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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 · A scheming, black-hearted supervillain who thinks nothing of having his two young nephews, the Princes in the Tower, killed in order to remove a perceived threat. His...
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?
Fascinated by the stories we don’t tell, and why we don’t tell them, Philippa Langley is a British writer/producer with a passion to tell distinctive and original narratives that challenge our perception of established truths. In 2012 she led the successful search to locate the grave of King Richard III through her Looking For Richard Project.
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 the railway station. Langley had found the king’s body and organised the dig that exhumed him.
Mar 23, 2023 · Written by Steve Coogan and Jeff Pope, who scripted the 2013 Judi Dench movie Philomena, The Lost King stars Sally Hawkins as Philippa Langley, the British writer and television producer who...
Sally Hawkins – Scottish BAFTA Nomination (11 October 2023) Many, many congratulations to the incredibly talented Sally Hawkins for her Scottish BAFTA Award nomination. Nomination is for Sally's leading role as Philippa Langley in The Lost King film (dir. Sir Stephen Frears). With love and heartfelt congratulations x.
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.
Dec 19, 2023 · Since discovering the body in 2012, Philippa Langley and a team of collaborators have worked on cleaning up Richard’s reputation. Her new book, The Princes in the Tower, examines Richard’s most famous alleged crime: the murder of his two nephews, the sons of Edward IV.
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.
