Thanks to the clever tutors at Mentor Education who helped with lots of ideas for the content too. The podcast is brought to life with action effects and an original song from the point of view of Richard III before the Battle of Bosworth.

How Shakespeare and others helped ensure Richard III was hated throughout history.

The story of the White Rose of York and the Red Rose of Lancaster.

Richard III – why did he do what he did?.

Henry VII and his children then blacken the name of Richard III with the help of a playwright called Shakespeare. Most people assume that Richard III killed them. But years later two bodies of young boys are found behind a staircase in the Tower of London. The two princes in the Tower of London are never seen again. Henry Tudor crowns himself Henry VII, King of England. The climactic Battle of Bosworth sees Richard III betrayed by his nobles.

At Bosworth Field in 1485 the army of Richard III and Henry Tudor meet. Henry gets an army together and invades England. In France lives Henry Tudor, the father of Henry VIII of six wives fame. Everyone starts to think that Richard III has killed them. Over time they are called the Princes in the Tower. He imprisons his nephews in the Tower of London. But once Edward is dead, Richard III takes the throne for himself. On his deathbed Edward IV asks his brother Richard to take care of the kingdom and his his sons. Edward IV is King of England and the land is at peace. It seems as if the House of York is triumphant.

The Houses of Lancaster and the House of York battle for the throne of England. Sophie (aged 7) and Ellie (aged 4) tell the story of climax of the Wars of the Roses.

Battle of the roses download