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Philippa Jayne Langley MBE (born 29 June 1962) is a British writer, producer, and Ricardian, who is best known for her role in the discovery and 2012 exhumation of Richard III, as part of the Looking for Richard project, for which she was awarded an MBE.
Oct 6, 2022 · Released today in UK cinemas, after premiering at the Toronto Film Festival last month, The Lost King is based on the extraordinary real-life story of amateur historian Philippa Langley's...
Philippa is a TAPS writer, a BAFTA Rocliffe shortlisted writer, and finalist in SWF’s Scriptmarket and Channel 4’s ‘Son of the Pitch’ competition. Her 90 minute documentary, The King in the Car Park, made with Channel 4 and Darlow Smithson Productions, was Channel 4’s highest rated specialist factual show in its history.
Apr 26, 2024 · Philippa Langley devoted years to the search for Richard III’s remains. Now, she’s trying to crack a 15th-century cold case: Did he really assassinate his nephews?
Dec 22, 2022 · Shortly after the body of Richard III had been discovered under a car park in Leicester, in the UK’s midlands, a journalist approached Philippa Langley to ask whether he could share her taxi to ...
Travelling across seven countries, Rob Rinder assesses the evidence amassed by Philippa Langley and her international team through The Missing Princes Project. What they uncover is set to rewrite the history books.
Aug 25, 2022 · Archaeologists from the University of Leicester were persuaded to excavate the car park following dogged research from Philippa Langley, along with colleagues in the Richard III Society.
Nov 17, 2023 · Philippa Langley, the amateur historian credited with finding Richard’s remains under a Leicester car park, has presented a series of “extraordinary discoveries” to back-up her theory.
The Lost King reunites the Oscar-nominated and BAFTA-winning creative team behind the smash hit Philomena (2013) and stars Sally Hawkins as Philippa Langley and Steve Coogan as John Langley, with Harry Lloyd as King Richard III.
Mar 22, 2023 · But Philippa Langley, an amateur historian living in Edinburgh, followed research and instinct to uncover his long-lost bones. Langley’s story has become filmmaker Stephen Frears’ latest...
