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Radio broadcast. Together with experts in the field, Penny Tuerk examines whether Richard III was indeed the deformed, ambitious monarch he is being portrayed as in Shakespeare’s play, or whether he is the...
Radio schools broadcast. The second story in the ten-part history series by Rhoda Power features an imaginary account of Shakespeare’s childhood intended for 13-14 year old schoolchildren.
Factual. Jon Snow and Krishnan Guru-Murthy present live coverage of the return of the remains of King Richard III to Leicester. Jon Snow is joined in the studio by Dr Helen Castor (historian), Philippa...
5-part series of scholarly talks on Shakespeare’s history plays. In episode 4 Charles Ross, Reader in Medieval History, Bristol University, compares the hostile Tudor account of Richard III’s reign with...
The trial of Richard III, who was accused of murdering the princes in the Tower. The trial takes place in a reconstructed Old Bailey courtroom with the former Lord Chancellor, Lord Elwyn Jones, as Judge. Two...
Sitcom. Comedy series set in the Middle Ages featuring the exploits of self-serving Blackadder (Atkinson). Reversing history’s perceptions Richard is a kindly monarch and Henry Tudor a self-serving...
Documentary film by Carla Degenhardt and Barbara Unger-Wiplinger offering impressions from the staged everyday life of protagonist Hiltraud Schmidt, a sufferer from a neurological disease and her partner,...
Documentary. Kevin Spacey, Sam Mendes and the Bridge Project Company go on the road with Richard III first staged in 2011 at the Old Vic, London. In over 200 performances, and across 3 continents, Kevin and...
Second episode in a fifteen-part televised series comprising Shakespeare’s history plays from Richard II to Richard III (the two tetralogies), effectively presenting a chronological history of British...
Episode fourteen in a fifteen-part televised series comprising Shakespeare’s history plays from Richard II to Richard III (the two tetralogies), effectively presenting a chronological history of British...
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