --> 00:58:43,119 Health be with you. I thought I'd have to go to the bridge. 556 00:58:43,120 --> 00:58:45,039 You will have to go to the bridge. 557 00:58:45,040 --> 00:58:49,039 You're crafty, I hear, and a good climber. 558 00:58:49,480 --> 00:58:53,479 You do want me to go to the bridge? 559 00:59:07,160 --> 00:59:11,159 Aaaah! 560 00:59:43,040 --> 00:59:47,039 CHEERING 561 01:00:02,360 --> 01:00:06,359 I am bidden to offer terms to your Lords. 562 01:00:06,800 --> 01:00:10,799 We will accept your surrender. 563 01:00:11,560 --> 01:00:15,559 Skald! 564 01:00:16,480 --> 01:00:18,999 Do you understand? 565 01:00:19,000 --> 01:00:22,999 We wish no more death here. 566 01:00:23,000 --> 01:00:25,399 I respect you, brave warrior. 567 01:00:25,400 --> 01:00:29,399 I do not wish to kill you. 568 01:00:32,760 --> 01:00:36,759 LAUGHTER 569 01:00:42,360 --> 01:00:46,359 Then, Engalisch... 570 01:00:46,440 --> 01:00:48,679 ..there is to be no end. 571 01:00:48,680 --> 01:00:52,159 I am to keep this bridge! 572 01:00:52,160 --> 01:00:55,199 STAMPS FEET 573 01:00:55,200 --> 01:00:59,199 HE GASPS 574 01:01:29,640 --> 01:01:33,639 I respect you, brave Viking. 575 01:01:34,280 --> 01:01:36,359 I am sorry for my stealth. 576 01:01:36,360 --> 01:01:40,359 It does me no credit. 577 01:01:41,080 --> 01:01:45,079 Go to your great gods. 578 01:01:51,480 --> 01:01:53,279 Leofric! 579 01:01:53,280 --> 01:01:55,439 (All chant) Leofric! Leofric! 580 01:01:55,440 --> 01:01:57,399 Leofric! 581 01:01:57,400 --> 01:02:00,919 Leofric! Leofric! Leofric! 582 01:02:00,920 --> 01:02:04,919 Leofric! Leofric! Leofric! 583 01:02:10,680 --> 01:02:13,919 Oh, cunning men of England. 584 01:02:13,920 --> 01:02:17,919 Now you had your prey in full sight. 585 01:02:32,200 --> 01:02:36,199 But you would need to make your kill swiftly, 586 01:02:36,720 --> 01:02:40,719 because other Northmen came at speed towards you 587 01:02:41,640 --> 01:02:45,639 and towards the clash that would decide the fate of Middle Earth. 588 01:02:56,000 --> 01:02:59,999 WEAPONS CLATTER 589 01:03:02,000 --> 01:03:05,999 The Battle of Stamford Bridge went far beyond the bridge itself. 590 01:03:09,160 --> 01:03:13,159 All over the forest, skirmishes raged throughout the day. 591 01:03:17,880 --> 01:03:20,239 Men of Crowhurst, 592 01:03:20,240 --> 01:03:24,239 now you would all need to taste the blood of your prey. 593 01:03:27,400 --> 01:03:30,959 Halt! 594 01:03:30,960 --> 01:03:34,959 Now was not the time to be seized with weak-heart 595 01:03:35,080 --> 01:03:39,079 before the mighty Hardraada and his raven of doom. 596 01:03:42,840 --> 01:03:46,839 Where's that small man who was married in Crowhurst? 597 01:03:48,200 --> 01:03:52,199 Here he is. His name is Tofi. 598 01:04:06,680 --> 01:04:08,839 Forward boar snout! 599 01:04:08,840 --> 01:04:12,839 Boar snout. 600 01:04:18,040 --> 01:04:20,799 Boar snout advance! 601 01:04:20,800 --> 01:04:24,799 Shield wall. 602 01:04:37,880 --> 01:04:39,319 I can't do this. 603 01:04:39,320 --> 01:04:41,719 Do you wish your wife-man to meet her end like me? 604 01:04:41,720 --> 01:04:44,439 Put out onto the roadways to give comfort for bread? 605 01:04:44,440 --> 01:04:45,919 No. 606 01:04:45,920 --> 01:04:49,919 Then run. Run with all your heart. 607 01:04:55,640 --> 01:04:59,639 Hold. 608 01:05:00,080 --> 01:05:04,079 Hold. 609 01:05:04,720 --> 01:05:08,719 Run! 610 01:05:29,160 --> 01:05:33,159 Archer! 611 01:05:35,800 --> 01:05:39,799 Loose arrow! 612 01:06:37,800 --> 01:06:39,879 Is that all there is? 613 01:06:39,880 --> 01:06:40,919 Yes, that's it. Where are your men? 614 01:06:40,920 --> 01:06:42,799 Yes, that's it. Where are your men? They're dead. 615 01:06:44,920 --> 01:06:46,239 Dead, too. 616 01:06:46,240 --> 01:06:48,119 Yaah! 617 01:06:48,120 --> 01:06:52,119 We'll just die fighting, then! 618 01:08:26,240 --> 01:08:30,239 MEN SHOUTING OUT 619 01:08:35,640 --> 01:08:39,639 (HE GASPS IN PAIN) 620 01:08:47,520 --> 01:08:51,519 No more slaughter! 621 01:08:54,360 --> 01:08:58,359 We are done. 622 01:09:20,840 --> 01:09:24,839 He who dreamt of the spectre of death will die. 623 01:09:28,720 --> 01:09:30,799 Go to your rest 624 01:09:30,800 --> 01:09:34,799 with your Lord. 625 01:09:36,760 --> 01:09:40,759 I never thought to die in the flatlands of the west. 626 01:09:45,400 --> 01:09:48,599 You have to go back to the fjords now. 627 01:09:48,600 --> 01:09:51,159 I know. I will, lead-man. 628 01:09:51,160 --> 01:09:55,159 I will take you home. 629 01:09:55,880 --> 01:09:59,879 I wish you to kiss my son for me. 630 01:10:01,240 --> 01:10:04,679 He is born. 631 01:10:04,680 --> 01:10:08,679 I can see him. 632 01:10:14,080 --> 01:10:18,079 You must tell our saga to him. 633 01:10:18,480 --> 01:10:22,479 And he will tell it to his sons. 634 01:10:23,040 --> 01:10:27,039 They will...they will be Vikingr. 635 01:10:57,760 --> 01:11:01,759 Of the 300 Viking ships that landed in England, 636 01:11:02,000 --> 01:11:05,999 only 24 returned. 637 01:11:07,240 --> 01:11:08,879 We did not know it then, 638 01:11:08,880 --> 01:11:12,879 but the age of the Vikingr was over. 639 01:11:16,880 --> 01:11:20,879 But at what cost? 640 01:11:21,440 --> 01:11:24,719 So many thousand brave men of England had fallen 641 01:11:24,720 --> 01:11:27,479 within a single week... 642 01:11:27,480 --> 01:11:31,479 ..to be remembered in our battle poems. 643 01:11:32,960 --> 01:11:36,199 And he who has seen these noble ruins 644 01:11:36,200 --> 01:11:40,199 at the end of his dark life asks himself, 645 01:11:40,680 --> 01:11:42,959 where is horse? 646 01:11:42,960 --> 01:11:45,719 Where is man? 647 01:11:45,720 --> 01:11:48,559 Where the feast? 648 01:11:48,560 --> 01:11:52,559 Where the joy? 649 01:11:53,640 --> 01:11:56,239 Alas bright cup, alas proud prince, 650 01:11:56,240 --> 01:11:59,399 how time has passed 651 01:11:59,400 --> 01:12:03,399 as if it had not been. 652 01:12:07,560 --> 01:12:11,559 And thus we mourned the brave men who could not be regrown or reborn 653 01:12:13,160 --> 01:12:17,079 for the greater war that might lie ahead. 654 01:12:17,080 --> 01:12:21,079 A war that would threaten more than just the crown. 655 01:12:25,880 --> 01:12:29,879 Sire! 656 01:12:35,160 --> 01:12:36,959 We march again. 657 01:12:40,160 --> 01:12:43,519 Leofric, I promote you huscarl. 658 01:12:43,520 --> 01:12:46,839 You may take your oath on the road. 659 01:12:46,840 --> 01:12:50,119 What's the hurry? > 660 01:12:50,120 --> 01:12:51,999 The Normans have come. 661 01:12:52,000 --> 01:12:54,399 They have come out of fighting season. 662 01:12:54,400 --> 01:12:55,799 They've landed in Sussex. 663 01:12:55,800 --> 01:12:57,279 Sussex? > 664 01:12:57,280 --> 01:12:59,519 Up with you. We march now! 665 01:12:59,520 --> 01:13:02,439 Was it said where they've come? 666 01:13:02,440 --> 01:13:06,439 Which part of Sussex? 667 01:13:14,720 --> 01:13:18,719 WOMEN SCREAM 668 01:13:32,320 --> 01:13:34,959 These men of Crowhurst, 669 01:13:34,960 --> 01:13:37,679 my Crowhurst, 670 01:13:37,680 --> 01:13:40,279 would have to run back the way they had come, 671 01:13:40,280 --> 01:13:43,559 to defend their homes from new, orc-ish invaders, 672 01:13:43,560 --> 01:13:47,559 to fight the third and greatest battle of them all, 673 01:13:50,160 --> 01:13:54,159 in memory of which, to this day, is hard to bear. 674 01:14:00,120 --> 01:14:04,119 Hastings.