Richard III: The New Evidence (2014)

Modern scoliosis sufferer Dominic Smee and a team of scientists and medieval warfare experts embark on an extraordinary journey to reveal new research that's changing our knowledge of a defamed medieval king, the medical condition that twisted his spine and the extraordinary history of the land he ruled. The discovery of Richard III's skeleton was just the start.

54 minDocumentaryHistory

Directors

Gary Johnstone

Cast

Christopher Eccleston (as Narrator), Richard Buckley (as Self - Project Lead Archaeologist, University of Leicester), Tobias Capwell (as Self - Curator of Arms & Armour, The Wallace Collection), Arne Koets (as Medieval Martial Artist), Angela Lamb (as Self - Geochemist, British Geological Survey), Philippa Langley (as Self - Richard III Society), Per Lillelund (as Armourer), Piers Mitchell (as Self - Biological Anthropologist, University of Cambridge), Bruno Morgan (as Self - Radiologist, University of Leicester), Ian Mortimer (as Self - Historian), Dave Rawlings (as Self - Medieval Martial Arts Instructor), Dominic Sewell (as Historical Horse Trainer)