Richard III and Richmond rally their troops for battle - The Hollow Crown: Episode 3 - BBC Two 

Richard III went out like a badass

Fun fact: As the battle was closing, instead of fleeing, Richard led a cavalry charge deep into the enemy ranks in an attempt to end the battle by striking Henry Tudor himself down. Multiple accounts state that Richard fought like an absolute beast and killed several men, coming within a sword's length of Henry Tudor before being surrounded by foot soldiers and killed. Tudor didn’t even have the balls to face Richard himself, instead running back surrounded by guards.

"Those are some brave men across that field. Let's go kill them!" -Richard III

Henry Tudor tried to keep himself out of danger, staying at the back with his personal guard. Richard led from the front, and even got within a few yards of his rival after skewering the Standard Bearer (Sir William Brandon) with his lance and knocking the giant bodyguard (John Cheyne) off his horse with the broken end. Whatever bad press he may have had afterwards much of it, probably sponsored by the Tudors, he was courageous, pious and resolute, and despite his physical handicap he was a proven warrior well before this, fighting alongside his father and brother.

Richard III was worthy great king and warrior ❤❤❤

Benedict is so friggin good in this series!!! He is bloody mesmerising to watch, I swear there is no one else like him.

"Let's whip these stragglers o'er the seas again." Incredible performance!

Richard III definitely wins the rallying game! That speech was both rousing and arousing! 😂😂😂

"If not to heaven than hand in than to hell" Richard is soooo perfect ♥️

Cumberbatch is always at his best when at his most intense moments. Absolutely stupendous actor.

With Ben you culd actually tell he was addressing a crowd. Just so much more of an emotional stir with that speech as well.

Imagine Henry giving that speech to his army of mercenaries just scratching their head and thinking "kid let's get this over with, this is my job you know."

OMG THIS Scene WITH Benedict Cumerbatch WAS SOOO AMAZING AND FANTASTIC! :D :D :D WOW I AM SPEECHLESS.

One of my ancient ancestors was a bannerman for Richard III and was killed at the battle.

Sherlock looks badass with his armour!!!!! Damn Benedict's amazing!!!!

WE WUZ KNIGHTS N SHIET

"LET US TO IT PELL MELL, IF NOT TO HEAVEN, THEN HAND IN HAND TO HELL!" Gwan lad!

This show deserves all the awards!

What actor can say they attended the very reburial ceremony of the monarch that they depicted… Simply amazing

amazing the power of the words of sheakspeare, the best playwright of all languages

look at his war face, best ever.

Ben is just getting hotter and hotter in each of his roles and his acting is just off the charts amazing like I love him sm😍👌🏼💕

Unfortunately for him, Richard had few options other than to charge Tudor. Henry Stanford had kept his 3000 troops to the side of the battle basically waiting to side which way the tide was turning and then join the winning side to gain favour with the winner. Seeing his larger army struggling against a smaller force, Richard had no choice but to try and kill Tudor as quickly as possible to try and turn the tide and keep Stanford out of the battle. Having lost his wife and only son the year before and In his forties, Richard knew that should he loose the battle, it would mean the end of his line. Despite this, Richard chose to charge Tudor in a valiant effort to win one last battle. The accounts of Richards bravery appear to all be true. It is unlikely Richard was actually malformed from birth. Men of the age trained day and night with large heavy swords which eventually caused misshapen shoulders, usually the right shoulder and life long pain associated with that deformity. In fact most knights had armour made larger on the right side to accommodate the overly muscular shoulders and back.

The King's Speech really reminded me of Medieval Total War II.

Oh man, he was brilliant in yesterday's episode.

Mrs. Hudson: "Yoohoo... The tea is ready. IS THAT A BLOODY HORSE IN MY HOUSE?"

oh look at Ben and his acting...

That was the last of medieval england. No king would ever lead their men in to battle like that again. Henry Tudor wasn't a coward, he just didn't have military experience and was seen doing his best at Bosworth, but Richard was a great warrior and the honor of charching right against your enemy was more important than life for him.

This series has been fantasticly acted once again!!! Can't wait to see this conclusion!!! PS yes Shakespeare was paid to write "stories" about these people, not exact history.

Jesus! Can’t deny that BBC has done the battle scene so right ! Very pleasing to the eye. Richard III 5.3 line 260 for Richmond, 315 for poor car park R3

Amazing scene. Love both Cumberbatch and Treadaway.

Benedict is related to Richard the III, the warrior king would’ve been proud at his portrayal

it made me laugh when I saw Henry Tudor leading the charge in the show considering what actually happened. (He got off his horse to make himself less of a target and his himself behind his soldiers while Richard charged right for him.) It was just so cheesy seeing henry charge since I know the history xD

👑king RICHARD. Vastly Superior.

For the record, grandios speeches of honour and morality were pretty rare. It was much more common for generals to insult the enemy. Before one battle Julius Caesar held up a raddish and insulted the enemy, telling dirty jokes about them, before essentially telling his men, "Let's fuck 'em up!"

They really upped their game, 0:20 they casted Joaquin Phoenix as one of the soldiers.

I always end up rooting for richard

would have loved to have seen Henry Tudor bear the Welsh flag like he did at Bosworth, but I guess Cumberbatch's speech makes up for everything.

"Shall we let them enjoy our land Lay with our wives! Ravish our daughters!?" Thats funny cause thats exactly what henry viii ( henery tudor's son) and his homeboys do to the country of England.

Tudor propaganda lol, Henry Tudor as some sort of savior....give me a break

Damn, Benny as Richard the 3rd. This looks so good to watch.

Wow what a scene

I swore Benedict made me laugh out loud because of his hammy performance, especially when he’s a knight in shining armor with a crown on his head

The golden rule of media: The one that gives better pep talk usually wins

Ben's greatest natural gift is his boa constrictor mouth, that yawns and stretches and snaps above his pale, merciless eyes.

Shakespeare's audience knew the history of England since the Battle of Bosworth, so I've wondered if Richmond's words (i.e. Henry Tudor's) were meant to be ironic. Richmond envisions a future of peace and harmony, but his record, and his successor's (Henry VIII) arguably betrayed the promises on offer to the Lancastrian troops. Henry VII was a paranoic who fleeced many nobles via an ad hoc judiciary body and executed Edward of Warwick - a young and simple-minded Yorkist who spent half his life in the Tower of London. Henry was even worse, executing Anne Boleyn, Thomas More, Catherine Howard, Thomas Cromwell, and nobles of rank like the Duke of Buckingham (son of the character in this play), the Poles, the Earl of Surrey, and very nearly Surrey's father, the Duke of Norfolk (son of a commander at Bosworth). Henry's church reforms were really the confiscation of property and the enforcement of changes to almost 1,000 years of English religious life. The seeds of future conflict and civil war were planted in Tudor times, flowering in full the following century. Shakespeare dare not present Henry as anything but a hero, though, as his granddaughter was then on the throne of England. However, some of Richard's digs against his enemy are arguably true. Henry was half a foreigner, raised in Brittany (i.e. "Bretagne"), with little combat experience. His forces were full of foreign mercenaries - against Richard, and later against rival claimants like Lambert Simnel and Perkin Warbeck. Conversely, Richard was a warhorse in his brother Edward's cause and a distinguished warrior. He did not seduce Anne Neville, either. He was raised with her and was already her brother in law through George's (i.e. "Clarence's") marriage to Anne's sister. I believe Richard voices his intentions to marry Elizabeth of York to a lowly husband in the play - Henry Tudor did something very similar by having Elizabeth's sister and first cousin, Yorkist princesses, married to Tudor loyalists of middling rank. Anne of York, however, a younger sister of Elizabeth, was able to marry the younger Duke of Norfolk because Richard III had promised it to his father. The contrast between dramaturgical reality and historical reality makes me consider that Shakespeare was subtly undermining the received history of the Tudor regime. Shakespeare's presentation of Richard, throughout his series of plays, offers up the spectacle of the "villain" acting as Edward's backbone, followed by the schemer who outwits everybody else in the room. And it is only at the end, through the betrayal by Buckingham and Stanley, that Richard is brought down.

1. If Richard and Henry had a duel historically, Richard would have easily won. 2. Henry acts like such a good guy, but he disrespects Richard himself and many common Yorkist soldiers. 3. As much as I love the play, Richard wasn't evil like Shakespeare said he was, Richard was a just lord and powerful fighter and only suffered from minor scoliosis.

A eon after he's finally vindicated.... Hail King Richard, glorious in heavens as was in battle.

Much props indeed to Benedict's rallying Richard III (especially considering other prods tend to downplay this as his downfall)... But I believe there's a specific point being made as to why Henry Tudor's speech was very understated--especially if you remember how Tom Hiddleston's *Henry V* St. Crispin's Day speech is more intimate.The parallel is intentional. Whether it is effective, of course, is up to the viewer.

Black man at arms...sums up what historical expectations I should have for this show. I'll pass.

I keep coming back to this benedict is cool af

Did you know Benedict Cumberbatch is actually related to Richard III?

The fun parts of Richard III are the plotting and slaughter. Once he actually gets the throne, he starts to implode almost immediately and by the time he gets to the battlefield, he's lost so much support that, like Macbeth, his defeat and death are almost a ritual sacrifice.

God damn, when BBC could produce epics

I'm not English but i feel ready to fight after that wonderful King Richard (Benedict)speech.

That's just not fair. Benedict completely crushed that guy. If this were a rap battle Ben would be Eminem. What are we going to do for a follow up? "And next to the stage, acclaimed actor of film and stage, Malcolm McDowell. And he will be competing with, Kevin, a local shop boy who has no experience with public speaking."

Glad to see the role played by imported Songhai mercenary troops is finally reflected.

Did Henry Tudor even take part in the battle? I think not. He stayed in the back ready to flee if things went south. Richard led a Calvary charge and got very close to killing Henry…..alas, he didn’t get close enough. At that point, Stanley declared for Tudor & the rest is history.

King Richard III - not ‘the lost King’ but rather, the last legitimate King of England.

Benedict Cumberbatch is related to Richard III. He recited a poem at Richard’s official internment at Leicester Cathedral.

Dr. Strange preparing for the end game

Benedict shouting is getting a regular thing with the shouting on Sherlock and now this, jeez his voice box must be killing! 😂

“If not to heaven than hand and hand to hell “ Richard duke of York (aka Richard iii)

“Oi, that’s my horse!”

“I’m aroused,- wait no I mean roused. - no I did I meant AroUSED”

Such a dream to be a part of it! i'm saying this as a HUGE middle ages lover!

I seriously believe that Richard 3 inspired GRRM to create Stannis Baratheon.

I don't care what anyone says no one has a history as truly epic as ours

OMG, Luke is so awesome as a naive idealist in here.

Luke Treadway... Attack The Block? Perfectly suited to period dramas and such roles...

He could play a tree and I'd watch it. #cumberbatchfan

An epic show full of brilliant actors do yourself a favour ignore the stupidity in the comments and watch it for yourself 🙄

If Richard III had won against Tudor, he would have ended up landing in France to recover the French Crown. The world would be very different today.

Fun fact : Cumberbatch is a descendant of Richard III

Henry Tudor had a very thin claim to the Throne. It was poetic justice his dynasty lasted barely over a century.

richard fought more bravely! wearing a crown to be an easy target, knowing he has enimies on 'his side', having a curviture spine, possible worms at the time and then to be painted as a villian by the tudors and burried in a chapel which then became a car park

Does anyone know when this will be on BBC America?

Benedictt Cumberbatch needs to play in a modern war movie leading a charge against another army.

Sir Coconut in the background

I just read that Benedict Cumberbatch is a third cousin 16 times removed of Richard iii.

At least they TRIED to depict Richard with his armour

0:51 Sounds like high pitched horses in "Mickey's Polo Team".

Benedict Cumberbatch is the second cousin of Richard III, sixteen times removed. They could not have cast this more perfectly.

where's "A HORSE! A HORSE! MY KINGDOM FOR A HORSE!"

Henry Tudor had no claim to the crown in the least. However the Plantagenets had by that time so destroyed the value of kingship that a sheep farmer from Devon could have become king if he had been victorious in battle.

I wish Benedict cumberbund would call me a milksop

The real comparison is the Richard III speech versus the Henry V speech prior to Battle of Agincourt, evolution of Shakespeare at his best, and the kind of leader that each were

Oh my god, their armors...

A "Milksop"? That's a new one. I'm going to have to look that one up.

where can we watch the whole thing?

高校生でアンダーソン監督の『テラホークス』で見た。こんなにリチャード3世は格好良い騎士王だったのか。

Was that an african dude in the back?

A black knight? Evidently the BBC cannot differentiate between The War of the Roses and an Arthurian legend.

Bruhhh why there are black guys in 15th century s Englanddd????

This looks amazing but I keep missing it 😖

So that's Benderdick Cummerbund playing Richard III? Well, alrighty then! 😆

I think if Richard III did see this video he would say to himself. I think I will use a stand-in before the battle. He will make sure my victory with such a brilliant speech.

Fun Fact : Benedict is indeed a distant relative (cousin) of King Richard III

Richard was such a bastard! One of Shakepeare's best.

Bigger army diplomacy. Great