

“When I wrote Hollow Crown I tried to take the story deep into the Tudor years. We have pulled out stories and big characters from this time period.”

They all fit sequentially together but stand alone as individual films. The episodes are about Henry VI’s reign with Margaret of Anjou and his epic struggle with Richard Duke of York, the story about Edward IV and Warwick the Kingmaker, Richard III, and Margaret Beaufort and the rise of the Tudors. What’s most compelling is picking out the really crucial and exciting stories. We are not going to try to cover the whole of the War of the Roses from start to finish because it gets very confusing. “It is a 4-part series following on from The Plantaganets. I caught up with Dan when he was filming for the series here in Yorkshire at the Towton Battlefield which of course played a large role in the Wars of the Roses, and he was kind enough to take some time out of his busy schedule to have a chat with me about ‘Britain’s Bloody Crown’ and why he loves medieval history:ĭAN, Can you tell everyone what the new series will be about? This is sure to be as interesting and entertaining as his previous history series such as Britain’s Bloodiest Dynasty: The Plantaganets and Secrets of Great British Castles. Historian and author Dan Jones is presenting an exciting new series ‘Britain’s Bloody Crown’ this month on Channel 5.
