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How to Get Ahead

Episode 1: At Medieval Court

Duration: 1 hour

on BBC Four

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Writer and broadcaster Stephen Smith finds out what it took to get ahead at the court of Richard II, who presided over the first truly sophisticated and artistic court in England. Show more

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