Richard III: Historians now dispute the extent to which Richard III (Benedict Cumberbatch) was actually the malevolent and power-hungry creature depicted here, but there can be no doubt as to William Shakespeare's interpretation - nor of Cumberbatch's either. With the sudden death of his brother Edward IV and his other brother Clarence having been reputedly drowned in a vat of wine, it falls to the young Edward V to succeed. His uncle, though, has other plans and whilst demonstrating all outward signs of friendship he manages to concoct a deviously effective plan to sow seeds of doubt on the l...