Simon Farnaby

Beneath a parking lot in the British town of Leicester, archaeologists unearth the skeleton of a man. The man's spine is deformed. His skull shows signs of violent trauma. An arrowhead is lodged between his second and third vertebrae. Is this the most iconic tyrant in British royal history? The infamous hunchbacked baddie of Shakespeare's play Richard III?

In early 2013, researchers from the University of Leicester announced that they had found the body of England's most notorious monarch, Richard III, underneath one of the city's car parks. In this special follow-up programme, Darlow Smithson uses unseen footage and conducts two days of additional interviews to tell this extraordinary forensic detective story in even greater detail.

Bill Shakespeare is a hapless lute player with a big dream. Kicked out of his band, Bill leaves his despairing wife and kids behind in Stratford to seek fame and fortune in London. He's written a great work for the stage and he'll prove all the doubters wrong.