The Battle of Bosworth
Dan Snow's History Hit
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🗓️ 22 January 2026
⏱️ 44 minutes
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Summary
In August 1485, the would-be king Henry Tudor went head-to-head with King Richard III - the final, decisive battle of the Wars of the Roses. Only one of these men would leave the battlefield alive, and this bloody clash between Houses York and Tudor would decide the future of Britain.
Joining us is Matt Lewis, host of the Gone Medieval podcast, to take us through this climactic moment in British history.
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| 0:00.0 | It's the climax of the Wars of the Roses, the epic, decisive finale. |
| 0:09.2 | The Battle of Bosworth is about to begin. |
| 0:12.2 | King Richard III, wearing his crown into battle, faces down a rebel army, led by the |
| 0:19.0 | pretender Henry Tudor. |
| 0:22.2 | Richard's superior army holds the high ground. |
| 0:27.1 | But his crucial allies, he hopes, the Stanleys wait on the flanks. |
| 0:34.5 | Their loyalty is undecided. |
| 0:36.2 | As the battle rages, Richard risks everything on a desperate |
| 0:40.2 | lightning charge across the battlefield to kill Henry and end this generational struggle here and now. |
| 0:49.3 | This is the story of that day. It's the story of the end of the Plantagenets and the birth of the |
| 0:57.2 | Chudor Age. |
| 1:05.2 | The Battle of Bosworth, it's just one of the key turning points that England's long history, |
| 1:08.6 | and it's a wild story. So it can only be done |
| 1:12.7 | justice to by the wild man of history himself, the incredible historian, Matt Lewis. |
| 1:19.4 | The Thomas bombs dropped on Hiroshima. God save the king. No black white unity till there is |
| 1:26.5 | first than black unity. |
| 1:28.1 | Never to go to war with one another again. |
| 1:31.1 | And lift off and the shuttle has cleared the power. |
| 1:38.3 | Matt, great to have everyone on the podcast. |
| 1:40.2 | It's wonderful to be here, thank you. |
| 1:41.5 | We're going to talk all about the famous French invasion of England with their puppet. |
| 1:47.7 | Just one of the many. |
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