Philippa Langley

Após estarem desaparecidos durante mais de 500 anos, os restos mortais do Rei Ricardo III são descobertos debaixo de um parque de estacionamento em Leicester. A busca fora orquestrada por uma historiadora amadora, Philippa Langley, que viu a sua pesquisa incessante recebida com incompreensão pelos amigos e familiares e com ceticismo por especialistas e acadêmicos.

Após estarem desaparecidos durante mais de 500 anos, os restos mortais do Rei Ricardo III são descobertos debaixo de um parque de estacionamento em Leicester. A busca fora orquestrada por uma historiadora amadora, Philippa Langley, que viu a sua pesquisa incessante recebida com incompreensão pelos amigos e familiares e com ceticismo por especialistas e acadêmicos.

In this special follow-up programme, the only television team with access to the dig and the scientific tests on the skeleton uses unseen footage and conducts two days of additional interviews to tell this extraordinary forensic detective story in even greater scientific and archaeological detail.

In this special follow-up programme, the only television team with access to the dig and the scientific tests on the skeleton uses unseen footage and conducts two days of additional interviews to tell this extraordinary forensic detective story in even greater scientific and archaeological detail.

This documentary looks at the search for the remains of King Richard III of England (1452-1485). After being killed in the Battle of Bosworth Field (August 22, 1485), his remains were taken to Leicester and it was believed that he was buried at Greyfriars Church. The church no longer exists and its remains were now believed to be under a car park. Phillipa Langley of the Richard III Society convinced archaeologists at the University of Leicester to lead a dig and surprisingly, as it turned out, the first skeleton they found was subsequently proven to be that of the King through DNA tests which showed a match to Canadian Michael Ibsen, a direct descendant of Richard III's sister.