War of the Roses (ep3) The Kingmaker

In 1461, the intermittent but brutal fighting that characterised the Wars of the Roses was five years old. During that time the upper hand in the struggle had been gained and lost by both sides but now the future of the House of York at last seemed assured. King Edward IV was on the throne of England, while the deposed King Henry VI cowered with his family and the remains of his court in Scotland. The bloody Battle of Towton had been a complete disaster for the Lancastrians and many of the nobles who had taken to the field in support of the house of Lancaster were now dead.