How To Get Ahead at Medieval Court

March. 12,2014

Rating：

5.5

Genre：

History

Keywords：

British History Royal Court

Trailer Synopsis Cast

Writer Broadcaster and Newsnight arts correspondent Stephen Smith finds out what it took to get ahead at the court of Richard II.

Stephen Smith as Himself

Clarissa Dickson Wright as Herself

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