Richard III: Hero or villain?
In this four-part podcast series, exclusive to HistoryExtra members, Chris Skidmore tells Spencer Mizen about this most divisive of kings
Published: October 26, 2026 at 10:41 AM
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How did the Plantagenet king's tumultuous upbringing shape his reign? How deliberate was his controversial path to the throne? And are we any closer to discovering what happened to the Princes in the Tower? In this four-part podcast series, exclusive to HistoryExtra members, Chris Skidmore tells Spencer Mizen about this most divisive of kings.
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In the first episode of our new series The Full Story, Chris Skidmore tells Spencer Mizen how a traumatic youth – witnessing war, rebellion and the brutal death of his father – shaped the reign of the Plantagenet king
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In this second episode of our four-part series on the life of legacy of Richard III, Chris Skidmore tells Spencer Mizen about Richard's controversial rise to the throne and asks: did he plan it all along?
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In this third part of our series on the controversial reign of Richard III, Chris Skidmore tells Spencer Mizen about the uprisings and rumours that dogged his time on the throne – including, most famously, suspicions about the fate of the princes in the Tower
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In the final episode of our four-part series, Chris Skidmore discusses with Spencer Mizen the medieval monarch's extraordinary legacy: was he a tyrant? A hunchback? A murderer?
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