Elizabeth's New Show: History’s Greatest Fails

In this debut preview episode of History’s Greatest Fails, Elizabeth Day and Dan Jones argue that the story of Richard’s rise and fall (and rise again) is much more modern that you’d first believe. Not least because of the reality-TV-style discovery of his remains under a Leicester council car park in 2022.

To listen to the full mini-series, head to This is History: History’s Greatest Fails wherever you listen to podcasts and on YouTube.

And more about this episode: In many ways, Richard’s alleged ‘failures’ — which include allegedly killing the Princes in the Tower and overseeing the demise of Plantagenet rule — overshadow Richard III as the reformer that also existed. He introduced trial by jury and translated many laws into English. But those facts are not often what’s associated with him. He’s more likely to be seen as the villainous caricature of Shakespeare’s Richard III.

He died at the Battle of Bosworth in 1485. And we haven’t been able to stop talking about him since.

Yes, it’s time to consider the story of England’s last Plantagenet king, Richard III — a centuries-old tangle involving alleged murder, Shakespeare, vanquish and one mighty rediscovery.

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Presented by Dan Jones and Elizabeth Day

Producer - Alan Weedon

Senior Producer - Dominic Tyerman

Researcher - Phoebe Joyce
Executive Producer - Simon Poole

Executive Producer for Daylight Productions - Elizabeth Day

Executive Producer - Dan Jones
Production Manager - Jen Mistri
Production coordinator - Eric Ryan
Head of content - Chris Skinner

Special thanks to Alex Lawless, Hannah Talbot, and Selina Ream

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