King Richard III: The New Evidence
nethwen
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Anybody watching? 
It's on Channel 4 now.
Also on More 4 at 10pm there is another documentary: 'Richard III: The Unseen Story'. I can't remember if this one has been on before.
I've seen two documentaries so far but I have forgotten what they were called. Probably because one of them was especially awful and forgettable.
It's on Channel 4 now.
Also on More 4 at 10pm there is another documentary: 'Richard III: The Unseen Story'. I can't remember if this one has been on before.
I've seen two documentaries so far but I have forgotten what they were called. Probably because one of them was especially awful and forgettable.
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Our beautiful language is going to pot.
Have to say, this documentary is a bit of an improvement from the others that have gone before - so far.
I think she was on for a flash at the beginning of the programme.
Prepare yourself.
Yes, it's interesting so far!
Just what I was thinking too.
Get on with it!
For them to say he was a drinker in between doesn't do it for me.
I'm surprised no English medieval armour has survived, did they melt it all down for other things? Some must have survived somewhere, maybe they just meant a full suit of armour.
An earlier Planagenet King John died because of his gluttony if I remember right.
She was totally amateurish.
Anyway, re. the documentary, and the stuff about the scoliosis and armour was interesting. The rest was utter drivel. Calling him 'dissolute' for drinking red wine throughout the day and eating high status food was the height of absurdity.
For anyone who didn't see it the basic conclusion was 'Richard III lost the battle of Bosworth not because he was a hunchkback but because he was a drunk'. It was shoddy stuff, even by Ch4's standards.
I know Kapell. I don't think they will ever get it right about our much maligned and misrepresented King.
And then they keep bringing Shakespeare into it again. <rollyeyes>
Is this second documentary on More 4 a repeat, do you know? Or is it an update? I can't seem to work it out atm.
I know & she's an archaeologist ! I can only assume that as his head was much higher than the rest of his body, she didn't expect to hit anything at that level, still considering how careful she'd been up until then, it was pretty careless !
As soon as the first bones were discovered she should've started using a trowel, not attacked the site with a mattock.
I think Richard 111's armour was specifically made for him.
I assumed it was a repeat so didn't watch it!
I thought it was because a) he fell off his horse & b) because he wasn't as fit as he had been before he was made king.
I’m still having difficulty believing it was a few years of drinking which finished off Richard when his portraits don’t show the slightest signs of him being overweight or flabby and nor did his reconstructed head .. which I’ve seen in flesh so to speak.
wasn't the flesh on the head reconstructed to a standard thickness for a European male, so although it would be an accurate likeness, it wouldn't necessarily give an indication of how fat or thin the face was at the time of death?.