Dan and Louisa look at why Richard II, just 14 years old, isn’t scared to address a very angry mob. Is he secretly brave? And why does he agree to everything the peasants ask for?
Dan's conversation with the author of The Eagle and The Hart, Dr Helen Castor (for a rundown of the wildest rivalry in Plantagenet history).
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Presented by Dan Jones and Louisa Field
Producer – Alan Weedon
Senior Producer - Selina Ream
Executive Producer - Louisa Field
Production Manager - Jen Mistri
Marketing - Kieran Lancini
Mixing - Gulliver Lawrence-Tickell
Head of content – Chris Skinner
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- Show
- FrequencyWeekly series
- Published13 May 2025 at 23:00 UTC
- Season7
- Episode3
- RatingExplicit